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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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. 1â— 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 hâ—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

22. 25 26 Gods forbid and h 1 Pet. 5. 2 3 Peters Lords ouer Gods heritage Obiect The maine pillar and foundation of their building is vpon Peter as Bishop of Rome and thereupon inconsequently enough conclude that they being Bishops of Rome and his Successors haue the same power and holinesse that Peter had Sol. Now if we deny the Antecedent that Peter was Bishop of Rome I feare it will hardly bee euer proued and the consequent thereupon followeth as absurdly as if the Scribes and Pharisies which sate in Moses chaire and were in an extrauagant manner of election and succession drawne into Aarons Order of of Priesthood yet they neither had the religious piety of Moses and Aaron nor kept the Ordinances of Gods Law vncorrupted i Deut. 4. 2. and 1. 2. 32. Ioshua 1. 7. Prou 30. 6. Apoc 22. 1-8 19 Galat. 3. 15. but declined both to the right hand in adding their owne Inuâ—â—tions Traditions and mis-interpretations and to the left hand in omitting what God required and in Simonaicall entrances into the High Priesthood by Heathenish authoritie and no approbation of God in which two poynts our Pseudo-Catholickes haue in as grosse if not more impious manâ—â—r faulted for they haue ouerflowed and drowned Peters ship and the whole Church with their new Inuentions and old Tradiâ—ions k Math. 5. 3. to 10. Mark 7. 4. to 14 casting aside the Comâ—aundements of God to inure and bring them into practise and to dispense with and disaâ—ull the Lawes and Ordinances of God forbidding Mariages which God hath allowed and allowing such which God hath forbidden But wee require of them to An Argument to prooue that Peter vvas no Bishop shew vs how Peter was or by any lawfull order could be Bishop of Rome or Antioch or any other Bishopricke for his Ordination by Christ to be an Apostle debarreth him to accept of any other inferiour calling Timothy and Titus which were Bishops respectiuely of Ephesus and Creta might not assume the Apostleship and inlarge their limits which Christ peculiarly gaue to all the Apostles l Matt. 28. 19 To goe in all the world neither would the Apostles straighten their power Ab orbe ad vrbem to giue ouer m 2 Cor. 11. 28 the care of all Churches which Paul had to tye themselues to one Citie or Prouince it is a Rule not to be transgressed that euery man abide in that Office whereunto he is called and though it may fall out that some by painfulnesse and proficiency may get a o 1 Tim. 3. 13. better degree of calling in the Church yet to descend to an inferiour degree from an higher calling is not allowed in any Church nor Rome it selfe except such Popes and Antipopes as haue been deposed for Heresies Schismes and odious misdemeanors and from the dignitie of Apostles which they arrogate fall to be Apostataes to derogate from Christes glory and their owne And this may be sufficient to prooue that Peter was no Bishop Arguments to proue that Peter vvas neuer Bishop of Rome But let vs admit that Peter was both an Apostle and a Bishop yet little can the Bishop of Rome deriue from him being an Apostle ouer the Iewes as is witnessed that with the consent Arg. 1 of themselues and the whole Church which appoynted their limits for order sake Did commit vnto p Gal. 2. 8 9. Acts 15. 25. Paul Barnabas the charge of preaching the Gospell to the vncircumcision or the Gentiles as to Peter was also committed the execution of his Apostleship ouer the Circumcision or the Iewes And when Peter would extend the Ministery of his Apostleship to the Iewes he wrote his Epistles vnto them q 1 Pet. 1. 1 2 Being dispersed as strangers throughout Pontus Galacia Cappadocia Asia and Bithinia but no where remembred his Patriarchall Seat at Rome Arg. 2 Secondly Saint Paul being so long in that Citie and making mention r Phil. 4. 21. Col. 47. to 15. Philem. 23 24. of many of his fellow-labourers commending them as his assistants in the worke of the Lord hath no note of any remembrance of Peter who if hee had beene in Rome would no doubt haue beene a principall assistant except hee had with Å¿ Tim 4. 10. 16. Demas forsaken him as hee had done his Lord and Master at Ierusalem which were wickednesse to surmise of him who there as they affirme lost his life with Paul vnder the Tyrant Nero the then Emperour of Rome Argu. 3 Thirdly they neede not to take any scorne to haue Paul rather than Peter their patron t Acts 9. 