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The appellation of John Knox from the cruel and most iniust sentence pronounced against…The appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and most iniust sentence pronounced against…
The appellation of John Knox from the cruel and most iniust sentence pronounced against him by the false bishops and clergy of Scotland, with his supplication and exhortation to the nobility, estates, and co[m]munaltie of the same realm.The appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and most iniust sentence pronounced against him by the false bishoppes and clergie of Scotland, with his supplication and exhortation to the nobilitie, estates, and co[m]munaltie of the same realme.
Geneva: printed by J. Poullain and A. Rebul?, 1558
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 author of the gloss upon their canon affirmeth, that if all the world should pronounce sentence against the Pope, yet should his sentence prevail. For sayeth he,1
The auctour of the glose vpō their canon affirmeth, that if all the world should pronounce sentence against the Pope, yet should his sentēce preuaile. For saieth he,1
- 1Cap. de translatione titul. 7.
The Pope hath a heavenly will, and therefore he may change the nature of things, he may apply the substance of one thing to an other, and of nothing he may make somewhat, and that sentence, which was nothing (that is) by his mind false ⟨image 42⟩and iniuste, he may make somewhat that is true and just. For, sayeth he, in all things, that please him, his will is for reason. Neither is there any man, that may ask of him, why doest thou so. For he may dispense above the Law, and of injustice he may make justice. For he hath the fullness of all power.
The Pope hath a heauēlie will, ād therefore he may chaūge the nature of thinges, he may apply the substāce of one thing to an other, and of nothing he may make somwhat, and that sentēce, which was nothing (that is) by his mynd fals ⟨image 42⟩and iniuste, he may make somewhat that is true ād iust. For, saieth he, in all thinges, that please hym, his will is for reason. Neither is there any man, that may aske of hym, why doest thou so. For he may dispens aboue the Law, and of iniustice he may make iustice. For he hath the fulnes of all power.