A SOLEMN Contestation of diverse Popes, for the advancing of their supremacy: quoted and collected faithfully out of their own Canon law, according to the very words, style, and tenor of the same their own Canons, Decres, Decretales, Clementines, Extravagantes, Bulls, Epistles, and comen Gloze upon the same. Histories and stories of Roman Bishops etc. Inform and words, as their are to be scene, and found by the Quotations here unto annexed. Imprinted at London by john day, dwelling over Aldersgate. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiae Maiestatis. To the Christian Reader. IN reading this Book understand (gentle Reader) nothing here to be feigned or forged of vs● otherwise than the Popes themselves in their own persons speak and write in their own Laws and Canon's, according as their words and sentences shall declare, if thou please to search them and to confer the quotationes here in the Margin, with their writings as they stand in their own Books. Wherein, if thou shalt find any line or sentence through this whole Book altering or vareing from their words and truth of their writings: then judge and weigh not so much our labour in gathering, as mark the matter & manner of their handling, and then be not ashamed to confess the truth. Vale. A Solemn Contestation of divers Popes. F A Pope Bonifacius 8. extravag de Maiorit. & obed. c. unam. Or as much as it standeth upon necessity of salvation, for every human creature to be subject unto me, the Pope of Rome, it shallbe therefore requisite and necessary for all men that will be saved to learn & know the dignity of my sea, and excellency of my domination, as here is set forth according to the truth and very words of mine own laws, in style as followeth. B Distinct. 28 ca Decretis● First my institution began in the old Testament, & was consummate and finished in the new: in that my priesthood was prefigured by Aaron: And other bishshopes under me were prefigured by the sons of Aaron, that were under him. C Pope pelagius Distinct. 21. c. Quamuis. Nether is it to be thought that my church of Rome hath been preferred by any general counsel, but obtained the primacy only by the voice of the gospel, & the mouth of the saviour. D Pelagius ibidem. And hath in it neither spot nor wrinkle, nor any such like thing. E Pope Nicolaus Dist. 21. cap. Inferior. Wherefore as other seats be all inferior to me, & as they can not absolve me: so have they no power to bind me, or to stand against me, no more than the axe hath power to stand or presume above him that heaweth with it, or the saw to presume against him that ruleth it. F Pope Lucius 24. q. 1. cap. a. Recta. This is the holy & apostolic mother church of all other churches of christ, G Pope Calixtus Dist. 12. cap. Non decet. From whose rules it is not meet that any person or persons should decline, but like as the son of God came to do the will of his Father, so must you do the will of your mother, the church of Rome, the head whereof am I. H Pope Innocentius. Distinct. 11. cap. Quis. And if any other person or persons shall err from the said church, either let them be admonished, or else their names taken, to be known who they be that serve from the customs of Rome. I Pope Stephanus Distinct. 19 ca Enim●ero. Thus then for as much as the holy church of Rome, whereof I am governor, is set up to the whole world for a glass or example, reason would, that what thing so ever the said church determeth or ordaineth, that to be received of all men for a general & a perpetual rule for ever. K Pope Bonifa. 8. extravag c. unam sanctam. Item Pope joannes. 22. Extrau. cap. Super gentes. Whereupon we see it now veryfide in this church, that was forprophesied by jeremy, saying: behold I have set thee up over nations and kingdoms to pluck up, and to break down, to build, and to plant etc. L Pope Innocentivi 3. art. de maior & obe. c. Solitae. Who so under standeth not the prerogative of this my priesthood let him look up to the Firmament, where he may see two great lights, the sun & the moan, one ruling over the day, the other over the night. So in the firmament of the universal church. M Pope Gelasius distinc. 96 cap. Duo. God hath set two great dignities, the authority of the Pope, and of the emperor. Of the which ij. this our dignity is so much more weightier, as we have the greater charge to give account to god, for kings of the earth & the laws of men. N Ibidem. Wherefore be it known to you emperors, which know it also right well, that you depend upon the judgement of us, we must not be brought and reduced to your will. O Innocentius De Maior. et obed. c. Solitae. For, as I said, look what difference there is betwixt the Sun and the Moon, so great is the power of the Pope ruling over the day, that is over the spirituality, above emperors and kings ruling over the night that is over the laity. P Glosa ibidem. Now seeing then the earth is seven times bigger than the Moon, and the sun eight times greater than the earth, it followeth that the Pope's dignity 47. times doth surmount the estate of Emperors. Q Ibidem. Upon consideration whereof I say therefore & pronounce, that Constantine the Emperor did nought, in setting the patriarch of Constantinople beneath him on his left hand. R Innocentius Glosa ibidem. And although the said Emperor wrote to me alleging the words of saint Peter commanding us to submit ourselves to every human creature, as to kings, dukes and other for the cause of God. etc. 1. Peter .2. yet in answering again in my decretal, I expounded the mind and the words of s. Peter to pertain to his subjects, and not his successors, willing the said emperor to consider the person of the speaker, & to whom it was spoken. For if the mind of Peter had been there to debase the order of priesthood and to make us underlings to every human creature, than every jacke might have dominion over prelate's which maketh against the example of Christ, setting up the order of priesthood to bear dominion over kings, being said to jeremy the Prophet: behold I have set the up over kings & nations. etc. S Pope Clemens. 5. Clement. de jure iurando c. Romani. And as I feared not than to write this boldly to Constantine, so now I say to all other emperors, that they receiving of me there approbation, unction, consecration, & crown imperial, must not disdain to submit there heads under me, and swear unto me there allegiance. T Pope joannes. Dist. 96. c. Nunquam. For so you read in the decree of pope john, how that princes heretofore have been wont to bow and submit there heads unto bishops, and not to proceed in judgement against the heads of bishops. V Pope Clemens 5. clement. de Sentent. & reiud, c. Paestos ralis. if this reverence & submission was wont to be geuen to Bishops, how much more ought they to submit there heads to me being superior not only to kings, but Emperors, and that for two causes, first for my title of succession that I pope of Rome have to the empire, the room standing vacant. Also for the fullness of power that Christ the king of Kings, and lord of Lords hath given to me in the person of Peter. X Pope Innocentius 3. De judiciis cap. Novit. By reason whereof, seeing my power is not of man but of God, who by his celestial providence, hath set me over his whole universal Church master and governor, it belongeth therefore to my office to look upon every mortal sin of every Christian man: Y Ibidem. Whereby all criminal causes as well of kings, as all other, be subject to my censure, Y Pope julius. Caus. 2. q. 6. c. Ad Romanan. in such sort, that in all manner of pleading if any manner of person at any time either before the sentence given, or after shall appeal to me, it shallbe lawfulfor him so to do. Z Innocentius Ibidem. Nether must Kings and Princes think it much to submit themselves to my judgement for so did Valentinianus the worthy Emperor, so did Theodosius, and also Carolus. A Bonifacius Dist. 40. cap. Si papa. Thus you see all must be judged by me, & I of no man, yea and though I Pope of Rome, by my negligency or evil demanner befound unprofitable, or hurtful other to myself, or to others, yea, if I should draw with me innumerable souls by heaps to hell, yet no mortal man so hardy, so bold, or presumptuous to reprove me, B Glosa. extravag de sede vacant. Ad apostolatus. or to say to me: Domine cur ita facis? C Pope lo. cau. ●. q. 7. c. No●. for although you read that Balaam was