A vindication of a passage in Dr. Sherlock's sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, May 29, 1685 : from the remarks of a late pretended remonstrance, by way of address from the Church of England, to both Houses of Parliament.
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             A vindication of a passage in Dr. Sherlock's sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons, May 29, 1685 : from the remarks of a late pretended remonstrance, by way of address from the Church of England, to both Houses of Parliament.
             Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.
          
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           A
           Vindication
           OF
           A
           PASSAGE
           IN
           Dr.
           
           Sherlock's
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           Before
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           May
           29.
           1685.
           
           FROM
           THE
           Remarks
           of
           a
           late
           pretended
           Remonstrance
           ,
           By
           way
           of
           Address
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           To
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Imprimatur
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     C.
                     Alston
                     ,
                     
                       R.
                       P.
                       D.
                    
                     Hen.
                     Episc.
                     Lond.
                     
                       a
                       sacris
                       Domesticis
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Julii
                       6.
                       1685.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             I.
             Amery
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Peacock
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ;
           and
           
             A.
             Swalle
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Vnicorn
           at
           the
           West-end
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1685.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           A
           Passage
           in
           Dr.
           Sherlock's
           Sermon
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           WHen
           I
           first
           saw
           that
           Pamphlet
           ,
           which
           bears
           the
           Title
           of
           ,
           
             A
             Remonstrance
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Address
             from
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             to
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             with
             some
             Remarks
             upon
             Dr.
          
           Sherlock's
           Sermon
           ,
           I
           was
           not
           so
           curious
           to
           examine
           the
           Contents
           of
           that
           Paper
           ,
           as
           to
           see
           what
           he
           had
           to
           say
           against
           that
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           received
           so
           great
           an
           Approbation
           from
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ;
           and
           turning
           over
           the
           Page
           ,
           I
           was
           soon
           directed
           by
           the
           Margin
           to
           the
           place
           ;
           where
           I
           find
           these
           words
           prickt
           out
           for
           the
           subject
           of
           his
           Remarks
           .
        
         
           
             I
             deny
             not
             ,
             but
             some
             ,
             who
             are
             Papists
             ,
             in
             some
             junctures
             of
             affairs
             ,
             may
             and
             have
             been
             very
             Loyal
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             sure
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             is
             not
             ;
             the
             English-man
             may
             be
             Loyal
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             Papist
             ;
             and
             yet
             there
             can
             be
             no
             security
             of
             those
             mens
             Loyalty
             ,
             whose
             Religion
             in
             any
             case
             teaches
             them
             to
             Rebel
             .
          
           Now
           this
           being
           an
           Address
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           well
           acquainted
           with
           Popish
           Loyalty
           ,
           any
           one
           would
           in
           reason
           have
           expected
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctor
           should
           have
           received
           a
           Reprimand
           for
           touching
           that
           Cause
           so
           gently
           ;
           and
           in
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           
           had
           any
           one
           attacked
           him
           there
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           found
           more
           trouble
           ,
           and
           been
           put
           to
           more
           shifts
           ,
           in
           vindicating
           the
           Personal
           Loyalty
           of
           Papists
           ,
           than
           in
           proving
           that
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           does
           not
           teach
           Loyalty
           :
           which
           is
           the
           Accusation
           brought
           against
           him
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Remonstrance
           ;
           that
           he
           charges
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           with
           being
           Disloyal
           ,
           though
           some
           who
           are
           Papists
           may
           be
           Loyal
           .
           And
           I
           should
           have
           wondered
           at
           the
           discretion
           of
           this
           Writer
           (
           had
           he
           given
           any
           Specimen
           of
           Wit
           or
           Understanding
           in
           any
           thing
           else
           )
           that
           he
           would
           engage
           in
           so
           baffled
           a
           Cause
           .
           The
           better
           way
           had
           been
           to
           have
           thanked
           the
           Doctor
           for
           his
           Complement
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           left
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           their
           Church
           to
           have
           shifted
           for
           itself
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           have
           so
           great
           a
           kindness
           for
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           unwilling
           he
           should
           continue
           under
           so
           scandalous
           an
           Imputation
           ,
           of
           having
           charged
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           with
           any
           Doctrines
           which
           she
           dishowns
           ,
           which
           had
           at
           all
           times
           been
           very
           wicked
           ,
           but
           at
           this
           time
           had
           been
           folly
           and
           madness
           ;
           and
           therefore
           not
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           which
           this
           Writer
           has
           given
           no
           just
           occasion
           for
           ,
           I
           shall
           onely
           very
           briefly
           consider
           ,
           what
           he
           urges
           in
           vindication
           of
           the
           Popish
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Argument
           he
           uses
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           their
           Religion
           does
           not
           teach
           them
           to
           Rebel
           ,
           
           is
           because
           they
           themselves
           (
           though
           they
           are
           very
           zealous
           for
           their
           Religion
           )
           deny
           that
           it
           does
           .
           
             Do
             both
             in
             their
             publick
             Writings
             and
             private
             Discourses
             ,
             declare
             and
             maintain
             ,
             that
             their
             Religion
             teaches
             no
             such
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             ready
             to
             maintain
             and
             practise
             true
             Loyalty
             ,
             with
             the
             hazard
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             .
          
           As
           for
           their
           practising
           true
           Loyalty
           ,
           I
           shall
           civilly
           wave
           that
           ,
           because
           the
           Doctor
           has
           thought
           fit
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           no
           Argument
           against
           him
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           for
           men
           to
           act
           contrary
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           to
           be
           better
           than
           their
           Religion
           in
           its
           just
           consequences
           teaches
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           I
           charitably
           hope
           
           many
           Roman
           Catholicks
           are
           .
           But
           who
           are
           these
           men
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           their
           Authority
           ,
           who
           teach
           ,
           that
           the
           Deposing
           Heretical
           Kings
           ,
           or
           those
           who
           are
           Favourers
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           is
           no
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ?
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           
             Deposing
             Doctrine
          
           ;
           for
           I
           grant
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           teach
           Rebellion
           by
           that
           name
           :
           for
           when
           a
           Prince
           is
           deposed
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           they
           absolve
           their
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Fealty
           ,
           
             and
             then
             it
             is
             no
             Rebellion
             to
             Rebel
             .
          
           And
           I
           wish
           our
           Author
           had
           not
           some
           such
           reserve
           in
           those
           doubtful
           terms
           ,
           Rebelling
           and
           
             True
             Loyalty
          
           :
           for
           to
           resist
           and
           dethrown
           a
           deposed
           Prince
           ,
           is
           not
           Rebellion
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           nor
           to
           defend
           him
           ,
           
             True
             Loyalty
          
           .
        
         
           But
           does
           this
           Gentleman
           think
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           other
           way
           of
           knowing
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           but
           by
           what
           they
           say
           ,
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           their
           Church
           ?
           Suppose
           some
           of
           these
           Sayers
           be
           so
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           they
           know
           not
           what
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           their
           Church
           ;
           some
           so
           crafty
           ,
           as
           to
           conceal
           it
           ;
           some
           so
           heretical
           as
           to
           deny
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           censured
           ,
           and
           excommunicated
           for
           it
           at
           Rome
           ;
           what
           does
           their
           saying
           so
           or
           so
           signifie
           to
           us
           ?
           who
           have
           the
           authentick
           Decrees
           of
           their
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           .
           They
           are
           very
           angry
           with
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           alleadge
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           their
           private
           Doctors
           ,
           though
           of
           the
           greatest
           Note
           and
           Eminency
           among
           them
           ,
           whose
           Writings
           have
           been
           published
           with
           the
           greatest
           Authority
           ,
           and
           received
           with
           the
           greatest
           Applause
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           have
           the
           modesty
           to
           send
           us
           to
           an
           Irish
           Remonstrance
           ,
           and
           the
           Writings
           of
           
             P.
             W.
          
           or
           to
           the
           renowned
           Author
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Principles
           ,
           to
           learn
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           admirable
           Vouchers
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           some
           of
           whom
           at
           least
           are
           no
           better
           than
           Apostates
           themselves
           ,
           and
           are
           condemned
           for
           such
           at
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           we
           should
           be
           perswaded
           by
           the
           Authority
           and
           Rhetorick
           of
           this
           Author
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           does
           not
           teach
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           should
           assert
           it
           against
           all
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           should
           answer
           in
           
           the
           very
           words
           of
           this
           Remonstrance
           .
           
             What
             reason
             has
             any
             man
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             our
             Religion
             does
             not
             teach
             us
             to
             Rebel
          
           (
           that
           is
           to
           Depose
           and
           Murder
           Heretical
           Princes
           )
           
             when
             we
             who
             are
             so
             jealous
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             that
             we
             voluntarily
             suffer
             the
             loss
             of
             our
             Estates
             ,
             our
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             our
             Lives
             ,
             rather
             than
             renounce
             the
             least
             tittle
             of
             it
             ;
             do
             both
             in
             our
             publick
             Writings
             and
             private
             Discourses
             ,
             declare
             and
             maintain
             that
             our
             Religion
             does
             teach
             the
             Deposing
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             are
             ready
             to
             maintain
             and
             practise
             it
             with
             the
             hazard
             of
             our
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ?
          
