stome. And so of the rest. And where as the Lorde Peter the last daye, by distinction of iurisdiction temporall and spirituall, endeuoured to proue that he which had spirituall iurisdiction, ought not to haue temporall: Otherwyse, there were no distinction thereof, but rather a confusion of iurisdictions. I wyll therfore proue the contrary, that these iurisdictions are compatible in one persō, especially in an ecclesiasticall man: Marginalia5. proofes
1. Diuine law.
2. by the law of nature.
3. by canon law.
4. by ciuill law.
5. by custome.
6. by priuilege.
Formes beyng dislike and not cōtrary, maye be comparible in one subiect.and this I wil proue by the law of God, by the law of nature, cannon law, ciuill law, by custome, and priuiledge. But firste I alledge that accidentall formes some of them are so distincted, that they are not cleane cōtrary, but disalyke. As whitenes and swetenes. Other formes there be which are so distincted, that they ar cleane contrary one to the other, and are not compatible in one subiect. For one contrary expels an other, and emporteth the negatiue of the other. Wherfore, those thinges be contrarye, whych one from an other most of al are distant and disagreing, and in one susceptible may come one after the other, but not together, as the Philosopher teacheth in the Predicamentes. But those formes which are so disticted, that they be not contrary but disalike: are compatible in one subiect, as quātitie & qualitie, which beyng distincted in respect of their Genus generalissimum: yet may be in one person. And so fortitude and temperance beyng vnder one kynde of morrall vertue, are founde to bee in one man As Logicke and Grammer, whyche are also species and kyndes in one genus, videl. of intellectus. Therfore it is no good argumēt: These formes bee distincted, Ergo, they bee not compatible in one subiecte. And therefore that the iurisdictions temporal and spirituall are so distincted, that they are not contrarye but compatible it is euident hereby, because thinges contrarye bee so, that the one canne not bee ordayned to concurre wyth the other, but rather confoundeth and destroyeth the other: but in this case iurisdiction temporall is ordayned for the spiritual: and contrary, the spirituall for the temporal. Or rather, the one so dependeth of the other, as the clearnes of the moone doth of the brightnes of the sōne: Also the one iurisdiction so helpeth and comforteth the other, that there is no contrarietie in them. And therfore it is no good consequence, bycause they are distincted Ergo, they are not compatible in one person: This also is to be proued de facto. For the earth is the Lordes, and the plentie of the whole vniuersall worlde, and all that dwell therin. It is proued in likewise by this reason. For if the iurisdictions were not cōpatible: it should follow, þ^t no ecclesiasticall person should haue any iote of temporall iurisdiction, neither land, tower, castel, Lordshyp, or any thyng els, whiche is most absurde: and so by thys meanes it should folowe, that no ecclesiasticall person should be in subiection vnto the kyng, whiche were to the great derogation of the kynges maiestyes crowne and dignitie. It must nedes be therefore, that these iurisdictions be compatible, notwithstandyng the destinction of them one from an other. And thus for aunswere to all these reasons, by the which Lord Peter proued þ^e distinction of these iurisdictions.

These thinges premised, thus I proceede farther to proue, that a person ecclesiasticall whiche hath iurisdiction spirituall, maye also haue temporall iurisdiction: and that þ^e iurisdictiō tēporal may be in an ecclesiastical persō, I wil proue it by þ^e scriptures: MarginaliaProofes out of the olde testament.and first out of the old Testament, to the euident probation wherof it is to be vnderstād: That God, after the creation of the world, & man, euen vnto Noes tyme, would gouerne the world him selfe as king, by the ministery of angels. By reason wherof, he gaue & pronounced sentence him selfe against Caine. Gen. 4. Noe also, whiche offered burnt offrings vnto the Lord and built an altare, as teacheth the eyght of Gene. (whiche thyng appertayned onelye vnto the priestes) had the gouernement and rule of all things, aswell spirituall as temporall, whiche were in the arke of Noe. MarginaliaMelchisedech was both kyng and priest.
