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Title:  A persuasion from papistrie vvrytten chiefely to the obstinate, determined, and dysobedient English papists, who are herein named & proued English enimies and extreme enimies to Englande. Which persuasion, all the Queenes Maiesties subiectes, fauoring the Pope or his religion, will reade or heare aduisedlye ...
Author: Lupton, Thomas.
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he hath bin.And thoughe the Pope hathe suche greate and high au∣cthoritie as he hath, he claimeth it not but by the aucthori∣tie of the Scriptures, or by excellente and learned argu∣mentes. As thus, the Sun is higher and greater than the Moone, therefore Pope Innocentius sayeth, that the Pope is greer and higher than the Emperour: this is that holy and méeke Pope that sayde, that either he woulde lose his Mitre, or else he woulde pul the Emperours Crown from his head. Maister Harding, to excuse the Pope withal, said, This is not a reason, but a similitude: To whom Maister Iewel the Bishop of Salisburie aunswereth as followeth:Iewel in de∣fens. Apolog. Pag. 453.This thing may easilye be graunted, for in deede it is a simi∣litude vtterly voyde of either Witte or Reason. But who taughte the Pope so childishlye to playe with similitudes, thereby to aduaunce himselfe, and to abase the Emperour of the Worlde? who tolde him, that the Pope is the Sunne, and the Emperour the Moone? or that the Emperour is so farre inferior to the Pope, as the Moone is inferior to the Sunne? Isodorus that liued 600. yeares before Pope Inno∣centius the third, sayth quite contrarie:In Glossa in Genes. cap. 1.By the Sunne (saith he) we vnderstande the kingdome, and by the Moone, wee vnderstande the Priesthoode, whereby he giueth vs to vn∣derstand, contrarie to the iudgement of Pope Innocentius, that as the Moone is inferior to the Sun, so is the Pope infe∣rior to the Emperour.And here is another excellent argumente to proue the Popes aucthoritie,De maior. & obedienc. v∣nam sanctam. both of the Spiritualtie and Tempo∣raltie: Peter sayde to Christe: Lo, heere are twoo swords, Therefore Pope Boniface sayeth, that the Pope hathe po∣wer both of the Spiritual Sworde, and of the Temporall Sword. Uery wel gest Maister Pope: euen so one may say (& that by as good aucthoritie) Lo, here are two daggers: And then a straunger to him that hath the Daggers, may starte straighte-way in and say: Marry therefore I oughte to be Lord Chauncelor of England, and the Archebishoppe 0