A speech delivered in the castle-chamber at Dublin, the XXII. of November, anno 1622 At the censuring of certaine officers, who refused to take the Oath of Supremacie. By Iames Bishop of Meath.
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             A speech delivered in the castle-chamber at Dublin, the XXII. of November, anno 1622 At the censuring of certaine officers, who refused to take the Oath of Supremacie. By Iames Bishop of Meath.
             Ussher, James, 1581-1656.
          
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             A
          
           SPEECH
           DELIVERED
           IN
           THE
           CASTLE-CHAMBER
           AT
           DVBLIN
           ,
           the
           XXII
           .
           of
           November
           ,
           Anno
           1622.
           
           AT
           THE
           CENSVRING
           of
           certaine
           Officers
           ,
           who
           refused
           to
           take
           the
           Oath
           of
           SUPREMACIE
           .
           BY
           IAMES
           Bishop
           of
           Meath
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             Y.
          
           for
           the
           Partners
           of
           the
           Irish
           Stocke
           .
           1631.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Speech
           delivered
           in
           the
           CASTLE-CHAMBER
           concerning
           the
           Oath
           of
           SUPREMACIE
           .
        
         
           WHat
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           is
           ,
           for
           refusing
           this
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           hath
           beene
           sufficiently
           opened
           by
           my
           Lords
           the
           
             Iudges
             ;
          
           and
           the
           
             qualitie
          
           and
           
             quantitie
          
           of
           that
           offence
           hath
           been
           aggravated
           to
           the
           full
           by
           those
           that
           have
           spoken
           after
           them
           .
           The
           part
           which
           is
           most
           proper
           for
           me
           to
           deale
           in
           ,
           is
           the
           information
           of
           the
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           touching
           the
           truth
           and
           equitie
           of
           the
           matters
           contained
           in
           the
           
             Oath
             :
          
           which
           I
           also
           have
           made
           choice
           the
           rather
           to
           insist
           upon
           ,
           because
           both
           the
           forme
           of
           the
           
             Oath
          
           it selfe
           requireth
           herein
           a
           full
           resolution
           of
           the
           conscience
           
           (
           as
           appeareth
           by
           those
           words
           in
           the
           very
           beginning
           thereof
           ;
           
             I
             doe
             utterly
             testifie
             and
             declare
             in
             my
             conscience
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           and
           the
           persons
           that
           stand
           here
           to
           be
           censured
           for
           refusing
           the
           same
           ,
           have
           alledged
           nothing
           in
           their
           owne
           defence
           but
           only
           the
           simple
           plea
           of
           
             Ignorance
             .
          
        
         
           That
           this
           point
           therefore
           may
           bee
           cleared
           ,
           and
           all
           needlesse
           scruples
           removed
           out
           of
           mens
           minds
           :
           two
           maine
           branches
           there
           bee
           of
           this
           
             Oath
             ,
          
           which
           require
           speciall
           consideration
           .
           The
           one
           
             positive
             :
          
           acknowledging
           the
           
             Supremacy
          
           of
           the
           governement
           of
           these
           Realmes
           ,
           in
           all
           causes
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           rest
           in
           the
           Kings
           Highnesse
           onely
           .
           The
           other
           
             negative
             :
          
           renouncing
           all
           iurisdictions
           and
           authorities
           of
           any
           forreine
           Prince
           or
           Prelate
           within
           his
           Maiesties
           dominions
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           better
           understanding
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           the
           first
           place
           to
           call
           unto
           our
           remembrance
           that
           exhortation
           of
           St.
           
             Peter
             .
          
           a
           
             Submit
             your selves
             unto
             every
             ordinance
             of
             man
             for
             the
             Lords
             sake
             :
             whether
             it
             bee
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             having
             the
             preheminence
             ;
             or
             unto
             Governours
             ,
             as
             unto
             them
             that
             are
             sent
             by
             him
             ,
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             evill
             doers
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             praise
             of
             them
             that
             doe
             well
             .
          
