and their Couiicilt Abridged, 411 ' and of hellifh punifhments, in the chair of peftilence. Nor can any one with I unfatted and ftncere obedience (who is a fabled and faithful to that fame ' Seat, and not by fchifin cut o$'from Chrift, and that holy Seat) obey the faid mandates and precepts , or any endeavours whatever , and whenfoever 4 they come, yea though it were from the bigheJt order of Angels, but mull ne- ' ceffarily contradie them and rebel with all his f?rength (or power) : And e therefore Reverend Lords, from the duty of obedience and fidelity, in which I Iam bound to both the parents of the holy ApoftolickSeat, and from the Love e which I have to `Union in the body of Chrift with it ; I do only, filially and ' obediently difobey, contraditi and rebel, to the things . which in the forefaid `Letter are contained, and fpecially, becaufe as is before touched, they do molt ' evidently tend to that fin which is molt abominable to our Lord Jefus Chrift, ' and molt pernicious to mankind, and which are altogether adverfe to the San- ' airy of theholy Apoftolick Seat ; and are contrary to the CatbolickFaith. Nor ' can your difcretion for this hint conclude (or decree) any hard thing againft ' me; becaufe all my contradiflion and atlion, in this matter, is neither contra- 'diïlion, nor rebellion, but the filial honour due to the Divine Father, and of you. Briefly recolleíling all Ifay; thefantiity of the Apoftick Seat can dono- 'thing, but what tendeth to edification and not to del?ru ion: For this is the ' plenitude of power, to be able to elo all to edification : But thefe things which ' they call provifions, are not to edification, but tomolt manifif? deftrulïion. There- 'fore the bleffed Seat of the Apofile cannot accept them, becaufeAA and blood ' loath revealed ,them which poffefi not the things that are of God, and not the '.Father of our Lord 3efue Chrift, who is inHeaven. 4 196. 'When the Pope heard this Letter, faith Mat. Paria p, 872. Not ' containing bimfel f through wrath and indignation, with a writhin afpelï and s a proud mind, he faith; who is this doting old man, deaf, and abfurel, who `boldly and rafhly judgeth mydoings ? By St.Peter and St. Paul, if our in- 'ttate ingenuitydid not move us, I would precipitate him into fo great confufi- on that be fhould be to the whole World, a Fable, a Stupor, an example and 'a- prodigy. IS NOT THE KING OF ENGLAND OVR `ti ASSAL. AND I SAY MORE, OVR SLAVE. WHO 'CAN WITHOVR NOD IMPRISONHIM. AND EN- 'SLAVE HIM TO REPROACH. ' Theft things being recited among the Cardinal brethren, with much ado uf- 'foraging the rage of the Pope, they fold to him, It is not expedient, 0Lord, that we decree any hard thing againfl this B1fhop himfelf : For that we may confef: the truth, the things are true which he fpeaketh : We cannot condemn him . He is a Catholick; Tea a melt holy man ; more religious than we are more holy and excellent than we, and of a more excellent life; fo that it is' `believed that there is not among all the Prelates a greater, no, nor any equal t0 'him : Ibis is known to the whole Clergy of France and England : Our con ' tradilhion will not prevail: The truth of this Epifile, which perhaps is direct- ' dy known to many, may _tier rep many again!? us; For he is efteemeel a great Philofopher, fully learned in Greek and Latine, a man zealous for juf?ice, a Ggg 2 Tender
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