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The Pope confuted The holy and apostolic Church confuting the Pope. The first action.…The Pope confuted The holy and apostolique Church confuting the Pope. The first action.…
The Pope confuted The holy and apostolic Church confuting the Pope. The first action. Translated out of Latin into English, by James Bell.The Pope confuted The holy and apostolique Church confuting the Pope. The first action. Translated out of Latine into English, by Iames Bell.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Richard Sergier, 1580
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In this case now let any reasonable person judge, what the due consideration of our princely authority may exact of us, what the present danger of this our time may require of us, and what the common calamity of the distressed Church may command us to do herein.
In this case nowe let any reasonable person iudge, what the due consideration of our princely authoritie may exact of vs, what the present daunger of this our time may require of vs, and what the common calamitie of the distressed Church may commaunde vs to doe heerein.
Surely if one only Roman Consul, for the dutiful love he bare to the discharge of his duty to the common weal, thought it a matter intolerable to bear with the mischiu•us treacheries and treasons of Lucius Catiline a wicked Citizen,1 practicing the subversion of his own natural country, to wit, one only City, and for this cause could with his Counsels prevent his attempts, with his only authority, suppress his insolencie, and with main force utterly overthrow his outrage: in what one action may we, wh• ̄ the majesty of the Lord of Hosts hath ordained guides of his people, and guardians of his religion, discharge our vocation more princely, or profit the Christian common weal more substantially, then in this so great a calamity, I say not of one only City, but in this so universal an overthrow of the whole world, and general massacre of all Christian religion, that with all expedition we not only seclude, if not at the bestout of all partaking of ⟨p. 3⟩Christian society, yet that we abandon an• utterly •• nishe from all our territories and dominic this Babilonicall Hydra, so monstrously raging with fire & sword, so broiling, and imbruing all places with faggots •nd gore, so tumbling in the bloody butchery of the godly, not only exacting humbl submission of Kings and Kaisers, but menacing also, and threatening, yea most arrogantly checking and mating them to hei beards as even the self same, whom by sundry approved n manifest testimonies of holy scriptures, we can not but judge to be none other than the very undoubted Antichrist.