The B. of Sarisburie.
Here, M. Hardinge, ye rome, and wander, & goe masket, as a man, that were benighted, and had loste his waie. In somme cases, ye saie, the Pope maie dispense against Goddes VVoorde: In somme cases he maie not. Faine woulde ye, for shame, somewhat limite, & restraine his Immoderate Authoritie: but ye knowe not, where to laie the boundes.* 1.1 Ye make smal accompte of your Schoole Doctoures, and Cano∣nistes, that is to saie, of the Principal Pillers of your Catholique Churche: and thinke them not woorthy to be your guides. How be it, your laboure cannot al be loste: For they wil thinke as light of you.
But,* 1.2 for as mutche, as, ye saie, they flatter not the Pope, nor be his Pages, or Parasites, but speake roundely to him, and tel him his owne, it shal not be mutche amisse, to herken a litle, what they saie.
One of them saithe thus, Papa potest Dispensare contra Ius Naturale: The Pope maie Dispense againste the Lavve of Nature. An other saith, Papa Dispensat contra Canones Apostolorum: The Pope Dispenseth against the Canons, or Rules of the Apostles.* 1.3 An other saithe, Papa potest mutare formam Verborum in Baptis∣mo: The Pope maie change the fourme of VVoordes in Baptisme. An other saithe, Priuilegium dari potest contra Ius Diuinum: The Popes Priuilege maie be graunted againste the Lavve of God.* 1.4 An other saithe, Papa ex Maxima Causa po∣test Dispensare contra Nouum Testamentū: The Pope vpon a very great cause maie di∣spense againste the Nevve Testamente. An other saith, Papa potest Dispensare de omnibus praeceptis veteris,* 1.5 & Noui Testamenti: The Pope maie Dispense for any commaundemente of the Olde, or Nevve Testamente. An other saithe, Papa potest Dispensare contra Epistolas Pauli: The Pope maie Dispense againste the Epistles of S. Paule. And somewhat to qualifie the outrage of the mater, an o∣ther saithe, Papa potest Dispensare contra Ius Diuinum in Particulari, non in Vni∣uersali: The Pope maie Dispense against the Lavve of God, in Particulare, not in Ge∣neral.* 1.6 And againe, Papa potest tollere Ius Diuinum ex Parte, non in Totum: The Pope maie abolishe the Lavve of God, in parte, but not in vvhole.