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A14601	A looking-glasse for papists to see their owne deformities in matters of faith, and religion: and for formall protestants; to make them more carefull of the true profession of Iesus Christ: lest at any time they fall away from the sinceritie of the Gospell of Christ. With a briefe history of the Popes liues, from the first three hundred yeeres after Christ, vntill Paul the fift.	R. W., minister in Norfolk.; Woods, Richard, minister of Frettenham, attributed name.; Wrathall, Richard, attributed name.; Burges, John, 1561?-1635.	1621 (1621)	STC 24912; ESTC S119311	60,513	116

City For in the fourth yeere after his comming thither he returned to Ierusalem and was present at the Counsell there Thence he came to Antioch and there continued seauen yeeres vntill the raigne of Nero when he came to Rome where hee repaired the Roman Church which was decaying After that when he had trauelled almost thorow all Europe he returned to Rome in the first of Nero and there was put to death Thus far Onuphrius Therefore it is but a tale that he sate Bishop of Rome 25. yeeres or at all but that hee was there as an Apostle as hath beene said before Now come wee to examine how the Pope succeedeth Peter PEter if he were at Rome it was as he was an Apostle to preach the Gospell and to establish the Church there as he did in other places euen as Paul did and the rest of the Apostles through the World according to their commission and commandement giuen by Christ Matthew 28. 19. Againe he was there to confirme with his bloud the Doctrine taught and was obedient to the Emperour and suffered death at his command whereby he left an ensample for doctrine and manner of liuing to his successors Now let vs see how the Pope succeedeth Peter He teacheth not Christ the onely meanes of saluation but his own traditions merits worshipping of Saints c. and persecuteth and putteth them to death that obey not his decrees and commands Secondly he yeeldeth not obedience to authority as Peter taught and practised 1 Peter 2. 13. Submit your selues vnto all manner or dinances of men for the Lords sake whether vnto the King as the Superior or to Rulers sent by him for punishment c. And Paul Rom. 13. Let euery soule be subject to the higher powers c. Whosoeuer resisteth power resisteth Gods ordinance But the Pope commandeth Kings curseth them and killeth them to that end he hath his triple Crowne and elaymeth soueraignty ouer the Church and commandeth the treasure of the World whereas Peter had neither gold nor siluer Acts 3. 6. The Lot of the Church is to be persecuted not to persecute we must not looke to fare better then our Master saith Christ Iohn 15. 20. Remember the words I said vnto you the seruant is not greater then the Master if they haue persecuted me they will also persecute you If the Pope be Christs seruant as hee calles himselfe Seruant of Seruants let him shew his markes for Christ as Paul Gal. 6. 17. Behold I beare in my body the markes of the Lord Iesus See 2 Cor. 11. 23. And therefore we conclude the Pope to be Antichrist not Christs seruant nor Peters successor Now enquire we the time when it is like the Pope beganne REuelation 20. 2. We haue a manifest Prophecie that Sathan should be bound which ranged at pleasure in the vnchristian World that is before Christ who shall lighten things that are hid in darkenesse 1 Cor. 4. 5. and Luk. 1. 79. Ioh. 1. 5. Ioh. 3. 19. This is condemnation that light is come into the World and men loued darkenesse c. Act. 17. 30. The time of this ignorance God regarded not but now biddeth all men Euery c. Now this light is Christ and the preaching of the Gospell Sathan therefore must be bound one thousand yeeres from Christs preaching that he should not through the darkenesse of error vexe men as he had done though their bodies be not freed from the Crosse and persecution that they may be like their Master Now the Apostles and Bishops of Rome with other Bishops Ierusalem Antioch Constantinople and the rest that succeeded not at Rome but wheresoeuer for preaching Christ crucified were so occupied what with preaching and vnder the Crosse for the space of the first 300. yeeres as they had no leysure to dreame of Supremacy After which time as Rest breeds Rust so by little and little they grew ambitious and now and then one Bishop or other would affect priority so as about the end of the next 300. yeeres they began to desire primacy but not supremacy As Policarpe Bishop of Ierusalem challenged the first place 426. yeeres after Christ Gelacius Bishop of Rome after him about 445. Iustine Emperor of Rome made Misda Bishop of Rome Patriarch about 520. About the same time Iohn of Constantinople Bishop was called vniuersall Bishop Iohn the first Bishop of Rome a good man was put in prison and dyed for the truth Pelagius Bishop of Rome was the first that challenged the primacy by Scripture Iohn Bishop of Constantinople called himselfe vniuersall Bishop 582. Gregory the Great Bishop of Rome first of that name reproued Iohn of Constantinople for calling himselfe