rebuked of his ass, by the which Ass our subjects, by Balaam we prelate's are signified: yet that aught to be no example to our subjects to rebuke us. D Gregorius 2. q. 7. c. petr●●. And though we read in the scripture that Peter, who received the power of kingdom, and being chief of the apostles, might by virtue of his office control all other, was content to come, and give answer before his inferiors, objecting to him, his going to the gentiles, yet other inferiors must not learn by this example to be chekmate with their prelate's, because that Peter so took it at there hands, showing thereby rather a dispensation of humility, than the power of his office, by the which power he might have said to them again in this wise, it becometh not sheep, nor belongeth to their office to accuse or carp their shepherd, etc. E Pope Nicolaus Dist. 21. cap. In tantum. For else why was Dioscorus patriarch of Alexandria condemned and excommunicate at Chalcedon? not for any cause of his faith, but only for that he durst stand against pope Leo, and durst excommunicate the Bishop of rome, for who is he that hath authority to accuse the seat of saint Peter. F Hiero. Caus. 2 q. 7. cap. Paulus. Albeit I am not ignorant what saint Hieromy writeth, that Paul would not have reprehended Peter, unless he had thought himself equal unto him: G Glosa Gratiani ibidem. yet Hieromy must thus be expoundid by my interpretation, that this equality betwixt Peter and Paul consisteth not in like office of dignity, but in pureness of conversation. H Glosa. in Dist. 11. c. Quis. For who gave Paul his licence to preach but Peter, and that by the authority of God, saying, separate to me Paul and Barnabas. etc. I Caus. 2. q. 7. ●o beati. Wherefore be it known to all men that my Church of Rome is prince & head of all nations, K Pope Nicolaus Dist. 22. c. oens. the mother of the faith, L Pope Anacletus. Dist. 22. c. Sacrosancta. the foundation cardinal, whereupon all churches do depend as the door doth depend by the hinges: M Pope pelagius Dist. 21. quamuis. the first of all other seats, without all spot or blemish: N Pope Nicolaus Dist. 21. cap. Denique. Lady mistress and instructor of all Churches. O Pope Stephanus. Dist. 19 Enimuero. a glass and spectacle to all men, to be followed in all, what so ever she observeth. P Pope Lucius. 24. q. 1. Arect. Which was never found yet to slide or decline from the path of apostolic tradition, or to be entangled with any newness of Heresy. Q Pope Nicolaus Dist. 22. Oens. Against which church of Rome who so ever speaketh any evil, is forthwith an heretic: R Pope Gregorius. Dist. 81. cap. Siqui. yea a very pagan a witch and idolater or infidel. S Pope Leo. Caus. 3. q. 6. cap. Multum. Having fullness of power only in her own hands in ruling, T Dist. 20. Decretales. desisinge, absolving, condemning, casting out, or receiving in, V Pope julius. Caus. 2. q. 6. Qui se. albeit I deny not but other Churches be partakers with her in labouring and caring. X Caus. 2. q. 6. Arguta. iten c. Ad Romanan. To the which church of Rome it is lawful to appeal for remedy, from all other Churches. Caus. 2. q. 6. cap. Placuit. Although it was otherwise concluded in the general council of Carthage, that no man should appeal over the sea, under pain of ex communication, yet my gloze cometh in here with an exception, Glosa. Gratiani. ¶ Nisi. Nisi forte Romanam sedem appellaverint: 1. Except the appeal be to the sea of Rome, etc. Y Pope Gelasius. 25. q. 1. cap. Confidimus. By the authority of which Church of Rome, all synods, and decrees of counsels stand confirmed. Z Pope Vrbanus. 25. q. 1. c. Sunt. And hath always full authority in her hands to make new Laws and decrementes: Pope Pelagius 25 q. 2. ca posteaquam. And to alter statutes privileges, rights or Documents of churches to separate things joined, & to join things separated upon consideration either in whole or in part, personally, or generally. A Bulla Donationis. Dist. 96. c. Constant. Of the which Church of Rome I am head as a king is over his judges, B Pope paschalis Dist. 63. cap. Ego. the vicar of S. Peter. C Pope Clemens 5. Clement. c. Romani. Glosa. yea not the vicar of Peter properly, but the vicar of Christ properly, and successor of Peter. D Pope Bonifacius 8. Sext. Decretal. cap. ubi. vicar of jesus christ, E Ibidem. Rector of the universal church: Director of the Lord his universal flock: F Pope Bonifacius. prohem. Sext. Decretal. ib. Sacro sancta. Chief magistrate of the whole world. G Anacletus. Dist. 22. cap. Sacro sancta. 1. Cephas. i. caput, the head and chief of the Apostolic Church. H Pope Bonifacius 4. Sext. Decret. de paenit. & remiss. cap. 5. Glosa. Item Alexander 4. Sext. Decree. c. 4. in Glosa. universal Pope, And diocesan in all places exempt as well as every bishop is in places not exempt. I Pope hilarius. 25. q. 1. Nulli. most mighty Priest. K Sext. Decret. cap. Ab arbitris. Glosa. Lex animata in terris. 1. L Pope Bonifacius. Sext. Dec. De const. cap. licet. a living law law in the earth having all laws in the chiste of my breast M Pope Innocentiꝰ. 3. De transl. c. Quanto. bearing the person of no pure man: N Prohaem. Clement. Glosa. Papa Stupor mundi etc. Nec Deus es nec homo, quasi neuter es inter utrumque. being neither God nor man, but the admiration of the world, and a middle thing betwixt both: O Pope Bonifacius. Extr. De Maiorit & obed. ca unam. Iten Dist. 22. c. Oens. Having both sword in my power both of the spiritual, & temporal jurisdiction, P Sext. Decret. De sentent. & re. c. Ad Apostolicae. iten in Glosa. ibidem. so far surmounting the authority of the emperor, that I of mine own power alone without a council have authority to depose him, to transfer his kingdom, and to give a new election, as I did to Frederick & divers other. Q Pope Nicolaus Dist. 22. cap. Oens. What power than or po●estate in all the world is comparable to me: who have authority to bind and lose both in heaven & earth. R Glosa. ibidem. That is, who have power both of heavenly things, and also of temporal things? S Pope Gelasius. Dist. 96. c. Duo. To whom Emperors and kings be more inferior, than lead is inferior to Gold. T Pope Gelasius. ibidem. For do you not see the necks of great kings & princes bend under our knees, yea & think themselves happy & well defensid, if they may kiss our hands? V Dist. 96. cap. Illud. Wherefore the sawsines of Honorius th'emperor is to be reprehendid, & his constitution abolished, who with his laity would take upon him to intermeddle not onl●● with the temporal order, but also with matters ecclesiastic, and elettion of the pope. X Ex citatione Hier. Marij. But here percase some will object the examples & words of Christ, saying, that his kingdom is not of this world, and where he being required to divide betwixt two brethren there hereditage, did refuse it but that aught to be no prejudice to my power. Y Pope Hilde brandus, called Gregorius 7. Ex platina, in Vita Gregorii. For if Peter, and I in Peter, if we I say, have power to bind & lose in heaven, how much more than is it to be thought, that we have power in earth to lose and take away imperes, Kingdoms, Dukedoms, and what else so ever mortal men may have, and to give them where we will? Z Hildebrandus ibidem. And if we have authority over Angels, which be the governors of princes, what then may we do upon their inferiors and servants? A Antonius in Tertia part Summae maiori●. And for that you shall not marvel, that I say, Angels be subject to us, you shall here what my blessed clerk Antoninus, writeth of that matter, saying, that our power, of Peter & me, is greater than the Angels in .4 things: In jurisdiction, 2. in administration of sacraments: 3. in knowledge, 4. and in reward. etc. B Bulla Clemē●●● And again in Bulla Clementis, do not I there command in my Bull, the angels of Paradise to absolve the soul of man out of purgatory and to bring it into the glory of Paradise? C Pope Innocentius. De electione c. Ve●erabilem. And now besides my heaven by power to speak of mine earthly jurisdiction, who did first translate the Empeire from the Greeks, to the almains, but I? D Extravagan. De praeben. et dig. c. Execrabilis. And not only in the Empire am Emperor, the place being empty, but in all ecclesiastical benefices have full right and power to give, to translate, and to dispose after my arbitrement. E Pope Zacha●ias. Caus. 15 q. 6. c. Ali●●. Did not I Zacharias put down Hildericke the old king of France, and set up Pipinus? F Pope Hildebrand. called Gregorius. 