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A69076 A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole bodie and substance of diunintie. By T.C.; Christian religion Cartwright, Thomas, 1535-1603.; Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618. 1616 (1616) STC 4707.7; ESTC S107471 214,101 390

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haue no need but God hath tempered the body together hauing giuen more abundant honour to that part which lacked 25. That there should bee no schisme in the body but that the members should haue the same care one for another 26. And whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member bee honoured all the members reioyce with it 27. Now ye are the body of Christ members in particular 28. And God hath set some in the Church first Apostles secondarily Prophets thirdly Teachers after that miracles then gifts of healings helpes in gouernments diuersities of tongues Q. HItherto amongst the outward things appertaining to the Kingdome of Christ we haue spoken of the things such as God giueth to vs and wee to him it remaineth now to speake of the persons What are they A. The Church Militant Q. VVhat is the Militant Church A. A companie a Act. 20. 17. 28. 1. Tim. 3. 15. 1. Cor. 11. 16. 22 of Saints vpon earth who from all parts of the world being gathered together in one spirit of Christ stand in spirituall fight against the enemies of Christs Kingdome for the teaching gouerning wherof he hath alwaies giuē officers Ministers Q. VVhat is common to these Officers A. That they be lawfully called and that euery one of them doe faithfully execute the office whereunto he is called Q. How is the Militant Church diuided A. Into the Church before the comming of Christ or after his comming Q. VVhat is the Church before the comming of Christ A. That Church which being called before the Incarnation suffering of Christ beleeued in Christ to come in the flesh Q. What is the Church after the comming of Christ A. That Church which after the Incarnation of Christ being called by the Gospell beleeueth in Christ already come in the flesh Q. How is the Militant Church after the comming of Christ diuided A. Into vniuersall or particular Q. VVhat is the vniuersall Church A. It is the society of those who being scattered thorough all the corners of the world are by one faith in Christ conioyned to him Q. VVhat officers are annexed to this Church A. Such onely as were extraordinarie and endured but for a time Q. VVhat are they A. Such as were first called and inabled of God for the spreading of the Gospell throughout the world and for the conquering and subduing of the same to the obedience thereof of whom there was no such vse after the first building or planting of the Church no more then of the Generall of a field or of a Coronell when the conquest is made or of master-builders after the platforme of a house is set downe Q. VVho are these extraordinarie Officers A. They are either those that are called immediately of God as Apostles and Prophets or those that were called by meanes of men also as Euangelists Q. VVho are Apostles A. Such as were for the planting of the first Churches set apart immediately by Christ himselfe a Act. 1. 21. John 15. 27. which hauing both seene and heard him b Mat. 28. 19. Act. 1. 8. had the charge of the whole world committed vnto thē c Act. 8. 14. 15. 19. 6. c. with power to distribute some extraordinarie graces of the spirit Q. Haue the Apostles any successors A. To speake properly they haue none to succeed them in the degree and dignity of Apostleship and therefore when Iames was beheaded none was chosen Act. 12. 3. into his place otherwise all Pastors and Ministers of the Gospell who are lawfully called to the dispensation of the Word Sacraments and Keyes are the true and vndoubted successors of the Apostles and haue the same commission in the ministration of the Gospell which they had though not in the same degree or dignitie Q. VVho is the head of this vniuersall Church A. Onely Christ who is the highest and who alone conueyeth the powers of spirituall life and sense into it for as the naturall members take spirit sense from the head so the Church hath her spirituall life and feeling from Christ who is onely able to quicken and giue life Whom by this title of the head of Eph. 1. 21-23 Col. 1. 16-18 the Church Paul lifteth vp aboue all Angels principalities and powers And therefore if the Pope were the successor of Peter and Paul yet should he not be therefore the head of the Church which agreeth to none in heauen or vnder heauen that is meerely a creature Q. VVhat then shall we say to the words of Christ Thou art Peter and vpon this rocke will I build my Church Mat. 16. 18. may it not therby be inferred that Peter was ruler of the Apostles and consequently of the Church in all the world and therefore that the Popes as Peters successors should bee rulers ouer all A. No for the rocke whereupon Christ wil build his Church is not Peter himselfe but the effectuall confession and faith of Peter as appeareth by the word the Euangelist vseth for the rocke viz. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 diuers from that whereby Peter is called viz. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And if it bee vnderstood of Peter yet it must be esteemed that to auoid confusion Peter gaue answere in the name of all the rest of the Apostles vpon whom in respect of their ministerie the Church is as well builded as vpon Reuel 21. 14. Peter Q. How may it be shewed that Peter answered for all A. Because all were asked otherwise our Sauiour Mat. 16. 15. Christ receiued no answere which to thinke is a charge of disobedience vpon the other Apostles and vpon our Sauiour Christ of negligence who seeking by this question to strengthen all the Apostles in the faith towards himselfe should haue giuen them no strength neither by experience of the worke of God within themselues nor by the glorious promises which he annexed to this confession vnlesse hee had in Peters answere receiued the answere of others Secondly when it appeareth other where by Peters own confession that the rest knew that Christ was the son of the liuing God as well as he himselfe what should John 6. 69. hinder them not to make confession of it as well as did Peter and in regard thereof to bee as much respected as he Q. If Peter were chiefe of all doth it follow that the Pope of Rome should be so A. No verily for howsoeuer they say Peter was Bishop of Rome yet indeed that cannot bee proued by Scripture but rather the contrary for if Peter had been at Rome when Paul was there amongst many others he would not haue forgotten to make mention of him hauing diuers occasions thereof a 2. Tim. 4. 16. Especially hee would not haue wrapped him in the common charge that all had forsaken him Also Peters proper charge b Galath 2. 7. being amongst the Iewes who were neuer frequent or many in Rome and c Act. 18.