vniuersall Bishop 591. Before him Iohn the third Bishop of Rome decreed that none should be called summus Sacerdos or vniuersal Bishop about 566. All this while no thought of a Pope or of Peters successor in Rome Now Phocas seruant to Mauricius Emperor killed his Master the Empresse and children most cruelly At this time Boniface the third Bishop of Rome obtained of this Butcher the title to be called vniuersall Bishop Anno 607. Note that the primacy of the Bishop of Rome was established by a murtherer and a Traytor who dyed miserably for the 612. of Christ he was slaine by the Souldiers of his Guard Abbas Vesper others say that Heraclius and Persius slew him cutting off his hands and feete others adde that his priuy members were cut off and his body burnt Estate Church Boniface the 3. liued but 9. moneths so soone his pride came to an end whose life and decrees perished together Anno 607. Martin the 1. Bishop of Rome was buffeted by the Emperour for reprouing him being an heretike and was further vilely entreated banished from Constantinople whither the Emperour sent for him to Pontus with his tongue cut out 649. Yet Rome no Supremacy but subiect to the Emperour both in creation and deposing Constance Emperour spoyled Rome because the Bishops were not willing he should remoue thither more in seuen dayes then all the Barbarians did in 360. yeers Anno Christi 662. Vitelian called Bishop of Rome to him the Emperour by singular grace confirmed the priuiledges of the Church which notwithstanding hee after brake and made them of no force Fasci Temporum The sixt Counsel of Constantinople approued Masse in the Latine tongue The Greeke Priests were permitted to liue in mariage but not the Priests of the West-Churches None to answere for a Childe but such as knew the Lords Prayer and the Beliefe of the faithfull In the second Volume of Counsels none to vow not to marry and that Priests which separated themselues from their Wiues because of their sacred Orders should be excluded from the Communion Peter viret in dialogo to them of Orbe In the 12. 13. Counsell of Tolledo such were Anathamised as forbid eating of flesh Pet. Viret Benet the 2. Bishop of Rome obtained of the Emperor that the election of the Bishop

when the Pope beganne with the Historie of their liues in briefe from the first three hundred yeeres after Christ vntil Pope Paul the fift c. 11. 12. 13. c. 5 A briefe Recapitulation of their liues the better to finde out the Histories 6 The Conclusion for Doctrine with the examination 79 7 Arguments to proue the Pope Anti-christ 101 A LOOKING-GLASSE FOR PAPISTS 1. Against Peters Supremacy MARKE 10. 42. The Lords of the Nations haue domination ouer them c. But it shall not be so among you but whosoeuer will be great among you let him be your seruant and whosoeuer will be chiefe shall be seruant of all for euen the Sonne of man came not to be serued but to serue c. Luke 22. 26. Let the greatest among you be as the least and the chiefest as he that serueth Matthew 20. 26. Whosoeuer will be great among you let him be your seruant and whosoeuer will be chiefe let him be your seruant c. The Papists places for Supremacy 1 COR. 12. 22. The head cannot say to the feete I haue no neede of you Say they This must be the Pastor ouer the Flocke Ergo Of Peter in respect of the Apostles Answere THE Apostle speaketh of no headship but considering the consent of the members one for another hee intendeth that so it should be in the Church for auoiding of contention not as the Popes that disgrace subiect yea killeth Kings the chiefe members of the Church and many other great Diuines as Iohn Hus and Ierome of Prage worthy men onely because they would not assent with them Matth. 16. 18. Thou art Peter and vpon this Peter will I build my Church Answere With shame enough for the vulgar which vpon paine of the Popes curse no man must al●er hath Super hanc petram that is vpon this Rocke which was Peters confession Christ meant euen himselfe the foundation of the Church as a Rocke Hereunto Tunstall and Stokeley two Popish Bishops agree 1 Cor. 3. 11. Other foundation can no man lay then that which is laide which is Iesus Christ the chiefe Shepheard 1 Pet. 5. 2. 4. Where the chiefe Shepheard shall appeare c. Not the Pope I trowe Matthew 16. 19. To thee will I giue the Keyes c. By this they vnderstand the fulnesse of power Ecclesiasticall to make him head Answere The question being propounded to them all Peter answering one for all therefore together one for them all receiued this power and therefore whatsoeuer Christ promised to Peter he promised to him to them alike as Matt. 18. 18. and Ioh. 20. 23. it is said not to Peter alone but to them all Whatsoeuer ye bind on earth shall be c. And whosoeuer sinnes ye remit c. Chrysostome on this place saith What therefore did Peter the mouth of all the Apostles and crowne of the whole Company When all were asked the question hee alone answered and being asked of the opinion of the common people they all answered but when hee asked them of their owne opinion Peter presently start forth and preuenting the rest said Thou art Christ that Sonne of God Againe Vpon this Rocke that is that Faith and Confession And againe The Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen c. the same is common to them all Iohn 20. 