7. Clement. c. pastoralis. Did not I Gregorius sept. set up Robert Wysarde and made him king of Sicilia & Duke of Capua? etc. G Ex Gestis Hildebrandi● Did not I the same Gregorius also set up Rodulphus against Henricus th'emperor? H Baptista Egnatius. And though this Henricus was an Emperor of most stout courage, who stood, 62. times in open field against his enemies. I Platina Benno. Nauclerus● yet did not I Gregorius bring him, coram nobis, and made him stand at my gate three days and iij. nights barefoot & bareleg with his Wife and Child, in the deep of winter, both in frost and snow entreating for his absolution and after did excommunicate him again, so was he twice excommunicate in my days? K Platina Egnatius. Benno. Again did not I Paschalis after Gregory, set up the Son of the said Henricus, against his Father in war, to possess the Empere, and to put down his father, and so he did? L Polido. Virgilius. Historia Iornalensis de rebus Anglorum. Iten did not I pope Alexander bring under Henry the second king of England, for the death of Thomas Becket, and caused him to go barefoot to his tomb at Canterbury with bleeding feet? M Chronica ver●acula. Did not I Innocentius the third, cause king john to kneel down at the feet of Pandolfus my legate, and offer up his crown to his hands? also to kiss the feet of Steven Langhton bishop of Canterbury, and beside marsid him in a M. Marks by year? N Pope Vrbanus. Caus. 15. q. 6. cap. juratos. Did not I Vrbanus 2. put down Hugo earl in Italy, discharging his subjects from their oath and obedience to him? O Pope Pasch●lis. Carsulani●● Platina. Vincentius. Stella. Antoninus. Matheus pari●siensis. Did not I Paschalis excommunicate also his Son Henricus 5. and gate out of his hands all his right and title of elections, and donations of spiritual promotions? Did not I Gelasius .2. bring the captain Cintius under, Pope Gelasius. ●. unto the kissing of my feet? And after Gelasius, Pope Calixtus ●2. did not I Calixtus 2. quale the for said emperor Henricus 5. & also did bring in subjection Gregory whom the said Emperor had set up against me to be Pope, Platina de vitis pontificum. bringing him into Rome upon a Camel, his face to the horse tail, making him to hold the horse tail in his hand in stead of a bridle? P Pope Innocentius .2. Platina. Further did not I Innocentius 2. set up and made Lotharius to be Emperor for driving out Pope Anacletus out of Rome. Q Nauclerus. Did not I the said Innocentius take the Dukedom of Sicily from the Empere, & made Roger to be king thereof, whereby afterward the kingdom became the patrimony of s. Peter? R Pope Alexander .3. De sponsal. & matr. c. Non e●t. Did not I Alexander .3. suspend all the realm and Churches of England for the kings marriage. Anno 1159. S Nauclerus. Acta. Rom. pontificum. But what do I speak of kings? did not the said Alexander bring the valiant Emperor Frederick the first to Venece, by reason of his son Otho there taken prisoner, and there in s. Mark his Church made him fall down flat upon the ground, while I set my foot upon his neck, saying the verse of the Psalm. Super a●pidem & basiliscum ambulabis etc. T Pope Adrianus. Vitae Ro. pontificum. Did not I Hadrianus pope and an English man borne excommunicate William King of Sicily, and refused his peace, which he offered. And had not he overcome me in plain field, I would have shaked him out of his kingdom of Sicily and Dukedom of Apulia? V Ex A●entino. Also did not I the said Adrianus, control and correct the foresaid Fridericus emperor for holding the lea●te stirrup of my horse when he should have held the right? X ●ulla Adriani ●ōtr● Caesarem. And afterward did excomunicate and curse him, for that he was so saucy, to set his own name in writing before mine? Y Acta Rom. pontifi. And although a poor fly afterward overcame & strangled me, yet I made kings and Emperors to stoup. Z Pope Innocentius 3. Ex vitis & acts Rom. pontifi●cū. Did not I Innocentius .3. deject Philippus brother to Fridericus from the imperial crown being elected without my leave, and after set him up again? And also set up Otho of Brunswick, Ex Abbate Vrspergense. and after did excommunicate & also depose the same 4. years, setting up the french king to war against him? A Ex eodem. Then was Fridericus .2. by me set up and reigned .37. years, and yet five years before he died. B Pope Honorius 3. Ex Mario. Did not I Honorius interdict him, for not restoring certain to their possessions at my request? C Pope Gregorius. 9 Ex eodem. Whom also Gregorius .9. did excommunicate twice together, and raised up the Venetians against him. D Pope Innocentius .4. Hieronimus Marius Petrus de Vineis. And at length Innocentius spoilt him of his empire, after that caused him to be poisoned, at length to be strangled by one Manfredus, and did excommunicate his son Conradus after him, not only depreving him of his right inheritance, but also caused him, with Friderick Duke of Austria to be beheaded. E Ex Chronic. Car●onis. Thus then did not I excommunicate and depose all these Emperors in order. Henricus .4. Henricus .5. Fridericus .1. Philippus Otho .4. Fridericus .2. and Conradus his son? F Historia An●glorū. Did not I interdict king Henry the eight? G Ibidem. And all his kingdom of England? H Ibidem. And had not his prudence and power prevented my practice, I had displaced him from his kingdom also? briefly who is able to comprehend the greatness of my power & of my seat? I Pope Marcellus. Dist. 17 cap. Synodum. for by me only general counsels take their force and confirmation, K Dist. 20● Decret●les. and the interpretation of the said counsels, and of all other causes hard and doubtful aught to be referred and stand to my determination. M Pope Nicolaus Dist. 19 Si Romanorum. By me the works of all writers what so ever they be, either be reproved or allowed. N Ibidem. Then how much more ought my writings and decrees to be preferred before all other? O Dist. 20. Decretales. In so much that my letters and epistles decretal be equivalent with general counsels. P Symmachus Pope. 9 q. 3. Aliorun. And where as God hath ordenid all causes of men, to be judged by men, he hath only reserved me, that is, the Pope of Rome, without all question of men, unto his own judgement. Q Pope Innocentius. 6. q. 3. c. Nemo. And therefore where all other creatures be under their judge, only I which in earth am the judge of all can be judged of none, neither of Emperor, nor the whole clergy, nor of Kings, nor yet of the people. R Ibidem. For who hath power to judge upon his judge? S Pope Gelasius .9. q. 3. cap. Cuncta. This judge am I, & that alone, without any other assistance of any council joined to me. For I have power upon counsels, counsels have no power upon me. But if the council determe amiss, it is in my authority alone to infringe it, or to condemn whom I lust without any council. T Ibidem. And all for the preminence of my predecessor blessed saint Peter, which by the voice of the lord, he received, and ever shall retene. V Anastasius patriarch. D. q. 3. c. Antiquis Item. 1●. q. 3. cap. Quamuis. furthermore and where as all other sentences and judgements both of counsels person or persons may and ought to be examined, X Pope Gregorius .2. q. 3. c. Quatuor. for that, they may be corrupted four ways, by fear, by gifts, by hatred, by favour: only my sentence and judgement must stand, Y Pope Agatho. Dist. 19 cap. Sic oens. as given out of Heaven by the mouth of Peter himself which no man must, Z Pope Nicolaus .9. q. 3. cap. Patet. break, nor retract. A Pope Innocentius 2. Art. 17. q. 4● Si quis. No man must dispute or doubt of. B Dist. 19 cap. In memoriam. yea & if my judgement statute or yoke seam scarcely tolerable, yet for remembrance of s. Peter it must be humbly obeyed. C Sextus Decret. Tit. 7. De renunciat. Quoniam. Glosa. yea and moreover obedience is to be given not only to such decrees set forth by me in time of my Popedom, but also to such as I do foresey & commit to writing, before I be Pope. D Of●ic. l. 1. And although it be thought by some writers, to be given to all men to ere, and to be deceived, E Glosa. Extra. De verb. signif. cap. Ad. yet neither am I a pure man, F Pope Gregorius. Caus. 35. q. 9 Apostolicae. and again the sentence of my Apostolic seat is always conceived with such