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A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…
A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reverend Father in God, John Jewel, late Bishop of Salisbury. Whereunto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he delivered in divers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisbury, anno. 1570A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570
London: printed by R. Newberie & H. Bynneman, 1582
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A VIEW OF A SEDITIOUS BULL SENT INTO ENGLAND.A VIEVV OF A SEDITIOVS BVL SENT INTO ENGLANDE.
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.
To be short, Queen Elizabeth doth, as did Moses, Joshua, David, Solomon, Josiah, Jehoshaphat, as Constantine, Valentinian, Gratian, Theodosius, Arcadius, Honorius, and other godly Emperors have done. God hath given charge to her of both Tables. In the first she hath charge of Religion, in the other, of Civill causes. By the Prophet Isaiah God promiseth to his Church,1 Kings shall be thy nursing Fathers, and Queens thy Nurses. And David saith:2 Be wise therefore ye Kings, be learned ye Judges of the earth, serve ⟨p. 52⟩the Lord in fear. Upon which place, the learned father Augustine saith:3 Quomodo ergo Reges seruiunt Domino in timore, nisi •a quae contra jussa Domini fiunt, religiosa severitate prohibendo atque plectendo? aliter enim seruit quia homo est: aliter quia rex est. Quia homo est, ei seruit vivendo fideliter: quia verò etiam rex est, seruit ei leges justa praecipientes, & contraria prohibentes conuenienti rigore sanciendo, sicut seruivit Ezechias, &c. Howe then do Kings serve the Lord in fear, but in that they do forbid, and in a religious severity punish such things as are done against the Lords commandments? for he serveth after one manner, as a man, and after another, as a Prince: as a man he serveth the Lord in living faithfully: but in that he is also a King, he serveth him by making Laws, which command the things that are right, and which with convenient rigour forbid the contrary. as Hezekiah served the Lord, when he destroyed the Woods, and Temples of Idols, and those high places, which were built against the commandments ⟨p. 53⟩of God, as JOSIAH served, doing also the like: as the King of Nineveh served, gathering together all his City, to appease the wrath of the Lord: as DARIUS served, giving authority to DANIEL to break the Idol, and casting his enemies into the Lions: as NEBUCHADNEZZAR served, of whom we spake before, who by a terrible Law forbade all within his kingdom, to blaspheme God. In ho• ergò (saith he) seruiunt domino Reges, quando ea faciunt ad seruiendum illi, quae non possunt facere nisi Reges. Herein therefore do Kings serve the Lord, when they do those things to serve him, which none may do but Kings. The Pope therefore writeth unadvisedly. We know not any so mom strous & unlawful doing. It is her office, it is her duty. I trust God will give her grace to discharge the same to his glory.