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A73751	The rocke of religion. Christ, not Peter As it was deliuered in certaine sermons vpon Math. 16. ver. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, & 20. Summarily contracted out of that which was more largely handled in the parish of S. Anthonline by George Close the younger, one of the readers there.	Close, George.	1624 (1624)	STC 5433.5; ESTC S124804	70,602	246

the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ u 1 Cor. 3. 12. in whom only consisteth the whole strength of the building though weake wood and timber be built thereupon so as looking into our selues and the examples of Gods best beloued Children yea Peter himselfe after this promise how foulely they haue falne we may euer finde cause of feare and distrust but lifting vp our eyes vnto God the stablenesse of his counsels and certaintie of his promises we may rest safely in confidence of his word which hath said w Ios 1. 5. I will not leaue thee nor forsake thee x Iohn 5. 24. hee that beleeueth in him shall not perish for euer He it is that doth nourish the holy fire in vs and keepes vs vnto the end y Iohn 13. 1. for whom hee loueth he loueth euerlastingly z 1 Ioh. 3. 9. and the seede of God abideth in the elect that being borne of God they sinne not vnto condemnation a Rom. 8. 1. for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus which walke not after the Flesh but after the Spirit Christ prayed for b Luke 22 31. Peter and he prayed also for vs c Ioh 17. 2. 12. 20 24. and for all that should beleeue in his name that none of his might be lost neither is any able to take them out of his Fathers hand which is stronger and greater then all and loueth vs in Christ as hee loued him before the foundations of the world were laid against these the gates of Hell cannot preuaile for they haue the Lords priuie Seale not seene nor knowne to men but d 2. Tim. 2. 19 the Lord knoweth his Vse 2 Secondly this Doctrine iustly impugneth that error of the Romanists holding opinion that the visible Church and the pretended successors of Peter cannot erre whereas the contrary is apparantly verified in the Scriptures that Peter himselfe did erre and therefore though it bee true that the inuisible Church that is the elect of GOD cannot erre finally yet the visible Church consisting both of good and bad may erre as appeareth through the whole History of the Bible and in the primatiue times particular Churches haue erred witnesse Corinth Galatia Philadelphia Pergamus c yea the Church of Rome it selfe whether wee regard the Head or the Body hath grieuously erred First as touching the Head Romish Bishops haue erred and diuers of them became Heretickes Scismaticks Antipopes Negromancers Sodomites and what not Marcellinus sacrificed to the Idols of the Gentiles Leberius was an Arrian Nicholas changed the decrees of Iohn the two and twentieth Gregory of Pelagius Innocentius of Gregory yea in those things which belong to faith Cardinall Ragusanus proueth that the Pope may erre and did in the great Schisme at Rome Cardinall Cusanus affirmeth the Pope may fall from the faith the Councell of Basill auoucheth that the priuiledge of not erring belongeth not to the Popes more then other Bishops Secondly and as for generall Councels which haue a more liuely representation of the whole Church and where the Bishops of Rome haue been present may yea they haue erred one repealed the Actes and Decrees of another and there can bee no correction without errour the Councell of Nice defended Images that of Constantinople was against them the third Councel of Carthage saith that he is Antichrist that calleth himselfe an vniuersall Bishop the Councell of Rome and Trent say and maintaine the contrary therefore except there be more Truths then one Councels may erre and the Pope may erre and consequently the whole visible Church may erre and the truth is e Isa 9 17. many hypocrites making a great shew of godlinesse haue fallen away from grace and the truth of the Gospell become Apostatates in faith and Satanists in conuersation and yet the Church standeth For f Rom 3. 4. Psal 116. 1● Titus 1. 2. Hebr 6. 18. let God be true and all men lyers in his truth it standeth and Satan a lyer from the beginning cannot ouerthrow it g 2 Thess 2. 9. Antichrists deceiueable delusions and lying wonders cannot preuaile against it Verse 19. And I wil giue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt bind vpon earth shall be bound in heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heauen Vpon such a sure and grounded confession of Peter proceedeth a twofold promise of Christ 1. as is formerly laid down that hereupon he will lay an vnmoueable foundation of his Church that the gates of h●ll should not bee able to preuaile against it 2. that he would for the gouernment thereof commit to his Apostles and Ministers the Spirituall keyes of the kingdome of heauen with a power to bind and loose in such manner as he would ratifie in heauen their proceedings in earth according to the tenure of his Commission wherby hee had so authorized them to execute his power in his Church In these wordes obserue two things First Datum The donation wherein consider 1. who is the giuer 2. to whom 3. what was giuen Secondly Applicaum The Application in these wordes whatsoeuer thou shalt bind on earth c. Doct. Concerning the first in as much as hee saith I will giue it teacheth vs That Christ is the giuer of the keyes who onely had this power from heauen as the heire of God the Messiah and Mediatour betwixt man and God who h Heb. 2. 