The B. of Sarisburie.
The Modestie, and Sobrietie of Pope Paschalis claime shal better appeare in the nexte Diuision. Verily the Churche of Rome, these many yéeres, maie séeme to haue benne nothinge els, but a Moother of Falsehed, & a Schoole of Pride. Pope Nicolas saithe,* 1.1 De Sedis Apostolicae iudicio nemini licet iudicare: It is lawful for no∣man to iudge of the Popes Iudgemente. And of late yéeres, Pope Leo saide, Pa∣pa habet Authoritatem super omnia Concilia: The Pope hathe Authoritie ouer al Councelles. That al lawful Councelles haue euermore benne summoned, and confirmed by the Pope, it is a mauifest, and grosse vntruthe: as hereafter it shalbe opened more at large.
Where ye saie, It is reason, the Members shoulde acknowledge theire Heade, For shame, M. Hardinge, and for your credites sake, once leaue these vanities. If the Pope be any parte of Goddes Churche, he is a Member, and not the Heade: and the Faith∣ful of the Churche of God, are Christes Members, and not the Popes.