           What
           a
           fine
           case
           are
           we
           in
           now
           !
           when
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           proves
           ,
           that
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           (
           says
           our
           Author
           )
           of
           some
           other
           nameless
           Party
           proves
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           ,
           why
           the
           Jesuits
           may
           not
           pass
           for
           as
           good
           Catholicks
           as
           any
           other
           Order
           amongst
           them
           ,
           nor
           why
           Baronius
           ,
           and
           Bellarmine
           ,
           and
           Suarez
           ,
           &c.
           may
           not
           be
           thought
           as
           good
           Catholick
           Doctors
           ,
           as
           some
           few
           late
           Writers
           .
           This
           Argument
           then
           will
           prove
           nothing
           because
           it
           proves
           both
           parts
           of
           a
           contradiction
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           is
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Had
           he
           ingenuously
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           had
           been
           decreed
           and
           practised
           by
           their
           Popes
           and
           General
           Councils
           ,
           that
           no
           Pope
           or
           Council
           since
           Gregory
           the
           Seventh
           had
           ever
           condemned
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Jesuits
           do
           still
           maintain
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           late
           Censure
           of
           some
           other
           Jesuitical
           Doctrines
           ,
           the
           present
           Pope
           thought
           fit
           to
           let
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           escape
           without
           censure
           ;
           but
           notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           they
           did
           utterly
           disown
           it
           ,
           and
           would
           do
           so
           ,
           though
           they
           knew
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           had
           defined
           it
           ,
           or
           ever
           hereafter
           should
           do
           so
           ,
           this
           had
           been
           something
           to
           the
           purpose
           to
           satisfie
           both
           Prince
           and
           People
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           .
           But
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           is
           to
           out-face
           all
           mankind
           ,
           who
           have
           eyes
           in
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           skill
           enough
           to
           read
           the
           Decrees
           of
           their
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ;
           and
           
           to
           found
           their
           Loyalty
           upon
           this
           supposition
           ,
           that
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           gives
           too
           great
           a
           suspicion
           that
           if
           this
           were
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           or
           ever
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           or
           they
           should
           ever
           be
           convinced
           that
           is
           so
           ,
           then
           they
           would
           be
           for
           the
           deposing
           of
           Princes
           too
           ;
           and
           whatever
           some
           little
           inferiour
           People
           in
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           think
           of
           these
           matters
           ,
           while
           the
           governing
           part
           of
           the
           Church
           believes
           otherwise
           ,
           as
           they
           certainly
           do
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           (
           if
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Adherents
           are
           the
           governing
           part
           )
           Princes
           have
           no
           security
           ,
           that
           Popes
           will
           not
           challenge
           and
           exercise
           this
           authority
           ,
           but
           their
           want
           of
           power
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           is
           wholly
           owing
           to
           the
           Reformation
           :
           for
           till
           Princes
           had
           Subjects
           who
           valued
           not
           the
           Popes
           authority
           ,
           they
           themselves
           were
           the
           Popes
           Vassals
           ,
           and
           must
           necessarily
           be
           so
           again
           ,
           could
           they
           extinguish
           this
           pestilent
           Heresie
           ,
           the
           great
           fault
           of
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           given
           strength
           and
           security
           to
           Princes
           ,
           by
           weakening
           the
           Pope
           .
        
         
           But
           our
           Author
           proceeds
           :
           
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             some
             persons
             in
             communion
             with
          
           Rome
           
             have
             broached
             Tenents
             inconsistent
             with
             Loyalty
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             true
             likewise
             ,
             their
             Books
             have
             been
             condemned
             and
             burnt
             (
             as
             they
             often
             tell
             us
             )
             by
             the
             publick
             Executioner
             .
          
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           
           Mariana's
           Book
           
             de
             Rege
             &
             Regis
             institutione
             ,
             Suarez
             defensio
             fid
             .
             Cath.
             &
             Sanctarellus
             Tractatus
             de
             Haeresi
             ,
          
           and
           it
           may
           be
           some
           others
           ,
           were
           condemned
           to
           be
           burnt
           by
           the
           Parliament
           at
           Paris
           ;
           but
           no
           thanks
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           for
           this
           ,
           who
           never
           condemned
           these
           Doctrines
           .
           It
           is
           said
           indeed
           ,
           that
           
           Mariana's
           Book
           was
           censured
           by
           the
           Pope
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Pope
           did
           censure
           one
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           as
           we
           learn
           from
           
             Alegambe
             in
             Biblioth
             .
             Script
             .
             Societ
             .
             Jesu
             ,
          
           p.
           258.
           but
           not
           that
           
             de
             Rege
          
           which
           was
           burnt
           at
           Paris
           :
           And
           as
           for
           Sanctarellus
           ,
           his
           Book
           was
           printed
           at
           Rome
           by
           the
           express
           allowance
           of
           Vitellescus
           the
           General
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           took
           great
           offence
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           examined
           some
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           what
           they
           thought
           of
           it
           ,
           Father
           Coton
           
           answered
           ,
           that
           they
           disliked
           it
           .
           And
           being
           farther
           asked
           ,
           how
           they
           could
           disapprove
           what
           their
           General
           allowed
           ,
           he
           replied
           ,
           That
           their
           General
           being
           at
           Rome
           ,
           could
           do
           no
           less
           .
           Upon
           this
           they
           enquire
           what
           they
           would
           do
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           at
           Rome
           ;
           the
           Jesuit
           frankly
           answered
           ,
           They
           should
           think
           as
           they
           do
           at
           Rome
           ,
           as
           Gramondus
           relates
           .
           And
           how
           this
           proves
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           is
           such
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Deposing
           and
           King-killing
           Doctrine
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           :
           for
           it
           seems
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           upon
           some
           prudent
           considerations
           may
           condemn
           such
           Doctrines
           at
           Paris
           or
           London
           ,
           may
           prove
           good
           Catholicks
           at
           Rome
           ,
           such
           influence
           has
           a
           different
           Climate
           upon
           some
           mens
           Faith.
           
        
         
           
             But
             he
             addes
          
           ,
           The
           Roman
           Catholicks
           do
           frequently
           declare
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           in
           their
           Church
           ,
           and
           expresly
           declared
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           ,
           that
           the
           King-killing
           ,
           Doctrine
           ,
           or
           Murder
           of
           Princes
           Excommunicated
           for
           Heresie
           ,
           is
           damnable
           and
           Heretical
           ,
           as
           being
           contrary
           to
           the
           known
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Nature
           .
        
         
           But
           whatever
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           declare
           (
           which
           we
           have
           but
           one
           nameless
           Author's
           word
           for
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Principles
           ,
           
           who
           yet
           assignes
           this
           as
           the
           chief
           reason
           ,
           
             why
             many
             Catholicks
          
           of
           tender
           Consciences
           refuse
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           because
           they
           cannot
           renounce
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           as
           heretical
           ;
           which
           is
           strange
           ,
           if
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           has
           condemned
           it
           as
           damnable
           and
           heretical
           )
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           declares
           no
           such
           thing
           .
           He
           directs
           us
           to
           Sess.
           15.
           of
           that
           Council
           ,
           where
           indeed
           I
           find
           this
           Proposition
           condemned
           :
           
             Quilibet
             Tyrannus
             potest
             &
             debet
             .
             That
             any
             Tyrant
             may
             and
             ought
             lawfully
             and
             meritoriously
             be
             killed
             by
             any
             of
             his
             Vassals
             and
             Subjects
             by
             treachery
             or
             flattery
             ,
          
           
           
             notwithstanding
             any
             Oath
             of
             Fealty
          
           ,
           Non
           expectata
           sententia
           vel
           mandato
           judicis
           cujuscunque
           ,
           
             without
             expecting
             the
             Sentence
             or
             Command
             of
             any
             Judge
             .
          
           So
           that
           the
           Council
           condemns
           the
           killing
           of
           a
           Tyrant
           ,
           not
           
           of
           a
           Heretick
           ;
           and
           the
           killing
           of
           a
           Tyrant
           who
           is
           not
           condemned
           and
           deposed
           ,
           not
           of
           one
           who
           is
           excommunicated
           for
           Heresie
           .
           And
           that
           last
           clause
           ,
           
             without
             expecting
             the
             Sentence
             and
             Command
             of
             any
             Judge
             ,
          
           supposes
           that
           it
           is
           no
           fault
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           may
           be
           a
           very
           lawful
           and
           meritorious
           act
           ,
           to
           kill
           such
           Princes
           as
           are
           deposed
           by
           superiour
           Judges
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           Pope
           or
           Council
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           onely
           Authority
           that
           ever
           pretended
           to
           judge
           or
           depose
           Soveraign
           Princes
           :
           and
           therefore
           when
           Suarez
           was
           urged
           with
           this
           Decree
           ,
           
           he
           answers
           ,
           
             Where
             do
             you
             find
             in
             the
             Acts
             of
             that
             Council
             ,
             that
             this
             extends
             to
             Princes
             Excommunicated
             or
             Deposed
             by
             the
             Pope
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Council
           of
           Constance
           owns
           the
           fourth
           Council
           of
           Lateran
           for
           a
           General
           Council
           ,
           
           and
           Decrees
           ,
           that
           every
           new-elected
           Pope
           before
           the
           publication
           of
           his
           Election
           ,
           shall
           profess
           to
           maintain
           this
           among
           other
           General
           Councils
           ,
           to
           the
           least
           tittle
           ,
           with
           the
           expence
           of
           his
           life
           and
           bloud
           ;
           and
           therefore
           what
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           this
           Council
           was
           about
           Deposing
           Princes
           ,
           we
           may
           learn
           from
           the
           Council
           of
           Lateran
           ,
           which
           expresly
           defines
           ,
           
             That
             if
             the
             Temporal
             Lord
             being
             required
             and
             admonished
             by
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           
           
             shall
             neglect
             to
             purge
             his
             Country
             from
             the
             filth
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             Excommunicated
             by
             their
             Metropolitan
             and
             his
             Suffragan
             Bishops
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             neglect
             to
             make
             satisfaction
             within
             a
             year
             ,
             this
             shall
             be
             signified
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             that
             from
             thenceforth
             he
             may
             declare
             his
             Subjects
             Absolved
             from
             their
             Fealty
             ,
             and
             expose
             his
             Country
             to
             be
             seized
             by
             Catholicks
             ,
             who
             
             shall
             possess
             it
             without
             any
             contradiction
             ,
             and
             preserve
             it
             in
             the
             purity
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             provided
             the
             principal
             Lord
             may
             receive
             no
             damage
             by
             it
             ,
             if
             he
             do
             nothing
             to
             hinder
             these
             proceedings
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             same
             Law
             shall
             be
             observed
             as
             to
             those
             who
             have
             no
             principal
             Lords
             over
             them
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           all
           Soveraign
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Emperours
           ,
           who
           are
           liable
           to
           the
           Sentence
           of
           Excommunication
           and
           Deprivation
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           purge
           their
           Dominions
           of
           Heresie
           .
           Now
           this
           I
           take
           to
           be
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           
             But
             we
             need
             not
             go
             to
             the
             Council
             of
          