           By
           this
           we
           are
           taught
           to
           respect
           the
           King
           ,
           not
           as
           
             the
             only
             governour
          
           of
           his
           dominions
           
           simply
           (
           for
           wee
           see
           there
           bee
           other
           
             Governours
          
           placed
           under
           him
           )
           but
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           as
           him
           that
           
             excelleth
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           the
           preeminence
           over
           the
           rest
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           the
           tenure
           of
           the
           
             Oath
             )
          
           as
           him
           that
           is
           
             the
             onely
             supreme
             Governour
          
           of
           his
           Realmes
           .
           Vpon
           which
           ground
           we
           may
           safely
           build
           this
           conclusion
           ;
           that
           whatsoever
           power
           is
           incident
           unto
           the
           King
           by
           vertue
           of
           his
           place
           ,
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           in
           him
           
             supreme
             :
          
           there
           being
           nothing
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           Soveraigntie
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           another
           superiour
           power
           to
           over-rule
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Qui
             Rex
             est
             ,
             Regem
             (
             Maxime
             )
             non
             habeat
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           
             second
          
           place
           wee
           are
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           God
           for
           the
           better
           settling
           of
           piety
           and
           honesty
           among
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           repressing
           of
           prophanenesse
           and
           other
           vices
           ,
           hath
           established
           two
           distinct
           powers
           upon
           earth
           :
           the
           one
           of
           the
           
             Keyes
             ,
          
           committed
           to
           the
           Church
           ;
           the
           other
           of
           the
           
             Sword
             ,
          
           committed
           to
           the
           Civill
           Magistrate
           .
           That
           of
           the
           
             Keyes
          
           is
           ordained
           to
           worke
           upon
           the
           inner
           man
           ;
           having
           immediate
           relation
           to
           the
           b
           
             remitting
          
           or
           
             retaining
          
           of
           sins
           .
           That
           of
           the
           
             Sword
          
           is
           appointed
           to
           work
           upon
           the
           outward
           man
           ;
           yeelding
           protection
           to
           the
           obedient
           ,
           and
           inflicting
           externall
           punishment
           
           upon
           the
           rebellious
           and
           disobedient
           .
           By
           the
           former
           ,
           the
           spirituall
           officers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           are
           inabled
           to
           c
           
             governe
             well
             ,
          
           to
           d
           
             speak
          
           and
           
             exhort
          
           and
           
             rebuke
          
           with
           all
           
             authoritie
             ,
          
           to
           e
           
             loose
          
           such
           as
           are
           penitent
           ,
           to
           commit
           others
           unto
           the
           Lords
           prison
           ,
           untill
           their
           amendment
           ,
           or
           to
           binde
           them
           over
           unto
           the
           iudgment
           of
           the
           great
           day
           ,
           if
           they
           shal
           persist
           in
           their
           wilfulnesse
           and
           obstinacie
           .
           By
           the
           other
           ,
           Princes
           have
           an
           imperious
           power
           assigned
           by
           God
           unto
           them
           ,
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           such
           as
           doe
           well
           ,
           and
           executing
           f
           
             revenge
          
           and
           
             wrath
          
           upon
           such
           as
           doe
           evill
           ;
           whether
           g
           by
           
             death
             ,
          
           or
           
             banishment
             ,
          
           or
           
             confiscation
             of
             goods
             ,
          
           or
           
             imprisonment
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           qualitie
           of
           the
           offence
           .
        
         
           When
           St.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           that
           had
           the
           
             Keyes
          
           committed
           unto
           him
           ,
           made
           bold
           to
           draw
           the
           
             Sword
             ;
          
           he
           was
           commanded
           to
           h
           put
           it
           up
           ,
           as
           a
           weapon
           that
           he
           had
           no
           authoritie
           to
           meddle
           withall
           .
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           when
           
             Vzziah
          
           the
           King
           would
           venture
           upon
           the
           execution
           of
           the
           Priests
           office
           ,
           it
           was
           said
           unto
           him
           ;
           i
           
             It
             pertaineth
             not
             unto
             thee
             ,
             Uzziah
             ,
             to
             burn
             incense
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Priests
             the
             sons
             of
             Aaron
             ,
             that
             are
             consecrated
             to
             burne
             incense
             .
          
