Certain sermons preached before the Queens Majesty, and at Pauls crossCertaine sermons preached before the Queenes Maiestie, and at Paules crosse

The Emperor Domitian pretending a reforming of the Empire, which afore his time, Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, and other wicked Emperors had spoiled and defaced. asked a Philosopher, one Apollonius Tyanaeus, what order were best to be taken therein. Apollonius made him answer, Sir, if it please your Majesty, you must do as the Musician had his Scholars do. Howe is that, said Domitian? Marry Sir, quoth Apollonius, there was a cunning Musician that set his Scholars to an ignorant and homely minstrel to learn music of him: but before he sent them out he gave them this Lesson, whatsoever ⟨image 57⟩you see your Master do, see that you avoid it, he is unlearned, and his Lessons and manner of fingering, nought: therefore see you do the contrary. Even so may I say, whatsoever we see that they have done, that were our later fathers before us, that have destroyed Christs Church, let us remember to do the contrary. Their foundation as you know, and as they themselves confess, is ignorance: let our foundation be Christ, and knowledge of Gods word. They have pulled the Scriptures out of the peoples heads and hands, that no man might see their doings. Let us exhort all men, as S. Chrysostom, Origen, and other holy fathers did, to read the Scriptures, that all the world may see our doings. They build Gods word upon the Church: let us, as Paul doth teach us, build the Church upon Gods word. They contrary to God, & contrary to his word, have made the Bishop of Rome supreme head of the Church, contrary I say, to the word of God have they made him supreme head of all the Church. These are not my words, but S. Gregory, who was himself a bishop of Rome, saith ¹of them, Piae leges, venerandae Sinodi, ipsa Domini nostri Jesu mandata, superbi atque pompatici cuiusdam sermonis inuentione turbantur. The godly laws, the reverend Synods, and the very commandments of our Lord Jesus, are broken, by the invention of a certain proud ⟨image 58⟩and pompous name. And thereof as Gregory himself testifieth, hath ensued Universa pernicies, An universal destruction.

The Emperour Domitian pretending a refourming of the Empire, which afore his time, Tyberius, Caligula, Nero, and other wicked Emperours had spoyled and defaced. asked a Philosopher, one Apollonius Tyanaeus, what order were best to be taken therein. Apollonius made him aunsweare, Sir, if it please your Maiestie, you must doe as the Musition had his Schollers doe. Howe is that, sayde Domitian? Marye Sir, quoth Apollonius, there was a cunning Musition that set his Schollers to an ignoraunte and homelye minstrell to learne musicke of him: but before hee sent them out hee gaue them this Lesson, whatsoeuer