           Lateran
           
             to
             learn
             the
             sence
             of
             the
             Council
             of
          
           Constance
           
             in
             this
             point
             .
             Pope
          
           Martin
           
             the
             Fifth
          
           ,
           
           
             in
             his
             Bull
             for
             confirmation
             of
             this
             Council
             ,
             speaks
             very
             home
             to
             the
             Case
             ,
          
           That
           all
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           their
           followers
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           hold
           and
           defend
           such
           Heresies
           ,
           or
           communicate
           with
           such
           Hereticks
           publickly
           or
           secretly
           ,
           
           in
           Religious
           Offices
           or
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           though
           they
           shine
           in
           the
           Dignity
           of
           Patriarchs
           ,
           Arch-Bishops
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           Kings
           ,
           Queens
           ,
           Dukes
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Secular
           Title
           ,
           shall
           be
           pronounced
           Excommunicate
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           every
           Sunday
           and
           Holy-day
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Archbishops
           ,
           Bishops
           and
           Inquisitors
           ,
           shall
           by
           our
           Authority
           diligently
           inquire
           concerning
           them
           who
           hold
           ,
           defend
           ,
           or
           receive
           such
           Heresies
           and
           Errours
           ,
           of
           what
           Dignity
           ,
           State
           ,
           Preheminence
           ,
           Degree
           ,
           Order
           ,
           or
           Condition
           soever
           they
           are
           :
           and
           if
           they
           be
           found
           quilty
           ,
           shall
           by
           the
           foresaid
           Authority
           proceed
           against
           
           them
           by
           punishments
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           Suspension
           ,
           Interdict
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           deprivation
           of
           their
           Dignities
           ,
           Offices
           ,
           and
           Benefices
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           and
           also
           of
           their
           Secular
           Dignities
           and
           Honours
           ;
           and
           by
           any
           other
           Penalties
           ,
           Sentences
           ,
           Ecclesiastical
           Censures
           ,
           which
           they
           shall
           judge
           fitting
           ,
           even
           by
           taking
           and
           imprisoning
           their
           Persons
           ,
           and
           executing
           upon
           them
           any
           corporal
           Punishments
           with
           which
           Hereticks
           use
           to
           be
           punished
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Canonical
           Sanctions
           .
           
             This
             is
             the
             Council
             ,
             which
             our
             Author
             tells
             us
             expresly
             declares
             ,
             that
             the
             King-killing
             Doctrine
             or
             Murder
             of
             Princes
             excommunicated
             for
             Heresie
             ,
             is
             damnable
             and
             heretical
             ,
             as
             being
             contrary
             to
             the
             known
             Laws
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             ;
             and
             yet
             for
             ought
             I
             can
             perceive
             by
             this
             Bull
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Emperour
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             a
             Heretick
             ,
             or
             a
             Favourer
             of
             Hereticks
             ,
             if
             the
             Pope
             have
             as
             much
             power
             as
             authority
             ,
             may
             be
             burnt
             ,
             as
          
           John
           Huss
           ,
           and
           Ierom
           of
           Prague
           ,
           
             were
             by
             this
             Council
          
           .
        
         
           The
           account
           of
           that
           Article
           ,
           
             Quilibet
             Tyrannus
          
           ,
           in
           short
           is
           this
           :
           The
           Duke
           of
           Burgundy
           had
           caused
           Lewis
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           to
           be
           murdered
           ;
           
             Johannes
             Parvus
          
           a
           Divine
           of
           Paris
           ,
           to
           justifie
           this
           action
           ,
           defended
           that
           Proposition
           ,
           That
           a
           Tyrant
           might
           be
           killed
           by
           any
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           without
           expecting
           the
           Sentence
           or
           Command
           of
           any
           Judge
           ;
           which
           Mariana
           asserts
           to
           be
           certainly
           true
           ,
           
           and
           that
           the
           onely
           difficulty
           is
           to
           know
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           Tyrant
           .
           So
           that
           this
           is
           a
           true
           Commonwealth-Principle
           ,
           like
           the
           seventeenth
           Article
           of
           
             John
             Wickleff
          
           ,
           which
           was
           condemned
           also
           in
           this
           Council
           ;
           
             Populares
             possunt
             ad
             suum
             arbitrium
             dominos
             delinquentes
             corrigere
             .
          
           The
           people
           may
           correct
           their
           Lords
           or
           Governours
           ,
           when
           they
           do
           amiss
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           own
           will
           and
           pleasure
           .
           And
           this
           I
           grant
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           which
           reserves
           this
           power
           wholly
           to
           it self
           ,
           though
           it
           has
           been
           defended
           by
           many
           Jesuits
           ,
           such
           as
           Mariana
           and
           Suarez
           ,
           from
           whence
           our
           late
           Rebels
           learnt
           their
           
           Maxims
           of
           Government
           .
           But
           these
           two
           Questions
           ought
           to
           be
           carefully
           distinguished
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           may
           indeed
           injure
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           Whether
           the
           People
           have
           an
           inherent
           right
           in
           themselves
           to
           Depose
           ,
           or
           Punish
           ,
           or
           Murder
           Tyrannical
           Princes
           ;
           and
           whether
           the
           Pope
           have
           authority
           to
           Depose
           Princes
           for
           Heresie
           or
           other
           causes
           ,
           and
           to
           Absolve
           their
           Subjects
           from
           their
           obedience
           :
           The
           first
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           though
           it
           be
           of
           many
           Jesuits
           )
           but
           is
           expresly
           condemned
           by
           this
           Council
           ;
           though
           Mariana
           truly
           observes
           ,
           that
           the
           condemnation
           of
           this
           Proposition
           ,
           
             Quilibet
             Tyrannus
          
           ,
           is
           not
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Popes
           Bull
           ,
           as
           the
           condemnation
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           Wickleff
           and
           Huss
           expresly
           is
           ;
           which
           gives
           some
           suspicion
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           much
           like
           it
           ,
           especially
           considering
           what
           Gerson
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Johan
             Parvus
          
           was
           branched
           out
           into
           nine
           Articles
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           very
           zealous
           to
           have
           had
           them
           all
           distinctly
           condemned
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           obtain
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           complains
           ,
           
             Errorem
             illum
             non
             sufficienter
             sed
             valdé
             diminute
             damnatum
             esse
             ,
          
           That
           this
           Errour
           was
           not
           sufficiently
           ,
           but
           very
           imperfectly
           condemned
           ;
           which
           he
           attributes
           to
           that
           kindness
           many
           of
           them
           had
           for
           the
           Duke
           of
           Burgundy
           .
           However
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           find
           this
           Doctrine
           defined
           in
           any
           of
           their
           General
           Councils
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           condemned
           (
           though
           Gerson
           says
           imperfectly
           )
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           not
           to
           be
           accounted
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           But
           as
           for
           the
           Popes
           Deposing
           power
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           onely
           asserted
           by
           Jesuits
           ,
           but
           decreed
           by
           their
           Councils
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           be
           accounted
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           their
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           our
           Author
           proceeds
           :
           
             That
             no
             Catholicks
             ,
             as
             Catholicks
             ,
             believe
             that
             the
             Pope
             hath
             any
             direct
             or
             indirect
             authority
             over
             the
             Temporal
             Power
             and
             Jurisdiction
             of
             Princes
             :
             so
             that
             if
             the
             Pope
             shall
             pretend
             to
             absolve
             or
             dispence
             with
             his
             Majesties
             Subjects
             from
             their
             Allegiance
             upon
             account
             of
             Heresie
             and
             Schism
             ,
             such
             Dispensation
             would
             be
             vain
             and
             null
             ,
             and
             all
             Catholick
             Subjects
             (
             notwithstanding
             such
             Dispensation
             or
             Absolution
             )
             would
             be
             still
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             to
             defend
             their
             King
             and
             Country
             ,
             at
             the
             hazard
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             even
             against
             the
             Pope
             himself
             ,
             in
             
             case
             he
             should
             invade
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           And
           yet
           we
           see
           that
           Popes
           challenge
           this
           Deposing
           power
           ,
           and
           their
           Councils
           own
           and
           decree
           it
           ;
           and
           where
           to
           find
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Decrees
           of
           their
           Popes
           and
           Roman
           Catholick
           General
           Councils
           ,
           I
           cannot
           guess
           .
           And
           if
           we
           may
           take
           and
           leave
           what
           we
           please
           of
           their
           Councils
           ,
           and
           be
           good
           Catholicks
           still
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           we
           may
           not
           reject
           the
           Decrees
           of
           their
           Councils
           about
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           Purgatory
           ,
           Indulgences
           ,
           the
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           Worship
           of
           Images
           ,
           and
           continue
           as
           good
           Catholicks
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           who
           renounce
           the
           Authority
           of
           their
           Councils
           as
           to
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           would
           have
           condemned
           these
           men
           for
           Hereticks
           ,
           who
           should
           presume
           to
           reject
           any
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           this
           or
           other
           General
           Councils
           had
           determined
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           Bull
           of
           Martin
           V.
           in
           the
           Articles
           of
           Inquiry
           after
           Hereticks
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           ask
           them
           this
           Question
           among
           others
           :
           
             Whether
             he
             believed
             ,
             that
             what
             this
             holy
             Council
             of
          
           Constance
           ,
           
             representing
             the
             Vniversal
             Church
             ,
             hath
             approved
             and
             doth
             approve
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             and
             the
             salvation
             of
             Souls
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             held
             and
             approved
             of
             all
             Christian
             people
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             what
             it
             hath
             and
             doth
             condemn
             as
             contrary
             to
             Faith
             and
             good
             Manners
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             be
             held
             ,
             and
             believed
             ,
             and
             professed
             by
             them
             to
             be
             condemned
             .
          
