in_o the_o next_o chapter_n be_v that_o those_o father_n who_o assert_v st._n peter_n be_v faith_n to_o be_v the_o rock_n do_v not_o thereby_o exclude_v his_o person_n 108._o person_n pag._n 108._o though_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o show_v if_o their_o sense_n be_v express_v by_o their_o word_n that_o some_o of_o they_o do_v yet_o i_o may_v grant_v he_o this_o also_o and_o be_v it_o not_o pity_n that_o so_o much_o labour_n shall_v be_v lose_v as_o he_o have_v spend_v in_o the_o proof_n of_o it_o that_o theophylact_v epiphanius_n st._n hilary_n st._n chrysostom_n st._n cyril_n st._n ambrose_n st._n basil_n st._n jerom_n st._n cyprian_n tertullian_n shall_v be_v all_o summon_v to_o bear_v witness_n to_o that_o which_o be_v not_o deny_v though_o i_o can_v foresee_v any_o advantage_n he_o can_v take_v against_o protestant_n from_o this_o concession_n yet_o when_o he_o say_v that_o to_o affirm_v the_o church_n to_o be_v build_v on_o peter_n be_v faith_n be_v not_o to_o bar_v or_o disclude_v his_o person_n but_o to_o signify_v the_o cause_n why_o it_o be_v superedify_v on_o he_o 110._o he_o pag._n 110._o since_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v that_o the_o same_o faith_n be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o it_o plain_o follow_v for_o the_o same_o cause_n that_o the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o they_o all_o and_o not_o upon_o peter_n only_o and_o the_o meaning_n of_o those_o father_n who_o choose_v rather_o to_o affirm_v the_o church_n to_o be_v build_v upon_o st._n peter_n faith_n or_o confession_n than_o upon_o his_o person_n be_v not_o to_o assign_v the_o reason_n why_o our_o saviour_n make_v choice_n of_o he_o above_o the_o rest_n to_o build_v his_o church_n upon_o as_o dr._n tho._n g._n tell_v we_o 18._o we_o sermon_n of_o st._n peter_n p._n 18._o since_o those_o very_a father_n as_o i_o have_v show_v be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o other_o apostle_n have_v the_o very_a same_o faith_n that_o st._n peter_n make_v confession_n of_o though_o all_o his_o quotation_n be_v 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theophylact_fw-mi yet_o suppose_v it_o be_v it_o will_v do_v he_o no_o service_n for_o may_v not_o christ_n call_v he_o the_o next_o to_o himself_o for_o that_o priority_n of_o order_n he_o have_v in_o the_o college_n of_o the_o apostle_n though_o he_o have_v no_o jurisdiction_n over_o the_o rest_n that_o stone_n which_o lie_v next_o to_o the_o chief_a cornerstone_n have_v it_o by_o virtue_n of_o its_o place_n any_o dominion_n over_o the_o other_o foundation-stone_n have_v the_o discussor_n consider_v how_o theophylact_fw-mi stand_v affect_v towards_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n universal_a monarchy_n he_o will_v have_v be_v so_o wise_a as_o not_o to_o have_v mention_v he_o for_o fear_v of_o suggest_v to_o his_o reader_n a_o authority_n against_o it_o for_o whatsoever_o opinion_n he_o may_v be_v suppose_v to_o have_v have_v of_o st._n peter_n supremacy_n it_o be_v certain_a he_o can_v have_v none_o of_o the_o pope_n for_o as_o he_o be_v contemporary_a with_o michael_n cerularius_n who_o excommunicate_v the_o pope_n with_o the_o whole_a latin_a church_n for_o add_v the_o particle_n filioque_fw-la to_o the_o creed_n as_o barronius_n have_v prove_v etc._n prove_v ad_fw-la a_o 1071._o n._n 15_o 16_o 17._o etc._n etc._n so_o it_o appear_v by_o his_o comment_n that_o he_o side_v with_o he_o in_o that_o controversy_n but_o he_o say_v st._n chrysostom_n confess_v his_o universal_a jurisdiction_n how_o do_v that_o appear_v because_o he_o say_v god_n set_v jeremy_n over_o one_o nation_n but_o peter_n over_o all_o the_o world_n 111._o world_n pag._n 111._o a_o