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Theo. Are the spiritual persons bound to be obedient also to the high powers by the word of God?

Theo. Are the spirituall persons bounde to be obedient also to the hygh powers by the word of God?

Phil. Yea verily, there is not one Bishop nor priest within this Realm of England, which oweth not so much obedience to the kings graces mayest, as the most inferior ⟨image 68⟩subject and vile temporal man doth. Neither doth this name spiritual, Archbishop, Patriarch, Cardinal, Bishop, Archdeacon, Suffragan, Priest, Deacon, &c. deliver them from subjection & obedience, no more than this word, Taylor, Shoemaker, Draper, Merchant, Innkeeper, water tankard bearer, Dauber, Cobbler▪ &c. doth Let every soul, saith the Scripture• be obedient to the poWers that bear rule, Here is none excepted, no not that Romish Pork, which challengeth so great authority over all parsons in the world,¹ that he is not ashamed to suffer kings & Emperors to kiss and like his pocky feet. O shameless Antichrist. Theophilacte upon the aforesaid place of Paul writeth on this manner:² Here he teacheth all men, saith he, that whither he be Priest or monk, or Apostle, they should be obedient ⟨image 68⟩to the Princes and high powers: Where is any exception now, I pray you? where are the privileges, immunities, freedoms, & liberties now become, which the Butcher of Rome was wont to give so bounteously to his dear spiritual children, that they might sin with out punishment, be free from paying tribute, exempt from all temporal jurisdiction, •e Lords & kings within them selves, hang and draw at their own pleasure, and do what so ever their beastlike lusts coveted? Howe well followed they this doctrine of the holy Ghost? Of what spirit, were they named spiritual, which so manifestly fight with the spirit of god? With what forehead durst they be bold to call them selves the successors of the Apostles, seeing that contrary to the teaching & practise of all true Apostles, they were disobedient to the