        
         
           It
           were
           easie
           to
           multiply
           Testimonies
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           as
           the
           Deposition
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Frederick
           II.
           in
           the
           General
           Council
           at
           Lyons
           by
           Pope
           Innocent
           IV.
           the
           Breve
           of
           Paul
           V.
           to
           the
           English
           Catholicks
           ,
           against
           taking
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ;
           but
           my
           Author
           has
           given
           no
           occasion
           to
           proceed
           any
           farther
           .
           He
           appeals
           to
           the
           General
           Council
           of
           Constance
           ,
           and
           I
           joyn
           issue
           with
           him
           here
           ,
           and
           leave
           it
           to
           every
           man
           to
           judge
           ,
           whether
           that
           Council
           has
           decreed
           the
           King-killing
           Doctrine
           ,
           or
           Murder
           of
           Princes
           Excommunicated
           for
           Heresie
           ,
           to
           be
           damnable
           and
           heretical
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           those
           three
           Treatises
           against
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           which
           are
           published
           by
           the
           Title
           of
           
             The
             Jesuits
             Loyalty
          
           ,
           proves
           at
           large
           that
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           by
           several
           very
           material
           Arguments
           .
           
             
             
               1.
               
               That
               Popes
               have
               taught
               it
               as
               sound
               Doctrine
               ,
               proving
               it
               from
               Scripture
               and
               Tradition
               ,
               and
               condemned
               the
               contrary
               as
               erroneous
               in
               Faith
               ,
               pernicious
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               wicked
               folly
               and
               madness
               ,
               and
               inflicted
               Censures
               on
               them
               that
               held
               it
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               Popes
               have
               in
               the
               highest
               Tribunals
               of
               the
               Church
               deposed
               Soveraign
               Princes
               ,
               and
               absolved
               their
               Subjects
               from
               their
               Allegiance
               ;
               and
               this
               with
               the
               advice
               and
               consent
               of
               their
               Councils
               ,
               and
               not
               onely
               Patriarchal
               ,
               but
               sometimes
               even
               General
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               Popes
               ,
               and
               General
               Councils
               by
               them
               confirmed
               ,
               have
               denounced
               Excommunication
               to
               such
               as
               should
               obey
               their
               Princes
               after
               such
               Sentence
               of
               Deposition
               and
               Absolution
               of
               their
               Subjects
               from
               their
               Allegiance
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               a
               General
               Council
               ,
               confirmed
               by
               the
               Pope
               ,
               hath
               made
               a
               Cannon-law
               ,
               regulating
               the
               manner
               of
               Deposing
               Princes
               in
               some
               case
               ,
               and
               absolving
               their
               Subjects
               from
               their
               Allegiance
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               That
               all
               Catholick
               Divines
               and
               Casuists
               that
               have
               treated
               of
               it
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               to
               the
               last
               ,
               (
               after
               
               Calvin's
               time
               )
               in
               all
               the
               several
               Nations
               of
               Christendom
               ,
               have
               asserted
               this
               power
               of
               the
               Pope
               ,
               without
               so
               much
               as
               one
               contradicting
               it
               in
               all
               that
               time
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               all
               Catholick
               Emperours
               ,
               Kings
               ,
               (
               yea
               ,
               even
               they
               that
               were
               deposed
               )
               States
               ,
               Magistrates
               ,
               and
               Lawyers
               ,
               and
               finally
               all
               the
               Catholicks
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               for
               the
               time
               being
               ,
               have
               (
               by
               tacit
               consent
               at
               least
               )
               approved
               and
               received
               this
               Doctrine
               of
               Popes
               ,
               Divines
               and
               Casuists
               ,
               and
               these
               Censures
               ,
               Canons
               ,
               and
               Practices
               of
               Popes
               and
               General
               Councils
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           is
           enough
           in
           all
           Conscience
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           well
           proved
           (
           as
           I
           think
           truly
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           it
           is
           )
           to
           prove
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           when
           there
           is
           so
           great
           and
           potent
           a
           Party
           among
           themselves
           ,
           who
           appear
           so
           zealous
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           I
           cannot
           understand
           what
           fault
           the
           Doctor
           committed
           in
           charging
           them
           with
           that
           which
           they
           are
           so
           ambitious
           to
           be
           charged
           with
           .
           If
           it
           be
           a
           Calumny
           ,
           
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           Divines
           and
           Casuists
           and
           Lawyers
           ,
           are
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           Calumny
           (
           not
           those
           who
           believe
           it
           upon
           their
           report
           )
           who
           are
           the
           properest
           Judges
           ,
           what
           authority
           it
           is
           they
           challenge
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           world
           knows
           what
           it
           is
           they
           exercise
           as
           often
           as
           they
           can
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           indeed
           an
           Answer
           given
           to
           this
           Treatise
           by
           one
           of
           those
           Catholick
           Divines
           (
           as
           they
           call
           themselves
           )
           who
           will
           not
           own
           this
           to
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           I
           read
           it
           over
           with
           great
           zeal
           and
           expectation
           to
           see
           it
           confuted
           ,
           which
           I
           profess
           I
           should
           have
           been
           very
           glad
           to
           have
           seen
           fairly
           done
           :
           for
           I
           take
           no
           pleasure
           in
           the
           Errours
           and
           Mistakes
           of
           any
           Church
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           he
           has
           proved
           ,
           that
           those
           Kings
           and
           Emperours
           who
           were
           deposed
           ,
           did
           not
           like
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           would
           guess
           ;
           and
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           at
           first
           a
           bold
           attempt
           in
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Treatise
           to
           prove
           the
           contrary
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           onely
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           wherein
           he
           has
           apparently
           the
           better
           of
           his
           Adversary
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           other
           matters
           (
           excepting
           the
           Opinions
           of
           all
           Catholick
           Divines
           and
           Casuists
           before
           Calvin
           ,
           which
           may
           admit
           of
           some
           debate
           )
           he
           yields
           it
           all
           ,
           and
           laughs
           at
           his
           Adversary
           for
           taking
           so
           much
           pains
           to
           prove
           what
           no
           body
           denies
           ,
           viz.
           that
           Popes
           have
           taught
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           have
           made
           such
           Decrees
           ,
           and
           have
           actually
           executed
           them
           upon
           Kings
           and
           Emperours
           ;
           and
           that
           their
           most
           eminent
           Divines
           and
           Casuists
           have
           defended
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           justified
           such
           Decrees
           and
           Practices
           :
           but
           yet
           he
           says
           ,
           all
           this
           does
           not
           prove
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           nor
           
             de
             fide
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           does
           not
           concern
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           meddle
           with
           their
           Church
           nor
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           asserted
           that
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           is
           not
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           some
           cases
           it
           teaches
           Subjects
           to
           Rebel
           .
           Now
           if
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Decrees
           of
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           be
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           in
           a
           strict
           sence
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           or
           not
           ;
           if
           the
           Decrees
           of
           Councils
           to
           depose
           Heretical
           Princes
           or
           the
           Favourers
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           to
           absolve
           their
           Subjects
           from
           
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           do
           not
           teach
           Subjects
           to
           Rebel
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           then
           indeed
           the
           Doctor
           may
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           especially
           if
           it
           be
           any
           comfort
           to
           a
           deposed
           Prince
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           deposed
           by
           vertue
           of
           a
           Decree
           of
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ;
           but
           yet
           the
           Popes
           power
           of
           Deposing
           Princes
           ,
           is
           no
           Article
           of
           Faith.
           
        
         
           But
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           of
           good
           use
           to
           set
           this
           matter
           in
           a
           clear
           light
           ,
           and
           to
           hear
           the
           utmost
           that
           can
           be
           said
           to
           vindicate
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           from
           teaching
           so
           pernicious
           a
           Doctrine
           as
           this
           .
           And
           what
           the
           Answerer
           to
           the
           first
           Treatise
           against
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           says
           ,
           is
           contained
           in
           a
           narrow
           compass
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           reduce
           it
           into
           as
           easie
           a
           method
           as
           I
           can
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           I
           generally
           like
           what
           he
           says
           very
           well
           ,
           and
           think
           he
           has
           proved
           that
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           believe
           it
           ,
           whatever
           Church
           teaches
           it
           ;
           but
           I
           think
           he
           has
           not
           proved
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           He
           frankly
           acknowledges
           ,
           that
           this
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           has
           been
           taught
           by
           Popes
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           decreed
           by
           General
           Councils
           (
           which
           our
           Remonstrancer
           denies
           )
           let
           us
           hear
           then
           how
           he
           vindicates
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           from
           teaching
           such
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           truly
           I
           cannot
           find
           that
           he
           ever
           attempts
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           says
           indeed
           this
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           we
           believe
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           if
           by
           Church
           he
           means
           the
           Universal
           Church
           of
           all
           Ages
           ;
           but
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           which
           teaches
           a
           great
           many
           Doctrines
           which
           the
           Primitive
           and
           Apostolical
           Churches
           never
           heard
           of
           :
           and
           therefore
           though
           it
           be
           true
           what
           he
           says
           ,
           
             That
             all
             the
             Ages
             before
          
           Gregory
           
             the
             Seventh
             were
             positively
             against
             the
             Deposing
             Doctrine
          
           ;
           
           
             That
             this
             was
             a
             Doctrine
             brought
             in
             in
             the
             Eleventh
             Century
             ,
             against
             the
             Judgement
             and
             Practice
             of
             Ten
             before
          
           ;
           
           
             That
             the
             Fathers
             were
             not
             of
             this
             mind
          
           ;
           and
           a
           great
           deal
           to
           this
           purpose
           :
           yet
           this
           does
           not
           prove
           that
           the
           present
           Church
           of
           Rome
           does
           not
           teach
           this
           Doctrine
           ;
           which
           is
           plain
           matter
           of
           fact
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           Decrees
           of
           their
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           acknowledges
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           he
           proves
           ,
           That
           this
           Doctrine
           is
           not
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           :
           For
           two
           things
           are
           necessary
           to
           make
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith.
           
