•pi~· ad P.1m· mJ.CO.dt t f1rJ<', Tai!Hitrajt~l. Antu{ili!4Et· dtji.i? No Peace with Rome. (fur in the clofet, or prifon rather, ofhis brell: (as Jerumeobj<lled toJoiJIIofJerufa- A !em) iheChurch :s included: ) all thin!!;S doe fo depend, that wharfoever hefuaU determine, mull: be teceivcd wirhout all comradillion, and bb decree can byno inferiourmeanes be rep<aled, in caine doe we wrangle for truth; in vaine have all thofe former Synods borhmerand defined; in vaine doewe either teach, or learn ought of any other Mafier : h ir pofilble, fhc fhould ever be drawn to remorfe fur her error, which eag-erly defends that fhe cannot erre? Either therefore let our Papifis fuffer this vain opmion of Infallibility to be puJI'd up by the >ery rootes our ofrheir brefls, or elfc there can be no hope,fo much asofaconfulrarion ofPeace;And doe we think rhat our Mall:ers beyond the Alpu will ever abide rhemfelves Clripped ofthis darling B whtch they have made fo daintyof all thiswhile? Why doewe not al\velldemand St. Pet m Throne, and his Revenues; and rogetherwirh hisPatrimony,all the body oflhhgion? For, whatane title is thereofthe now-R.oman'faith,that hangs not on !Jh.,.y;,.& this Clring? Let rhem gi1·e usrhis, and Home falls alone, and liesfil3mefully in the J;,;;:":;;t~.'" dufl; Ler them deny it us, and fhe fhall be ll:ill that great Harlot, flill an enemy to "'"·"'·""'"'· Peace, flill hateful! to Heaven: But fo f.lrre are their modemDoCrors from aoinge- ;,~"';.:;~;,~:( nious rejellionoflnfJllibility, th.r no Ageever knew fowell how to flarrera Pope: 1, ,. ""{" ,,.. For, no: only have fomeyeelded this unto him, without aCouncell, as Alher,PtghitH umt. R,,:.mi Gret[e,, Be!l11rmine~ aAd all Jefuireswherefoever;bur fomeothers, (asGrlgor;ofra:_ 'Q;_~:·(;!,.'· lml ,.) have faflned this upon him, without any careor ll:udy requ'red on)lis part. l<.lf'""''·fi"' o:, hJppyChaireof Peter, firme, eternall, fullofprod igiousvertue! whichifwe p.,.,fox "' "· might imogineawoodden one, I fhonld fure thinkewere !'ladeoflrifiJOake; rhere ~;;:f:/.1,;! is noSpideroferror can couch it, bur prefentlydyes: Behold, the Table; written C '"" """""''• withGods owneHand , were foane broken and gone ; but the barresofthy Frame ~~;::;;:;:,. can feele no Age, cannot incurre the dangerofanymifcarriage. d•fi"'"•"f'U'· Sure I thinke Vi/;tH 1U1[111 is alive againe; which, becaufe he fate in rhe Gmef<at b'""' ,;,; d<- wherein JHiitll c..,[arhad fate, and married Cice1ou wife, had wont rovaunr ofboth, f;;;;:::,;~:" as ifhe fhonld fure be C.e[ar, for his feate;or fur hiswife, Cicero. Belike all the vertue ""h";"" fibi ofic is from Pder : it iswell that hisother Succeffors conferred nothing towards it; ;,fJ;:t;.""" le(l perhaps Alexamkr the 6.fhould have turn'd the fucceeding Popes ineo Letchors, x1b'"" 'P"· Clem<nl into facrilegious Church-robbers, ]HiitH intoSwaggerers, BeNed;a, Grego>j, o,,ulfldmio. Sil•oefter, into Symonifis, P•fcaliJ intoPerjurers, Pope Joa!/.e ofMentz intowomen, !~~~~.~: Martia and thatother Silviflerinto Magicians, the two Johw intoDevils incarnate. ~,.. P " · dt Now on the other parr, can anyman be fofoolifh tohope that ourChurchwill e- D <.;,. P"•f. ver be fo mad,asrhus bafely to bolfler up the great Bridg-maker ofTybur?JS though ]~ ... ,~. wecould be ignoramh wChrifl never either performed or promifed them any fuch "'"·•· priviledge? For, wherei; it written (as Lulher jelledwell) unleffe perhaps at Home, ~;!!;,~· l· in Saint Peters oprn f,.,me Chimnywith acoale? Chri!l faid indeed, ThuM •rt Petu: '""'· ,, bm, Thouarr l'ault)le Fift he never faid: He faid, I h•veprllj<dfor thee, th•tii'Jfaitb s,:ve;t. '· f•ilazot; fohe f.1:d too,Goehehindme S•l•n,IIJOH fovotmjl not/he thing1 ofGod. Now {~i,~!;,~;1~'"' let this Oracleofrhe Chair teach us,howhe can at once make-himfelffull heireofrhe f•'f"•mine rromife,& yet fuiftoffthe cenfure at pleafure: Yer(ro tread in the fleps of the Time1) Et;f,. ~s though we could not know that rhe following agesknewnor ofthis;nor Policraw Bt!.rcdoac; Ujl moft ofLhcL /. dtP~Jtt . .t1li, .C.c.,r.t~loc.tam. tib.f),c<!p.S. Af,,],,n(.dtCa· flra,[. l.cgnr:·o~ Httlif'CilJ!·4andire~.e•t, which rcfif}edVIOor rhe Pope; not C.Jprian, whichoppofedSiep/xn; nor the FarhersofCalcedon, which would not yeeld rouo; nor the Eaflcrne B1fhops, which would n~t yeeld to Julh~t;nor the fathersofConflanrinople,wr'ch refufed to yeeld to VigiliP.s & lfonorius: yca,ofthelarrerdaies,thofe whirh havehod 'ither fenfe E or fhame, as John GerfonChance!lor ofParis) Turrecre111ata, Alouunc, AIJbenfus deCapro, Pope Adrian the6. ArchbifbopCath.,inus, Cardinall c.~e:nne, Fr4Dcij<MI ,l vi- {/oria; and who not,ofrhe belt rank of rheirDoctorshavenot feared Opt"Dly rodeny & difclaim rhis fancy;and AlphonfHt fhal give areafon thereoffi>r all:There aremany unlearned Popes(faith he) rhat know nor fa much as the 11JlesofGrammar, how then fhould they be able to interpret the holyScriptures ? As though we knew nor which oftheirPopesfJ.vored Arri1a,which M.oiJttJnHs,v. hich NeftoriHt,which A'ld!iHt,which the Monothelires, which the .Sadduces, and which were in league with Devils; which cfthem have defined contrary to their fellowcs, ahd which contrary toGod; and
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