not aswell be tyed to the Cardinals, those base and beastly sinckes of Lust and Ambition, as the Chaire of PETER to the Citie of Rome.
For indeed it is true, that the Holy Ghost hath sayd; That by his goodwill, hee cannot indure to dwell in any but quiet, modest and humble persons, and yet (forsooth) of late, he is euen constrained by compulsion, and (as it were) halfe against his will to reside, wheresoeuer the Church of Rome shall be pleased to confine him.
Howbeit, I must confesse, in this case my Con∣science did often tell mee, that they of the Church of Rome haue not beene able to tye the Holy Ghost so close to themselues and their Sea, but that twen∣ty and seauen sundry times fayling of the presence thereof, they haue raised those XXVII. Schismes which stand vpon Record in the Chronicles of their Popes: A thing which surely giueth infallible euidence, against their holy Spirit, and causeth all the priuiledges and power thereof, to incurre a just Censure; For alas! what shall wee say? Is it pos∣sible, that the Divine Godhead can bee an author of Errour and Dissention?
But when they are held close to this Argument, then they answer; That the Holy Ghost departed not fro•• the Church of Rome, at such or such a time, but onely through the mistake of some, and ambition of others, the Church had gotten a Mon∣strous head, hauing sometimes a double, some∣times a treble head, but that onely one of the rest was the true and lawfull head of the Church.
Oh, what monstrous spirits haue you, (the Ro∣manists)