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say_v that_o he_o do_v this_o by_o the_o pope_n authority_n be_v ridiculous_a it_o be_v not_o once_o think_v of_o by_o st._n chrysostome_n or_o his_o friend_n and_o for_o a_o bishop_n of_o constantinople_n to_o act_v by_o authority_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v then_o as_o absurd_a as_o for_o the_o czar_n of_o muscovy_n to_o act_v by_o commission_n from_o the_o emperor_n of_o germany_n for_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o one_o stand_v upon_o equal_a privilege_n with_o the_o other_o as_o full_o appear_v by_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o the_o warm_a debate_n which_o follow_v it_o between_o the_o two_o see_v and_o what_o can_v have_v serve_v leo_n turn_n better_o against_o anatolius_n than_o to_o have_v produce_v st._n chrysostome_n delegation_n from_o one_o of_o his_o predecessor_n but_o in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n where_o the_o right_a of_o the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n be_v at_o large_a debate_v this_o act_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n be_v allege_v as_o
of_o the_o thing_n from_o the_o circumstance_n of_o st._n peter_n as_o i_o do_v before_o from_o those_o of_o st._n paul_n and_o i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o show_v that_o his_o business_n lie_v quite_o another_o way_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o probable_a evidence_n of_o his_o come_n hither_o i_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o the_o apostle_n be_v employ_v according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o their_o commission_n viz._n that_o the_o apostle_n of_o the_o circumcision_n be_v to_o attend_v the_o jew_n and_o of_o the_o uncircumcision_n the_o gentile_n now_o st._n paul_n say_v that_o 2.7_o the_o gospel_n of_o the_o uncircumcision_n be_v commit_v to_o he_o as_o the_o gospel_n of_o the_o circumcision_n be_v unto_o peter_n this_o 29._o baronius_n say_v be_v agree_v at_o the_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n but_o he_o will_v not_o have_v it_o to_o be_v such_o a_o distribution_n of_o distinct_a province_n as_o that_o the_o one_o upon_o no_o occasion_n shall_v meddle_v with_o the_o gentile_n nor_o the_o other_o with_o the_o jew_n but_o yet_o he_o grant_v that_o the_o apostleship_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v in_o a_o particular_a manner_n commit_v to_o st._n paul_n as_o of_o the_o jew_n to_o st._n peter_n and_o whatever_o they_o may_v do_v occasional_o this_o as_o he_o prove_v from_o 2._o st._n jerome_n be_v the_o principale_a mandatum_fw-la the_o main_a of_o the_o commission_n to_o either_o of_o they_o which_o be_v suppose_v it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o st._n peter_n chief_a employment_n must_v be_v where_o the_o great_a number_n of_o jew_n be_v and_o from_o hence_o 4._o petrus_n de_fw-fr marca_n infer_v that_o st._n peter_n have_v preach_v to_o the_o jew_n in_o judaea_n employ_v himself_o in_o convert_v the_o jew_n abroad_o both_o of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o dispersion_n the_o latter_a be_v chief_o in_o egypt_n at_o alexandria_n where_o he_o settle_v mark_v the_o bishop_n over_o the_o convert_a jew_n from_o thence_o he_o go_v to_o antioch_n from_o thence_o to_o babylon_n where_o the_o head_n of_o the_o first_o dispersion_n live_v and_o in_o this_o city_n he_o say_v he_o write_v his_o epistle_n to_o those_o disperse_a jew_n over_o who_o synagogue_n the_o patriarch_n of_o babylon_n have_v jurisdiction_n clemens_n romanus_n take_v no_o notice_n at_o all_o of_o st._n peter_n preach_v in_o the_o western_a part_n as_o he_o do_v of_o st._n paul_n but_o 1._o eusebius_n from_o origen_n say_v that_o st._n peter_n preach_v to_o the_o disperse_a jew_n in_o pontus_n galatia_n bythinia_n cappadocia_n etc._n etc._n and_o 6._o epiphanius_n even_o where_o he_o say_v that_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n do_v both_o constitute_v bishop_n at_o rome_n upon_o their_o go_v thence_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n in_o other_o place_n yet_o he_o add_v that_o st._n paul_n go_v towards_o spain_n but_o st._n peter_n frequent_o visit_v pontus_n and_o bythinia_n which_o be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o the_o design_n of_o his_o commission_n there_o be_v so_o great_a a_o number_n of_o jew_n in_o those_o part_n and_o pontus_n and_o bythinia_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v reserve_v as_o the_o peculiar_a province_n of_o st._n peter_n for_o when_o st._n paul_n attempt_v to_o go_v into_o bythinia_n 16.7_o he_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o spirit_n which_o then_o command_v he_o to_o come_v into_o europe_n and_o so_o he_o make_v for_o macedonia_n 51._o baronius_n grant_v that_o st._n peter_n spend_v the_o great_a part_n of_o his_o time_n in_o the_o eastern_a part_n but_o about_o anno_fw-la dom._n lviii_o he_o find_v he_o employ_v in_o the_o west_n and_o particular_o among_o the_o britain_n but_o what_o ancient_a authority_n according_a to_o his_o own_o rule_n do_v he_o produce_v for_o it_o he_o name_v none_o but_o metaphrastes_n and_o yet_o as_o it_o fall_v out_o unlucky_o when_o the_o same_o metaphrastes_n