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The Ancient Fathers were not acquainted with this divinity of the Popes Deity, they were utterly ignorant of it. ^fWe worship the Emperor, saith Tertullian, as a man that is Gods second, or next to God, inferior to none but to God alone. ^gThat these things are enjoined not secular men only, saith Chrysostom, but even Priests and Monks also, the Apostle showeth evidently when he saith, Let every soul be subject to the higher power. ^hBe thou Apostle, or Evangelist, or Prophet, or whatsoever thou beest else, ⁱthou must not only obey them, but even be subject unto ⟨p. 31⟩them. And Bernard, though he lived but in a bad and corrupt age, writing to a great Bishop; ^kIf every soul must be subject to the higher power, then yours also among the rest. For who hath given you an exemption from this general injunction? He that endeavoureth to exempt you, doeth but seek to delude you.

The Auncient Fathers were not acquainted with this diuinity of the Popes Deity, they were vtterly ignorant of it. ^fWe worship the Emperor, saith Tertullian, as a man that is Gods second, or next to God, inferiour to none but to God alone. ^gThat these things are enioyned not secular men onely, saith Chrysostome, but euen Priests and Monkes also, the Apostle sheweth euidently when he saith, Let euery soule bee subiect to the higher power. ^hBe thou Apostle, or Euangelist, or Prophet, or whatsoeuer thou beest else, ⁱthou must not onely obey them, but euen be subiect vnto