Phillip Stubbes's Anatomy of the abuses in England in Shakspere's youth, A.D. 1583 / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

  • Stubbs, Philip, active 1581-1593.
Date:
1877-1882
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Credit: Phillip Stubbes's Anatomy of the abuses in England in Shakspere's youth, A.D. 1583 / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that there is but one true church, and faithful fpouse of Chrift vpon the earth. How reconcile you thefe two places ? Amphil. Verie well. For although there be ^infinite particular churches, congregations, and aflemblies in the world, yet doe they all make but one true church of God, which being diuided in time and place, is notwilhftanding one church before God, being members of the myftical body of Chrift lefus, & felow members one of another, fo as they can neuer be diuided, neither from themfelues, nor from their head, Chrift. T/ieod. Who doe you conftitute the head of the vniuerfall church of Chrift vppon earth ? Chrift lefus, the pope, or the prince ? Amphil. Chrift lefus, whofe the bodie is, muft needs be, & is the onely true head of the vniuerfall church. Then next vnder him euerie chriftian prince in his kingdom. And as for the pope, he is head oner the malignant church, the church of the deuil, and not of Chrift fetus. No, he is fo far from being head ouer the vniuerfal church of Chrift, that he is no true member of the fame, but rather the childe of perdition, the firft borne of fatan, a dinell incarnate, and that man of fin (euen Antichrift himfelfe) that muft be deftroied with the breath of Gods mouth. Theod. By whom be thefe particular churches and congregations gouerned & ruled ? Amphil. By biftiops, paftors, and other inferiour officers. Theod. Do you fliut out the prince then from gouerning the church ? ‘^Amphil. No, God forbid. For take awaye Brachium fecidare, The lawfull power, and gouernement of the temporal magiftrate from the regiment of the church, and ouerthrow the church alto- gither. And yet notwithftanding the neceffitie hereof, the dooting anabaptifts and braineficke papifts haue moft deuililhly denied the fame. The anabaptifts denie (moft abfurdly) the authoritie of the magiftrate altogither. The papifts feing themfelues conuinced by the manifeft worde of G O D, denye not their authority ablblutely; but that their authority extendeth to the gouernement of the church, forfooth they vtterly denie, hereby exempting themfelues, and plucking away their neckes from vnder the yooke of chriftian obedience due vnto [' Sig. K. 2.] But the<5e separ- ate churches all make up One true Church, whose Head is Christ; under Him each King in his kingdom ; (The Pope’s the head of the Devil’s Church) and under them Bishops, Pastors, &c., Sig. K. 2. hack] and temporal Magistrates. The Anabaptists deny the tempo- ral power alto- gether ; the Papists deny its extending to Church Govern- ment.