moderation, is concoct and digestid with such patience, and ripeness, and delivered out with such gravity of deliberation, that nothing is thought in it necessary to be altered or retractid. G Pope Symmachus. Caus. 9 q. 3. Aliorun. Wherefore it is manifest, & testified by the voice of holy bishops, that the dignity of this my seat is to be reverenced thorough the whole world, in that all the faithful submit themselves to it, as to the head of the whole body: H Ibidem. Whereof it is spoken to me by the Prophet, speaking of the arch: if this be humiled, whether shall you run for succour, & where shall your glory become? Seeing then this is so, that so holy Bishops & scriptures do witness with me, what shall we say then to such as will take upon them to judge of my doings, to reprehend my procedings, or to require homage and tribute of me, to whom all other be subject: I Pope Grego●rius. 6. q. 3. Scriptu est. Against the first sort the Scripture speaketh Deutero. thou ought not to put thy scythe in an other man's corn. Which thing to attempt against me what is it but plain sacrilege. K Caus. 17. q. 4. Sacrileg. Glosa. according to my canonists, which thus define sacrilege to consist in three things, either when a man judgeth of his prince's judgement: or when the holy day is profaned, or when reverence is not given to Laws and Canons. L 2. q. 7. cap. Plarunque Glosema Gratiani. ¶. Item. Against the second sort maketh the place of the book of kings, where we read, the arch of God was brought from Gabaa to Jerusalem, and in the way the Arch inclining by reason of the unruly oxen, Ozias the Levite put to his hand to help, and therefore was strooken of the Lord. By this Arch is signified the Prelates, by the inclination thereof, the fall of Prelates, M Ibidem. which also be signified by the Angels, that jacob did see going up & coming down the lader. N Ibidem. Also by the Prophet, where he saith: He bowed down the Heavens and came down &c: By Ozias, and by the unruly Oxen are mente our subjects. O Ibidem. Then like as Ozias was strucken for putting his hand to the Arch inclining, no more must subjects rebuke there Prelates, going awry, P Ibidem. ¶. His itae. Albeit here may be answered again, that all be not Prelates which so be called, for it is not the name that maketh a bishop, but his life. Q Pope Vrbanus. 23. q. Tributum. Against the third sort of such as would bring us under the tribute and exactions of seculare men, maketh the new Testament, where Peter was bid to give the grot in the Fish's mouth but not the head, nor the body of the fish: No more is the head or body of the Church subduid to Kings, but only that, which is in the mouth, that is, the extern things of the church And yet nor they neither: R Ibidem. ¶ Quamuis. For so we read in the book of Genesis, that Pharaoh in time of dearth subdued all the land of thegyptians, but yet he ministered to the Priests, so that he took neither there possessions from them, nor there liberty. If then the prelate's of the Church must be neither judged, nor reprehended, nor exacted, how much more ought I to be free from the same, S Pope Benedictus. Extr. De aut. et. vs● pallij. c. Sansta. which am the Bishop of bishops, & head of prelate's For it is not to be thought that the case betwixt me and other prelate's, betwixt my sea, T Pope Stephanus. Dist. 19 Enimuero. & other churches be like. V Pope Pelagius. Dist. 21. Quamuis. Although the whole catholic and apostolic Church make one bridechamger of christ: yet the cathol. & Apost. church of Rome, had the pre-eminence given over all other, by the mouth of the lord himself saying to Peter: Thou art Peter. & c? X Dist. 21. De● cretis. Thus a discretion and difference must be had in the church, as it was betwixt Aaron and his Children, Y Pope Anaclotus. Dist. 21. in non●. betwixt 72. disciples, & the 12. apostles: betwixt tother apostles and Peter. Z Pope Bonifacius & Greg. Dist. 89. Ad ●oc. Wherefore it is to be concludid, that their must be an order & difference of degrees in the Church betwixt powers, superior and inferior, without which order, the university of the whole can not consist. A Ibidem. For as amongst the Angelical creatures above in heaven there is set a difference and inequality of powers & orders, some be Angels, some Archangels, some Cherubin Seraphines: B Dist. 89. cap. Singula. So in the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy of the Church militant in the earth priests must not be equal with Bishops. Bishop's must not be like in order with archbishops with patriarchs or Primates. C Ex Citatione Bull. Decr. 5. Ser. 3. Who contain under them three Archbishops, as a King containeth three Dukes under him. In the which number of patriarchs cometh in the state also of D De officio Archipresby●. in Glosa. Cardinals or Principales, so called because as the door turneth by his hinges, so the universal church ought to be ruled by them. E 〈…〉 The next and highest order above these is mine, which am Pope, differing in power and maiorite, and honour reverential from these and all other degrees of men. F Ex 3. part. Summae maioris. b. Antonini. For the better declaration whereof, my canonists make 3. kinds or power in earth, Immediata, which is mine immediately from God. Derivata, which belongeth to to other inferior prelate's from me. G Pope Innocent. 3. De sacra unctione. Qui venisset. Ministralis, belonging to Emperors and Princes to minister for me, for the which cause the anointing of princes and my consecration doth differ: for they are anointed only in the arm or shoulders, & in the head to signify the difference of power betwixt princes and me. H Pope Nicolaus Dist. 22. cap. Oens. This order therefore of Priests, Bishops, Archbishops, patriarchs & other, as a thing most convenient, my church of Rome hath set, & institute through all churches following therein not only the example of the Angelical army in Heaven, but also of the apostles. I Pope Clement. Dist. 80. cap. In illis. For amongst them also there was not an uniform equality or institution of one degree, K Pope Anacletus. Dist. 22. c. Sacrosancta. But a diversity or distinction of authority and power, albeit they were all apostles together, yet it was granted not withstanding to Peter, (themselves also agreeing to the same) that he should bear dominion and superiority over all the other apostles. L Ibidem. Quasi vero Petrus non a Petra, sed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ducatur. And therefore had his name given him Cephas, that is, head or beginning of the apostelhode. M Dist. 21. cap. In novo. where upon the order of Priesthood first in the new Testament began in Peter, to whom it was said, Thou art Peter, & upon thee I will build my church. N Ibidem. And I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And thou being converted confirm thy brethren. O Dist. 21. cap. Decretis. I have prayed for thee, that thy faith shall not fail. Wherefore seeing such power is given to Peter, P Pope Leo. Dist. 19 c. Ita Dominus. and to me in Peter, being his successor, Q Pope Nicolaus In tantum. Dist. 22. who is he then in all the world, that ought not to be subject to my decrees, which have such power in heaven, in hell, in earth, with the quick and also the dead, R Pope Clemens. in Bulla Viennae, in scruiiis privilegiorun. commanding and granting in my bull of lead sent to Vienna, unto all such as died in there peregrination to Rome, that the pain of hell should not touch them: And also that all such as took the holy cross upon them should every one at his request not only be delivered himself, but also deliver three or iiij. souls whom so would, out of purgatory. S Dist. 21. cap. Decretis. Again having such promise and asserance, that my faith shall not fail, who then will not believe my doctrine? For did not Christ himself first pray for Peter that his faith should not fail. T Pope Anacletus. Dist. 22. c. Sacrosancta. Scripture well applied, and like a Clerk. Also have not I a sure promise of Paul his own mouth, writing to my Church by these words. God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit, in the gospel of his son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers? Rom. 1. V Pope Damasus. 