Secondly. Pride will be like God, in ⟨p. 59⟩taking vengeance upon whom she list, wringing the sword out of Gods hand, and those unto whom he hath committed it. Therefore the Pope setteth himself against God & his Church, whereof Christ Jesus is the head and saviour of the whole body. 1. Proclaiming rebellion, & encouraging subjects to treason against their Prince. 2. By rattling his excommunications. 3. By dispersing his Bulls to depose Princes. 4. By private practising to murder Princes. 5. By conjuring and poisoning, to effect these devilish purposes. 6. To teach perjury to subjects, and dispense therewith by the pardons of their Agnus Dei, &c. And this he doth, only because his heart saith, being poisoned with Pride, Vengeance is mine. Come from him to Ahab the king, let Elijah reprove his sin, and Jezebel will vow his death.(k) Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain all the Prophets of Baal with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying: The Gods do so unto me: and more also, if I make not thy life like one of their lives, by ⟨p. 60⟩to morrow this time: As if she had said, the devil take me, and all the devils in hell, if I be not revenged upon thee by taking away thy life, as thou hast done theirs, by to morrow this time. But she died unrevenged, and the devils had their legacy. Learn then not to punish without cause, neither let them handle the sword unto whom it doth not belong, as Zedekiah did,(l) and other. Likewise, if the man of God displease Jeroboam, then crieth he, Lay hold on him: (m)but men should suffer rebuke and that gladly, for open rebuke is better then secret love (saith Solomon).(n) Yet for all that, if Mardoche despise Hamans Pride, then Mardoche his blood will not quench Hamans thirst, but his wrath will have the death of all the Jews,(o) like the Pope, &c. Pride slew Abel, (p)and sent Micheah to the prison. So she dealt with the Prophet Jeremiah, (q)and sent John Baptist to the block.(r) What should I speak of Jesus Christ and all his holy Martyrs, whose blood the earth hath kindly received, which bloody tyrants have cruelly shed? All ⟨p. 61⟩which do teach us, that vengeance fleeeth from Pride to destroy the Saints of God: as the flood of water flowed out at the mouth of the Dragon, to overthrow the woman that bare the man child.(s)
Secondly. Pride will be like God, in ⟨p. 59⟩taking vengeance vpon whom she list, wringing the sword out of Gods hand, and those vnto whom he hath committed it. Therefore the Pope setteth himselfe against God & his Church, wherof Christ Iesus is the head and sauiour of the whole body. 1. Proclaiming rebellion, & incouraging subiects to treason against their Prince. 2. By ratling his excommunications. 3. By dispearsing his Bulles to depose Princes. 4. By priuate practising to murther Princes. 5. By coniuring and poysoning, to effect these diuellish purposes. 6. To teach periurie to subiects, and dispence therewith by the pardons of their Agnus Dei, &c. And this he dooth, onely because his heart saith, being poisoned with Pride, Vengeance is mine. Come from him to Ahab the king, let Elias reproue his sin, and Iezabel will vow his death.(k) Ahab told Iezabel all that Elias had done, and how he had slaine all the Prophets of Baal with the sword. Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Elias, saying: The Gods do so vnto me: and more also, if I make not thy life like one of their liues, by ⟨p. 60⟩to morrow this time: As if she had said, the diuell take me, and all the diuels in hell, if I be not reuenged vpon thee by taking away thy life, as thou hast done theirs, by to morrow this time. But she died vnreuenged, and the diuels had their legacie. Learne then not to punish without cause, neither let them handle the sword vnto whom it doth not belong, as Zedikiah did,(l) and other. Likewise, if the man of God displease Ieroboam, then cryeth he, Lay hold on him: (m)but men should suffer rebuke and that gladly, for open rebuke is better then secret loue (saith Salomon).(n) Yet for all that, if Mardoche despise Hamans Pride, then Mardoche his blood will not quench Hamans thirst, but his wrath will haue the death of all the Iewes,(o) like the Pope, &c. Pride slew Abell, (p)and sent Micheah to the prison. So shee dealt with the Prophet Ieremy, (q)
- (k)1. Reg. 18.
- (l)1. Reg. 22.4.
- (m)1. Reg. 13.4.
- (n)Prover. 27.5.Prouer. 27.5.
- (o)Hest. 3.
- (p)Gen. 4.1.
- (q)Jer. 20.Ier. 20.
- (r)Math. 14
- (s)Reu. 12.15.