           Let
           this
           therefore
           be
           our
           second
           conclusion
           :
           
           that
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             Sword
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Keyes
          
           are
           two
           distinct
           ordinances
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Prince
           hath
           no
           more
           authoritie
           to
           enter
           upon
           the
           execution
           of
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Priests
           function
           ,
           than
           the
           Priest
           hath
           to
           intrude
           upon
           any
           part
           of
           the
           office
           of
           the
           Prince
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           
             third
          
           place
           we
           are
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             civill
             sword
             ,
          
           (
           the
           
             supreme
          
           managing
           wherof
           belongeth
           to
           the
           King
           alone
           )
           is
           not
           to
           bee
           restrained
           unto
           
             temporall
          
           causes
           only
           ;
           but
           is
           by
           Gods
           ordinance
           to
           be
           extended
           likewise
           unto
           
             all
             Spirituall
             or
             Ecclesiasticall
             things
             and
             causes
             .
          
           that
           as
           the
           spirituall
           Rulers
           of
           the
           Church
           doe
           exercise
           their
           kinde
           of
           governement
           ,
           in
           bringing
           men
           unto
           obedience
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           
             first
          
           Table
           alone
           (
           which
           concerneth
           piety
           and
           the
           religious
           service
           which
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           performe
           unto
           his
           Creator
           )
           but
           also
           of
           the
           
             second
          
           (
           which
           respecteth
           morall
           honesty
           ,
           and
           the
           offices
           that
           man
           doth
           owe
           unto
           man
           :
           )
           so
           the
           civill
           Magistrate
           is
           to
           use
           his
           authority
           also
           in
           redressing
           the
           abuses
           committed
           against
           the
           
             first
          
           Table
           ,
           aswell
           as
           against
           the
           
             second
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           aswell
           in
           punishing
           of
           an
           
             heretick
             ,
          
           or
           an
           
             idolater
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             blasphemer
             ,
          
           as
           of
           a
           
             thiefe
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             murtherer
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             traytor
             ;
          
           and
           in
           providing
           by
           
           all
           good
           meanes
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           live
           under
           his
           government
           k
           may
           leade
           a
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           life
           in
           all
           
             piety
          
           and
           
             honesty
             .
          
        
         
           And
           howsoever
           by
           this
           meanes
           we
           make
           both
           
             Prince
          
           and
           
             Priest
          
           to
           bee
           in
           their
           severall
           places
           
             Custodes
             utriusque
             tabulae
             ,
          
           Keepers
           of
           both
           Gods
           tables
           :
           yet
           do
           we
           not
           hereby
           any
           way
           confound
           both
           of
           their
           offices
           together
           .
           for
           though
           the
           
             matter
          
           wherein
           their
           government
           is
           exercised
           may
           be
           the
           same
           ;
           yet
           is
           the
           
             forme
          
           and
           
             manner
          
           of
           governing
           therein
           alwaies
           different
           .
           the
           one
           reaching
           to
           the
           
             outward
          
           man
           onely
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           the
           
             inward
             :
          
           the
           one
           binding
           or
           loosing
           the
           
             soule
             ,
          
           the
           other
           laying
           hold
           on
           the
           
             body
          
           and
           the
           things
           belonging
           thereunto
           :
           the
           one
           having
           speciall
           reference
           to
           the
           iudgement
           of
           the
           
             world
             to
             come
             ,
          
           the
           other
           respecting
           the
           present
           retaining
           or
           loosing
           of
           some
           of
           the
           comforts
           of
           
             this
             life
             .
          