21. 22. 23. Peter after disswaded Christ to die whereupon Chrisostome saith From hence surely we plainely see that he spake not before of himselfe Keyes This is a Metaphor intending the publike Office of the Apostles the publike preaching of the Gospell through the World which yet they were not to enter vpon till they were fully furnished Luk. 24 47. Acts 1. 4. These Keyes are not deliuered to Peter alone for hee saith in the future tence I will giue not doe or haue giuen Luk 24. 49. Where the commission is giuen to them all not naming Peter Mat. 28. 19. Mar. 16. 15. Ioh. 20. 21. Goe into all the World preach the Gospell to euery creature But the full power was not vntill the fiftieth day after the resurrection when the holy Ghost came vpon euery one of them and now they executed their Office in preaching the Gospell which was the Keyes to open the Kingdome of Heauen If Peter onely had the Keyes to open the kingdome of heauen what should haue become of the greatest part of the World yea of vs Gentiles Their fourth place Luke 22. 31. Simon Simon Sathan hath desired to sift you c. If to strengthen the Apostles then he must be supreame head Answere Whereas the Papists vnderstand by you the other Apostles that were to accuse Christ that choosing twelue men to worke being Master to all and giuing graces alike to all would send them to a fellow laborer to be taught after his departure but Peter shall giue answere in this point that he meant not so but by brethren he meaneth all the faithfull 2 Pet. 1. 10. Wherefore brethren giue alwayes diligence to make your calling and election sure c. So the rest of the Apostles call the faithfull brethren as children of one Father 2 Thess 2. 1. We beseech you brethren c. and 3. 1. Furthermore Brethren pray for vs and verse 6. Rom. 12. 1. I beseech you brethren by the mercy of our Lord Iesus Christ 1 Pet. 5. 8. 9. So that by Brethren our Sauiour meant the faithfull whom Peter and the rest should strengthen To this end verse 2. he exhorteth to feede the Flocke and to take care of them And Paul Acts 14. 22. Strengthened them Their fift place Iohn 21. 15. 17. Feede my Sheepe This they vnderstand of Peter to the rest of the Apostles Answere This was a Commandement giuen before of Christ in his former Commission Iohn 20. 21. Giuen to Peter with all the Apostles As my Father sent me so send I you Receiue the holy Ghost Whosoeuer sinnes ye remit c. Therefore this was no new charge but willeth him to looke to that lest he might start aside as he had done before Matthew 16. 22. Goe after me Sathan And Matthew 26. He denyed him three times Feede my Lambes Sheepe This is a Metaphor taken from a Flocke of Sheepe and Lambes Now Christ is the good Shepheard that hath giuen his life for the Sheepe Iohn 10. 11. and 1 Peter 1. 4. The Sheepe-fold is the Church and the Sheepe and Lambes are the faithfull to be gathered into the Sheepe-fold Iohn 10. 1. 16. By his Substitutes Apostles Pastors c. Ephe. 4. 11. The Church is called a Flocke Luke 12. 32. Feare not little Flocke Acts 20. 28. Take heede vnto all the Flocke Paul speaking to the Pastors 1 Pet. 1. 5. speaking to the Elders Feede the Flocke of Christ which dependeth vpon you Therefore Peter had no authority ouer the other Apostles but they and he had one commandement and commission to goe into the whole World to preach the Gospell and ordaine Ministers The sixt place Acts 1. 15. Peter

propoundeth an election to be made of a new Apostle Ergo head of the rest Answere This proueth that he was the Prolocutor or common-speaker as with vs in Parliament and might be the first in place for Order but not the Elector for that was done by them all as Acts 1. 22. And they appointed two not Peter alone and the election was of God disposing the Lots The seauenth place Acts 15. 7. He is president of the Counsell of the Apostles He speaketh first he concludeth with lie and all Answere The Text shall confute this He as is said was first in order but not in authority as the common speaker verse 12. Barnabas and Paul spake with great silence of the rest and when they ceased verse 13. Iames answered Whose sentence preuailed And then not Peter but all the Apostles and Elders and the whole Church concluded So Peters primacy of order was not the Popes supremacy The eight place Gal. 1. 18. Paul after three yeeres came to see Peter say they to doe him honor Ergo Superior Answere If it were so that he came to honour Peter this proues not his primacy for then should Wiues be superiors to their Husbands For 1 Pet. 3. 7. saith Let Wiues be subiect to their Husbands yet he saith They must giue them honour Ahashureosh honoured Mor decai yet he was not aboue him Chrysostome 1 Gal. saith That Paul was Peters Peere in dignity Ambrose there saith Paul was euen such another as Peter Augustine there saith Their authority to be equall and for Pauls honour what hee wanted in time is supplyed by Christs glory not as the rest made an Apostle on the earth but from heauen while he now raigned in Maiestie Gal. 11. Paul himselfe saith He was an Apostle not of men nor by men but by Iesus Christ Againe 2. 