A COPY OF THE FIRST ARREST OR DECREE OF THE Parliament of PARIS, against the Book of Santarellus the jesuit; Commanding it to be burned, and the Provincial of the Jesuits, with others, to come to the Court the next morning to be heard.  
WITH, The Parliaments demands, the Jesuits answers, their Declaration of their detestation of the said Book, with the Censure of the Sorbon Doctors against the same.  
Translated into ENGLISH, according to the French Copies, Printed at Paris with the King's Privilege.  
LONDON, Printed by R. BADGER, and are to be sold at the Black Bear in Paul's Churchyard 1634.   

A COPY OF THE FIRST Arrest, 
See the French Mer. tom. 11. ad Ann. 1626. p. 87. & seq.  or Decree of the Parliament of PARIS, etc.  
THe Court of the great Chamber, Criminal, and of the Edict assembled, having seen a book printed at Rome in the year 1625. entitled, Antoniuses Santarelli, etc. containing in the 30. and 31. Chapters many propositions against the Sovereign powers of Kings, ordained, and established by God, the peace and tranquillity of their States.  
Conclusions of the King's procurator General, and all considered.  
The Court hath declared, and doth declare the Propositions, and Maxims of the said book, to be false, scandalous, and seditious, tending to the subversion of Sovereign Powers ordained, and established by God, to the insurrection of Subjects against their Prince, withdrawing them from their obedience, inducing to attempt against their Persons, and States, to disturb the public peace, and tranquillity; and the said Book, as such, to be torn, and burned in the Court of the Palace by the Executioner of High justice. enjoineth, and forbiddeth under pain of Treason all Booksellers, and Printers to print, sell, utter, and all Persons of what state, and condition soever they be, to have, keep, retain, and communicate, to print or cause to be printed, or to publish the said Book. Commandeth all those; who have Copies thereof, or shall have notice of those, who shall have them in their hands, to notify forthwith to the Ordinary judges, to the end that Inquisition be made by the diligence of the Substitute of the procurator General, and to proceed against the offenders according to justice. Ordaineth, that this present Arrest shall be sent to the Bailywikes, and Stewardships subject to the jurisdiction of this Court, to be published, kept, and observed according to the form, and tenor thereof. And to be signified to the Syndicke of the Booksellers to make it known to the rest, to the end that they pretend not cause of ignorance. Ordaineth, that the Provincial, three Rectours, and three Ancients of the Jesuits shall be commanded to come to morrow betimes in the morning to the Court for to be heard, Made, and executed the thirteenth of March, 1626.   

Articles of the Parliaments Demands to the Jesuits, with their Answers.  
THe twenty fourth of March 1626. the Jesuits being present in the great Chamber, 
See the French Mer. p. 8. & seq.  the Parliament asked them, Do you approve the wicked Book of Santarellus?  
P. Coton, Provincial of the province of Paris, accompanied with three others, answered: Messieurs, it is so faulty, that we are ready to write against it, and to disprove all that he saith, and in effect there are come to our Houses ten Copies of them, all which we have suppressed.  The Parliament, 
Suppressed, Is it your duty to deal so?  The Jesuits. 
We thought, that we could not do otherwise then so.  The Parliament. 
Why brought you not them to Monsieur the Chancellor, or to Monsieur, the First Precedent?  The Jesuits. 
Messieurs, we are obliged, and bound to many other obediences, then are other Religious.  The Parliament. 
Do not you know very well, that this wicked Doctrine is approved by your General at Rome?  The Jesuits. 
Yea Messieurs, but we that are here can not be so imprudent, but we disprove it with all our might.  The Parliament. 
Well then, answer to these two things, Do you believe, that the King is all Powerful within his Estates, and do you think, that any foreign Power can, or ought enter in, or any then in the Person of the King can disturb the peace of the Gallican Church?  The Jesuits. 
No, Messieurs, we believe him all Powerful, as for Temporal.  The Parliament. 
As for Temporal, speak plainly, and tell us, if you believe, that the Pope can Excommunicate the King, free his Subjects from their Oath of Allegiance, and expose his Kingdom to spoil?  The Jesuits. 
O Messieurs, to Excommunicate the King, he that is the Eldest son of the Church will be careful to do nothing, which may oblige the Pope to that.  The Parliament. 
But your General, who hath approved that book, doth hold for infallible as above. Are you of a different belief?  The Jesuits. 
Messieurs, He who is at Rome, could do no otherwise, then to approve that, which the Court of Rome approveth.  The Parliament. 
Is it your belief?  The Jesuits. 
It is quite contrary.  The Parliament. 
And if you were at Rome, what would you do?  The Jesuits. 
We would do, as they do there.  The Parliament. 
Well then, answer to that, which we have demanded of you?  The Jesuits. 
Messieurs, we humbly beseech you, to give us leave to confer together.  The Parliament. 
Go into that Chamber.  
They being there half an hour returned back again to the Parliament.  The Jesuits. 
Messieurs, we will be of the same opinion with the Sorbon, and will subscribe to the same things with the Messieurs of the Clergy.  The Parliament. 
Make your Declaration there beneath.  The Jesuits. 
Messieurs, we most humbly entreat you, to give us some days to confer among ourselves.  The Parliament. 
Go your ways, 
See the French Merc. pag. 92.  the Court giveth you three days.   