        
         
           That
           there
           is
           such
           a
           *
           
             civill
             government
          
           as
           this
           in
           
             causes
             spirituall
             or
             Ecclesiasticall
             ,
          
           no
           man
           of
           iudgement
           can
           deny
           .
           For
           must
           not
           
             Heresie
          
           (
           for
           example
           )
           bee
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           a
           cause
           meerly
           
             spirituall
          
           or
           
             Ecclesiasticall
             ?
          
           and
           yet
           by
           what
           power
           is
           an
           
             Hereticke
          
           put
           to
           death
           ?
           The
           officers
           of
           the
           Church
           have
           no
           
           authority
           to
           take
           away
           the
           life
           of
           any
           man
           :
           it
           must
           be
           done
           therefore
           
             per
             brachium
             seculare
             ;
          
           and
           consequently
           it
           must
           bee
           yeelded
           without
           contradiction
           ,
           that
           the
           temporall
           Magistrate
           doth
           exercise
           therein
           a
           part
           of
           his
           
             civill
             government
             ,
          
           in
           punishing
           a
           crime
           that
           is
           of
           it
           owne
           nature
           
             spirituall
          
           or
           
             Ecclesiasticall
             .
          
        
         
           But
           here
           it
           will
           be
           said
           .
           The
           words
           of
           the
           
             Oath
          
           being
           generall
           ;
           that
           the
           King
           is
           
             the
             only
             supreme
             governour
             of
             this
             Realme
             and
             of
             all
             other
             his
             highnesse
             dominions
             and
             countries
             :
          
           how
           may
           it
           appeare
           that
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             civill
             sword
          
           only
           is
           meant
           by
           that
           government
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           power
           of
           the
           
             Keyes
          
           is
           not
           comprehended
           therein
           ?
           I
           answere
           :
           
             first
             ,
          
           that
           where
           a
           civill
           Magistrate
           is
           affirmed
           to
           bee
           
             the
             governour
             of
             his
             owne
             dominions
             and
             countryes
             ;
          
           by
           common
           intendement
           this
           must
           needs
           be
           understood
           of
           a
           
             civill
             governement
             ,
          
           and
           may
           in
           no
           reason
           be
           extended
           to
           that
           which
           is
           meerely
           of
           another
           kinde
           .
           
             Secondly
          
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           where
           an
           ambiguitie
           is
           conceived
           to
           bee
           in
           any
           part
           of
           an
           
             Oath
             ;
          
           it
           ought
           to
           bee
           taken
           according
           to
           the
           understanding
           of
           him
           for
           whose
           satisfaction
           the
           
             Oath
          
           was
           ministred
           .
           Now
           in
           this
           case
           it
           hath
           been
           sufficiently
           declared
           by
           publick
           authority
           ,
           that
           no
           other
           thing
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           
           
             governement
          
           here
           mentioned
           ;
           but
           that
           of
           the
           
             civill
             sword
          
           onely
           .
        
         
           For
           in
           the
           booke
           of
           
             Articles
          
           agreed
           upon
           by
           the
           Archbishops
           &
           Bishops
           &
           the
           whole
           Clergie
           in
           the
           Convocation
           holden
           at
           London
           
             anno
          
           1562.
           thus
           we
           read
           .
           
             Where
             we
             attribute
             to
             the
             Queenes
             Majesty
             the
             chiefe
             government
             ,
             (
             by
             which
             titles
             wee
             understand
             the
             minds
             of
             some
             slanderous
             folkes
             to
             be
             offended
             :
             )
             we
             give
             not
             to
             our
             Princes
             the
             ministring
             either
             of
             Gods
             Word
             or
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             (
             the
             which
             thing
             the
             Injunctions
             also
             lately
             set
             forth
             by
             Elizabeth
             our
             Queene
             doth
             most
             plainly
             testifie
             :
             )
             but
             that
             onely
             prerogative
             which
             we
             see
             to
             have
             beene
             given
             alwaies
             to
             all
             godly
             Princes
             in
             holy
             Scriptures
             by
             God
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             rule
             all
             estates
             and
             degrees
             committed
             to
             their
             Charge
             by
             God
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             Ecclesiasticall
             or
             Temporall
             ,
             and
             restraine
             with
             the
             Civill
             sword
             the
             stubborne
             and
             evill
             doers
             .
          