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             Point
             have
             been
             originally
             revealed
             by
             Christ
             ;
             And
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             this
             Revelation
             have
             been
             preserved
             by
             an
             uninterrupted
             and
             uniform
             Practice
             of
             the
             Faithful
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             of
             these
             conditions
             are
             wanting
             ,
             he
             denies
             any
             engagement
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             these
             concerns
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             Church
             has
             believed
             ,
             taught
             ,
             or
             practised
             this
             Deposing
             Doctrine
             :
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           If
           any
           Church
           teaches
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           as
           have
           not
           the
           true
           Characters
           of
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           she
           does
           not
           teach
           true
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ;
           but
           yet
           such
           Doctrines
           may
           be
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           not
           Articles
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           ;
           for
           if
           no
           Church
           can
           make
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           for
           her self
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           Articles
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           then
           no
           Church
           can
           be
           guilty
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           for
           she
           never
           can
           have
           an
           heretical
           Faith
           ,
           if
           nothing
           can
           be
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           Catholick
           ;
           which
           indeed
           is
           the
           only
           expedient
           I
           know
           of
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           not
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           Heresie
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           will
           justifie
           all
           other
           Churches
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           I
           thought
           all
           different
           Churches
           or
           Communions
           of
           Christians
           had
           been
           distinguisht
           from
           each
           other
           by
           their
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Policy
           ,
           their
           Canons
           ,
           or
           Laws
           of
           Discipline
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           would
           know
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           Government
           ,
           or
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           I
           must
           not
           enquire
           either
           what
           the
           Scripture
           teaches
           ,
           or
           what
           was
           taught
           many
           Ages
           since
           by
           the
           Primitive
           Fathers
           ,
           but
           must
           examine
           the
           Authentick
           Records
           of
           these
           Churches
           ,
           the
           Decrees
           of
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           their
           Articles
           and
           Canons
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           know
           ,
           what
           is
           believed
           and
           practised
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           or
           England
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           but
           by
           such
           Records
           :
           What
           is
           the
           true
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           
           are
           two
           very
           different
           Questions
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           proved
           different
           ways
           ;
           we
           must
           learn
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Fathers
           ;
           but
           we
           must
           learn
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           or
           England
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Church
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           Writings
           ,
           confirmed
           by
           the
           highest
           Authority
           that
           is
           in
           such
           a
           Church
           :
           And
           therefore
           as
           we
           must
           learn
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           our
           Articles
           and
           Canons
           ,
           so
           we
           must
           learn
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           by
           the
           Definitions
           ,
           Decrees
           ,
           Constitutions
           ,
           Canons
           of
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           whose
           Authority
           is
           received
           and
           acknowledged
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           ,
           who
           renounces
           the
           39
           Articles
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           does
           so
           far
           separate
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           renounce
           its
           Authority
           and
           Communion
           ;
           so
           do
           those
           ,
           who
           renounce
           the
           Decrees
           and
           Definitions
           of
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           so
           far
           forth
           renounce
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           Government
           ,
           and
           Discipline
           of
           it
           .
           And
           as
           it
           would
           be
           absurd
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           does
           not
           renounce
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           because
           this
           Author
           thinks
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           Catholick
           Doctrine
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           equally
           absurd
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           Deposing
           Princes
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           though
           taught
           by
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           highest
           Authority
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           because
           this
           Author
           believes
           ,
           That
           ,
           notwithstanding
           what
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Universal
           Church
           in
           all
           Ages
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           good
           reason
           indeed
           to
           prove
           ,
           That
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           receive
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           though
           taught
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           but
           is
           no
           proof
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           not
           taught
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Thus
           it
           is
           nothing
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           we
           are
           concerned
           in
           this
           Controversie
           ,
           Whether
           Popes
           or
           Councils
           be
           Fallible
           or
           Infallible
           ,
           Whether
           what
           they
           decree
           be
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           Whether
           it
           be
           true
           or
           false
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           Popes
           and
           their
           Councils
           be
           the
           highest
           Authority
           in
           the
           Church
           
           of
           Rome
           ,
           we
           must
           learn
           from
           them
           ,
           What
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           be
           it
           true
           or
           false
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           ,
           what
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           Articles
           and
           Canons
           agreed
           on
           in
           Convocation
           ;
           though
           we
           do
           not
           pretend
           that
           the
           Convocation
           is
           Infallible
           ,
           or
           that
           what
           they
           determine
           must
           be
           true
           ,
           because
           they
           determine
           it
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           little
           (
           not
           to
           say
           senceless
           )
           Distinctions
           ,
           which
           this
           Answerer
           uses
           ,
           tend
           only
           to
           prove
           ,
           That
           what
           is
           decreed
           by
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           is
           not
           therefore
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           Universal
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           unless
           it
           have
           the
           confirmation
           of
           Catholick
           Tradition
           ,
           which
           I
           will
           easily
           grant
           him
           ;
           but
           yet
           it
           may
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           present
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           determined
           by
           all
           the
           Authority
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           that
           Church
           :
           For
           that
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           any
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           agreed
           on
           ,
           and
           determined
           by
           the
           highest
           Authority
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           know
           no
           greater
           Authority
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           being
           defined
           and
           decreed
           by
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           (
           as
           he
           himself
           acknowledges
           )
           must
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           No
           says
           this
           Answerer
           ,
           Councils
           have
           made
           a
           Canon
           for
           the
           Deposing
           heretical
           Princes
           ,
           but
           have
           not
           defined
           ,
           That
           the
           Pope
           or
           Council
           have
           Authority
           to
           do
           it
           .
           
             Councils
             use
             to
             define
             those
             things
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             they
             intend
             we
             should
             be
             obliged
             to
             believe
             .
             To
             make
             a
             Canon
             is
             one
             thing
             ,
             to
             define
             is
             another
             .
             Decreeing
             and
             Supposing
             are
             plainly
             not
             defining
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           this
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           is
           no
           Article
           of
           Faith
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           nor
           are
           they
           bound
           to
           beleive
           it
           ,
           because
           though
           it
           has
           been
           decreed
           ,
           it
           has
           not
           been
           defined
           in
           any
           Council
           .
           An
           admirable
           Apology
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             !
             The
             Council
             of
          
           Lateran
           (
           says
           this
           Answerer
           )
           
             made
             a
             Decree
             concerning
             Deposition
          
           ;
           
           
             the
             Council
             of
          
           Lyons
           
             assented
             to
             an
             actual
             Deposition
             ;
             therefore
             they
             were
             both
             perswaded
             ,
             they
             or
             the
             Pope
             ,
             had
             power
             to
             depose
             .
             I
             ,
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             see
             not
             what
             more
             can
             be
             made
             of
             it
             .
          
           And
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           
           what
           more
           need
           be
           made
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           justifie
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           or
           any
           one
           else
           ,
           who
           charges
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ▪
          
           with
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           .
           He
           may
           dispute
           with
           his
           Adversary
           ,
           if
           he
           pleases
           ,
           Whether
           such
           a
           Deposing
           Canon
           ,
           prove
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ;
           but
           I
           think
           it
           is
           much
           at
           one
           ,
           Whether
           a
           Prince
           be
           deposed
           by
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           or
           by
           a
           Decree
           or
           Canon
           .
           If
           that
           Canon
           ,
           which
           decrees
           the
           Deposing
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Absolving
           their
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           teaches
           Subjects
           to
           rebel
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           has
           made
           such
           a
           Canon
           ,
           (
           as
           evidently
           they
           have
           ,
           if
           Roman
           Catholick
           General
           Councils
           be
           the
           Representative
           of
           that
           Church
           )
           I
           think
           it
           does
           not
           mend
           the
           matter
           much
           ,
           whether
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           be
           an
           Article
           of
           Faith
           or
           not
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           am
           not
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           ,
           that
           to
           decree
           what
           shall
           be
           done
           ,
           includes
           a
           virtual
           Definition
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           on
           which
           that
           Decree
           is
           founded
           .
           To
           decree
           ,
           that
           an
           heretical
           Prince
           shall
           be
           Deposed
           ,
           signifies
           something
           more
           than
           a
           bare
           Definition
           ,
           that
           an
           Heretical
           Prince
           may
           be
           deposed
           ;
           and
           I
           believe
           all
           mankind
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           lost
           common
           sense
           by
           Metaphysical
           Subtilities
           ,
           have
           always
           taken
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           That
           a
           Decree
           includes
           a
           Definition
           .
           Nay
           to
           decree
           without
           a
           Definition
           ,
           supposes
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           whereon
           the
           Decree
           of
           Deposition
           is
           founded
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           universally
           received
           and
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           an
           express
           Definition
           ;
           which
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           ties
           it
           as
           hard
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           any
           Definition
           could
           do
           .
        
