The solemne vowe of chastitie imposed onely by the power of man, cannot alter the institution of God, and take away the liberty by him granted vnto man. For proofe hereof, their own deare fryer Antoninus, some time archbishoppe of Florence, shall suffice, who telleth our holy father the Pope, that God is his superiour, and that he therefore cannot alter any one i••te of his law: these are his expresse words.
* 1.1Quantum verò ad illa quae sunt de iure naturali vel diuino iurisdictio seu potestas papalis non se extendit, sic verò quod i∣sta possit mutare, vel etiam dare eis vim obligandi: & ratio est quia inferior non potest mutare leges superioris: Deus autem superior ad papam.
Concerning those things which are of the law of nature, or law diuine, iurisdiction or papall power doth not extend it self, so to wit, that the pope can change these things, or giue power obligatiue vnto them: and the reason is, because an inferi∣our cannot change the laws of his superior, and God is superi∣our [ 1] to the Pope. Franciscus a Victoria, and other learned Pa∣pists hold the same opinion, but Antoninus his testimonie is sufficient.