25. q. 1. c. Omnia. Item, Pope Gregor. Dist. 19 Nulli. Wherefore as I condemn all such worthily, which will not obey my decrees, to be disposessid of all their honour with out restitution: X Pope Nicolaus Dist. 22. cap. Oens. So all they that believe not my doctrine, or stand against the privilege of the church especially of the Church of Rome, I pronounce them heretics. Y Ibidem. And as the other before is to be called unjust, so this man is to be called an heretic. Z Ibidem. For why he goeth against the faith, which goeth against her, who is the mother of faith. A Dist. 20. Decretales. But here may rise percase a doubt or scruple, that if my faith and knowledge stand so sure by the promise of Christ, and by the continual prayer of s. Paul: whether is it true, or is to be granted, that any other should excel me in knowledge or interpretation of holy scripture. B Ibidem. For look whose knowledge is groundid of most reason, his words should seam to be of more authority. C Ibidem. Whereunto I answer, and grant, that many there be and have been more abundantly endued with fuller grace of the holy ghost, and greater excellence of knowledge, And therefore that the tractationes of Augustine, Jerome & others ought to be preferred before the constitutions of diverse pope's: yet I say in determination of causes, because they have not the virtue & height of that authority, which is given to me, therefore in expounding of scriptures they are to be preferred, but in dissising of matters they stand inferior to my authority. By virtue of which authority, D Dist. 19 Si Romanorum. both they themselves be allowed for doctors, and there works approved, and also all other matters be ruled, through the power of the keys which be given to me immediately of Christ. Although I deny not but the same keys be also committed to other Prelates, as they were to other apostles, besides Peter: E Gabriel Biel. li. 4. Dist. 19 yet it is one thing to have the keys, an other thing to have the use of the keys. F Petrus de Palude. Wherefore here is to be noted, a distinction of keys, after the mind of my Schole-doctors, one key which is called Clavis ordinis, having authority to bind & lose, but not over the persons whom they bind & lose, & this authority they take not immediately of Christ, but mediately by me the vicar of Christ. The other key is called Clavis jurisdictionis, which I the vicar of Christ take immediately of him, having not only authority to bind & lose, but also Dominion over them on whom this key is exercised. By the jurisdiction of which key, the fullness of my power is so great, that where as all other are subjects, G Dist. 96. cap. Si Imperator. yea and Emperors themselves ought to subdue there executions to me. Only I am a subject to no creature, H Gabriel. lib. 4. Dist. 19 no not to me self, except if I list, In foro paenitentiae, to my Gostlyfather submitting myself as a sinner, but not as Pope, so that my Papal majesty ever remaineth unminished, Superior to all men, I Pope Nicolaus. Dist. 19 cap. Si Romanorun in Glosa. whom all persons ought to obey, K Item. 24. q. ●. Hae● est. and follow, L Dist. 40. cap. Si Papa. no man must judge, nor accuse of any crime either of Murder, Adultery, Simon, or such like. M 2. q. 7. Nos si. in Glosa. No man depose but I myself. N Extrau. De elect. Innotuit. No man can excommunicate me, yea though I communicate with the excommunicate, for no Canon bindeth me. Whom no man must lay to. O De penitentia. Dist. i c. Serpens in Glosa. For he that layeth to me is a churchrobber. P Dist. 19 cap. Nulli. And who obeyth not me is an heretic, and an excommunicate person. Q August. de Ancho. For like as all jews were commanded to obey the hay priest of levitical order, of what state or condition so ever they were: So are all Christian men more and less bound to obey me Christ's Leavetenant in earth concerning the obedience of whom or disobedience we have in Deuter. 17. R Glosa Ordinaria. Where the comen gloze saith that he who denieth to the hay priest Obedientiam, leyth under the sentence of condemnation, as much as he that denieth God his Omnipotentiam. Thus then appeareth the greatness of my Priesthood, S Antoninus. begun in Melchisedech, solemnized in Aaron. Continued in the Children of Aaron: perfectionated in Christ: represented in Peter: Exalted in universal jurisdiction, And manifestid in Sylvester. & c? So that through this Praeemiance of my priesthood, having all things subject to me, T Antoninus. it may seam well verified in me, that was spoken of Christ. Summae Ma●●ris. 3. part. ●ist. 22. Psal. 8. Omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius, oves, & boves, & universa pecora campi. Volucres caeli & pisces Maris. etc. i. Thou haste subdued all things under his feet, shape and Oxen, and all cattle of the field: The birds of Heaven, and Fish of the sea etc. V Ibidem. Where it is to be noted, that by oxen jews and Heretics, by cattle of the field, Pagans, be signified. For although as yet they be out of the use of my keys of binding and losing, yet they be not out of the jurisdiction of my keys, but if they return, I may absolve them. X Ibidem. By shape and all cattles, are meant all Christian men both great and less, whether they be Emperors, Princes, Prelates or other. By birds of the air you may understand the Angels and potestates of Heaven, who be all subject to me, in that I am greater than the Angels, and that in four things as is afore declared, & have power to bind & lose in heaven, Y 23. q. 5. cap. Omnium. and to give heaven to them that fight in my wars. Z Idem Antoninus mi●i. Lastly by the Fishes of the sea are signified the souls departed in pain or in purgatory, as Gregory by his prayer delivered the soul of Traianus out of hell, and I have power to deliver out of purgatory whom I please. Z Ibidem. Lastly by the fishes of the sea are signified such as be in purgatory. In asmuch that they stand in need and necessity of other men's help, & yet be in their journey Viatores, & de foro papae, i passengers, & belong to the court of the pope, therefore they may be relieved out of the storehouse of the church, by the participation of indulgens. Antoninus. August. de Ancho. Thomas. part. 4. And for as much as some do object, that my pardons can not extend to them that be departed, for that it was said to Peter: what so ever thou shalt lose upon earth, & therefore seeing they are not upon earth, they can not be loosed of me. Here I answer again by my Doctors, that this word Super terram, i. upon the earth may be referred two manner of ways, first to him that is the loser, so that he which shall lose shall be upon the earth. And so I grant that the pope being dead can lose no man. Also it may be referrid to him that is loosed, so that who so ever is loosed must be upon the earth or about the earth. And so the souls in purgatory may be loosed which albeit they are not upon the earth yet they are about the earth, at lest they be not in heaven. And because oft times one question may rise upon an other, August. de Ancho. and heads of men now a days are curious, a man hearing now that I can deliver out of Purgatory, will ask here a question, An papa possit totum purgatorium expoliare. whether I be able also to empty all purgatory at once, or not? To whom my Canonist August. de Ancho. doth answer by a triple distinction, Quantum ad absolutam meam jurisdictionem, quantum ad ordinatam executionem, quantum ad divinam acceptationem: Ibidem. Absoluta jurisdictio. first touching my absolute jurisdiction he saith I am able to ride out all purgatory together, for as many as be under my jurisdiction, as be all, except only infants unbaptised In limbo, And men departed only cum baptismo flaminis. That is with the Baptism of spirit. And such as have no friends, to do for them that, wherefore pardons be given. These only exceptid, for all other beside, the pope, he sayeth, hath power to release all purgatory at once, as touching his absolute jurisdiction. Albeit Thomas Aquine part .4. denieth the same, for asmuch as Christ himself, he saith, when he came down did not utterly at once release all purgatory. Doctor's disagree in purgatory. As touching my ordinary execution this they hold that I may if I will, August. De Ancho. Antoninus. Or●●nata ex 〈◊〉 Divina acceptatio. but I ought not to do it. Thirdly as concerning the divine acceptation, that is, how God would accept it if I did it, that they say, is unknown to them, and to every creature, yea & to the pope himself. A Antoninus in Summulis. Augustinus de Ancho. in Decret. Astesanus Minorita. And