5. and 22 14. c. who was called to bee an Apostle by Christ glorified and who did especially appoint him to preach u Acts 19. 21. and witnesse of him at Rome Acts 23. 11. and who w 1 Cor. 15. 10. laboured more abundantly then they all for from Jerusalem to Illyricum x Rom. 15 19 he caused the Countries to abound with the Gospell of Christ he saw Christ after his resurrection y Acts 19. 11. 12. and did as many and great miracles as any of the Apostles Obiect But Peter is the man they stand vpon and to prooue his Bellar. de Rom. Pont. lib. 2. cap. 2 being at Rome they produce a note of Salutations sent z 1 Pet. 5. 13. from the Church which is at Babylon which they interpret and inforce to bee at Rome And we beleeue there were true Professors of the Christian faith both at Babylon in Assyria which Saint Peter remembreth to send salutations to the dispersed Iewes their brethren but also there was a Babylon in Egypt but no where doe wee reade that Rome Bellar. confesseth tâ—aâ— by the vvhore is meant Rome B. de Antichristo lib. 3 cap 13 is Babylon literally but my stically for it happily resembleth Babylon that kept Gods people in bondage a Apoc. 18. 2 3 4 5 6. and is the Scarlet or purple coloured whoâ—e which the Angel calleth vs to come away from making all Nations drunken with the cup of her fornications as sometime there was an Idole b 2 King 17. 30 called Succoth-Benoth the tabernacle of Daughters or habitation of Whores for euery Citie serued such an Idole as best pleased their fancies and this was become an habitation of Deuils the hold of euery foule spirit and a cage of euery vncleane and hatefull bird and God hath remembred her iniquities which made her selfe drunke with the blood of his Saints What aduantage hath Cardinall Bellarmine gained by his mysticall interpretation in this sense wee allow Rome to be Babylon the Pope the Scarlet Whore Idolatrie her Fornications and all Princes to haue drunke the dregs thereof and wee expect when shee shall drinke the Wine of Gods wrath for her abominations For conclusion it remaineth for our Antagonists to prooue First that Peter had from Christ a superioritie ouer his brethren and fellow Apostles

Secondly and that hee had also a power to subdelegate his Assignes and Successors to haue the same power but if hee had it not himselfe in his life time he could neuer communicate it being dead to any Successors and it behooueth them to bring foorth his Will and Testament if he hath bequeathed it vnto them least the Churches of Ierusalem and Antioch where we know assuredly he held long residence and exercised his Apostle-ship came in for their interest with equall if not with more reason And how much power he deriued to his Successors is another question to be warily scanned least if we grant one absurditie it beget many First as whether Saint Iohn and other Apostles suruiuing Peter were vnder the Successors controlement and whether Linus Cletus and Anacletus or any Successor in the Sea of Rome had equall power as Peter by them is intended to haue had and might claime a superioritie o ouer the suruiuing Apostles of Christ which implyeth a ridiculous and grosse absurditie that a Bishop or Pastor should beare rule ouer an Apostle which were in the first and highest degree of Ecclesiasticall Orders as Saint Paul witnesseth saying God gaue vnto his Church c Ephes 4. 11. 1 Cor 12. 28. first Apostles that is by the Romanistes owne interpretation Chiefest for so they argue Peter was chiefe because the Euangelist sayth d Mark 3. 14. 16. Math. 10. 2. Christ chose his twelue Apostles and first that is to say chiefest Peter whence we conclude that after Peters death the Church wanted an Head except we allow Saint Iohn then liuing at Pathmos in banishment to bee the chiefest man of the Church and before Peters Successors because he was an Apostle which Peters Successors were not Obiect Secondly and againe as absurdly doe they reason for the authority of the Romish Bishop before Antioch for that Peter was martyred at Rome and not at Antioch or Ierusalem Sol. which may well bring a curse and no blessing vpon that Citie where the blood of Gods Saints is shed as Christ pronounceth desolation to Ierusalem for the blood of the Apostles shedde so abundantly there as hardly any could escape or perish elsewhere out of Ierusalem iustly therefore called the bloody citie where Manasses shed blood to maintaine