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A10823	A blovv for the pope, or, A discourse had in S. Giles Church, in Elgen of Murray at a conference with certaine papists, plainely prouing that Peter was neuer head of the Church : with a short register of all the attempts and murthers vpon kings and princes in our time by the persuasion of the Iesuits.	Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.	1615 (1615)	STC 21096.5; ESTC S3099	24,053	74

cals Peter first and why should wee deny him the place which the word of God giues him Answere It is not one thing to bee called first and to be called principal Lord or commander for wee say Homer is the first of Greeke Poets hath he therfore commandement or power ouer all the rest Peter in order may bee called first either in feruencie or magnanimitie or such like but his authoritie and dignitie ouer the rest is denied Secondly Paul making mention of Peter about three and twenty yeares thereafter inuerts that order and placed him betwixt the Bonerges that is Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Thunder to signifie that there was no hidden mysterie in that ennumeration yea and in the Catalogue by sundry of the Euangelists the Disciples are permixt But if vpon Peter say they the Church was builded hee must be Gouernour and Head thereof for so sayth our Sauiour Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke will I build my Church Answere Albeit there might be framed a Sillogisme in moode and figure as there cannot be because there bee foure tearmes after the Schoole-men which cannot enter in a right Sillogisme besides the construction in the Greeke and Latine Tongues which altogether ouerthrowes the Argument alledged yet the Assumption is denied for there is not meant Peter on whome the Church should bee builded but vpon Christ as with manie other auncient Doctors August Iohn Tract 124. Which Christ was that Rocke which he confessed immediately before to be the sonne of the liuing God So Lyranus in Gloss marginali super hanc Petram scilicet quam confessm est ibidem in Gloss interlineari Gloss ordinaria Tu es Petrus scilicet à me Petra ita tamen vt mihi retineam dignitatem fundamenti Et Lyranus ibid. sayth Quod Ecclesia non consistit in hominibus quia multi Pontifices Principes inuenti sunt Apostatasse à fide And so also Gregorius Nicenus in testimoniis Veteris Noui Testamenti But in stead of all these Paule satisfieth vs when he sayth No man can lay any other foundation but that which is layd Iesus Christ. Then Peter is not the ground Which if it had beene otherwise beleeue we that Paule would be ignorant of it or of purpose denie so serious and earnest a matter Moreouer if the Church was builded vpon Peter how was it it did not fall when Peter at the voice of a Maid yea and a long time thereafter was relapsed and reproued by Paule as is aforesaid and whome Christ did vpbraid with the most vile name of a Deuill Will the Building stand firme and stable after the Ground is sunke or fallen or rather is it not the Foundation that vpholds and sustaines the whole Fabrick But that Church which Christ promised to build vpon this Rocke could not fall for so saith hee The Gates of Hell shall not preuaile against her She cannot therefore be founded vpon such a tottering Mould as Peter was Paule boasts of himselfe and that truely that as a skilfull Master-Builder he had layed the Foundation and shall wee thinke that Christ the Wisdome of God would build vpon the Sand where the Winds beat and Waters rise and made it fall and not vpon that Stone hewen out of the Mountaine without hands And shall the Masons of Salomons Church bee commended for their Wisdome that they should haue brought-great Stones and costly Stones to make the Foundation of that materiall House euen hewed Stones which was figuratiue of Christ and the Temple of his Bodie and shall wee not say Loe heere is a greater one then Salomon The Fathers all dranke of the Rocke that followed them and the Rocke saith Paule is Christ. And certainely no man yea the Deuill cannot denie but that there is one Bodie and one Spirit one Lord one Faith one Baptisme one Hope of our Vocation one God and Father of all and that this Church began in the Creation with Adam and Eue and continued euer since in one Place or other Familie or Kingdome sometimes longer sometimes shorter sometimes larger sometimes narrower and had but one Ground which now also vnder the Gospell as by the Prophets long since hath beene fore-told the Gentiles are ioyned thereto But where was this Foundation then What was the Ground that this Building leaned to For shame wee shall not say Peter was borne then vnlesse wee-should make him as old as Adam and Eue or then I tremble to speake it elder then them both for the Ground of the House must be first layd before Building be made Surely if wee will trust Paule he will explaine the matter That neither Iewes nor Gentiles beleeuers are anie more Strangers and Forrainers but Citizens with the Saints and of the Household of God and are builded vpon the Foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Iesus Christ himselfe being that chiefe Corner Stone in whome all the Building coupled together groweth vnto a holie Temple vnto the Lord in whome yee also saith hee to them of Ephesus are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit If any point of all this can bee attributed iustly to Peter hee is blind that cannot see I know the Aduersaries of the Truth will trust Peter at least who sends the Iewes dispersed vnto the consideration of another Foundation If hee had beene that Ground that the Church should bee built vpon would hee not haue claymed it himselfe If so be sayth hee you haue tasted how bountifull the Lord is to whom you come as vnto a liuing Stone disallowed of men but chosen of God and precious and yee as liuely Stones bee made a Spirituall House and a holy Priesthood to offer vp Spirituall Sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. Wherefore it is contained in the Scripture Behold I put in Sion viz. the Church a chiefe Corner stone elect and precious and he that beleeueth therein shall not be ashamed Vnto you therefore which beleeue it is precious but vnto them which be disobedient the stone which the Builders disallowed the same is made the Head of the Corner and a Stone to stumble at and a Rocke of Offence euen to them which stumble at the Word being disobedient where liuely as it were in orient Colours hee paints out that Romane Hierarchie and Antichrist For seeing they stumble in disobedience at the Word of God both in Doctrine and Manners dispensing with it and substituting in place thereof Councels Traditions Ceremonies For this cause they forge to themselues another then the true Head of the Church and would haue a pretended Entrie and Passage thereto by Peter without any Warrant or Approbation in the Word of God as shall bee at length in his owne place God willing euidently proued But say they to whom the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen was giuen him had CHRIST appointed Head of the Church for hee had receiued 〈…〉 to binde and loose remit and

〈…〉 sinnes for al these tend to one sense and meaning and soe said Christ that to Peter hee would giue them Answer if Iesus had giuen the keyes and power to lose and bind c. to Peter only it had beene somewhat but so it is that Christ promised the same in the person of Peter vnto all the rest of the Apostles as the foresaid Lyranus Gloss interliniari vpon the seauenteenth verse of the same expoundeth and soe hath Gloss ordinaria ex Hieronimo Habent eandem potestatem etiam alii Apostoli quibus post resurrectionem dixit accipite Spiritum sanctum habet eandem et omnis Ecclesia in Presbiteris et Episcopis But why is mention specially-made heere of Peter and of the rest of the Apostles Answere ibidem ex Hieronimo Petrus specialiter accepit claues quod quicunque ab vnitate fidei et societate eius se seperauerint a peccatis solui et regnum coelorum ingredi non possunt And Ciprianus lib. de simplicitate Prelator in persona vnius hominis Dominus dedit claues omnibus vt omnium vnitatem denotaret vide Augustinum in Iohn Tractat 129. Secondly it is answered Christ said not do sed dabo which promise Christ did perfect and accomplish thereafter to all the Apostles with Peter Wheir the first day of the Weeke after his Resurrection Iesus stood in the middest of them c. and breathed on them and said Receiue the Holy Ghost Is there a better Porter or Key-bearer of the Heauens then the Holy Ghost Whosoeuer Sinnes yee remit they are remitted vnto them and whosoeuer Sinnes yee retayne they are retayned c. VVas Heauen euer more lockt till now Then none could haue accesse to Abrahams bosome and enioy that Inheritance prouided for them before the Foundation of the World was layd But to shut vp this matter well hath Augustine sayd Tractat 11. 124. 501. super Ioh. If Christ gaue the Keyes to Peter alone then the Church had not the Keyes after him but as hee answered for all so hee receiued the Keyes withall And what account hath beene made of them by the Pope Iulius the second Aruoldus Farronus Burdegalensis Gallicus Historicus testifie Which Gilbertus Ducherins translates thus In Galliam vt fama est Bellum gesturus acerbum Armatam eduxit Iulius Vrbe manum Accinctus gladio Claues in Tibridis Amnem Proiicit et saeuus ralia verba facit Cum Petri nihil efficiant ad praelia Claues Auxilio Pauli forsitan ensis erit And seeing Iesus our Sauiour did commit the feeding that is the ouersight of his sheepe and Lambes particularly vnto Peter would hee not haue him had one degree or other of preferment among the Apostles and aboue the people of the world for such direction was not giuen to the rest of the Disciples Answere Hee that doth feede the Lambes is not Lord but a Seruant for so hee saith Feede my Sheepe and not thine owne yea and Peter makes an opposition betwixt Dominare in Clerum to haue Dominion ouer the Lords Inheritance and Pascere Oues to Feed the sheepe Answere Secondly Peter was commanded to feede the Flocke not that hee should presume aboue