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           here
           objected
           that
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           
             Convocation
          
           is
           not
           a
           sufficient
           ground
           for
           the
           expositiō
           of
           that
           which
           was
           enacted
           in
           
             Parliament
             :
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           these
           
             Articles
          
           stand
           confirmed
           not
           onely
           by
           the
           Royall
           assent
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           establishing
           of
           whose
           
             Supremacy
          
           the
           Oath
           was
           framed
           )
           but
           also
           by
           a
           speciall
           
           Act
           of
           
             Parliament
             ;
          
           which
           is
           to
           be
           found
           among
           the
           statutes
           in
           the
           thirteenth
           yeare
           of
           Queene
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           chap.
           12.
           
           Seeing
           therfore
           the
           makers
           of
           the
           Law
           have
           full
           authority
           to
           expound
           the
           Law
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           sufficiently
           manifested
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           
             supreme
             government
          
           given
           to
           the
           Prince
           they
           understand
           that
           kind
           of
           government
           only
           which
           is
           exercised
           
             with
             the
             Civill
             sword
             :
          
           I
           conclude
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           plaine
           than
           this
           ;
           that
           without
           all
           scruple
           of
           conscience
           ,
           the
           
             Kings
             Majesty
          
           may
           be
           acknowledged
           in
           this
           sense
           to
           bee
           
             the
             only
             supreme
             governour
             of
             all
             his
             Highnesse
             dominions
             and
             countries
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             all
             spirituall
             or
             Ecclesiasticall
             things
             or
             causes
             as
             temporall
             .
          
           And
           so
           have
           I
           cleered
           the
           
             first
          
           maine
           branch
           of
           the
           
             Oath
             .
          
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           unto
           the
           
             second
             ;
          
           which
           is
           propounded
           
             negatively
             :
          
           that
           
             no
             forrein
             Prince
             ,
             Person
             ,
             Prelate
             ,
             State
             or
             Potentate
             ,
             hath
             or
             ought
             to
             have
             any
             jurisdiction
             ,
             power
             ,
             superiority
             ,
             preheminence
             or
             authority
             ,
             Ecclesiasticall
             or
             spirituall
             within
             this
             Realme
             .
          
           The
           forreiner
           that
           challengeth
           this
           
             Ecclesiasticall
          
           or
           
             spirituall
          
           jurisdiction
           over
           us
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             :
          
           and
           the
           title
           whereby
           he
           claimeth
           this
           power
           over
           us
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           whereby
           he
           claimeth
           it
           over
           
           the
           whole
           world
           ;
           because
           he
           is
           S.
           
             Peters
          
           successor
           ,
           forsooth
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           if
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           himselfe
           had
           beene
           now
           alive
           ,
           I
           should
           freely
           confesse
           ,
           that
           hee
           ought
           to
           have
           spirituall
           authoritie
           and
           superioritie
           within
           this
           kingdome
           .
           But
           so
           would
           I
           say
           also
           ,
           if
           S.
           
             Andrew
             ,
          
           S.
           
             Bartholmew
             ,
          
           S.
           
             Thomas
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           the
           other
           
             Apostles
          
           had
           beene
           alive
           .
           For
           I
           know
           that
           their
           commission
           was
           verie
           large
           ;
           to
           l
           
             goe
             into
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             to
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             unto
             every
             creature
             .
          
           so
           that
           in
           what
           part
           of
           the
           world
           soever
           they
           lived
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           bee
           said
           to
           be
           out
           of
           their
           charge
           ;
           their
           
             Apostleship
          
           being
           a
           kind
           of
           an
           
             Universall
             Bishoprick
             .
          
           If
           therefore
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           can
           prove
           himselfe
           to
           bee
           one
           of
           this
           ranke
           :
           the
           Oath
           must
           be
           amended
           ;
           and
           wee
           must
           acknowledge
           that
           hee
           hath
           Ecclesiasticall
           authoritie
           within
           this
           Realme
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           our
           Lawyers
           in
           their
           Year-bookes
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           do
           usually
           designe
           the
           
             Pope
             .
          