learned_a romanist_n shall_v answer_v this_o chrysostom_n say_v he_o hom._n 55._o on_o matth._n say_v that_o peter_n be_v to_o be_v the_o foundation_n in_o that_o sense_n that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o preacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n but_o when_o the_o same_o chrysostom_n say_v that_o peter_n be_v set_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n the_o meaning_n be_v not_o that_o he_o be_v set_v over_o all_o church_n simple_o but_o that_o he_o be_v not_o to_o preach_v the_o gospel_n to_o one_o people_n only_o as_o jeremy_n but_o to_o every_o nation_n 307._o nation_n chrysostomus_n hom._n 55._o in_o matth._n petrum_fw-la futurum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicit_fw-la eo_fw-la sensu_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la quâ—d_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pastor_n futurus_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o evangelii_n praedicator_n cum_fw-la vero_fw-la idem_fw-la ait_fw-la petrum_fw-la praepositum_fw-la esse_fw-la universo_fw-it terrarum_fw-la orbi_fw-la sensus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la omnino_fw-la ecclesâ—is_fw-la sit_fw-la praepositus_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la uni_fw-la populo_fw-la ut_fw-la jeremias_n sed_fw-la omni_fw-la genti_fw-la evangelium_fw-la esset_fw-la annuntiaturus_fw-la ellies_n du_fw-fr pin_n de_fw-fr antiq_fw-la eccl._n discipl_n dissert_v 4._o p._n 307._o but_o methinks_v the_o discussor_n who_o quote_v st._n chrysostom_n so_o often_o may_v have_v remember_v what_o he_o say_v of_o st._n paul_n the_o care_n of_o divers_a nation_n say_v he_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o angel_n but_o none_o of_o they_o so_o govern_v the_o nation_n entrust_v to_o he_o as_o paul_n do_v the_o whole_a world_n duc._n world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr laudibus_fw-la pauli_n apost_n hom._n 2._o tom_n 5._o p._n 502._o edit_fw-la front._n duc._n to_z michael_z be_v commit_v the_o care_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o to_o paul_n the_o earth_n and_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o inhabit_a world_n and_o the_o desert_n ibid._n desert_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n ibid._n he_o have_v not_o say_v he_o the_o care_n of_o one_o family_n but_o also_o of_o city_n and_o of_o peoples_n and_o of_o nation_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a world_n 28._o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o 2_o epist_n ad_fw-la corinth_n c._n 11._o v._n 28._o can_v st._n peter_n diocese_n be_v of_o great_a extent_n have_v chrysostom_n think_v he_o paul_n superior_a will_v he_o not_o only_o have_v affirm_v paul_n to_o be_v of_o equal_a dignity_n with_o he_o but_o plain_o intimate_v that_o he_o be_v in_o honour_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o he_o as_o he_o do_v in_o his_o comment_n upon_o galat._n 1._o 18._o have_v st._n chrysostom_n take_v peter_n for_o the_o monarch_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n will_v he_o have_v set_v st._n james_n above_o he_o in_o the_o council_n of_o the_o apostle_n at_o jerusalem_n as_o every_o one_o will_v see_v he_o do_v who_o will_v but_o take_v the_o pain_n to_o read_v his_o 33_o homily_n on_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o short_a no_o man_n can_v imagine_v that_o st._n chrysostom_n do_v not_o think_v that_o every_o other_o apostle_n have_v a_o province_n as_o universal_a as_o that_o of_o st._n peter_n who_o consider_v that_o he_o make_v they_o ruler_n who_o have_v not_o receive_v nation_n and_o several_a city_n but_o have_v all_o of_o they_o in_o common_a the_o whole_a world_n deliver_v into_o