3. Psal 8 6. 1 Cor. 15. 27. Iohn 17. 2. Phil. 2. 9 10. put all thinges in subiection vnder him in heauen and earth and so the Apostle affirmeth that Christ first receiued this power from God his Father to bee made the head of his Church and onely had right to giue and communicate such power vnto his Church thus Christ expresseth it in the Gospel i Math. 11. 27. 28. 18 19. All power saith he is giuen me in heauen and in earth and thereupon he groundeth his commission to send his Apostles into all the world this point is not onely verified by apparant and plentifull texts of holy Scriptures but euen our aduersaries in words not greatly contradict it howsoeuer in their practice and in effect they haue paralelled sundry of the Saints with him as the Turkes and Infidels haue wholly dethroned him and placed their false prophet and abominable idole Mahomet before him and aboue him but because they deny the principles of faith and religion wee will not contend nor spend much time in disputing with them but willingly acknowledge and subscribe to the Soueraignty and absolute power of Christ as disposer of all things in heauen and earth Vse And let the true Church and Spouse of Christ heare and obey his voyce and deriue her subordinate power from him alone which hee then promised and afterward gaue vnto her to execute for him for wee must note that he then instantly gaue not Note 1 but speaking in the future

18. seeme to bee wise in this world let him bee a foole that hee may bee made wise as if hee should say Let him bee a foole in himselfe that hee may bee made wise by Gods teaching and renouncing all reason that flesh and blood suggesteth let vs resort vnto God by humble Prayer and l Iames 1. 5. aske wisedome of him which giueth to all men liberally and reprocheth no man Let vs pray with Dauid m Psal 119. Lord teach vs thy Statutes for without this teaching by the Spirit all mans preaching and hearing is in vaine let the Preachers be what they will for learning eloquence and painfulnesse as prompt in the Lawe of God as n Ezra 7. 6. Ezra as mightie in the Scriptures as o 1 Cor. 13. 1. Paul as eloquent as p 1 Cor. 15. 10. Apollos as powerfull as q Acts 18. 24. Peter as holy in conuersation as r Luke 1. 6. Zacharie let the peo-people heare neuer so deuoutly with as much reuerence as ſ Mark 6. 20. Herod heard Iohn yet all auaileth not without the reuelation of God which teacheth wisedome secretly as the Prophet speaketh or though they heare a● t Acts 20. 7. Eutychus did Paul vntill midnight and the matter bee handled with such dexteritie that al● may wonder as u Luke 4. 22. they did in the Synagogue at the gracious wordes which proceeded out of the mouth of Christ yet if the Lord open not the heart as hee did of w Acts 16. 14. Lydia and send a dewe of blessing vpon the seed it were all lost labour for it cannot fructifie without his grace which is therefore called the x Ephes 1. 17. Spirit of wisedome and Reuelation and yet by the ministery of the word which is therefore called most aptly the y 2 Cor. 3. 6. ministration of the spirit let Paul plant and Apollos water z 1 Cor. 3 6. yet God only God giueth the encrease To conclude let not Ministers bee puffed vp with any high conceit of their giftes though neuer so transcendent in comparison of others for a 1 Cor. 4. 7. what hath any man which hee hath not receiued or what profiteth the sowing of the ●est seed in the best manner ●xcept the d●aw come downe ●rom heauen vpon it and also ●et the people surcease their fa●tious admirations of their Tea●hers b 1 Co. 1. 12 13 to hold of Paul Peter ●nd Apollos but let all hold of Christ into whom wee are all ●aptized In a word c 1 Thess 5. 13. let all Gods people haue all Gods ●aithfull Ministers in singular ●euerence for their workes sake and d Gal. 2. 9. let the Ministers giue their ●ight hands of fellowship one to another to further Gods building and if wee see any fruit of our labours or ye reape comfort or good by our Ministery and husbandry let not the least part of Gods glory cleaue vnto vs but let all the honour praise be giuen to the Lord which so reuealeth his secrets vnto vs. And I say also vnto thee that Verse 18. thou art Peter This name Peter as was formerly noted in the context is deriued from Petra which signifieth a Rock and is giuen here to Simon for his faith and confession of Christ according to his promise e Iohn 1. 