to the intent I would all men to see and understand that I lack not witnesis more besides these, if I list bring them out, B Baptista de Salis. in sua Batistiniana. Bonavetura. you shall hear the whole choir of my divine Clergy brought out with a full voice testifying in my behalf, in their books, tractations, Distinctions, Titles, Gloss, and Summares, C Campensis. lib. Controversiarun Coclaeus. as by their own words here followeth. The Pope, say they, being the vicar of jesus Christ thorough out the whole world, D Durandus, in Speculo. Dreido, de eccles. Scriptures & Dogmat. in the stead of the living God, hath that Dominion and lordship, which Christ here in earth would not have, although he had in habitu, but gave item to Peter in Actu E Edoardus Po●uellus, Anglus contra Lutherun Ecchius i● Enchirid. that is the universal jurisdiction both of spiritual things and also of temporal, which double jurisdiction was signified by the two sword in the Gospel: And also by offering of the wisemen, F Franciscus. Fulgo. who offered not only Incense, but also God, to signify not only the spiritual Dominion, G Gabriel Biel. ex Spica. Gaspar. Gratianus in Decr●tis. Gerson doctor Illuminatissimus. De ecclesiastica potestate. but also the temporal to belong to Christ & to his vicar. For as we read, the earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof, and as Christ saith all power is given to him both in heaven, and earth, so it is to be affirmed, Inclusiuè, that the vicar of Christ hath power on things celestial, H Hugo Cardinalis in postilla. Hostiensis. Holkot. Hosius. terrestrial, and infernal. Which he took immediately of Christ, all other take mediately by Peter and the Pope. Wherefore such as say that the Pope hath Dominion only on Spiritual things in the world, I joannes Andreae. Innocentius. joan. de Turr● Cremata de ecclesia S●̄ma. and not of temporal, may be likened to the counsellors of the king of Syria .3. Reg. 20. Which said, The Gods of the mountance be their Gods, and therefore they have overcome us, L Lanfrancu● contra wickliff. Li●ius Historicus. Anglus. Lapus. Laurentius. but let us fight against them in the low meadows, and in valles, where they have no power, & so we shall prevail over them: So evil counsellors now a days through there pestiferous flattery deceive Kings and Princes of the earth, saying: M Magister Sen●tētiarū. Popes & prelate's be Gods of Montance, that is, of spiritual things only, but they be not Gods of valles, that is, they have no dominion over temporal things, N Nicolaus. And therefore let us fight with them in the valles that is, in the power of temporal possessions, and so we shall prevail over them. O Okam in Dialogo, part. 1. lib. 5. Oytanus. But what sayeth the sentence of God to them let us hear. Because, saith he, the Syrians say, that the God of Mountance is there God, and not the God of valles, P Petrus de Palude. Petrus de Tharam. Petrus de Aliaco. Panormitanus. therefore I will give all this multitude into your hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. What can be more effectually spoken to set forth the majesty of my jurisdiction which I received immediately of the Lord, of the Lord I say, and of no man. Alexander de A●es. For where as Constantine th'emperor gave to Silvester, enduing him with this possession and patrimony, R Raymundus in Summa de Ca●●sibus. Richardus. Rabanus super Math. cap. 16. Rupertus Tu●itiensis. that is so to be expoundid and taken not so much for a Donation, as to be counted for a restitution made of that, which tyrannously was taken from him before. And again where as I have given at sundry times to Ludovicus and other Emperors of my temporal lands and possessions, yet that was done, not so much for any recognizing of homage to them as for keeping peace with them. For I own to Emperors no dew obediance that they can cleame, S Scotus Doctor Subtilis. but they own to me as to their superior. And therefore for a diversity betwixt there degree and mine, in their consecration they take their unction on the arm, I on the head. T Thomas Aquin. And as I am superior to them, so am I superior to all Laws, and free from all constitutions. Which am able of myself, and by my interpretation to prefer equity being not written, before the law written. V Vlricus. Waldemus confessionate, & De Sacramentis. Having all laws within the chiest of my breast, as is aforesaid. And what so ever this my sea shall inacte, approve or disprove all men ought to approve or reprove the same, with out either judging, disputing, doubting, or retracting. Such is the privilege given of Christ in behalf of Peter to the church of Rome, X joan. Dreido. De Dogmatibus va●iis, lib. 4. that what Country so ever, kingdom or province, cheusing to themselves Bishops & ministers, although they agree with all other Christ's faithful people in the name of jesus, that is, in faith and charity, believing in the same God, and in Christ his true son, and in the holy ghost, having also the same Crede, the same Evangelists and scriptures of the apostles, yet not withstanding unless their Bishops and Ministers take their origine and ordination from this Apostolic seat, they are to be counted not of the Church. So that succession of faith only is not sufficient to make a church, except the Ministers take their ordination by them, which have there succession from the apostles. So their faith, supremacy, the chair of Peter, keys of heaven, power to bind and loose, all these be inseparable to the church of Rome, so that it is to be presumed, that God always providing, and saint Peter helping the bishopric & diocese of Rome shall never defail from faith. And likewise it is to be presumed & presupposed that the bishop of that Church is always good and holy. yea & though he be not always good, or destitute of his own merits, yet the merits of S. Peter predecessor of that place be sufficient for him, who hath bequeathed and left a perpetual dewrie of merits, with inheritance of innocency to his posterity. Y Hugo. in Glosa. Dist. 40. c. Non Nos. yea & though he fall into Homicide or adultery, he may sin, but yet he can not be accused, but rather excused by the Murders of Samson, the thefts of the Haebrues, the adultery of jacob. Z Glos. in Caus. 11. q. 3. cap. Ab sit. And likewise if any of his clergy should be found embracing a woman, it must be expoundid and presupposed that he doth it to bless her. Furthermore the Pope, say they, hath all the dignities & all power of all patriarchs. In his primacy he is Abel, In government the Arch of Noah, In Patriarchdom Abraham, In order Melchisedech, In dignity Aaron, In authority Moses, In seat judicial Samuel. In zeal Helias, In meekness David, In power Peter, In unction Christ. (Du bist das Antichrist.) My power they say is greater than all the saints. For whom I confirm no man may infirm. I may favour & spare whom I please, A Glosa. in c. 11. q. 3. Si inimicus. to take from one, and to give to an other. And if I be enemy to any man, all men ought to eschew that person forthwith, and not to tarry and look while I bid them so to do. All the earth is my diocese, and I the ordinary of all men, having the authority of the King of all kings upon subjects. I am all in all & above all, B Hostiensis in cap. Quamto. D● transl. praeb. so that God himself & I the vicar of God have both one Consistory, C Ex summa casuum fratris Baptistae. and am able to do almost all that God can do, clave non errant. D Ex Citatione Hen. Bulling. De fine seculi. Orat. Prima. Item ex citatione jacobi Andreae, adversus Hosium. lib. 5. Item ex citatione Hierom. Marij. in acts 2. Diei. Iten it is said of me, that I have an heavenvly arbitrement, and therefore am able to change nature of things, Substantialia unius applicando alteri. And of nothing to make things to be, and of a sentence that is nothing, to make it stand in effect. In all things that I list, my will to stand for reason. For I am able by the law, to dispense above the law, De concessione praeb. ca Proposuit. and of wrong to make justice, in correcting Laws, & changing them. You have herd hitherto sufficiently out of my Doctors, now you shall hear greater things out of mine own decrees. E Pope Nicol●us● Dist. 96. c. Satis. Read there Dist. 96. c. Satis. F 11. q. 1. Sacerdotibus. also, cause 11. q. 1. ca Sacerdotibus. G 12. q. 1. c. Futuram. Also, 12. q. 1. cap. Futuran. Do not you find there expressed how Constantinus the Emperor sitting in the general Council of Nice, called us Prelates of the Church all Gods. H Decretal. De Transl. episc● cap. Quanto. Again read my Canon Decretal. De transl. episc. cap. Quanto. Do you not see their manifestly expressed, how not man, but God alone separateth that which the bishop of Rome doth dissolve & separate. Wherefore if those things that I do be said to be done not of man, but of God, what can you make of me but God? Again if Prelates of the Church be called and counted of Constantinus for Gods, I then being above all Prelates, Thus ye may see i● veri●ide that s. Paul prophesieth of the adversary setting in the temple as God, & boasting him above all that is named God. etc. 2. Thess. 