An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church

The articles included in the Popes letters,¹ that were held for erroneous, were about 18. as first, none hath power but Christ to ordain, that Peter, and all his offspring, should politically rule over the world for ever. 2. God cannot give to any man for him and his heirs any civill dominion for ever. All writings of men as touching perpetual inheritance, are impossible. 4. Every man being in grace, justifying, hath right over all the good things of God. 5. A man cannot but only ministratoriously, give any temporal or continual gift either to his natural son, or to his son by adoption. 6. The temporal Lords may lawfully take away the riches from the church when they do offend habitualiter. 7. The Pope cannot any way make able, or disable any man. 8. A man cannot take hurt by excommunication, except he be principally excommunicate by him self. 6 No man ought but in Gods cause, to proceed to any ecclesiastical censure. 10. An excommunication doth only bind, when it is against the adversary of Gods law. 11. There is no power given to excommunicate any subject for denying any temporalities. 12. The Disciples of Christ have no power to exact by any civill authority, temporalities by censures. 13. It is not possible by reason of the absolute power of God, that any can bind or lose the people, or whatsoever christian he be. 14. The vicar of Christ doth only bind and loose, when he worketh conformably by the ordinance of Christ. 15. any priest duly ordained, hath power to minister the sacraments, and consequently absolve any man confessing his faults being penitent for the same. 16. Agreeth with the 6. 17. Whosoever have endued any church with temporalities, it is lawful for them to take them away by way of medicine, for to avoid sin: notwithstanding any excommunication &c. For as much as they are not given but under a condition 18. The Bishop of ⟨p. 276⟩Rome, or any Ecclesiastical minister may lawfully be rebuked of his subjects, and for the profit of the Church, be accused either of the Clergy, or of the Laity. These letters made the Bishops marvellous bold, and brag:

The articles included in the Popes letters,¹ that were held for erroneous, were about 18. as first, none hath power but Christ to ordaine, that Peter, and all his ofspring, should politikely rule ouer the world for euer. 2. God cannot giue to any man for him and his heires any ciuill dominion for euer. All writings of men as touching perpetuall inheritance, are impossible. 4. Euery man being in grace, iustifying, hath right ouer all the good thinges of God. 5. A man cannot but onely ministratoriously, giue any temporall or continuall gift either to his naturall sonne, or to his sonne by adoption. 6. The temporall Lordes may lawfully take away the riches from the church when they do offend habitualiter. 7. The Pope cannot any way make able, or disable any man. 8. A man cannot take hurt by excommunication, except he be principally excommunicate by him selfe. 6 No man ought but in Gods cause, to procéed to any ecclesiastical censure. 10. An excommunication doth onely binde, when it is against the aduersary of Gods law. 11. Ther is no power giuen to excommunicate any subiect for denying any temporalites. 12. The Disciples of Christ haue no power to exact by any ciuill authoritie, temporalities by censures. 13. It is not possible by reason of the absolute power of God, that any can bind or lose the people, or whatsoeuer christian he be. 14. The vicar of Christ doth onely binde and loose, when he worketh conformably by the ordinaunce of Christ. 15. any priest duly ordained, hath power to minister the sacramentes, and consequently absolue any man confessing his faultes being penitent for the same. 16. Agréeth with the 6. 17. Whosoeuer haue endued any church with temporalities, it is lawful for them to take them away by way of medicine, for to auoide sinne: notwithstanding any excommunication &c. For as much as they are not giuen but vnder a condition 18. The Bishoppe of