         
           The
           Sum
           is
           this
           :
           This
           Answerer
           acknowledges
           ,
           That
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           have
           decreed
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           will
           by
           no
           means
           grant
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           there
           by
           meaning
           ,
           the
           Universal
           Church
           of
           all
           ages
           )
           nor
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           believe
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           readily
           grant
           him
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           do
           still
           averr
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           present
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           which
           is
           all
           that
           I
           intend
           to
           prove
           ,
           for
           I
           never
           thought
           it
           was
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           true
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           or
           that
           any
           Christian
           ought
           to
           believe
           
           it
           .
           As
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           is
           distinguished
           from
           other
           Communions
           of
           Christians
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           other
           way
           to
           learn
           what
           she
           teaches
           but
           from
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           highest
           Authority
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           and
           they
           teach
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ;
           and
           therefore
           those
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           Communion
           with
           that
           Church
           ,
           and
           own
           its
           Authority
           ,
           must
           own
           it
           too
           .
           Those
           who
           disown
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           so
           far
           disown
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           the
           better
           Subjects
           for
           being
           the
           worse
           Papists
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           is
           no
           great
           Commendation
           to
           that
           Religion
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Now
           since
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           have
           decreed
           and
           thereby
           defined
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           this
           Answerer
           does
           and
           must
           believe
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           to
           be
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
           I
           desire
           to
           know
           ,
           how
           he
           can
           avoid
           that
           Inference
           ,
           That
           this
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           ever
           since
           it
           has
           been
           decreed
           by
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           has
           been
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           For
           is
           not
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           the
           Church
           still
           ,
           since
           it
           decreed
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ?
           and
           is
           not
           a
           General
           Council
           ,
           the
           Representative
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           that
           age
           ,
           wherein
           this
           Council
           is
           held
           ?
           And
           are
           not
           the
           Decrees
           of
           such
           a
           Council
           then
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           No
           ,
           says
           our
           Answerer
           ,
           
             I
             do
             not
             understand
             ,
             how
             the
             Church
             can
             be
             engaged
             ,
          
           
           
             unless
             she
             proceeds
             on
             those
             Grounds
             ,
             on
             which
             alone
             a
             Church
             as
             a
             Church
             ,
             or
             Congregation
             of
             Faithful
             can
             proceed
             .
          
           Which
           he
           there
           tells
           us
           ,
           is
           a
           revelation
           by
           Christ
           ,
           preserved
           by
           an
           uninterrupted
           and
           uniform
           practice
           of
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           that
           exploded
           Oracle
           of
           Infallible
           Tradition
           .
           But
           
             If
             any
             ,
             or
             all
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             make
             the
             Church
             believe
             not
             ,
             or
             act
             on
             other
             grounds
             than
             these
             ,
             I
             conceive
             they
             believe
             and
             act
             ,
             not
             as
             a
             Church
             or
             as
             faithful
             ,
             but
             as
             Men
             ,
             or
             Scholars
             ,
             or
             in
             some
             other
             Capacity
             .
             —
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             when
             Councils
             leave
             their
             proper
             work
             ,
             defining
             and
             declaring
             to
             Posterity
             the
             Faith
             received
             from
             their
             Ancestors
             ,
             and
             fall
             to
             discoursing
             ,
             or
             rather
             acting
             on
             discourses
             formerly
             made
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             in
             strict
             formality
             ,
             Councils
             ,
             I
             mean
             in
             that
             propriety
             in
             which
             they
             are
             held
             
             to
             be
             Infallible
             ,
             but
             men
             assembled
             to
             be
             a
             Council
             ,
             and
             proceeding
             now
             ,
             not
             as
             a
             Council
             ,
             but
             as
             so
             many
             men
             .
          
           And
           must
           this
           pass
           for
           good
           Catholick
           Doctrine
           ;
           that
           all
           the
           men
           in
           the
           Church
           may
           err
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Church
           cannot
           err
           ,
           which
           preserves
           Infallibility
           in
           the
           Church
           by
           as
           great
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           as
           the
           species
           of
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           without
           a
           Subject
           .
           But
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           When
           are
           General
           Councils
           Infallible
           ?
           When
           they
           decree
           and
           define
           ,
           what
           is
           Infallibly
           true
           .
           Right
           !
           And
           thus
           the
           Convocation
           of
           the
           Province
           of
           Canterbury
           or
           York
           are
           as
           Infallible
           ,
           as
           any
           General
           Council
           .
           Nay
           any
           private
           Christian
           is
           as
           Infallible
           as
           either
           ,
           if
           he
           adhere
           to
           Infallible
           Tradition
           .
           But
           I
           thought
           it
           had
           been
           Catholick
           Doctrine
           ,
           That
           a
           General
           Council
           are
           no
           longer
           to
           be
           considered
           as
           men
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Church
           representative
           ,
           which
           is
           under
           the
           Conduct
           and
           Influence
           of
           an
           Infallible
           Spirit
           to
           secure
           them
           from
           Error
           :
           But
           it
           seems
           even
           a
           General
           Council
           may
           err
           ;
           only
           then
           they
           err
           not
           as
           a
           Council
           ,
           but
           as
           Men
           :
           but
           how
           shall
           we
           know
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           a
           Council
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           are
           Men
           ?
           Truly
           this
           is
           not
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           made
           their
           Definitions
           and
           Decrees
           ;
           and
           then
           if
           they
           be
           agreeable
           to
           Catholick
           Tradition
           ,
           they
           acted
           as
           a
           Council
           ,
           if
           not
           they
           were
           only
           Fallible
           Men.
           But
           who
           shall
           be
           Judge
           of
           this
           ?
           Who
           is
           the
           Keeper
           of
           this
           C●tholick
           Tradition
           ?
           Why
           every
           Man
           must
           judge
           for
           himself
           ,
           
           
             It
             is
             the
             sence
             written
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             and
             appearing
             in
             their
             Actions
             :
             The
             Writing
             foretold
             by
             the
             Prophet
             ,
          
           Jerem.
           3.
           
             in
             the
             bowels
             and
             hearts
             of
             the
             house
             of
          
           Israel
           .
           And
           thus
           I
           hope
           in
           time
           our
           Quakers
           may
           be
           good
           Catholicks
           .
        
         
           The
           Sum
           then
           of
           his
           Argument
           ,
           whereby
           he
           proves
           ,
           That
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           is
           not
           taught
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           taught
           by
           Popes
           ,
           and
           General
           Councils
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           Pope
           is
           not
           Infallible
           ,
           at
           least
           that
           his
           Infallibility
           is
           but
           a
           probable
           Opinion
           ;
           That
           General
           Councils
           are
           not
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           Fallible
           Men
           when
           they
           err
           ,
           and
           Infallible
           only
           when
           
           they
           do
           not
           err
           ;
           That
           though
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           and
           all
           the
           Men
           in
           the
           Church
           teach
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           yet
           the
           Church
           does
           not
           teach
           it
           .
           Now
           ,
           Whether
           these
           Propositions
           be
           true
           or
           false
           ,
           I
           enquire
           not
           ,
           but
           desire
           all
           good
           Catholicks
           to
           observe
           ,
           That
           they
           must
           renounce
           the
           Infallibility
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Popes
           and
           General
           Councils
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           or
           acknowledge
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           This
           Distinction
           between
           the
           Church
           and
           the
           Men
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           destroys
           all
           the
           Visible
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           leaves
           every
           man
           at
           liberty
           to
           judge
           for
           himself
           ,
           What
           is
           Catholick
           Tradition
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           loose
           a
           Principle
           ,
           that
           a
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           would
           be
           ashamed
           of
           it
           ;
           let
           them
           no
           more
           talk
           of
           a
           Visible
           Church
           ,
           if
           the
           whole
           Visible
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           be
           not
           the
           Church
           ;
           if
           all
           those
           men
           ,
           in
           whom
           the
           teaching
           and
           governing
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           resides
           ,
           whether
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           may
           teach
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Church
           not
           teach
           them
           ;
           does
           the
           Church
           cease
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           ,
           when
           it
           teaches
           any
           thing
           contrary
           to
           Catholick
           Tradition
           ?
           Then
           it
           seems
           there
           was
           no
           Church
           during
           all
           the
           time
           of
           those
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           which
           taught
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           Roman
           Catholick
           Church
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           wherein
           these
           Doctrines
           are
           still
           taught
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           so
           ,
           till
           those
           Decrees
           of
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           be
           repealed
           ,
           which
           teach
           these
           Doctrines
           :
           Or
           ,
           are
           they
           a
           Church
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Church
           not
           teach
           ,
           what
           they
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Church
           ,
           teach
           with
           all
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Church
           ?
           Or
           ,
           are
           they
           a
           Church
           ,
           and
           no
           Church
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           which
           a
           Judge
           pronounces
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Judge
           ,
           a
           Judicial
           Act
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           contrary
           to
           Law
           ?
           And
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           Are
           not
           the
           Decrees
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           the
           ,
           Church
           representative
           ,
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           contrary
           to
           Catholick
           Faith
           and
           Tradition
           ?
           Does
           a
           Judge
           cease
           to
           be
           a
           Judge
           ,
           or
           the
           
           Church
           to
           be
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           they
           pronounce
           false
           ?
           And
           if
           not
           ,
           Are
           not
           such
           false
           Judgments
           ,
           or
           erroneous
           Decrees
           ,
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Judge
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Church
           still
           ?
           Let
           him
           but
           tell
           me
           ,
           Whether
           he
           will
           have
           a
           Church
           or
           no
           Church
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           find
           me
           very
           civil
           in
           granting
           either
           ;
           but
           how
           this
           Doctrine
           will
           relish
           with
           good
           Catholicks
           ,
           I
           cannot
           guess
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           these
           men
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           allow
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           though
           they
           acknowledge
           it
           to
           have
           been
           decreed
           by
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           go
           upon
           these
           Principles
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           may
           and
           have
           decreed
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           as
           are
           contrary
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Catholick
           Tradition
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           no
           good
           Catholick
           is
           bound
           to
           own
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           though
           decreed
           by
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           present
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           men
           are
           good
           Catholicks
           not
           by
           adhering
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           present
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           expounded
           by
           Primitive
           and
           Catholick
           Tradition
           .
           All
           this
           I
           firmly
           believe
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           very
           Principles
           on
           which
           our
           Reformation
           is
           founded
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           we
           justifie
           our selves
           against
           the
           Innovations
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           but
           though
           these
           principles
           will
           justifie
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           not
           prove
           ,
           That
           this
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           is
           not
           taught
           by
           the
           present
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           now
           return
           again
           to
           our
           Remonstrancer
           ,
           and
           having
           got
           rid
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           ,
           and
           proved
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           so
           far
           from
           condemning
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           approved
           and
           confirmed
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           What
           remains
           is
           nothing
           but
           Insinuation
           ,
           and
           Address
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           appearance
           of
           an
           Argument
           :
           but
           let
           us
           hear
           what
           it
           is
           ;
           
           and
           he
           proceeds
           thus
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           seeing
           Roman
           Catholicks
           do
           thus
           generally
           declare
           
