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A50867	An account of Mr. Lock's religion, out of his own writings, and in his own words together with some observations upon it, and a twofold appendix : I. a specimen of Mr. Lock's way of answering authors ..., II. a brief enquiry whether Socinianism be justly charged upon Mr. Lock.	Milner, John, 1628-1702.; Locke, John, 1632-1704. Selections. 1700.	1700 (1700)	Wing M2075; ESTC R548	126,235	194

Scriptures Second Vindication of Reasonab of Christian. p. 341. The Ideas of one Body and one Place do so clearly agree and the Mind has so evident a Perception of their Agreement that we can never assent to a Proposition that affirms the same Body to be in two distant Places at once however it should pretend to the Authority of a Divine Revelation Since the Evidence 1. That we deceive not our selves in ascribing it to God 2. That we understand it right can never be so great as the Evidence of our own intuitive Knowledge whereby we discern it impossible for the same Body to be in two Places at once Essay l. 4. c. 18. § 5. OBSERVATIONS Mr. Lock often repeats it That the Confession made by St. Peter St. Matth. 16. 16. was the Rock on which Christ would build his Church We have it in his Reasonab of Christian. not only in the Places already alledg'd but also in p. 102 103 and 104 105. If he would inferr thence that this Article alone That Jesus is the Messiah is necessary to make Men Christians or that only these two Articles That he is the Messiah and That he is the Son of God are so necessary he may know that this cannot be deduced from it If he argue thus The Church is founded upon these Articles as upon a Rock therefore only the Belief of them is necessary to make a Man a Member of the Church I deny his Consequence for more than the believing the first Foundation of the Church may be necessary to make a Man a Member of it As to the Words This Rock it is acknowledged that sundry of the ancient Expositors have interpreted it to be the Faith which St. Peter confess'd Upon this Rock will I build my Church i. e. the Faith which thou hast confess'd so St. Chrysost. in St. Matth. Homil. 55. Christ called this Confession a Rock c. For it really is the Rock of Godliness so St. Basil. Seleuc. Orat. 25. What is this upon this Rock I will build my Church Upon this Faith on that which is said Thou art Christ the Son of the living God so St. August Tract 10. in primam Joannis I may add Theophylact Peter having confess'd the Son of God he i. e. Christ saith This Confession which thou hast confess'd shall be the Foundation of Believers Thus Theophyl in loc But tho' these and other ancient Writers do by this Rock understand the Faith which was confess'd yet there want not among them those who make it to be the Author and Finisher of our Faith viz. Christ. Upon those Words 1 Cor. 3. 11. Other Foundation no Man can lay than that which is laid which is Jesus the Christ. Theodoret says thus Blessed Peter laid this Foundation or rather the Lord himself For Peter having said Thou art the Son of the living God the Lord said On this Rock I will build my Church Be not ye therefore denominated from Men for Christ is the Foundation The Interlineary Gloss in St. Matth. 16. 18. says This Rock i. e. Christ in whom thou believest And our Anselm Ibid. as plainly On this Rock i. e. upon my self I will build my Church q. d. Thou art so Peter from me Petra the Rock as that yet the Dignity of being the Foundation is reserv'd for me But St. Austin tho' he was alledged as favouring the former Exposition yet is otherwhere as clearly and fully for this as you can desire Therefore the Lord saith On this Rock I will build my Church because Peter had said Thou art Christ the Son of the living God Therefore says he on this Rock which thou hast confess'd I will build my Church Christ was the Rock upon which Foundation even Peter himself was built for other Foundation no Man can lay than that which is laid to wit Christ Jesus The Church therefore which is founded on Christ c. St. August Tratat 124. in Joannem And again Thou art Peter and on this Rock which thou host confessed on this Rock which thou hast known saying Thou art Christ the Son of the living God I will build my Church i. e. upon my self the Son of the living God I will build my Church I will build thee upon me not me upon thee Men that were willing to be built upon Men said I am of Paul I of Apollos I of Cephas i. e. Peter but others who would not be built upon Peter but upon Petra a Rock said I am of Christ. Thus St. August de Verbis Domini see Matth. Serm. 13. These plainly make this Rock to be Christ himself Besides these already mention'd there occurrs in the Writings of some of the Fathers a third Interpretation of the Rock here spoken of viz. That which makes St. Peter to be the Person to whom Christ makes Promise of so great a Dignity that he would build his Church upon him The Romish Writers abound with Citations to this purpose and tho' because some of them are out of Writings that are not judg'd to be of sufficient Authority and in others of them they have not shew'd that Fidelity they ought to have done many of them are of no weight yet it is granted that some of the Ancients have inclin'd to this Sense of the Place and therefore there is no Necessity that I should give my self the trouble to transcribe their Words Mr. Lock may perhaps say that this Exposition is so much for the Advantage of the Papal Interest and in favour of the Bishop of Rome's Universal Pastorship that Protestants must not admit of it But I answer Why is it more for the Advantage of the Papal Interest that St. Peter should be the Rock on which Christ would build his Church than it is that he would give him the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven Why do they who say that these Words On this Rock I will build my Church were spoken personally of Peter more favour Popery than they who will have those Words To thee I will give the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven to be said personally to Peter For why may we not argue as strongly for the universal Pastorship from the latter Words as from the former And yet Mr. Lock himself tells us expresly that the latter Words were said personally to Peter see his Reasonab of Christian. p. 105. I think it not amiss here to transcribe the Words of Episcopius in loc-Concedi atque indulgeri posse putaverim Pontificiis quod per Hanc Petram intelligatur ipsa persona Petri idque quia probabilibus valde nituntur argumentis At vero dicet quis sic datur Pontificiis quod volunt Id vero pernegatur consequi Etsi enim Petro hic aliquid promittatur aut de eo aliquid futurum affirmetur id tamen non fit cum aliorum Discipulorum aut Apostolorum exclusione Aliud enim longe est Petro hoc dici aliud soli Petro ea dici quae aliis non competant aut eodem saliem