Ergo the pope may haue both iurisdictions.Melchisedech in likewise, the whiche was the priest of the most hygh God, was also kyng of Salem, as appeareth in the xiiij. of Gen. and had both the iurisdictiōs in his own hands. MarginaliaGen. 14.For Magister Historiarū, in þ^e sayd 14. of Gen. declareth, þ^t all þ^e first begott of Noe, euen to Aarons tyme were priests: MarginaliaDeut. 17.which at meales & offrings blessed the people, & whiche only had the Ius primogenituræ, wherby þ^e regimēt of others was due vnto thē. Moses in like maner (of whō it is said in þ^e Psalme, Moses et Aarō in Sacerdotibus eius) cōsecrated Aaron & his childrē to be priest, which Aaron did iudge þ^e whole people in temporal matters, ye & þ^t in causes of inheritances & mere real, as apeareth in þ^e 27.cha. of Num. & many other places. To which purpose serueth the. 17. cap. of Deut. Where it is sayd, yf a matter be to hard for thee in iudgement betwixte bloud and bloud, betwixt plea and plea, betwixt plage and plage: then shalt thou rise and goe vp to that place, that the Lord thy God hath chosē. And shalt come to the priestes, the Leuites, and to the iudge then beyng, and shalt aske who shal shew vnto vs þ^e truth of þ^e iudgement: and folow their sentence. And if any man presumptuouslye shall refuse to obey the priestes commaundementes and decree of the iudge, the same shall dye. Behold how manifestly it doth appeare, how not onely the iudgement appertayneth to a priest, betwene plage and plage, concernyng the circumstaunces and irregularitie of the law: but also betwixt bloud and bloud, in matters criminall: yea and betwixte plea and plea in ciuile matters: Whiche thyng doth appeare to be in many iudges out of the booke of Iudges. MarginaliaSamuell was iudge in temporall matters.
Ergo the pope may haue botrh iurisdictions.For Samuell, whiche was both a Prophet and Priest, was appoynted iudge of long tyme ouer the people, in matters temporall: And when the people desired a kyng, the Lord was highly offended with them, and sayd vnto Samuell: They haue not refused thee but me, þ^t I should not be king ouer thē. Furthermore, as long as kyngs amongest the people of God, vsed the aduise and councell of Priestes and Byshops: it was well with them and their kyngdome: But when they forsooke and left the councell of byshops and priestes, then was their kyngdome diuided, and finally, they brought into captiuitie. In whiche captiuitie, the people were altogether gouerned and ruled by þ^e priests and Prophetes, as by Esdras and Neemias: And last of all by the meanes of the Machabyes, the kyngdome and gouernement was deuoluted & brought vnto the priests hands, who were the kyngs and captaines ouer the people: and had þ^e gouernmēt aswel of spirituall matters as of tēporall, as is read in þ^e first booke of Machab. 2. chap. Of Mathatia and his sōnes videlicet of Iuda, Machabie Jonatha, Simon, & Iohn the sonne of Symon: whiche in all spirituall and temporal matters, were gouernors ouer the people of God. Marginalia1. Mach. 2Moreouer the 1. chap. of Iere. declareth, which was one of the priestes, after this maner. I haue set thee ouer the people and kyngdomes, that thou mayst roote out, breake, destroye, and make waste, and that thou mayest buylde vp and plante. Ieremi. cap. primo. MarginaliaIerem. 1.Besides this, in the tyme of iudge Eliach: a priest in like maner had the iudgement of temporall matters. And so much concerning the proofe hereof, out of the old Testament.

MarginaliaProofes taken out of the new Testament.Secondly, I proue my former proposition by authorities taken out of þ^e new Testamēt. For Christ had not onelye by deuine nature bothe the powers, whereby he created all thinges of nothing, and by consequence was God of all, but also by his humanitie hath bothe powers. MarginaliaApoc. 19
Christ by his humain nature had both powers.For he was the priest, secundum ordinem Melchisedech (as it is said in þ^e psalms, & also is alleaged to the Hebr.) which had both in his vesture & thighe written, king of kings & Lord of lordes. Bu this vestimēt or thighe was ment his humanitie, which was ioyned to his deuinitie, as the garmēt is to him that weareth it. He said of him