2. seam by this reason to be above all Gods. Wherefore no marvel, if it be in my power to change time and times, to alter and abrogate Laws, to dispense with all things yea with the precepts of Christ. For where Christ biddeth Peter put up his sword, monishing his disciples not to use any outward force in revenging themselves, I Pope Nicolaus Caus. 15. q. 6. c. Autoritatem. do not I pope Nicolaus writing to the Bishops of France, exhort them to draw out there material sword in pursuing their enemies, and recovering their possessions, setting against the precept of Christ, the prophet saying: The Prophet's mind well expoundid. Dissolve colligationes impietatis & c? Item where Christ was present himself at that marriage in Cana Galileae, K Pope Martinus. Dist. 34. cap. Lector. do not I Pope Martinus in my distinctions inhibit the spiritual clergy to be present at marriage feasts, and also to marry themselves? Item where matrimony by Christ can not be loosed but only for whoredom L Pope Gregorius junior. 32. q. 7. cap. Quod proposuisti. Do not I Pope Gregorius junior, writing ad Bonifacium, permit the same to be broken for impotency or infirmity of body? M Pope Innocentius. 4. Sext. Decretal. De sententia excon. cap. Dilecto. Item against the express caution of the Gospel doth not Innocentius 4. permit vim vi repellere? N Pope Alexander. 3. De Decimis. cap. Ex part. Likewise against the old testament I do dispense in not giving tithes. O Pope Nicolaus. 15. q. 6. Autoritatem. Item against the new Testament in swearing, & that in these six causes: P De elect. & elect. Potestate. Significasti in Glosa. Pax, & fama, fides, reverentia cautio Damni Defectus veri, poscunt sibi magna caveri. Wherein two kinds of oaths is to be noted whereof some be promissoria, some be assertoria. & c? Q Baptista de Salis. in Summa casuum ex Pavormitano Item in vows & that ex toto voto. Where as other Prelates can not dispense ex toto a voto, but I can deliver ex toto a voto, like God himself. R Pope Innocentius. 4. De elect. Venerabilem. Item in perjury if I absolve my absolution standeth. S Ext. De jure iurando. cap. Venientes. Iten. De Elect. Significasti● in Glosa. Where also note that in all swearing, always the authority of the superior is excepted. T Pope Martin● 5. Extra. cap● Regimini universalis eccl●siae. More over where Christ biddeth to lend without hope of gain, do not I pope Martinus give dispensation for the same, not withstanding the council of Thuron enactid the contrary, yet with two Bulls I disamillid that decrement. V Pope Vrbanus 2. Caus. 23. q. 5. c. Excommunicatorum. What should I speak of Murder making it no Murder nor homicide, to s●aye them that be excommunicate. X Pope Nicolaus Caus. 15. q. 6. Autoritatem. Likewise against the law of nature, Y Ibidem. Item against the Apostle, Z Distinct. 82. c. Presbyter. also against the canon's of the apostles I can and do dispense. For where they in their Canon command a priest for fornication to be deposed, I thorough the authority of Silvester alter that rigour of the constitution. A Pope Pelagius. Dist. 34. cap. Fraternitatis. Considering the minds & bodies also of men now to be weaker than they were then. B Baptista de Salis. fol. 184. Briefly against the universal state of the Church I have dispensation, sc● quando status ecclesiae non decoloratur. Ibidem. And for marriage in the second degree of consanguinity and affinity, In collateralibus aequali linea, that is betwixt brethren children: although not inaequali linea, so that the uncle may not marry his nice, unless for an urgent & weight cause. As for all such contracts betwixt party and party, where that matrimony is not yet consummate by carnal copulation, it is but a small matter for me to dispense with all. In summa, if ye list briefly to here the whole number of all such cases as properly appertain to my Papal dispensation, which come to the number of one and fifty points, that no man may meddle with all, but only I myself alone, I will receipt them first in Latin, then in English, as they be set forth in my Canonical Doctors. Casus Papales .51. Apud Fratrem Astesanum, sine de Ast. Doctorem solemnem in Summa confessionis. Item apud Hostien●em. De office legat. reperti & his versibus comprehensi. SI sit catholicus papam non judicat ullus. Erigit, & subdit cathedras, Dividit, unit Mutat vota crucis, ●i. votum terrae sanctae. Restituit, Eximit. i degradatos i epos et alios. Ad se Maiores, causae referuntur. Legitimatqúe. Promovet, i insufficientes. Appellare vetat, Prohibet profiteri i intrantes religionem. Deponit, transfert, suppletque, i defectum regi vacant regno. Renunciat illi Praesul, & exemptus. Simon, jurans, Anathema, Symonia, juramentum, Excommunicatio Vel proprium, a papa facta vel legati, vel lex vtriusq● tam papae q legati Tum neque participans, Etfi quem sponte salutat, i soluitur papa Quem Canon damnat, Sibi soli quando reseruat, Soluitur a papa: nec non quem regula damnat. qui irregularitatem incurrit. Addas suspensum, Causam, sc●. addas. cum fertur ad ipsum. Rescriptum, i. addas fidei dubium. Confert bona plura i. pluralitatem beneficiorum. Irritat infectum. Legem condit generalem. Approbat imperium, i. imperatorem. firmat, Deponit, & ungit. Consilium generale facit. Sacrat quoq● Sanctos. canonizat. Eus non esse facit. de aliquo facit nihil. Non eus fore. de nihilo aliquid. Pallia semper i. pallium. Portat. i. pallium. Concedit, Legi non subiacet ulli. Appellatur ad hunc medio sine, i. immediatà Iudiciūq● Est pro lege suum. Monachun revocat renuentem, de monacho non monachum facit. Maius adulterio soluit generaliter. i. incestum etc. Arctat Et laxat quicquid sponsis nocet. i. impedimenntum matrimonia Ordinat extra Tempora dando sacrum. i. extra 4. tempora. Promotum promovet idem. Ordinat atque die qua consecratur & ipse Viuētisq● locum concedit, i. sacerdotium confert nondum vacans. Iureq● private. Insignit. insignia episcopalia concedit i a decimis eximit i praesbyter● concedit infantes ungere Laieo sacra donat. Chrisma ministro. Summa sede sedet, plenusq● vicarius extat. Si sit catholicus papam non judicat ullus. Cases Papale, to the number of one and fifty, wherein the Pope hath power only to dispense and none else beside. Except by a special licence from him. FIrst Determination of doubts and questions belonging to faith. 24. q. 1. Quoties. Translation of a Bishop, Extr. De translat. c. Inter. elect, or confirmed: likewise of abbots exempted. Deposition of Bishops. 3. q. 6. Quam●is. The taking of resignation of Bishops. 9 q. 3. Deniq. Exemption of Bishops, 16. q. 1. Frater. not to be under Archbishops. Restitution of such as be deposed 2. q. 6. Ideo. from there order. Extr. De restitutione cap. Cum venissent. The judicial definition, or interpretation of his own privileges. 7. q. 1. Temporis. Changing of bishoprics, or dismission of Covents etc. 16. q. 1. Felix. New erection of bishopsseats, or institution of new religions. 