The Obedience of a Christian Man

And when the Pope challengeth authority over his fellow Bishops and over all the congregation of Christ by succession of Peter set before the the first of the Acts where Peter for all his authority put no man in the room of Judas / but all the Apostles chose two indifferently and cast lots desiring God to temper them that the lot might fall on the most ablest. And Acts viij. the apostles sent Peter / and in the .xj. call him to reckoning and to give accounts of that he hath done.

And when the Pope calengeth auctorite over his fellow Bisshopes and over all the congregacion of Christe by succession of Peter set before the the fyrst of the Actes where Peter for all his auctorite put no mā in the rowme of Iudas / but all the Apostles chose two indifferently and cast lottes desyringe God to temper them that the lotte myght fall on the most ablest. And Actes viij. the apostles sente Peter / and in the .xj. call hym to rekenynge and to geve acomptes of that he hath done.

¹And when the Popes law commandeth saying: though that the Pope live never so wickedly and draw with him through his evil ensample innumerable thousands unto hell / yet see that no man presume to rebuke him / for he is head over all and no man over him: set before the Galath. ij. Where Paul rebuketh Peter openly. And see how both to the Corinthians and also to the Galatians ⟨p. cxlix⟩he will have no superior but Gods word and he that could teach better by Gods word. And because when he rehearsed his preaching and his doings unto the high Apostles / they could improve no thing / therefore will he be equal with the best.

¹And when the Popes law cōmaundeth sayenge: though that the Pope lyve never so wekedly and draw with hym thorow his evell ensample innumerable thousandes vnto hell / yet se that no man presume to rebuke him / for he is hed over all and no man over hym: set before the Galath. ij. Where Paul rebuketh Peter openly. And se how both to the Corinthians ād also to the Galathiens