A confutation of the Popes bull which was published more then two years ago…A confutation of the Popes bull which was published more then two yeres agoe…

Now then it is out of doubt, that the said most virtuous Queen is supreme head or sovereign Lady in that her ⟨p. 44⟩Realm, ordained of God himself, and set over the puissant Realm of England: except it be false which the Lords Apostle and chosen vessel Paul hath said:¹ Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: and the powers that be, are ordained of God. Therefore who soever resisteth power, resisteth Gods ordinance. And they that resist shall purchase damnation to themselves. Seeing now, that all men know these things to be most true, it followeth there withal, not only that the Queen of England is Queen by Gods ordinance: but also that the bishop that resisteth her & setteth himself naughtily against her, provoketh Gods grievous judgement against himself. But forasmuch as the Pope thinks it a monstrousness, that a king, or a Queen, or any civil Magistrate in a common weal should determine of Ecclesiastical cases, put down naughty Priests or Bishops & advance & set up better in their steads, and take upon him to bear the charge not only of temporal affairs, but also of spiritual or Ecclesiastical matters: Lo, I will prove and show by evident and invincible arguments, and examples of holy kings, howbeit briefly, that the same things are parcel of their duty, and therefore that the Magistrate doth then by Gods law and according to the commandment of the everlasting God: and that the Bishop of Rome snatcheth them to him self and to his rabble tyrannically, and wickedly against God, & playeth the Antichrist in plucking them from those to whom God hath given them.

NOw then it is out of dout, that the sayd most vertuous Quéene is supreme head or souerein Lady in that her ⟨p. 44⟩Realme, ordeined of God himselfe, and set ouer the puissant Realme of Englād: except it be false which the Lords Apostle and chosen vessel Paule hath sayd:¹ Let euery soule be subiect to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: and the powers that be, are ordeined of God. Therfore who soeuer resisteth power, resisteth Gods ordinaūce. And they that resist shall purchase dānation to themselues. Seyng now, yt all men know these thinges to be most true, it foloweth there withal, not onely that the Quéene of Englād is Quéene by Gods ordinaūce: but also that the byshop that resisteth her & setteth himselfe naughtely agaynst her, prouoketh Gods greuous iudgemēt agaynst himselfe. But forasmuch as the Pope thinkes it a monstruousnesse, that a king, or a Quéene, or any ciuil Magistrate in a cōmō weale should determine of Ecclesiasticall cases, put down naughtie Priestes or Bishops & aduaunce & set vp better in their steddes, and take vpon him to beare the charge not onely of temporall affaires, but also of spirituall or Ecclesiasticall matters: Lo, I will proue and shew by euident and inuincible argumentes, and examples of holy kynges, howbeit briefly, that the same thinges are parcell of their dewtie, and therfore that the Magistrate doth then by Gods law and accordyng to the commaundement of the euerlastyng God: and that the Bishop of Rome snatcheth them to him selfe and to his rable tyrannically, and wickedly agaynst God, & playeth the Antichrist in pluckyng them from those to whom God hath giuen them.