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tim._n 4._o 11._o paul_n in_o preach_v read_v over_o all_o paul_n epistle_n write_v in_o rome_n and_o if_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n be_v within_o thou_o thou_o will_v say_v peter_n be_v not_o in_o rome_n yet_o now_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v even_o in_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o bishopric_n now_o be_v there_o leave_v only_o ten_o year_n behind_o in_o which_o likewise_o it_o shall_v appear_v whether_o peter_n be_v in_o rome_n at_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o this_o ten_o year_n anno_fw-la dom._n 70._o neronis_n 14._o paul_n come_v again_o to_o rome_n and_o be_v again_o imprison_v where_o he_o write_v his_o 2_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n as_o jerome_n and_o eusebius_n and_o divers_a other_o do_v think_v then_o peter_n be_v not_o in_o rome_n only_o luke_n be_v with_o i_o say_v st_n paul_n if_o this_o be_v true_a where_o then_o be_v peter_n shall_v we_o think_v he_o will_v not_o once_o see_v paul_n 2_o tim._n 16._o a_o prisoner_n again_o at_o my_o first_o answer_v no_o man_n assist_v i_o 7._o peter_n be_v not_o now_o dead_a &_o therefore_o he_o must_v sustain_v the_o blot_n of_o the_o perfidious_a defection_n or_o else_o lose_v his_o title_n of_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n theoph._n in_o 2_o tim._n 4._o 9_o solus_fw-la relictus_fw-la opus_fw-la habeo_fw-la praesentia_fw-la tua_fw-la 2_o tim._n 4._o 17._o de_fw-fr ore_fw-la leonis_fw-la neronem_fw-la intelligit_fw-la clarius_n ibid._n seneca_n orosius_n lib_n 7._o cap_n 7._o but_o all_o forsake_v i_o unthankful_a wretch_n and_o deserve_v ill_o of_o peter_n that_o will_v now_o think_v peter_n be_v bishop_n but_o here_o be_v now_o nine_o year_n in_o the_o mean_a season_n in_o which_o it_o be_v soon_o prove_v peter_n can_v be_v no_o bishop_n paul_n rejoice_v that_o he_o have_v escape_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o nero_n but_o what_o need_v he_o if_o that_o peter_n can_v sit_v quiet_o bishop_n seneca_n write_v secret_o epistle_n unto_o paul_n but_o never_o a_o word_n of_o peter_n nero_n make_v a_o proclamation_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v speak_v either_o to_o christian_a or_o to_o jew_n and_o how_o then_o can_v peter_n be_v bishop_n when_o nero_n have_v set_v the_o city_n on_o fire_n in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n to_o avoid_v the_o envy_n of_o so_o great_a a_o mischief_n he_o lay_v all_o the_o fault_n upon_o the_o christian_n whereof_o tacitus_n that_o wicked_a 15._o cornel_n tacitus_n lib_n 15._o heathen_a write_v thus_o repressa_fw-la in_fw-la prasen_n exitiabilis_fw-la superstitio_fw-la rursus_fw-la erumpebat_fw-la that_o wicked_a superstition_n that_o be_v now_o well_o repress_v spring_v up_o again_o but_o be_v it_o like_v if_o peter_n have_v be_v then_o bishop_n that_o charity_n shall_v have_v be_v so_o quench_v that_o no_o man_n do_v scarce_o remember_v it_o but_o be_v it_o that_o all_o this_o be_v true_a that_o let_v peter_n become_v unfaithful_a let_v he_o forget_v to_o profess_v christ_n and_o feed_v his_o flock_n be_v he_o never_o so_o unthankful_a yet_o sure_o he_o 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the_o great_a rage_n yet_o peter_n do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o once_o mention_v any_o such_o thing_n the_o former_a be_v write_v 15._o euseb_n lib._n â—_o c._n 15._o about_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o claud._n and_o by_o express_a word_n date_v from_o babybon_n which_o thing_n because_o it_o be_v a_o evident_a token_n that_o peter_n be_v then_o no_o bishop_n of_o rome_n therefore_o they_o make_v this_o gloss_n upon_o it_o from_o babylon_n that_o be_v from_o rome_n peter_n so_o rhemist_n in_o appe_n 17._o 5._o as_o it_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o emperor_n not_o of_o peter_n and_o what_o a_o miserable_a shift_n be_v this_o in_o defence_n of_o peter_n bishopric_n to_o confess_v rome_n to_o be_v egyptus_n sol._n john_n prophesi_v not_o only_o of_o the_o terrene_a state_n of_o the_o city_n but_o of_o the_o false_a prophet_n and_o antichrist_n that_o be_v the_o pope_n apoc._n 1â—_n 16._o &_o 17._o 1._o â—_o eusebius_n hieronimus_fw-la egyptus_n babylon_n but_o rome_n as_o it_o be_v it_o shall_v be_v babylon_n and_o their_o religion_n as_o it_o be_v shall_v be_v the_o purple_a whore_n and_o the_o pope_n as_o he_o be_v shall_v be_v antechrist_n rather_o than_o they_o will_v loose_v this_o succession_n of_o peter_n and_o here_o to_o make_v the_o fable_n perfect_a they_o shut_v it_o up_o with_o two_o especial_a lie_n the_o one_o that_o paul_n and_o peter_n both_o die_v in_o one_o day_n the_o second_o 58._o ambrose_n lib._n 5._o â—d_a auxentium_n &_o f._n causterus_fw-la understand_v babylon_n in_o egypt_n euchirid_a pag._n 1._o 5._o 9_o act_n 7._o 58._o that_o christ_n meet_v peter_n fly_v away_o and_o bid_v he_o go_v back_o and_o suffer_v death_n as_o touch_v the_o first_o we_o read_v of_o paul_n when_o he_o be_v convert_v he_o be_v a_o young_a man_n and_o when_o he_o go_v