The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…

The holy scriptures do teach most expressly that our saviour Christ him self, and his apostle saint Paul, saint Peter, with others, were unto the magistrates and higher powers, which ruled at their being upon the earth, both obedient them selves, and did also diligently and earnestly exhort all other Christians to the like obedience unto their princes and governors: whereby it is evident that men of the Clergy, and ecclesiastical ministers, as their successors, ought both them selves specially and before others to be obedient unto their princes, and also to exhort all others unto the same. Our saviour Christ like wise teaching by his doctrine that his kingdom was not of this world, did by his example in fleeing from those that would have made him king, confirm the same: expressly also forbidding his Apostles, and by them the whole Clergy, all princely dominion over people and nations, and he and his holy Apostles like wise, namely Peter & Paul, did forbid unto all ecclesiastical ministers dominion over the Church of Christ. And in deed whiles that ecclesiastical ⟨p. 599⟩ministers continued in Christs Church in that order that is in Christs word prescribed unto them, and in Christian kingdoms kept them selves obedient to their own princes, as the holy scripture do teach them: both was Christs Church more clear from ambitious emulations and contentions, and the state of Christian kingdoms, less subject unto tumults and rebellions. But after that ambition and desire of dominion entered once into ecclesiastical ministers, whose greatness after the doctrine and example ¹of our saviour, should chiefly stand in humbling of them selves: and that the Bishop of Rome being by the order of Gods word none other then the bishop of that one see and diocese, and never yet well able to govern the same, did by intolerable ambition challenge not only to be the head of all the Church dispersed throughout the world, but also to be Lord of all the kingdoms ²of the world, as is expressly set forth in the book of his own Cannon laws, most contrary to the doctrine and example of our saviour Christ, whose Vicar, and of his holy apostles, namely Peter, whose successor he pretendeth to be:

The holye scriptures do teache most expresly that our sauiour Christe him selfe, and his apostle saint Paul, saint Peter, with others, were vnto the magistrates and higher powers, which ruled at their beyng vppon the earth, both obednt them selues, and dyd also diligently and earnestly exhort all other Christians to the lyke obedience vnto their princes and gouernours: whereby it is euident that men of the Cleargie, and ecclesiasticall ministers, as theyr successours, ought both them selues specially and before others to be obedient vnto their princes, and also to exhort all others vnto the same. Our sauiour Christe like wyse teachyng by his doctrine that his kingdome was not of this worlde, dyd by his example in fleeing from those that would haue made him kyng, confirme the same: expresly also forbidding his Apostles, and by them the whole Cleargie, all princely dominion ouer people and nations, and he and his holy Apostles like wyse, namely Peter & Paul, dyd forbid vnto all ecclesiasticall ministers dominion ouer the Churche of Christe. And in deede whiles that ecclesiasticall