the other Fellow Apostles sed vt Apostolico muneri redderetur vnde per fidei elapsum Christi abnegationem excidit saith Augustine Thirdly it is answered for that hee specially directeth his speech to Peter if hee loued him and that three seuerall times by Augustine ibidem Christus rogauit Petrum num se amaret ter vt trini negationi redderetur tri●a confessio ●●minus linguae amore quam timore seruiret For it was hee onely among the Apostles that so openly and cowardly denied his Master as it was foretold him for the which cause no demand was directed to the rest of their loue towards CHRIST c. Fourthly it is answered to feed in the Scripture by vsuall forme of speach is to teach and preach c. As also Lyranus ibid. and Arias montanus do testifie with innumerabe others and were not the rest commanded to goe and teach all Nations baptizing them c. Or is it because Peter was commanded to feede were the rest enioined to bee idle remisse and negligent Or rather did not their sound passe through the world and as they were commanded were witnesses vnto Christ both in Ierusalem and in all Iudea and in Samaria and vnto the vttermost parts of the earth Yea did they not direct their wholesome and sound Doctrine both to Sheepe and Lambes First both yong and old Master and Seruant Husband and Wife as it is euident aboundantly in their writings and Epistles yea both to Iew and Gentils to those who are within and those who are without And shall we say therefore that all they that did feede were heads of the Church Gerion of whom the Poets Fable had not so many heads but the Church shall haue many more which is most absurd for they are all enioined to passe about the Lords businesse yea and Paul affirmes that the cure of all the Churches did hang vpon him To this effect saith Cyprianus Lib. de Dignitate Eccles. Pastores sunt omnes sed Grex vnus ostenditur qui ab Apostolis omnibus vnanimi consensu pascitur Wherefore if all the Apostles were enioined to feede the Flock of Christ then was not Peter onely And if hee were commanded for the causes before specified so to doe shall wee not thinke that Christ ascended on high and led captiuitie captiue And gaue guifts vnto men some to bee Apostles and some Prophets and some Euangelists and some Pastors and Teachers for the gathering together of the Saints for the worke of the Ministerie and for the edification of the bodie of Christ till wee all meete together in the vnitie of Faith and knowledge of the Sonne of God vnto a perfect man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christ Which charge the Holy Scripture euerie where and Histories of all times doe report And suppose it were so that to feede the flocke would import him to bee Head of the Church then reason I thus Peter was appointed Head of them whom hee was commanded to feede but no man will say hee was commanded to feede the rest of the Apostles viz. preach and teach them their Gospell wherevnto they were put a part and receiued by the liuely voice of Iesus Christ for vnto them it was giuen to know the mysteries of the Kingdome of Heauen It must needs follow therefore that hee was not at the least head of the rest of the Apostles and so consequently not head of the whole Church whereof the Apostles were members Yet say they if Paul ascended to Ierusalem to Peter to conferre his Gospell with him and from him receiue authority for the confirmation of his Apostleship that he should not tunne in vaine Then it must needs bee that Paul did acknowledge Peter head of the

any of all the Epistle Paule sent to Rome neither yet any remembrance had of Peter in any of the Epistles he sent from Rome as that to the Galathians Ephesians Philippians Colossians the second to Timothy to Philemon vnlesse their subscriptions be faulty No remembrance I say neither any word of Salutation which Paul vseth not to omit and that very largelie yea and not to forget euen the most obscure men and women so they be faithfull of whatsoeuer degree Now I pray you whether Peter or Paul hath best right to claim the Superiority or which of these two shall wee adiudge to bee Head of our Church if either of them be And by the way Gentle Reader take a view whether or not Peter was euer at Rome at the least neuer in Pauls daies and if not then hee neuer saw Rome with his eyes as shall be proued God willing in our second Discourse For the which cause Anthonius Pyranensis Legatus did say it was not lawfull for men to reade Pauls Epistles for I know saith he by reading of them men may become Lutherans and therefore Ioh. Siluanus Atheseus Pastor Herbipolis confesseth that the Papists doctrine was false and Antichristian and that he had learned that out of Pauls Epistles which moueth Rhegius Gallicus Aristarchus when he had burnt 9. in Lyons for Lutheranisme publikely to proclaim That if the holy Church had not receiued Pauls Epistles accounted them Canonique he would not repute them better or of more credit then the Fables of Aesope And therfore are they named by them Armamentarium Lutheranorum Fincelius writeth that Anno 1557. a