their_o hand_n duc._n hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr utilitat_fw-la lect._n script_n tom._n 5._o pag._n 590._o edit_fw-la front._n duc._n this_o be_v i_o think_v enough_o to_o unveil_v those_o imposturous_a gullery_n to_o use_v the_o discussor_n learned_a word_n which_o several_a misguide_a writer_n the_o discussor_n for_o one_o obtrude_v on_o their_o easy_a reader_n under_o the_o umbrage_n of_o this_o eminent_a author_n by_o deprave_v his_o sense_n and_o contort_v his_o meaning_n 114._o meaning_n pag._n 114._o as_o for_o those_o honourable_a title_n which_o in_o some_o of_o these_o quotation_n be_v bestow_v upon_o st._n peter_n as_o prince_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o head_n of_o the_o apostolic_a choir_n etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v have_v a_o more_o fit_a occasion_n of_o speak_v to_o they_o in_o the_o next_o section_n to_o which_o i_o shall_v therefore_o refer_v they_o sect_n iii_o i_o proceed_v to_o the_o six_o chapter_n where_o if_o any_o where_n
design_n of_o empoison_a heretic_n old_a excellent_a but_o brief_o to_o show_v the_o vanity_n of_o this_o criticism_n one_a the_o difference_n he_o make_v between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o any_o seem_a foundation_n in_o scripture_n two_o it_o be_v plain_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o use_n of_o these_o word_n by_o the_o father_n for_o as_o they_o common_o call_v peter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o they_o give_v the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rock_n to_o the_o other_o apostle_n the_o author_n of_o the_o homily_n of_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n attribute_v to_o st._n chrysostom_n call_v they_o all_o the_o rock_n of_o the_o church_n duc._n church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n serm._n in_o sanct._n duod_fw-la apost_n tom_fw-mi 6._o edit_fw-la front._n duc._n st._n jerom_n in_o the_o place_n forecited_n say_v christ_n be_v the_o rock_n and_o he_o give_v to_o his_o apostle_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v call_v rock_n 12._o rock_n petra_n christus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la donavit_fw-la apostolis_n ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quoque_fw-la petrae_fw-la vocentur_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o amos_n 6._o v._o 12._o and_o upon_o these_o word_n the_o rock_n be_v rend_v the_o rock_n say_v he_o be_v the_o hard_a heart_n of_o the_o gentile_n or_o the_o rock_n be_v the_o prediction_n of_o the_o prophet_n who_o both_o themselves_o with_o the_o apostle_n receive_v the_o name_n of_o a_o rock_n from_o the_o rock_n christ_n 8._o christ_n et_fw-la petrae_fw-la scissae_fw-la sunt_fw-la dura_fw-la corda_fw-la gentilium_fw-la sive_fw-la petrae_fw-la universa_fw-la vaticinia_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la qui_fw-la et_fw-la ipsi_fw-la a_o petra_n christo_fw-la cum_fw-la apostolis_n petrae_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieron_n hedibiae_fw-la quest_n 8._o nor_o be_v this_o name_n give_v to_o the_o apostle_n only_o but_o chrysostom_n call_v st._n stephen_n the_o rational_a rock_n 〈◊〉_d rock_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yea_o this_o title_n be_v not_o only_o by_o origen_n but_o by_o other_o ancient_n apply_v to_o every_o sound_a believer_n as_o by_o st._n ambrose_n in_o the_o place_n before-quoted_n and_o greg._n nazianzen_n give_v a_o reason_n why_o they_o be_v call_v by_o this_o name_n 28._o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n orat._n 28._o it_o be_v therefore_o not_o dismount_v of_o peter_n from_o his_o due_a honour_n to_o say_v the_o other_o apostle_n be_v rock_n but_o 