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Thus by comparative and ascending degrees, we come to perceive the great nesse of our Sovereign, JESUS CHRIST. He made Kings on earth to have honour above all men, that himself might have the honour above all Kings. O•• neighbours of Rome cannot endure the Supremacy of Princes: the Pope is the man. Kings must be his vassals, to hold his stirrup, to bear his canopy; to be exposed, deposed, disposed at his will; if they be not composed to his will. All royalty is confined to that Chair, which the lateran Council calls, Regale Pontific•• Romanorum genus; the Royal race of Roman Bishops. His Titles are, Christia•• reipublicae Monarcha, Pontificae omnipotentiae assertorinvictissimus. But these Attributes that he would have, ascribe that to him which he should have, and prove him Antichrist for his labour: whom Paul says we shall know by this mark. 2 Thes. 2.4. that he exalteth himself [Greek or Hebrew]; above all that is called God, or is worshipped; above all Augusteitie. To manage outward affairs was ever Jus regale, the Kings right. Solomon the King deposed Abiathar the Priest; would it not be strange now if the Priest should depose the King? Optatus against the Donatists; S• per Imperatorem non est nisi Deus, qui Imperatorem fecit: above the King is none but God, who makes Kings. Strabo writes of a high Priest in Pontus that wore a Crown, whose subjects were called Hieroduli; but he was a Pagan. The Romists will be Pagans, Donatists, Anabaptists; any thing, what you will, so they be no subjects. They that ascribe so much to the Fathers, me thinks should give credit to Saint Chrysostom. Were he an Apostle, a Prophet, an Evangelist, a Bishop, a Priest, a Monk? saith he. But say they, among all these he names not the Pope. Why, is the Pope no Priest, no Bishop? well, let us hear him on; Sive quisquis tandem fuerit, whether cardinal, or Pope; what cloth soever his coat be made of; the King is above him. Nicephorus writes of a King that going in his Barge, his Crown fell into the water: a bargeman leapt in after it, and taking it up, he put it on his head as he swam till he recovered the Barge. The King gave him a talent for saving it, but cut of his head for wearing it. Our Seminaries have done more than reach at the Crown to save it, for they have endeavoured to steal it:

Thus by comparative and ascending degrees, we come to percieve the grea nesse of our Soveraigne, IESUS CHRIST. He made Kings on earth to have honour above all men, that himselfe might have the honour above all Kings. O neighbours of Rome cannot endure the Supremacie of Princes: the Pope is the man. Kings must be his vassalls, to hold his stirrop, to beare his canopie; to be exposed, deposed, disposed at his will; if they be not composed to his will. All royaltie is confined to that Chaire, which the lateran Counsell calls, Regale Pontific Romanorum genus; the Royall race of Romane Bishops. His Titles are, Christia reipublicae Monarcha, Pontificae omnipotentiae assertorinvictissimus. But these Attributes that he would have, ascribe that to him which he should have, and prove him Antichrist for his labour: whom Paul saies we shall know by this marke.