Priest in Forcham a Citie in the Bishoprick of Lamberg in his Sermon alledged Paul to haue erred and that the Sacrament of the Supper should be receiued vnder one kind only And if it be not so that Sathan should take him away aliue from out of his Pulpet and so it happened to the great feare of all the whole Diocesse as the History written by the said Fincelius at length reports And wee know the whole Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable c. that the man of God may bee perfectly instructed vnto euery good worke And that Timothy from his childhood hath knowne the Holy Scripture which might make him wise to Saluation Now since they conteine all things necessarie to bee beleeued and that to beleeue the holy Church vniuersall is one point of our Faith and for that the militant Church here is one part thereof The head whereof is searched heere by vs and seeing the holy Scripture directeth vs to no other head then Iesus Christ wherefore is it that wee would bee wise aboue that which is reuealed yea rather foolishly enquire for that which the Word of God hath been silent in And pursue after that which cannot in any case become meet to supply and minister the vertues and duties requisite in him who should be Head of the Church and those neuer were nor can happen in the person of any mortall Yea Paul takes vpon him to institute Timothy and Titus to be Bishops and prescribes vnto them their particular and seuerall duties yet hee sends vs alwaies to another head namely Christ and that which hee doth it is not of any power he receiued of Peter for this he markes purposely as neither did Titus create Bishops in Creta by any ordinance deriued from Peter I ioine hereto that Paul accompanied with Barnabas passed through all the Churches of Asia in which they preached and there by the Suffrages of the same choosed Bishops and elected them and in a word Paul in that most solemne and most accurate Sermon rendred to the Bishops of Asia neuer enioined them to submit themselues neither to Peter nor any other whatsoeuer earthly wight head of the church And would hee obscure the same if it had been commaunded him or any waies profitable vnto Saluation or quitting the estate of the Church for hee declared vnto them all the counsels of God yea and foretels them that after his departure there would greeuous wolues rush in amongst them deuouring the flockes and that euen of themselues should men arise speaking peruerse things to draw Disciples after them as hereticks doe at all times but he neuer remembred Peter vnto them who should put order to this proud attempt and hainous tyrannie in the Church If hee had been made Superiour to asswage the Furie and rage of Tumults and Schismes Paul would not haue buried the same in the beds of Obliuion but he euer directs vs a farre other course which is to CHRIST onely Surely Christ is a Priest for euer after the order of Melchizedech leauing no Vicar nor Successor but his Holy Spirit which hee promised to send and lead his Disciples in all truth and to bee present with the Church for euer To the which Priesthood in the New Testament neither by Paul or whosoeuer hee was that was Author of the Epistle to the Hebrewes who speaketh of this matter at length is mention made any to succeed the same for hee had neither beginning nor ending of daies as it was constituted in that Aronicall Priest-hood to passe from man to man in Leui his posterity to the comming of the Messias who hath by his owne blood entered in once into the Holy place and obtained eternall redemption for his Church which is his bodie euen the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all things And to the end neither Peter nor any of the rest of the Apostles were otherwise sent but as God sent Christ But his Kingdome and Regiment is not of this world for Christ tooke not vpon him to iudge and distribute of earthly and transitorie affaires but hee by his word and Sacraments which are the ordinary meanes to breed Faith and by the operation of his Holy Spirit from aboue doth effect the whole purpose of mans Saluation instilling in mortall soules the immortall seed of the Gospell of the Lord by whose power wee are kept through Faith vnto Saluation which is prepared to bee shewed in the last time And this is that precious Balme farre aboue that of Gilead whereby Christ the Head of his Church doth annoint the hearts and cheere the mindes of his own Elect with vnspeakable peace descending from Christ as the Head like vnto Aarons Oyntment vnto his Church the members of his mysticall bodie sonnes of God by free adoption Coheires with their Head the Lord Iesus Christ. If flesh and blood can accomplish these offices let any reasonable man iudge It is now conuenient we heare what our Aduersaries obiect in the contrarie that by this meanes the truth may more brightly shine and doubting braines be resolued as also that those in whom the Veritie hath taken some hold may be cōfirmed and established and way bee stopt to the vndermining and subuerting of the simple and ignorant Scripture say they