           But
           if
           they
           had
           examined
           his
           title
           to
           that
           
             Apostleship
             ,
          
           as
           they
           would
           try
           an
           ordinary
           mans
           title
           to
           a
           piece
           of
           land
           :
           they
           might
           easily
           have
           found
           a
           number
           of
           flawes
           and
           maine
           defects
           therein
           .
           For
           
             first
          
           it
           would
           be
           enquired
           ,
           whether
           the
           
             Apostleship
          
           
           was
           not
           ordained
           by
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           as
           a
           speciall
           Commission
           ;
           which
           being
           personall
           onely
           ,
           was
           to
           determine
           with
           the
           death
           of
           the
           first
           
             Apostles
             .
          
           For
           howsoever
           at
           their
           first
           entry
           into
           the
           execution
           of
           this
           commission
           ,
           we
           finde
           that
           m
           
             Matthias
          
           was
           admitted
           to
           the
           
             Apostleship
          
           in
           the
           roome
           of
           
             Iudas
             :
          
           yet
           afterwards
           when
           
             Iames
          
           the
           brother
           of
           
             Iohn
          
           was
           slaine
           by
           
             Herod
             ,
          
           wee
           doe
           not
           reade
           that
           any
           other
           was
           substituted
           in
           his
           place
           .
           Nay
           we
           know
           that
           the
           Apostles
           generally
           left
           no
           successors
           in
           this
           kinde
           :
           neither
           did
           any
           of
           the
           Bishops
           (
           he
           of
           Rome
           only
           excepted
           )
           that
           sate
           in
           those
           famous
           Churches
           ,
           wherein
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           exercised
           their
           ministery
           ,
           challenge
           an
           
             Apostleship
          
           or
           an
           
             Universall
             Bishoprick
             ,
          
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           succession
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           
             secondly
          
           therefore
           bee
           inquired
           ,
           what
           sound
           evidence
           they
           can
           produce
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           
             one
          
           of
           the
           company
           was
           to
           hold
           the
           
             Apostleshipp
          
           as
           it
           were
           in
           
             fee
             ,
          
           for
           him
           and
           his
           successors
           for
           ever
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           other
           
             eleven
          
           should
           hold
           the
           same
           for
           terme
           of
           life
           only
           .
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           if
           this
           state
           of
           perperuity
           was
           to
           be
           cast
           upon
           one
           :
           how
           came
           it
           to
           fall
           upon
           S.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           rather
           than
           upon
           S.
           
             Iohn
             ;
          
           who
           outlived
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           fellowes
           ,
           and
           so
           as
           
           a
           
             surviving
             feoffee
          
           had
           the
           fairest
           right
           to
           retaine
           the
           same
           in
           himself
           &
           his
           successors
           for
           ever
           ?
           
             Fourthly
             ,
          
           if
           that
           state
           were
           wholly
           settled
           upon
           S.
           
             Peter
             :
          
           seeing
           the
           Romanists
           themselves
           acknowledge
           that
           he
           was
           Bishop
           of
           
             Antioch
          
           before
           he
           was
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ;
          
           we
           require
           them
           to
           shew
           ,
           why
           so
           great
           an
           inheritance
           as
           this
           ,
           should
           descend
           unto
           the
           
             yonger
          
           brother
           (
           as
           it
           were
           by
           
             Burrough-english
             )
          
           rather
           than
           to
           the
           
             elder
             ,
          
           (
           according
           to
           the
           ordinary
           manner
           of
           descents
           .
           )
           Especially
           seeing
           
             Rome
          
           hath
           little
           else
           to
           alledge
           for
           this
           preferment
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           was
           crucified
           in
           it
           :
           which
           was
           a
           very
           slender
           reason
           to
           move
           the
           Apostle
           so
           to
           respect
           it
           .
           Seeing
           therfore
           the
           grounds
           of
           this
           great
           claime
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           appeare
           to
           be
           so
           vaine
           and
           frivolous
           :
           I
           may
           safely
           conclude
           ,
           that
           he
           
             ought
             to
             have
             no
             Ecclesiasticall
             or
             spirituall
             authority
             within
             this
             Realme
             ;
          
           which
           is
           the
           principall
           point
           contained
           in
           the
           second
           part
           of
           the
           