4thly_a i_o ask_v what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o peter_n be_v so_o call_v do_v it_o signify_v sometime_o a_o rock-foundation_n sometime_o a_o foundation_n of_o wood_n sometime_o of_o straw_n or_o hay_n no_o sure_o when_o st._n peter_n be_v call_v by_o this_o name_n it_o ever_o denote_v a_o rock_n a_o immovable_a a_o inexpugnable_a rock_n and_o why_o not_o so_o when_o it_o be_v absolute_o without_o any_o lessen_v adjunct_n without_o any_o note_n of_o distinction_n attribute_v to_o the_o other_o apostle_n when_o the_o twelve_o son_n of_o jacob_n be_v call_v the_o twelve_o patriarch_n as_o the_o twelve_o apostle_n be_v call_v the_o twelve_o foundation_n will_v not_o he_o deserve_v to_o be_v laugh_v at_o who_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o name_n patriarch_n when_o attribute_v to_o reuben_n signify_v a_o princely_a father_n but_o when_o ascribe_v to_o simeon_n denote_v a_o subject-father_n and_o be_v not_o he_o as_o ridiculous_a who_o shall_v say_v that_o by_o this_o word_n foundation_n when_o affirm_v of_o peter_n be_v mean_v a_o rock_n when_o of_o james_n a_o woolsack_n when_o of_o andrew_n a_o hay-mow_n i_o need_v say_v no_o 24._o no_o serm._n of_o st._n pet._n p._n 24._o more_o to_o expose_v the_o folly_n of_o this_o groundless_a fancy_n i_o shall_v therefore_o return_v to_o the_o doctor_n 3._o the_o apostle_n themselves_o he_o say_v understand_v it_o to_o be_v so_o this_o he_o dare_v not_o stand_v to_o and_o therefore_o add_v at_o least_o after_o the_o come_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n why_o not_o before_o the_o come_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n if_o our_o saviour_n mean_v it_o by_o these_o word_n thovart_n peter_n etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v his_o meaning_n be_v so_o obscure_o express_v that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v understand_v without_o the_o help_n of_o a_o miracle_n but_o how_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o apostle_n understand_v it_o so_o after_o the_o come_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o four_o register_n leave_v we_o of_o their_o name_n be_v so_o many_o authentic_a testimony_n to_o inform_v we_o the_o first_o by_o st._n matth._n c._n 10._o v._n 2._o the_o second_o by_o st._n mark_n c._n 3._o v._n 16._o etc._n etc._n for_o although_o st._n andrew_n be_v before_o st._n peter_n in_o divers_a respect_n etc._n etc._n yet_o peter_n by_o all_o the_o foresay_a evangelist_n be_v evermore_o set_v before_o andrew_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n but_o if_o st._n paul_n testimony_n be_v as_o authentic_a as_o that_o of_o the_o evangelist_n than_o this_o argument_n be_v as_o good_a against_o peter_n supremacy_n that_o st._n paul_n when_o he_o name_v he_o with_o other_o apostle_n never_o put_v he_o first_o but_o sometime_o last_o as_o the_o brethren_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o cephas_n 5._o cephas_n 1_o cor._n 9_o 5._o i_o be_o of_o paul_n i_o of_o apollo_n i_o of_o cephas_n 12._o cephas_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 12._o how_o vain_a this_o argument_n be_v we_o may_v learn_v from_o a_o gentleman_n of_o the_o roman_a communion_n it_o be_v say_v he_o with_o very_o little_a reason_n that_o they_o make_v a_o argument_n of_o this_o to_o prove_v his_o royalty_n in_o the_o church_n in_o spain_n where_o the_o most_o honourable_a walk_v the_o last_o they_o will_v not_o fail_v to_o allege_v those_o place_n where_o st._n peter_n be_v name_v the_o last_o as_o in_o that_o passage_n where_o it_o be_v say_v i_o be_o the_o disciple_n of_o paul_n and_o i_o of_o apollo_n and_o i_o of_o cephas_n for_o i_o 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