his_o authority_n be_v produce_v for_o st._n paul_n be_v preach_v in_o the_o western_a part_n he_o be_v apparent_o slight_v by_o he_o 4._o and_o for_o the_o very_a same_o reason_n which_o hold_v against_o the_o former_a testimony_n viz._n for_o quote_v thing_n out_o of_o eusebius_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o he_o and_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v 38._o he_o be_v of_o no_o authority_n in_o these_o matter_n but_o metaphrastes_n his_o testimony_n serve_v to_o a_o good_a purpose_n in_o st._n peter_n case_n viz._n to_o clear_v a_o considerable_a difficulty_n how_o st._n peter_n if_o then_o bishop_n of_o rome_n shall_v not_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o st._n paul_n when_o he_o write_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n to_o which_o he_o answer_v that_o saint_n peter_n come_v to_o rome_n the_o second_o of_o claudius_n but_o be_v banish_v thence_o with_o other_o jew_n the_o nine_o of_o claudius_n he_o spend_v the_o time_n then_o in_o preach_v the_o gospel_n in_o other_o place_n and_o so_o very_o convenient_o find_v he_o in_o britain_n when_o st._n paul_n write_v his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n which_o he_o place_v in_o the_o second_o of_o nero._n but_o it_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n probable_a say_v 16._o valesius_fw-la that_o st._n peter_n shall_v come_v to_o rome_n before_o the_o death_n of_o herod_n agrippa_n and_o 10._o baronius_n say_v that_o after_o his_o be_v deliver_v out_o of_o prison_n he_o go_v to_o caesarea_n laodicea_n and_o antioch_n according_a to_o his_o own_o author_n metaphrastes_n and_o then_o into_o cappadocia_n pontus_n galatia_n and_o bythinia_n and_o so_o return_v by_o antioch_n to_o jerusalem_n so_o that_o if_o metaphrastes_n his_o authority_n be_v good_a for_o any_o thing_n st._n peter_n can_v hardly_o come_v to_o rome_n the_o second_o of_o claudius_n and_o if_o the_o death_n of_o agrippa_n follow_v soon_o after_o the_o delivery_n of_o st._n peter_n as_o valesius_fw-la think_v and_o st._n luke_n seem_v to_o intimate_v then_o he_o can_v not_o be_v at_o rome_n till_o the_o four_o of_o claudius_n for_o all_o agree_v that_o agrippa_n die_v that_o year_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n of_o st._n peter_n come_v to_o rome_n the_o second_o of_o claudius_n yet_o let_v that_o be_v suppose_v and_o that_o st._n peter_n go_v from_o rome_n on_o the_o edict_n of_o claudius_n what_o make_v he_o so_o long_o absent_a from_o thence_o as_o to_o the_o second_o of_o nero_n when_o 16.3_o st._n paul_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n salute_v aquila_n and_o priscilla_n as_o then_o present_a at_o rome_n who_o certain_o leave_v it_o before_o on_o the_o 18.2_o account_n of_o that_o edict_n so_o that_o this_o edict_n can_v be_v no_o reason_n of_o his_o be_v absent_a from_o rome_n at_o the_o time_n of_o this_o epistle_n but_o it_o fall_v out_o unhappy_o that_o though_o st._n peter_n be_v make_v by_o baronius_n and_o other_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o twenty_o five_o year_n yet_o he_o can_v never_o be_v find_v in_o his_o own_o diocese_n in_o all_o that_o time_n before_o his_o martyrdom_n but_o one_o excuse_n or_o other_o be_v still_o find_v for_o his_o absence_n when_o there_o be_v several_a remarkable_a transaction_n which_o must_v have_v discover_v he_o if_o he_o have_v be_v at_o rome_n as_o not_o only_o upon_o st._n paul_n writing_n this_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n but_o upon_o st._n paul_n come_v to_o rome_n upon_o his_o writing_n so_o many_o epistle_n from_o thence_o upon_o the_o defence_n he_o make_v for_o himself_o when_o he_o say_v 4.16_o that_o all_o forsake_v he_o what_o st._n peter_n too_o so_o that_o upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n the_o opinion_n of_o 2._o lactantius_n in_o his_o late_a publish_a book_n seem_v most_o agreeable_a to_o truth_n that_o st._n peter_n come_v not_o to_o rome_n till_o the_o reign_n of_o nero_n and_o not_o long_o before_o his_o martyrdom_n and_o this_o baluzius_n confess_v to_o have_v be_v the_o most_o ancient_a and_o receive_a opinion_n in_o the_o church_n since_o lactantius_n never_o dispute_v it_o and_o what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o twenty_o five_o year_n wherein_o the_o apostle_n plant_v church_n be_v in_o likelihood_n the_o occasion_n of_o that_o mistake_a tradition_n concern_v saint_n peter_n be_v be_v twenty_o five_o year_n bishop_n of_o rome_n so_o much_o may_v suffice_v to_o show_v the_o great_a probability_n that_o the_o christian_a church_n in_o britain_n be_v rather_o found_v by_o st._n paul_n than_o by_o st._n peter_n or_o any_o other_o apostle_n chap._n ii_o of_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o british_a church_n to_o the_o first_o council_n of_o nice_a the_o testimony_n of_o tertullian_n concern_v they_o clear_v it_o extend_v only_o to_o britain_n the_o national_a conversion_n of_o the_o scot_n under_o king_n donald_n fabulous_a of_o dempster_n old_a annal_n prosper_n speak_v not_o of_o the_o scot_n in_o britain_n tertullian_n to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o provincial_a britain_n as_o well_o as_o other_o the_o testimony_n of_o sulpitius_n severus_n