             Oath
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             IAMES
             
               REX
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             RIght
             Reverend
             Father
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             Right
             trusty
             and
             welbeloved
             Counsellor
             ,
             wee
             greet
             you
             well
             .
             You
             have
             not
             deceived
             our
             expectation
             ,
             nor
             the
             gracious
             opinion
             we
             ever
             conceived
             both
             of
             your
             abilities
             in
             learning
             ,
             and
             of
             your
             faithfullnesse
             to
             us
             and
             our
             service
             .
             Whereof
             as
             we
             have
             received
             sundry
             testimonies
             both
             from
             our
             precedent
             Deputies
             ,
             as
             likewise
             from
             our
             Right
             trusty
             &
             welbeloved
             Cousin
             &
             Counsellor
             the
          
           Viscount
           Falkland
           
             our
             present
             Deputy
             of
             that
             Realm
             ;
             so
             have
             we
             now
             of
             late
             in
             one
             particular
             had
             a
             further
             evidence
             of
             your
             duty
             and
             affection
             well
             expressed
             by
             your
             late
             carriage
             in
             our
             Castle-Chamber
             there
             ,
             at
             the
             censure
             of
             those
             disobedient
             Magistrates
             ,
             who
             refused
             to
             take
             the
             oath
             of
             Supremacy
             .
             Wherein
             your
             zeale
             to
             the
             maintenance
             of
             our
             just
             and
             lawfull
             power
             ,
             defended
             with
             so
             much
             learning
             and
             reason
             ,
             deserves
             our
             Princely
             and
             gracious
             thankes
             ;
             which
             we
             doe
             by
             this
             our
             letter
             unto
             you
             ,
             and
             so
             bid
             you
             farewell
             .
          
        
         
           
             Given
             under
             our
             Signet
             at
             our
             Court
             at
             White-hall
             
               the
               eleventh
               of
               Ianuary
               ,
               1622.
               
            
             In
             the
             20.
             yeare
             of
             our
             Raigne
             of
             great
             Brittaigne
             ,
             France
             and
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             right
             Reverend
             Father
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             our
             right
             trusty
             and
             welbeloved
             Counsellor
             ,
             the
             
               Bishop
               of
               Meath
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A14241-e70
           
             a
             1
             Per.
             2.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             b
             Iohn
             20.
             23.
             
          
           
             c
             ●
             .
             Tim.
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             d
             Tit.
             2.
             15.
             
          
           
             e
             Matth.
             16.
             19.
             
             &
             18.
             18.
             
          
           
             f
             Rom.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             g
             Ezra
             7.
             26.
             
          
           
             h
             Matt.
             26.
             52.
             
          
           
             i
             2.
             
             Chr.
             26.
             18.
             
          
           
             k
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             As
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             that
             a
             
               spirituall
               or
               ecc●esiasticall
               government
            
             is
             exercised
             in
             causes
             
               civill
               or
               temporall
               .
            
             For
             is
             not
             
               Excommunication
            
             a
             maine
             part
             of
             Ecclesiasticall
             government
             ,
             and
             
               Forest
               lawes
            
             a
             speciall
             branch
             of
             causes
             Temporall
             ?
             yet
             we
             see
             in
             
               Sententiâ
               latâ
               super
               chartas
               ,
            
             anno
             12.
             
             R.
             H.
             ;
             that
             the
             Bishops
             of
             England
             pronounce
             a
             solemne
             sentence
             of
             
               Excommunication
            
             against
             the
             infringers
             of
             the
             liberties
             contained
             in
             
               chartâ
               de
               Forestâ
               .
            
          
           
             l
             Mark.
             16.
             15.
             
          
           
             m
             Acts
             1.
             25
             ,
             26.