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An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…
An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reverend Father John Jewel ... ; whereunto is adjoined a very necessary table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reuerend Father Iohn Ievvel ... ; vvhereunto is adioined a very necessarie table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.
London: printed by Ralfe Newberie, 1584
¶ The Second Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Thessalonians. › Chapter 2
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Pope was well content to suffer Christopher Marcellus, one of his Parasites in the Council of Lateran, to say unto him, Tu 1es alter deus in terris: Thou art an other God in earth. The Pope is content in such sort to have a division of tenures made between him and God, as the Poet sometime flatteringly wrote, Divinsuni imperium cum Jove Caesar habet. The Emperor parteth his rule, and holdeth half with Jupiter. In the Extravagants 2it is set down. Dominus de us noster Papa, Our Lord God the Pope. Mark these words. Our Lord God the Pope. In them the Pope is called Lord, and is called God. Oh merciful Lord God, which from thy heavens beholdest this vanity, how great is thy mercy in suffering this? I devise not this. His own books, his own doctors, his own decrees and decretals speak it, and set it down. Credere dominum deum 3nostrum Papam non potuisse statuere, prout statuit, Hereticum censeretur. To believe that our Lord God the Pope might not decree as he decreed, it were a matter of Heresy. It is so ⟨p. 295⟩written there, he hath heard it, he hath seen it, he knoweth it is so, yet he suffereth it to go abroad, and thereby suffereth himself to be called God.
The Pope was well content to suffer Christopher Marcellus, one of his Parasites in the Councel of Laterane, to say vnto him, Tu 1es alter deus in terris: Thou arte an other God in earth. The Pope is content in such sorte to haue a diuision of tenures made betwéene him and God, as the Poet sometime flatteringly wrote, Divinsuni imperium cum Iove Caesar habet. The Emperour parteth his rule, and holdeth halfe with Iupiter. In the Extrauagants 2it is set down. Dominus de us noster Papa, Our Lord God the Pope. Marke these words. Our Lord God the Pope. In them the Pope is called Lord, and is called God. Oh merciful Lord God, which from thy heauens beholdest this vanitie, how great is thy mercie in suffering this? I deuise not this. His owne bookes, his owne doctors, his owne decrées and decretals speake it, and set it downe. Credere dominum deum