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           I
           think
           they
           ought
           no
           more
           in
           Justice
           to
           be
           charged
           with
           disloyal
           Principles
           ,
           for
           the
           extravagancy
           of
           some
           few
           of
           that
           vast
           body
           ,
           and
           those
           censured
           and
           condemned
           too
           by
           them
           ,
           than
           I
           am
           to
           be
           charged
           with
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           like
           Disloyalty
           and
           Injustice
           ,
           because
           some
           of
           my
           Children
           have
           been
           for
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           ,
           and
           others
           who
           communicated
           with
           me
           ,
           have
           written
           scandalous
           Pamphlets
           ,
           Narratives
           ,
           &c.
           tending
           to
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           spoke
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           fair
           Speech
           he
           has
           made
           for
           her
           ,
           wherein
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           thing
           fairly
           represented
           .
           For
           1.
           the
           Doctor
           does
           not
           charge
           Loyal
           Papists
           with
           disloyal
           Principles
           ,
           only
           says
           ,
           That
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           is
           not
           Loyal
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           possible
           ,
           that
           many
           Papists
           may
           not
           believe
           this
           to
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           many
           of
           them
           profess
           not
           to
           do
           ;
           others
           may
           abhor
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           renounce
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           though
           they
           hold
           Communion
           with
           her
           in
           her
           Worship
           ;
           others
           may
           have
           such
           a
           Natural
           and
           Inbred
           Loyalty
           ,
           such
           a
           Love
           to
           their
           Prince
           and
           Country
           ,
           as
           antidotes
           them
           against
           the
           Infection
           of
           bad
           Principles
           ;
           now
           these
           men
           may
           be
           Loyal
           ,
           as
           the
           Doctor
           acknowledges
           ,
           and
           may
           act
           upon
           very
           Loyal
           Principles
           too
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           not
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           some
           hazard
           ,
           that
           while
           men
           embrace
           a
           Religion
           ,
           and
           own
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           teaches
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           corrupted
           by
           their
           Religion
           ,
           when
           there
           happens
           any
           competition
           between
           their
           Loyalty
           and
           Religion
           ;
           which
           is
           all
           the
           Doctor
           asserted
           ,
           and
           which
           any
           disinterested
           Person
           would
           have
           thought
           as
           inoffensive
           as
           it
           is
           true
           .
           And
           since
           this
           Passage
           has
           raised
           such
           an
           unjust
           clamour
           against
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           observe
           ,
           what
           just
           reason
           there
           is
           for
           such
           a
           Jealousie
           after
           all
           their
           declarations
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           in
           that
           (
           some
           very
           few
           excepted
           )
           they
           obstinately
           refuse
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegeance
           ,
           which
           there
           can
           be
           no
           colourable
           pretence
           for
           ,
           
           but
           that
           they
           will
           not
           forswear
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           reason
           to
           suspect
           ,
           That
           those
           who
           will
           not
           abjure
           so
           pernicious
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           may
           be
           perswaded
           to
           practise
           it
           ,
           when
           time
           serves
           .
           Pope
           Paul
           the
           Fifth
           ,
           An.
           1606.
           by
           a
           Breve
           written
           to
           the
           English
           Catholicks
           ,
           declared
           and
           taught
           them
           ,
           as
           Pastor
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           That
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegeance
           ,
           established
           by
           Parliament
           3.
           
           
             Jac.
             salvâ
             fide
             Catholicâ
             ,
             et
             salute
             animarum
             suarum
             praestari
             non
             posse
             ,
             cùm
             multa
             contineat
             ,
             quae
             fidei
             ac
             saluti
             apertè
             adversantur
          
           ;
           cannot
           be
           taken
           without
           violating
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           and
           injuring
           the
           Salvation
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           as
           containing
           many
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           manifestly
           contrary
           to
           Faith
           and
           Salvation
           .
           Now
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           First
           Treatise
           against
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegeance
           well
           observes
           
             (
             p.
             11.
          
           )
           there
           are
           not
           in
           it
           
             (
             multa
          
           )
           many
           things
           to
           which
           this
           censure
           is
           possibly
           applicable
           ,
           unless
           this
           be
           one
           ,
           That
           the
           Pope
           hath
           no
           power
           to
           depose
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           absolve
           his
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Oath
           of
           Allegeance
           .
           Now
           ,
           when
           ,
           in
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           to
           this
           day
           obstinately
           refuse
           this
           Oath
           ,
           Is
           there
           not
           reason
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           clear
           in
           this
           point
           ?
           and
           then
           ,
           let
           any
           man
           judge
           ,
           what
           security
           there
           is
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           says
           it
           is
           unjust
           ,
           That
           
             they
             should
             be
             charged
             with
             Disloyal
             Principles
             for
             the
             extravagancies
             of
             some
             few
             of
             that
             vast
             body
             ,
             and
             those
             censured
             and
             condemned
             too
             by
             them
             .
          
           This
           I
           must
           acknowledge
           would
           be
           very
           unjust
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           not
           true
           .
           Those
           whom
           he
           calls
           a
           few
           ,
           are
           no
           less
           than
           Popes
           and
           General
           Councils
           ,
           and
           their
           most
           eminent
           Divines
           ,
           Schoolmen
           ,
           Casuists
           ,
           Canonists
           ,
           for
           several
           ages
           ;
           who
           neither
           were
           ,
           nor
           could
           be
           censured
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           the
           Highest
           Authority
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           whereas
           in
           truth
           it
           is
           only
           some
           few
           ,
           who
           have
           taught
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           those
           indeed
           have
           been
           censured
           and
           excommunicated
           at
           Rome
           ,
           as
           some
           English
           Chatholicks
           can
           inform
           him
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           He
           makes
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           say
           ,
           That
           some
           of
           
           her
           Children
           were
           for
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           .
           If
           he
           would
           have
           passed
           for
           a
           Church
           of
           England
           man
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           observed
           a
           better
           Decorum
           in
           personating
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           made
           her
           say
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           no
           Ingenuous
           Papist
           would
           affix
           to
           her
           .
           If
           ever
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           was
           tried
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           that
           Affair
           ,
           which
           she
           had
           no
           other
           Interest
           ,
           but
           a
           sense
           of
           Duty
           ,
           to
           oblige
           her
           to
           ;
           and
           I
           know
           not
           any
           one
           man
           ,
           who
           was
           firm
           and
           stedfast
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           was
           so
           to
           the
           Succession
           too
           ,
           though
           he
           underwent
           the
           Imputation
           of
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           or
           Popishly
           inclined
           for
           it
           .
           It
           is
           sufficiently
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           prevailing
           party
           of
           these
           Houses
           of
           Commons
           ,
           who
           were
           for
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           ,
           were
           ready
           prepared
           to
           accommodate
           and
           comprehend
           away
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           he
           might
           ,
           with
           equal
           truth
           ,
           and
           honesty
           have
           charged
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           41
           on
           the
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           .
           But
           this
           is
           so
           barefaced
           a
           Calumny
           ,
           that
           it
           confutes
           it self
           ,
           and
           shames
           its
           Author
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Let
           us
           then
           consider
           ,
           What
           comparison
           there
           is
           between
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           or
           ,
           Whether
           there
           be
           the
           same
           reason
           to
           charge
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           with
           disloyalty
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           to
           charge
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           Rome
           teaches
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           by
           all
           the
           Authority
           that
           is
           in
           that
           Church
           ;
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           teaches
           the
           strictest
           Obedience
           to
           Princes
           ,
           without
           any
           reserved
           cases
           ,
           and
           threatens
           eternal
           Damnation
           to
           all
           Rebels
           ,
           how
           religious
           soever
           their
           Pretences
           are
           .
           Those
           who
           teach
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           speak
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           are
           her
           true
           and
           genuine
           Sons
           ;
           those
           who
           allow
           Subjects
           in
           any
           case
           to
           rebel
           ,
           contradict
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           as
           unjust
           to
           charge
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           with
           the
           Treasons
           and
           Rebellions
           ,
           which
           are
           committed
           contrary
           to
           her
           declared
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           just
           to
           charge
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           with
           such
           practices
           ,
           as
           she
           her self
           decrees
           and
           teaches
           .
           
           If
           Roman
           Catholicks
           be
           loyal
           to
           a
           deposed
           and
           excommunicated
           Prince
           ,
           no
           thanks
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           forbids
           them
           to
           be
           so
           .
           If
           any
           in
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           be
           disloyal
           ,
           this
           is
           no
           fault
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           teaches
           Loyalty
           .
           And
           since
           he
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           mention
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           ,
           I
           would
           desire
           him
           to
           tell
           me
           at
           his
           leisure
           ,
           What
           Roman
           Catholick
           Nation
           ,
           who
           had
           all
           the
           Power
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           would
           have
           suffered
           a
           Protestant
           Prince
           to
           have
           succeeded
           quietly
           to
           his
           Throne
           ?
           We
           know
           how
           it
           fared
           with
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           of
           France
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           burnt
           
           Mariana's
           Book
           ,
           and
           what
           Henrician
           Hereticks
           in
           those
           days
           signified
           .
           But
           our
           Church
           teaches
           better
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Sons
           of
           the
           Church
           practise
           better
           ,
           and
           will
           never
           repent
           of
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           unjustly
           reproached
           by
           Fanaticks
           for
           doing
           it
           ,
           and
           as
           unjustly
           charged
           by
           as
           kind
           Remonstrating
           Friends
           ,
           as
           any
           Rome
           affords
           ,
           with
           opposing
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           come
           to
           his
           
             convincing
             Argument
             ;
             That
             the
             Papists
             do
             not
             hold
             such
             pernicious
             Doctrines
             ;
             That
             he
             sees
             so
             many
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             in
             other
             Countries
             no
             less
             jealous
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Authorities
             than
             others
             ,
             who
             yet
             profess
             and
             maintain
             that
             Religion
             ,
             and
             think
             themselves
             secure
             by
             their
             Principles
             ,
             when
             they
             dare
             not
             trust
             the
          