6. Of them which seemed to be chiefe I was not taught And verse 11. he saith When Peter came to Antioch I withstood him to his face for he was worthy to be blamed The ninth place Gal. 1. 18. as before That he tarryed with him fifteene dayes no small honour say they Answere Mary the chiefe of women went a great iourney to salute Elizabeth and taryed with her three moneths no small time the Babe sprang in her wombe at her salutation yea shee was filled with the holy Ghost You will not say I trow Elizabeth was aboue Mary Therefore Augustine Ambrose Chrysost Theodoret Ierome and others say that Paul came to Peter not to learne of him but of reuerence and loue to be acquainted with him Ergo Paul acknowledged no supremacy The tenth place Iohn 10. 16. There shall be one Flocke and one Shepheard which is the Bishop of Rome Answere The Text plainely sheweth it to be Christ who by the preaching of the Gospell gathereth them that are not yet called and so to the end of the World that so there may be one Sheepe-fold Iohn 10. 16. Himselfe being the chiefe Shepheard 1 Pet. 5. 4. In all these places we can finde no supremacy in Peter yet the Pope will needes be his successour Now let vs see how he succeedes and because he standeth much on the place though many wretches succeede good men in place yet we will examine it but if he be Peters successour he must succeed him rather in labour in preaching the Gospell of Christ and in holy life and conuersation First of the place whether Peter sate euer Bishop of Rome PEter was an Apostle Now the Apostles were not deputed to any certaine place but had the whole World for their Diocesse Marke 16. 15. Goe into all the World preach the Gospell to euery creature c. 1 Pet. 1. Therefore Peter writeth vnto the Churches which he had planted in Pontus Galatia Capadocia Asia and Bethinia making no mention of Italie or Rome though I denie not but he might be there as an Apostle but not to reside there for that had beene to goe beyond his Commission The Papists alledge for their proofe Hierome de viris illustribus That Peter sate Bishop at Antioch 7. yeeres and then went to Rome the second of Claudius where he sate 25. yeeres euen to the 14. yeere of Nero at what time he dyed Now let vs examine this point Paul was conuerted the first yeere after Christ and tarryed in Arabia three yeeres Gal. 1. 17. 18. Then he went to Ierusalem to visit Peter the fourth yeere after Christ and the 22. of Tiberius Then Peter was one at Ierusalem Acts 12. 3. Againe Peter was put in prison the second or third of Claudius Anno Christi 11. and Acts 13. 14 Paul preached at Antioch the eight of Claudius where it is not like that Peter was for then there had beene little neede of him Againe Luke would haue made some mention of him for Paul came twice to Antioch Acts 14. 21. 26. and there they aboad long time with the Disciples no mention of Peters being there About this time Paul and Barnabas goe vp to Ierusalem to conferre with the Apostles about Circumcision where the Apostles called a Counsell about that matter where Peter was the first speaker but Iames concludeth the point and this was the eleuenth yere of Claudius And they wrote Letters vnto to the Brethren that were at Antiochia So wee see that Peter was not yet there but at Ierusalem Anno Christi 18. Claudij 10. That he might be at Antioch as an Apostle we denie not but when he went or how long he tarried the Scripture sheweth not neither can Papists proue But Peter being at Ierusalem the tenth of Claudius and Claudius dyed foure yeeres after Now Nero succeeding raigned but 14. yeeres foure and 14. make but eighteene How could Peter sit seauen yeeres Bishop of Antioch and after 25. yeeres at Rome which maketh 32. yeeres So they must put 4. or fiue Emperors raignes to make vp the number that is the first of Domitian for Galba raigned but seauen moneths Otho but three moneths Vespasian nine yeeres Titus two yeeres Domitian fifteene yeeres out of which if you take two yeeres makes it vp the 32. and Peter was dead 14. yeeres before by their owne confession the last of Nero and then we finde another in the place one Anaclet To conclude they can neuer proue he sate Bishop at Antioch seauen yeeres nor at Rome at all Here a Friar of their owne one Onuphrius skilfull in Antiquities and the Popes Secretary It is cleere saith he and manifestly knowne by the Acts of the Apostles and Pauls Epistle to the Galathians that for nine yeeres space after Christs death vntill the second of Claudius Peter neuer went out of Iury Wherefore if he came to Rome at that time it followeth of necessity that he did not sit seauen yeeres at Antioch before he came thither For from the second of Claudius vntill his death is about 25. yeeres and though the ancient Writers say He sate at Rome yet it followeth not that he aboade still in the