42. thou shalt be called Cephas or Peter Doct. Simon by beleeuing and apprehending Christ by faith is now become a Peter that is a liuing stone in the house of God as are all beleeuers founding their faith on the Rock or chiefe corner-stone Christ so Saint Peter himselfe hath taught vs saying f 1 Pet. 2. 4. 5. and yee comming vnto Christ as to a liuing stone are built as liuely stones a liuing Temple vnto God and as all flesh is called g Isai 40. 6. grasse in respect of the weakenesse and sudden vanishing thereof so Christ onely is the h Matt 7. 24. true Rocke i and 21. 42. and chiefe corner stone that abideth on a sure foundation vnmoueable for euer and all that beleeue in him are made conformable stones to be ioyned vnto ●im in this spirituall Temple ●hose building is of God Vse This teacheth vs the great dif●erence of all men before and af●er conuersion to Christ and ef●ectuall calling to the know●edge of the Gospell which be●ng borne dust grasse and chaffe ●re after regeneration become ●olide stones such as can abide the hammer of affliction and be ●quared like vnto Christ the Prophet Isaiah many hundred yeares before foretold of these k Isai 62. 2. new names new creatures new heauens and new earth for the regenerate are but as a renewed earth from the old earth of Adams corruption So was it reuealed vnto Saint Iohn by him which is α and ω saying l Reu. 3. 12. him that ouercommeth will I make a pillar in the Temple of my God and he shall goe no more out and I will write vpon him the name of my God and I will write vpon him my new name God graunt vs th● new name this conuersion th● faith m Reu. 2. 17. and this white stone and it this new name which no m● knoweth but he that receiueth it And vpon this Rock I w● Verse 18. build my Church That is vpon this true confession whereby thou declarest th● selfe to beleeue that I am th● Christ the prophesied and promised Messiah the Son of man and the Sonne of the liuing God vpon this Rock this Stone thi● corner stone I will build my Church which teacheth vs Doct. That the Doctrine of faith i● the foundation of the Church The Church of God n Ephes ● 20 21. is built vpon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe Corner-stone in whom all the building coupled together groweth vnto an holy Temple in the Lord to this accordeth the testimony of Saint John o Reu. 21 14 describing in his celestiall vision the new Ierusalem and holy Citie in which the twelue Apostles are noted to bee the foundations of the Church which is vnderstood of their Doctrines and not of their persons for as they were men they dyed yet the Church fayled not for want of foundations and no other could any man lay than that which was layd by them and Christ himselfe he was the primary builder and foundation they secondary builders but vpon the same foundation and vpon him alone Note But here we must vnderstand that all profession of faith doth not conioyne vs to Christ in this building for though it bee an excellent thing to beleeue God to be to beleeue the vnitie of the God-head and Trinity of the persons to beleeue that his word is true and promises faithfull and the like yet if we beleeue not the Mediator-ship of Christ for vs and our saluation in and by him alone as Peter heere confesseth wee are not members vnited to

any but Idolaters which will fall downe and worship him whereas contrarily when Christ perceiued such an ambitious inclination in his Apostles of Lording ouer their brethren hee forthwith b Luke 22 24 to 30. forbad such affectation of Pope-like domination and sent them to climbe by humilitie and innocency at the lowest step of the ladder to exaltation that so they might attaine greatnesse aboue the rest when they had bin most seruiceable to the rest and then hee would appoynt them a Kingdome as his Father had appoynted him c Iohn 18 36. which was not of this world as himselfe clearely witnessed and expressed and howsoeuer the Pope liketh to haue the Keyes vnder his girdle yet hee liketh better of the two Swords that by them hee may ●eepe all men vnder his girdle and to speake the truth in the one as well as the other the Romish Church is driuen to a constrained construction of the words of our Sauiour Christ and turneth the Keyes which were spirituall into a temporal sword of Authoritie and the Swordes which were temporall into spirituall iurisdiction of his Ecclesiasticall Censures and Excommunications d Luke 22. 36 38 50. It is true that Peter did rashly attempt to draw and vse his temporall sword and was commanded to sheath it againe for such weapons his Master needed not which might haue more then twelue Legions of Angels to deliuer him and destroy his enemies if he had aymed at such defence of himselfe or offence of his enemies but the e Math. 26. 51 52 53 54. Scriptures could not so bee fulfilled for hee foretold of his Passion and that persecutions should so rage that a man should need to f Luk. 22. 