           Calvinist
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           never
           wants
           Miracles
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           this
           is
           none
           of
           the
           least
           .
           For
           my
           part
           I
           dare
           not
           pretend
           to
           give
           a
           Reason
           ,
           Why
           any
           man
           professes
           that
           Religion
           ,
           much
           less
           ,
           Why
           Princes
           do
           so
           ;
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           more
           impossible
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           maintain
           a
           Religion
           against
           their
           Interest
           ,
           than
           believe
           contrary
           to
           their
           Sences
           .
           I
           suppose
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           much
           against
           the
           Interest
           of
           Princes
           to
           be
           actually
           deposed
           by
           Popes
           and
           Councils
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           profess
           a
           Religion
           ,
           which
           teaches
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ;
           and
           yet
           when
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           was
           deposed
           by
           Gregory
           the
           VII
           .
           and
           Frederick
           the
           Second
           by
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           Fourth
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           Lyons
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           other
           Instances
           of
           the
           actual
           
           exercise
           of
           this
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           neither
           the
           deposed
           Princes
           and
           Emperors
           ,
           nor
           other
           Catholick
           Kings
           ,
           renounced
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           Kings
           can
           be
           contented
           to
           continue
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           which
           actually
           deposes
           Princes
           ,
           nay
           ,
           deposes
           themselves
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           seem
           to
           me
           so
           convincing
           an
           Argument
           ,
           That
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           does
           not
           teach
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           ,
           meerly
           because
           Princes
           ,
           who
           are
           jealous
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Authority
           ,
           hold
           Communion
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           they
           can
           perswade
           Princes
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           no
           Salvation
           to
           be
           had
           in
           any
           other
           Church
           ,
           those
           who
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           must
           be
           contented
           to
           dispense
           with
           some
           temporal
           Inconveniencies
           to
           save
           their
           Souls
           ;
           and
           indeed
           they
           have
           made
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           so
           very
           easie
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           perswade
           Princes
           ,
           who
           love
           their
           Pleasures
           ,
           to
           bear
           with
           the
           Rudeness
           and
           Insolencies
           of
           Popes
           .
           And
           yet
           no
           man
           ever
           denied
           ,
           but
           the
           Papists
           may
           be
           very
           good
           Subjects
           to
           Popish
           Princes
           ;
           while
           they
           obey
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           Pope
           commands
           their
           Subjects
           to
           obey
           them
           ;
           the
           only
           danger
           is
           ,
           when
           the
           Pope
           and
           the
           Prince
           are
           not
           of
           a
           side
           ,
           whom
           the
           Subjects
           shall
           obey
           then
           ,
           the
           deposed
           Prince
           ,
           or
           the
           deposing
           Pope
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           no
           greater
           wonder
           ,
           that
           a
           Popish
           Prince
           can
           more
           securely
           trust
           his
           Popish
           Subjects
           ,
           than
           Calvinists
           ,
           than
           that
           a
           Calvinistical
           Prince
           places
           more
           confidence
           in
           his
           Calvinistical
           Subjects
           ,
           than
           in
           Papists
           ;
           for
           generally
           ,
           neither
           Papists
           ,
           nor
           Calvinists
           ,
           can
           endure
           any
           Prince
           but
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           ;
           but
           now
           any
           Prince
           ,
           whether
           Papists
           or
           Calvinists
           ,
           may
           be
           secure
           in
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           reverences
           the
           Person
           and
           Authority
           of
           their
           Prince
           ,
           whatever
           his
           Religion
           be
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           what
           he
           adds
           concerning
           our
           present
           King
           ▪
           (
           whom
           God
           long
           preserve
           )
           there
           is
           less
           reason
           for
           him
           to
           fear
           the
           Deposing
           Doctrine
           (
           though
           he
           did
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           )
           than
           for
           any
           other
           Catholick
           Prince
           in
           the
           World.
           For
           as
           the
           case
           stands
           ,
           it
           is
           
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A59898-e270
           
             Remonst
             .
             p.
             2.
             
          
           
             Roman
             Cathol
             .
             principles
             ,
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Conc.
               To.
            
             12.
             p.
             144.
             
          
           
             Suarez
             Defens
             .
             fid
             .
             
               lib.
               6.
               cap.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Constance
             .
             Sess.
             39.
             
          
           
             Si
             verò
             dominus
             temporalis
             requisitus
             &
             monitus
             ab
             Ecclesiâ
             ,
             terram
             suam
             purgare
             neglexerit
             ab
             hac
             Haeretica
             faeditate
             ,
             per
             Metropolitanum
             &
             caeteros
             Comprovinciales
             Episcopos
             excommunicationis
             vinculo
             innodetur
             ,
             &
             si
             satisfacere
             contempserit
             infra
             annum
             ,
             significetur
             hoc
             summo
             pontifici
             ,
             ut
             ex
             tunc
             ipse
             Vassallos
             ab
             ejus
             fidelitate
             denunciet
             absolutos
             ,
             &
             terram
             exponat
             Catholicis
             occupandum
             ,
             qui
             eam
             ,
             exterminatis
             haereticis
             ,
             sine
             ullâ
             contradictione
             possideant
             ,
             &
             in
             fidei
             puritate
             conservent
             ,
             salvo
             jure
             Domini
             Principalis
             ,
             dummodo
             super
             hoc
             ipse
             nullum
             praestet
             obstaculum
             ,
             nec
             aliquod
             impedimentum
             opponat
             ;
             eâdem
             nihilo
             minus
             lege
             servatâ
             circa
             eos
             ,
             qui
             non
             habent
             Dominos
             Principales
             .
             
               Concil
               .
               To.
               11.
               p.
               148
               ,
               149.
               
               Edit
               .
               ●abb
               .
            
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Const.
             Sess.
             45.
             
          
           
             Omnes
             &
             singulos
             Haereticos
             hujusmodi
             ,
             necnon
             Sectatores
             ipsarum
             haeresum
             &
             errorum
             utriusque
             sexùs
             ,
             tenentes
             &
             etiam
             defendentes
             eosdem
             ,
             &
             Haereticis
             ipsis
             quo
             modo
             libet
             publicè
             vel
             occultè
             in
             divinis
             vel
             alias
             participantes
             ,
             etiamsi
             Patriarchali
             ,
             Episcopali
             ,
             Regali
             ,
             Reginali
             ,
             Ducali
             ,
             aut
             aliâ
             quâvis
             Ecclesiasticà
             vel
             Mundanâ
             praesulgeant
             dignitate
             —
             Excommunicatos
             singulos
             diebus
             dominicis
             &
             festivis
             in
             praesentia
             populi
             nuntietis
             ,
             &
             per
             alios
             nuntiari
             faciatis
             :
             Et
             nihil
             ominus
             contra
             eosdem
             omnes
             &
             singulos
             ,
             utriusque
             sexus
             ,
             hujusmodi
             errores
             tenentes
             ,
             approbantes
             ,
             defendentes
             ,
             dogmatizantes
             ,
             ac
             fautores
             &
             receptatores
             ,
             &
             defensores
             eorundem
             ,
             exemptos
             &
             non
             exemptos
             ,
             &
             quemlibet
             ipsorum
             ,
             cujuscunque
             dignitatis
             ,
             status
             praeeminentiae
             ,
             gradus
             ,
             ordinis
             ,
             vel
             conditionis
             (
             ut
             praefertur
             )
             existant
             ,
             auctoritate
             nostrâ
             diligenter
             inquirere
             studeatis
             ,
             &
             eos
             quos
             per
             inquisitionem
             hujusmodi
             defamatos
             ,
             vel
             per
             confessionem
             eorum
             seu
             per
             facti
             evidentiam
             ,
             vel
             alias
             hujusmodi
             haeresis
             ,
             aut
             erroris
             labe
             respersos
             reperietis
             ,
             auctoritate
             praedictâ
             etiam
             per
             excommunicationis
             ,
             suspensionis
             ,
             &
             interdicti
             ,
             necnon
             privationis
             dignitatum
             ,
             personatuum
             &
             officiorum
             ,
             aliorumque
             beneficiorum
             Ecclesiasticorum
             ,
             ac
             feudorum
             ,
             quae
             à
             quibuscumque
             Ecclesiis
             ,
             Monasteriis
             ac
             aliis
             locis
             Ecclesiasticis
             obtinent
             ,
             ac
             etiam
             bonorum
             &
             dignitatum
             saecularium
             ac
             graduum
             scientiarum
             quarumcunque
             facultatum
             ,
             &
             per
             alias
             poenas
             ,
             sententias
             ,
             &
             censuras
             Ecclesiasticas
             ,
             ac
             vias
             &
             modos
             ,
             quos
             ad
             hoc
             expedire
             ,
             seu
             opportunos
             esse
             videritis
             ,
             etiam
             pèr
             captiones
             &
             incarcerationes
             personarum
             ,
             &
             alias
             poenas
             corporales
             ,
             quibus
             haeretici
             puniuntur
             ,
             seu
             puniri
             jubentur
             aut
             solent
             juxta
             canonicas
             sanctiones
             .
             
               Conc.
               Const.
               Sess.
               45
               To.
            
             12.
             p.
             271.
             
          
           
             Richerius
             Hist.
             Conc.
             Gener.
             part
             2.
             p.
             162.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             To.
             12.
             p.
             268.
             
          
           
             P.
             18.
             
          
           
             P.
             10.
             
          
           
             P.
             13.
             
          
           
             P.
             14.
             
          
           
             Answer
             to
             the
             first
             Treatise
             ,
             p.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             p.
             71.
             
          
           
             Remonst
             .
             p.
             2.