Idolatry in all the streetes of Ierusalem which was a principall cause of that grieuous destruction of the Temple and the Citie and captiuitie of the Citizens which shortly ensued thereupon And vndoubtedly Rome may as properly bee called the bloody Citie being first inauspiciously built vpon the blood of brothers Rhemus and Romulus and so continued the maintenance of their Idolatry in tenne ensuing persecutions by vnspeakeable blood-sheddings and to this day their strongest Arguments are fire and fagot and other tyrannicall Inquisitions of which they make bold euen already to whisper vs in the eare they may indeed boast more of Peters persecutions then of any pontificall power which he exercised in Rome But they will not easily be drawne to follow Peter as he did Christ in suffering with him e Math 19. 27 Marke 10. 28. Luke 18. 28. and forsaking all to follow him nor can they truely affirme as he did f Acts 3. 6. that gold siluer they haue none as a Pope said once to Thomas Aquinas who readily wittily and pithily replyed neither can you say truely as Peter did to the Creeple Rise vp and walke For as the pontificall Prelates increased in wealth so they decreased in worth and lost that power which Peter had of working myracles no no they neither preach as Peter nor liue as Peter nor are willing to dye as Peter neither from him can they deduce any of their pompous portlinesse or papall practises g Acts 15. 6. Hee called not Councels but with the consent of the other Apostles he inuested not Bishops nor gaue them Palls hee neither had Crowne nor Mytre Cope nor Crosier he graunted no pardon for sinnes either past or to come nor sent out his Leaden Buls or Aureas Bullas glorious and golden braggs to bring in golden and siluer bags in exchange for that trash he cited no Bishops to appeare before him nor required them to take his Inuestitures and Consecrations wee may finde in all his Epistles h 1 Pet. 1. 7. 2. 21. 3. 16 17 4. 13. 5. 3 6. paternes of patience humility and obedience to Princes but not a word of his Decrees Decretals Extrauagants and Canonicall Constitutions hee lacked his Cardinalls Auditors Chancellors Inquisitors Notaries and Prenotaries hee neuer sate in the Laterane to measure out the spaces of Purgatory nor impounded poore soules there for want of money and released them at peculiar rates and prises none kissed his feet nor swore to him homage and Canonicall Obedience hee had no Coaches of Curtizans to fill his Courts nor Bastards to make Dukes in his Territories In these things they haue succeeded and exceeded Caiphas a pretended Successor of Aaron for pernicious Counsell and false Iudgements in condemning innocents i Math. 27. 24. in Pilats Bason they would wash their hands and then sit downe in Peters Chaire and pronounce their bloodie Sentences wee should thinke it some resemblance of a Successour if all or any of them would feed the flocke of Christ as hee k Ioh 21. 15. 16. 17. commaunded and commended vnto Peters care and Peter in like sort l 1. Pet. 5. 2. to all Pastors otherwise their boasting of succession to Peter is but like the glorying of a Traytor which hath nothing to say in his Iustification but that his father was a good Subiect and his Ancestors honest men whose condemnation is the more iust hauing so degenerated from the pietie of their predecessors Text. I will build my Church Heerein two notable poynts are presented to our consideration First of the Builder Christ I will build Secondly of the building the Church my Church Indeed euery one of these words are very significant and emphaticall and afford profitable notes and worthy the paines both of my writing and your reading I will build Doct. 1 First Christ is the only builder of his Church though as in the building of Salomons Temple there were many workemen and diuers degrees yet m 2 Sam. 7. 13 Salomon is only said by his wisedome to build the Temple which n 1 Kings 5 5 6. 2. prepared the materialls and gaue direction for the worke euen so Christ the true Salomon and builder of the true Temple hath ordained diuers Ministers and workemen but hee appointeth the materials o 1 Cor. 3. â— to 13. 12. 6. Ephe. 4. 11 12 Hebr. 3. 3 4. euen his word and Gospell which are the durable gold and siluer and not the hay and stubble of mens traditions and inuentions there are three notable and speciall figures and representations of the Church propounded in the Scriptures of the old Testament in all which the worke and

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