The Vemonflration of the Problem c. pofefeealfolllsEpilllesro the Bllhops ofl- A taly & Fr~nce,epift.7o.l'4".d~TtffA...rul1e•, a Doctor ofthe law, in a treatife of hi& tou– chmg the gouernemcnt of the kingdome of france,(aith;Ifthe Pope haueat any time in– tcrmedled in the premilfes, he did not thru!l in himfdfe as witll authonrie, but came in as bce1ng thereto rcqudled,orcalled in foraffi. {lance;andthisconferred not any power o Iunfd1Clion vnto him;eucn as when aJudge requ~rcth the aduice and affi!lanceof ano– tbet ludge in matter"flawor Iudgemenr,he doth not herebyconferrevr.to him any Ju. rifd1Clion which afore he had not, butonely makes vfe of,Ot i1ttr<ateth the v(cofthat bee ~~ B u furthermore, e~cn iho!eappealesthat wercmadeto Ro:ne, wcreofrentimes dlfal– h wedand fCiedcd by the auncicnr Fathers. lhus writes C]pri:m, lib. 1. ep. 3· to CQrnt!IUJ then Pope; It altogether behocueih that rhofe who be vnder our luri{dicrion, kcepe therofeluesar home, and iladdenotabroad vnto forrameluri[didion: but hen to let rheircaufebctned, where both theaccufers and rhcwirn.clfes :ue r..::ady at hand, &where tbecrim:: beemgcomrnittcd may bciudged. And in his-f. Ep1ille he faith, that thofe who doe communicate with B•[ilida, doe neglect that d1fciplme and ~ouernn;enr wh1ch God hath eilabl101ed in his Church. TheAfrican C Councell, c.p. 9:, thusconcludeth, Ifany rhinketh•y hauecaufeto appealefrom their owne B1fhops,orthe Iu"gemont theyreceme at home, they fh•ll notappealebutvnto the Councel>ofAffnckc,and 1fany doe appeale toany authorlty (orraine,beyond the fc:as,or if any hold that men ihould fo appeale, let noneofthcChurchesof Affricke hold him ableto lullice, and to whom< the Synode had giuen authoritie for that they did;there– forethefir!lthingto beedoneis, thatthey giue Judgement to whome the powtr oflud– gm~;(m this cafo)is committed, for your de– termination ia in the placeand roomebf the whole Synode; and it is no reafon that wee fhouldtakevponvuo Iudge(asit were) of the authoritie ofthe Synod. Thus farreV•– m•f•s.Toconclude,l•flmi•n in the Imperial! lawes,col,9.tit.6,c,> •· appointeth,that the lufi appeale bee made to the P~rriarcke of the Dlocclfe. . 13 In England •pptAin were prohibited llllHenrJthe:. ofwhome,andwhofetimes Matht~ PRru in his Chronicle or hiOory: m Hetir~e~.• 1.4nn.l164.fairhthus; Cancer. ning appeales,ifthey fallout, they mull bee made from the Arch·deacon to the B1lhop, &c. andla!lly, theymu(l,oroeto thekmg himfelfe, f:oru and beyond whome, no man may procecdefurther, withoutthea!Tent of their Lord the King. The f>me •·as doue in France by £,,.ut he 9.(1Vhowaocalled Lewi! thegodly)aboutthe y<are 1278 m thatedict (called the Progmaticall fanClwn) of s. £,,.,,;,The words are thefe:We wili nor by a– ny meanc:s that rhoft heauic a8:ions, and hugefummesof money bee leuied ot colledec, which the Courtof Rome hath impo– f•d,orwhichhereafter it may impofe vpon the Church of our kingdome , it beeing a mcanes whereby our kingdome is miferably 1mpouerilhed. Nor will wee that any fuch fummes be leuied at all, but onely vpon ~ moll reafonable,godly, and vrgentcaufe, or els vpon fome ineuitable necetlitie,and that alfotobc vponourwilling aiTcnt,&e•prc!Te commaundement,togethcralfo with the vo– luntarie confent ofour Church in this king– dome. Thefamewasalfo afterward doneby Philip the fair~,about theyeare 1 z96, and af– terward by ChArles the filth furnamed the wife,and after byChATI<J the fixt,as .AimoniYt rep<>rteth 1 dtgeflisFr.,corom ls.<.zs. Further, Hildehertus thus writeth to Honofit for thm communion. The M1leu11ane Councell, c.n.u. almo!lin thefame words, inhibitetb all B•010ps and Clerks, from ap– pealing to ony authoritie boyond the feas. Zo::;,om~ne,lih.;. ci!lp. 8. reportcth,rhat theBI· fhops of the Eatl wrote to the B1ihop of Rome,thatitwa•notlowfullfor h1m byany cunningdeuife, nor vnder pretence ofany appeale,to fruflrarc,or annihilate that which they had acted and concluded. D•m•fm, as we may fee in .Ambro{t,cp.79· beeinghimfelfe Popo,fa~rh that after a Prouinciall Ccuncell haue concluded any rhmg, he bath nothing todoe to meddle with the Iudgement.Thefe be his words;Seeing the Councdl a!fcmbled at Capua hath thus pronounced,th" Bono{us and hiS accu(ers !hall haue fuch Judges ap– pointed them,as beneerevnto thcm,ascfpe· cial!v the Macedonians, who together with the Biihop ofTheiTalonica, lhould examine his doings,and conr,der ofthe whole matter: I Weaduertifeyou therefore, that it cannot lhlongtovstodeale with the iudgementof1 this matter, neither ill any thing ro bee at~ · tempted againlt your fcntence-,who hauede~ lc'eed rhat ~>hich you thought mo!logreeD riHs. It bath not bcene heard on this fide the Alpes, that all maner ofappeales lhculd thus be receiued and mamtaioed in the Court of Rome,neither doe wee findeit dehuored as a tradition from the holy and auncicnt ordi– nances. But if fuch nouclty as this haue fprung vp, thatyouwillaccept indifferently ofeuery appeale,furely rhepontificallautho– tyandcenfurewillcometo nought, and all force of Ecckfiaflicall dJfcipline •ill vtterly be ~alhtand broken in pieces, What Prie!t or Clergie man, ifheebe wickedly d1fp0fed will notdoeany mifchicfe, in hope to haue rele:fe by thefe defrauding appeairs, and fo wJlltheyheao it were burJCd 111 the filth of their(innes! and what B•fiwp n,.u hauem readine!f< any power at all to pumOr (not all as mdeede he lhould)butany difobedJ<nce ar all,ifthi, may beadmitred/ 14 In •
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