A Copy of the Jesuits Declaration against the Doctrine contained in the book of Santarellus the jesuit, in that which concerneth the Person of Kings, and their Authority, exhibited to the French King two days after.  
WE underwritten do declare, that we disallow, and detest the wicked Doctrine contained in the book of Santarellus, in that which concerneth the Person of Kings, their Authority, and their States, and that we acknowledge their Majesties to depend immediately upon God, that we are ready to shed our blood, and expose our lives in all occasion for the confirmation of this Truth. Promising to subscribe to the Censure, which shall be made of this pernicious Doctrine by the Clergy, or the Sorbon, and never to profess opinions, or Doctrine contrary to that, which shall be held in this matter by the Clergy, and the Universities of the Realm, and the Sorbon. Made in Paris by the undernamed Religious of the Company of jesus, the sixteenth day of March, 1626.  


P. ●oto.  
Ign. Arman.  
Ch. de la Tours.  
I. Souffren.  
F. Garasse.  
F. Godullon.  
Dion. Gaiatrin.  
Fr. Grandillon.  
Dion. Petau.  
I. Fillault.  
I. Brossault.  
Est. Guerry.  
Lud. Neyran.  
jac. Alemant.  
Pierre Royer.  
Est. Lovys.     

A Copy of the censure of the Sacred Theological Faculty of Paris, 
This Censure is printed at Paris in Latin by joseph Bovillerot, and see it in French in the French Merc. ubi supra pag. 95.  of a book entitled Antonii Santarelli, etc.  
IF any one perchance make doubt, that the ends of the world are come upon us, as the Apostle speaketh, 
1 Cor. 1.  let him but consider these latter times, and compare them with the former, and he will then acknowledge, that the enemy of mankind hath left nothing unattempted, which might serve not only to hurt, but also to clean overthrow both the Ecclesiastical, and also the Civil policy. There have been wicked men, who presuming to blaspheme against Heaven, have employed their pens, and swords against the Church, the Spouse of CHRIST JESUS. But some witless men perceiving, that it is not without reason, that the Secular power be armed with the sword, have assaulted the Civil Policy by an other way; and have attempted to extirpate, and annihilate hereby execrable books, putting in execution by such ambuscado's more covertly their pernicious designs. The mark which S. jude propoundeth to us to know these men by; is, that they despise Dominion, and blaspheme Majesty. And would to God, that they had rested content only with despisall, and reviling speeches; but so great is their fault, that chose these damnable Writers, under a pretence of establishing in the Church, a certain temporal power, do teach, and affirm; that it is in the power of those, who have in their hands the government of Ecclesiastical affairs, to depose Kings from their Thrones, and the same for very small and ridiculous causes, and to put in their places other Supreme Magistrates either Annual, or journal; as they shall think good. For this cause the Theological Faculty of Paris perceiving, that they intent to overthrow by this means all Civil Policies, especially this of the French Monarchy, which is governed by our most Christian, most Clement, and most Just KING, Lewis the XIII. To follow the steps of Her Predecessor, in testifying the affection, which She beareth to His Majesty, and the whole Realm, and to satisfy also the general desire of all good men, hath chosen out among other books one newly come forth, entitled, Antonii Santarelli jesuitae de Haeresi, Schismate, Apostatia, etc. And in the General Congregation held extraordinarily the sixeteenth day of March last passed She committed to certain Doctors, whom She particularly named, to read, and examine the same. But for as much as it treateth of many things, which do no way appertain to that, which principally is now questioned, She thought good, that they should examine only two Chapters, to wit, the thirtieth and thirty one of the Treatise de Haeresi.  
Therefore the first day of April, 1626. after Mass of the HOLY GHOST the Assembly being kept after the accustomed manner in the Hall of the Sorbon College, hath read the relation of the Doctors appointed by the Faculty, who have declared, that in those two Chapters are contained these propositions following: That the Pope can punish Kings, and Princes with temporal punishments, depose, and deprive them of their Kingdoms for the crime of Heresy, and free their Subjects from their obedience, and that this hath ever been the custom in the Church. And not only for Heresy, but also for other causes; to wit, for their sins. If also it be expedient: If Princes be negligent: If they be unable, and unprofitable. Moreover, that the Pope hath power over spiritual things, and also over all temporal. And that by the Law of God there is in him both spiritual, and temporal power. That we must believe, that to the Church, and her Supreme Pastor power is given to punish with temporal punishments, Princes who offend against divine, and humane laws, especially if the crime be Heresy. They said also, that the same Santarellus affirmed in that book. That the Apostles were subject to Secular Princes de facto, but not de iure. And also, that as soon as the Pontifical Dignity was ordained, all Princes began to be subject to it. To be short, they related, that he expoundeth those words of CHRIST, Whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, 
Matth. 16.  etc. Not only of spiritual, but also of temporal power. And that he corrupteth the text of Saint Paul in cutting of the negation [Not] and imposeth upon Authors things, 
2 Cor. 10. Our Lord hath given us power to edification, and not to destruction.  which they never thought of. And they concluded, that as well these things, as many others, which they related, do worthily deserve the Correction, and censure of the Faculty.  
Wherefore the matter being by Monsieur the Deane brought into deliberation, after the opinions of all the Doctors were heard, and their voices collected, the Faculty hath disproved, and condemned the doctrine contained in these propositions, and the conclusions of the said heads, as new, false, erroneous, contrary to the word of God; making the Pontifical dignity to be odious; opening the way to Schism; which dependeth only upon God, hindering the conversion of Infidel, and Heretical Princes, disturbing the public peace, and overthrowing Kingdoms, States, and Commonwealths, and in brief, with drawing Subjects from the obedience, which they owe to their Sovereigns, and inducing them to Factions, Rebellions, and Seditions, and to attempt against the lives of their Princes. Made in the Sorbon, the day, and year above named, and reviewed the fourth of April, 1626.  
By the commandment of the Messieurs, the Dean, and Doctors of the sacred Theological Faculty of Paris. Ph. BOWOT.