I 2 H A P. 2. An Expofttion vpon the fecortd V E R. 4. Natitier. bene. al.40. Chromes colonie*. Sabel<ictta. s scUar.de Rom. Pont.liG.5, cap.8 When they muff thinke it their grace to hold his flirrop ; and beare the checke for ill hofilerfhip in miflaking the right? When their fauour is counted high,tokifl'e his feet; and wrath of that holineffe is implacable, for that he heares not the fweet Buffe cry finacke ? Vah Lucifer. That one de- meanour of his towards FrederickTar6arop, proclaimes him,in pride, The great diuell Incarnate. Creeping comes the Emperour to that beaff Alexander the Third, and kifThth his feete to obtaine abfolution from a fentence of excommunication : would you thinke it ? He lets his foot'on the necke of the Emperour now prof rate before him ; and,as well became the Vicar ofHell,applies to bimitlfe in that fact, Thou fhalt walke vpon the Afpe and sBafiliske, the Lyon and Dragon (halt thou tread vnder thy feet. How doth naturali affection curbe Heroi- cali fpirits ? How did papal( pride, in this Monfter,exceed it felfe ? But thefe may feeme infolencies perfonall, and but in ceremonie ofdeportment. What fay you to depo- fmg of Kings, of Emperors, or if any thing may be inMa- gi(racy a tranfcendent to them? FaCts read frequent in the Cardinali, not related onely, but iuflifted as done de Lure and pleaded as euidences to prooue, that the Pope bath fu. preame power temporal! on earth, though not direEtly,yet in ordine ad Delon and all fpiritualia. So far then as this pro- perty may aduance the Pope, hee bath be.(t right of all mif creants, to be that flntichrifi. How long, Lord,holy and iu(, doe( thou not auenge the bloud of thy feruants, the abafures of thyoLieftenants, vpon that falfe Prophet, and the Bea(? Stirre vp O Lord the Spirit of Princes,that once the lofty lookkec of the proud may be brought low. Who is there among( the Lords anointed ones, whole heart the Lord hath inclined to be in(rument ofhis venge- ance vpon the Whore ? His Jed be with him. And ifhere- to the offering of the people be not willing,vnworthy they to fee the peace of the Church. But,trow you, fhee hopes or meditates, anew to pro- cure England to carry the Saddle? Oh papa fna; (hall it euer
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