16. q. 1. Et Christus. Subjection or division of one bishopric under an other. Extr. De voto. Ex multa. Dispensation for vowiug to go to the holy land. Extr. De s●atu monachi. c. Cum ad. Dispensation for the vow of chastity, or of religion, or of holy orders. Extr. De juramento. cap. Venientes. Dispensation against a lawful oath, or vow made. Extr. De judicio. c. At si clerici. Dispensation against diverse erregularities, as in crimes greater than adultery, & in such as be suspendid for simony. Dispensation in receiving into orders him that had ij. wives. Extr. De bigamia. c. Nuper. Dispensing with such as being within orders, Extr. De clerico non ord.. do that which is above there order, as if a Deacon should say Mass, being not yet Priest. To receive into orders such as be blemished or maimed in body. Extr. De corpore vitiatis. & Dist. 55. Dispensation with murder, Dist. 50. Miror. or with such, as willing cut of any member of a man's body. Dispensing to give orders to Extr. De se●tentia & excon. ca Cum illorum. such as have been under the sentence of the greater curse or excommunication. Ibidem. Dispensation with such as being suspendid with the greater curse, do minister in any holy order. Extr. De filijs praesbyt. c. Is qui. Dispensation with such as being unlawfully borne, to receive orders, or benefices. Ext. De praebend. c. De ●ulta. Dispensation for pluralites of benefices. Extra. De elect. cap. Cum nobis. Dispensation to make a man Bishop before he be thirty year old. Extr. De aetate & qualit. Generalem. Dispensation to give orders under age. Dist. 15. Per totum. The Pope only hath power to make and call a general council. 9 q. 3. c. Per principale. The Pope only hath power to deprive an ecclesiastical person, & give away his benefice being not vacant. The pope alone is able to absolve him that is excommunicate, De elect. cap. Venerabilem. by name. The pope only is able to absolve him whom his legate doth excommunicate. Extr. De officio legati. c. Quaerenti. The Pope both judgeth in the causes of them that appeal unto him, 9 q. 3. Aliorum. And were he judgeth none may appeal from him. Only he hath authority to make Deacon, Extr. De Templi ordine. c. Cum in Distrib. & priest, whom he made subdeacon, either upon sundays, or upon other feasts. Extr. De usu pallij. cap. Ad ●onorem. Only the pope, and none else, at all times, and in all places weareth the pall. Extr. De elect. c. Dudun. The Pope only dispenseth with a man, either being not within orders, or being unworthy, to be made bishop. Extr. De elect. c. Venerabilem. He only either confirmeth, or deposeth th'emperor when he is chosen. Tractatu. De censuris. A man being excommunicate, and his absolution referrid to the Pope, none may absolve that man but the Pope alone. Extr. De elect. c. Inno●uit. The same hath authority in any election, before it be made, to pronounce it none, when it is made. He doth canonize sanctes, Extr. De religione et veneratione Sanct. cap. 1. and none else but he. Dispensation to have many dignities or personages in one Church and without charge and cure of soul, Extr. De praebend. cap. De multa. belongeth only to the Pope. To make that effectual which is of no effect, Extr. Qui ●i. sint leg. cap. Tanta. and contrariwise, belongeth only to the Pope. To pluck a Monk out of his cloister both against his own will & the Abbates, 9 q. 3. cap. Vltimo. pertaineth only to the Pope. His sentence maketh a law. Extr. De Sentent. et re judic. c. In causis. The same day in which the pope is consecrate, Extr. De elect. cap. Quod sicut. he may give orders. Extr. De restit. spo. Literas. He dispenseth in degrees of consanguite and affinity. Ext. De prescript. c. Vlt. & De judicio c. Novit. He is able to abolish laws, quoad utrumque forun, that is both civil & canon, where danger is of the soul. Thomas. It is in his dispensation to give general indulgences to certain places, or persons. Extr. Qui fi. sint legit. c. Per venerabilem. Item to legitimate what persons so ever he please, as touching spiritualties? in all places, as touching temporalties, as honours, inheritance, etc. Petrus de Palude. lib. 4. To erect new religions, to approve, or reprove rules, ordinances, and Ceremonies in the Church. He is able to dispense with all the precepts and statutes of the Church. Secundum Thoman in 4. Item to dispense and to discharge any subject from the bond of allegiance or oath made to any manner person. 9 q. 3. Per principalem. No man may accuse him of any crime, Dist. 40. Si Papa. unless only of heresy, and that neither, except he be incorrigible. The same also is free from all laws, Ibidem. so that he can not incur into any sentence of excommunication, suspension, irregularity, or into the penalty of any crime, but into the note of crime he may well. Finally he by his dispensation Distinct. 32● c. Praeter hoc. ¶. Verum. may grant, yea to a simple priest, to minister the Sacrament of confirmation to infants, also to give lower orders, & to hallow Churches, and virgins etc. These be the cases wherein I only have power to dispense, and no man else, neither bishop, nor Metropolitan, nor legate, without a special licence from me. After that I have now sufficiently declared my power in earth, in heaven, & in purgatory, how great it is, & what is the fullness thereof, in binding, losing, commanding, permitting, electing, confirming, deposing, dispensing, doing, and undoing etc. The riches and possessions of the Pope. I will entreat now a little of my riches likewise and great possessions, that every man may see by my wealth and abundance of all things, rents, tithes, tributes, my silks, my purple, Mitres, Crowns, Gold, silver, Pearls & Gems, Lands, & Lordships, how God here prospereth & magnifieth his vicar in the earth. For to me pertaineth first the imperial city of Rome, the Palace of Lateren, the kingdom of Sicily is proper to me, Apulia, Capua be mine. Also the kingdom of England and Ireland be they not or aught to be tributaries to me? A Dist. 96. Constan●inus. To these I adjoin also, besides other provinces and countries both in the occident and orient, from the north to the south, these dominions by name, B Ex Commentarijs Theodorici Niemi. quem citat Illyricus in catalogo testium. fol. 228. as Surrianum, Montembordon, & lunae insulam, Cor●icae regnum, Paruam Mantuam, Montenselete, Insulam venetiarun, Ducatum ferrariae, Canellum, Caniodan, Ducatum Histriae, Dalmatiam, Exarchatum Ravennae, Faventiam, Cesenam, Castrun Tiberia●us, Roccan Mediolanum, Castrun ceperianum, Castrum Cu●ianū, Terr●̄ Cornularian, Ducatum Arimini, Contan, Montem ferretum, Montem Capiniae, seu Olympicum, Castrun exforij, Robin, Eugubin, V●bin, forun Sempronijs, Galli, & Senogalli, Anconan, Gosam, Ducatum perusij, Vrbenetan, & Tudertum, Castrun Cinianun, Ducatum Spoletanun, Theanun, Calabriam, Ducatum Neapolim, Ducatum Beneventi, Salernun, Sorrenti insulam, Cardinian insulam, Anciae insulam, Territorium Cutisan, Territorium praene●●inum, Terram Silandis, Terra● Clusium, Terram fundan, Terram vegetan, Terr●̄ Claudianan, Terram camisinā, Terram Fabinensem, Terram Siram, Terram portuensem, cum insul● Archis. Terram Ostiensem cum maritimis, Civitatem Aquinensem, Civitatem lamentum, & Sufforariam, Civitatem Falisenan, Fidenam, Feretrum, Cliternan, Neapolim, Galiopolim, with diverse more C Dist. 96. Co●stant. which Constantinus the emperor gave unto me, not that they were not mine before he did give them. D Antoni●us in Summa Maiore. 3. part. For in that I took them of him I took them not as a gift, as is afore mentioned, but as a restitution. And that I renderyd them again to Otho, I did it not for any duty to him, but only for peace sake. What should I speak here of my daily revenues of my first fruits Annates, palles, indulgences, bulls, confessionales, indultes & rescriptes, testaments, dispensations, privilegis, elections, prebends, religious houses and such like which come to no small mass of money. In so much that for one pall to the archbishop of Mentz, which was wont to be given for ten thousand E Ex libr● Grana●mū nationis Germanicae. F●orence, now it is groune to xxvij. thousand florence, which I received of jacobus the archbishop not long before Basell council. Besides the fruits of other bishoprics in Germany, Above fifty bishoprics in Germany coming to the number of fifty, whereby what vantage cometh to my coffers, AEneas Silvius. it may partly be conjectured. But what should I speak of Germany, F Sext. Decret. De penis. cap. Felicis in Glosa. Iten, De privilegijs. c. Autoritatem in Glosa. when the whole world is my diocese, as my canonists do say, and all men are bound to believe, G Pope Bonifacius. 8. Extr. De Maio. & obed. c. unam sanctam. except they will imagine (as the manichees do) ij. beginnings which is false & heretical. For Moses saith: In the beginning god made Heaven and Earth, & not in the beginnings. H 〈…〉 Wherefore as I begun, so I conclude commanding, declaring, & pronouncing, to stand upon necessity of salvation, for every human creature to be subject to me. I Ibidem. Datum laterani. 14. Decemb. An. pont. nostri 8.