36 38 sell his coat and buy a sword and when the Disciples by a mis-interpretation and in a carnall sense thought hee had meant a materiall weapon they told him they had two swords he replied that it was enough for that conflict Hence the Pope hath drawen out his two swords spirituall and temporall and vseth one of them as a fooles dagger which is often drawne out and in vpon slight occasions excommunicating and absoluing hourely for petty offences and the other is made like the tyrannicall Turkes Semiter which being once vnsheathed cannot bee put vp till it be made g Apoc. 17. 6 drunken with the blood of the Saints as our times haue seene and doe feele by lamentable experience two such swords as Christ spake of and the Apostle shewed forth are not enough for him nor all the swords of two Kingdomes Italy and Spaine But many Princes swords must rage against their owne bowels to vphold this their Romish Idole whose Image they haue adored as a God for pardoning their sinnes The h Iudg. 9. 8. noble Vine and Oliue would not leaue their goodnesse and sweetnesse to vsurpe a dominion ouer the Trees as this base i Verse 15. Bramble dare attempt but his reward shall be to perish with the Sword of Gods Word and to bee k Apoc 18. 6 serued with like plagues of blood and warre as he hath serued others And as for mis-interpretation of metaphoricall phrases as we see the Apostles before they were taught of Christ misconceiued his Parables vnderstood not what Leauen he spake of nor what Keies or Swords he meant yet now let vs looke into the Popes Library and heare his Interpretations Our Papistes they say are honest men and will bee tryed by themselues let vs therefore see what their Church Champion Bellarmine Bellar. de Rom. Pont. lib. 5. ca. 3. will maintaine for Catholike and Canonicall in this poynt his words be these Ex Scripturis nihil habemus nisi datas Pontifici Claues regni Caelorum de clauibu● regni terrarum nulla fit mentio Out of the Scriptures saith hee wee finde nothing giuen to the Pope but the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen but of the Keyes of the Kingdomes of the Earth there is no mention at all and so farre we need not care much to agree with them Secondly others interpret the Keyes to bee nothing else but Munus docendi Euangelium the Office of teaching the Gospell wherunto for our owne part we so consent that we thinke it yet falleth short of the full scope thereby intended for administration of Discipline as well as Doctrine in the Church of God which matter because it would require a more ample and exact discourse than is perhaps fitting for this place time and Auditory I will passe by also and referre them that are desirous of further resolution in that Argument to that which is purposely written of diuers concerning the same and the rather because I would not haue the sores of our Church fresh launced and ripped vp and therefore omitting these mis-interpretations which are peccant and vnsound either in defect or in excesse let vs come precisely to vnlocke the true meaning of the Keyes The Metaphor of Keyes is borrowed from that Instrument which we commonly vse in opening or safe locking vp of things appropriated to our owne priuate vse and commoditie and so the sense of the Keyes is diuersly taken in Scripture First the Keyes are taken for matters of trust and authoritie committed to some more worthy person of trust as a Steward to dispose of whatsoeuer is needfull in an household And so Ioseph had the Keyes of l Gen. 39. 4 Potiphar m Verse 22. the Gaoler and n Cap. 41. 40 41. Pharaohs house that is a power to order the affaires of the prisoners and family So it is in this sense vsed when the Lord threatned to depose Shebnah and to preferre Eliachim to be chiefe Steward in the house of Hezekiah Hee saith that he would o Isay 22 22 lay vpon his shoulder the Key of Dauid that he should open and no man should shut c. which in the precedent verse himselfe expoundeth saying vnto Shebnah I commit thy power into his hand which is vnderstood by the Key of Dauid Secondly it is likewise sayd That p Apoc. 1. 18. Christ hath the Keyes of Hell and Death that is a power as a Iudge to condemne and punish delinquents against his Lawe temporally and eternally Thirdly Satan as a tormentor and executioner vnder Christ to execute his Iudgements vpon the damned is sayd to haue q Apoc. 9. 1. and 20. 1. the keyes of the bottomlesse pit that is power and authoritie to execute Gods Iudgements vpon the reprobates as Aretius interpreteth it Dispensator hic est poenarum diuinitas ordinatarum a dispenser saith hee of the Iudgements ordained from heauen by God and thereunto Brightman accordeth ioyning the Pope with the Deuill as an Executioner of Gods Iudgements vpon them which haue fallen from the truth and stedfastnesse of their faith vnto lyes and delusions and these Keyes Antichrist may well place in his Armes to denotate his power ouer Apostatates and back-sliders from the truth and ancient faith of the