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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01562	Practique theories: or, Votiue speculations vpon Abrahams entertainment of the three angels Sarah, and Hagars contention. Isaacs Marriage with Rebekah. Iohn Baptists natiuity or birth decollation or beheading. S. Peters calling. confession. denyall. repentance. vpon Sauls cruely. Pauls conuersion. By Iohn Gaule.	Gaule, John, 1604?-1687.	1630 (1630)	STC 11690; ESTC S118745	112,147	433

acknowledges Peter We cannot doe any thing for Christ which Christ will not more readily and largely doe againe for vs in euery thing so answerable is our Sauiour to vs● yea he so exceedes vs. If we know him he will take notice of us if we worship him he will honour vs if wee loue him he will imbrace vs if wee pray vnto him he will intreat for vs if we prayse him he will commend vs if we witnesse of him he likewise will testifie of vs. Mat. 10.32 Whosoeuer shall confesse me before men him will I confesse also before my Farher which is in heauen I beleeue what my Sauiour hath said for his part God grant me for my power to obserue the saying When Peter but came to Christ Ioh 1.42 Christ then said Thou art Simon the Sonne of Ionas but now that he confesses him Mat. 16.18.19 hee sayes besides Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke will I build my Church c. and I will giue vnto thee the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen c. Before he but told him of his name and pedegree but now withall of his office and authority The sounder confession of our faith hath alwaies the ampler approouement and reward Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke c. We obserue amongst vs from these words in their originall a twofold point of Rhetorique a Metaphor a Paronomasie the one in that there is an allusion in the words the other in that there is an assimilation in the matter There be that would haue the word intend the same party whereto it alludes we say the word but assimilates another thing which it also intends In holy Writ we hold it safer to be led by the apt sense then bare found of words Vpon this Rocke How many haue wilfully dasht themselues to pieces against his Rocke● making the Rocke of sa●nation 〈◊〉 rocke of offence and a common stone to stumble at of the 〈◊〉 corner stone Vpon this Rocke What vpon the man vpon the mans faith rather and confession Vpon his Confession ●ay not vpon his personall faith but the vniuerfall truth Vpon this Rocke will I build my Church what vpon the other nay rather vpon himselfe To say that Christ should build his Church vpon Peter is to liken him to the Foole that built his house vpon the sands so vaine a thing is man Will they lay another foundation besides that which is laid already Confession ●e vpon their Babell It is verified both of Him and Them The Stone which the builders nay the Dawbers refused Mat. 21.42 the 〈◊〉 maugre their ignorance auarice pride and malice 〈…〉 and confessed by all true Christians the head stone in the corner I abhorre that Church and Chayre as groundlesse which will mistake the Rocke to build vpon the sands Let neither Faith nor Hope of mine bee so built till I can belieue three Fables at once That the Earth is vnderprept by a Gyant the Heauens are supported by Atla● or that the Church of Christ is founded vpon Peter Oh thou that art the onely Rocke and sole foundation of my Faith build thou not Thee vpon 〈◊〉 but mee vpon Thee so shall I stand firmely and for euer Immediately vpon Peters Confession the Keyes are granted him By Faith wee are saued without Faith and Confession there 's no opening no entring into the Kingdome of heauen I will giue vnto thee the Keyes What keyes Keyes which some boast of some abuse Keyes which are mostly neither well vsed nor vnderstood Keyes whose power and authority is lost in the ignorance or abuse for they haue them that vse them they that abuse them haue them not Keyes● not of power onely but dis●●●●tion as well to search and discerne as either to binde or loose Keyes whose efficacy it not in the Instrument not in the Agent but from the Author Keyes which neither binde nor loose because of the Administration but according to the desert Retentiue and Remissiue Keyes they call them Keyes of Science to resolue the scrupulous and perplexed spirit● of conscience to absolue the broken and contrite heart What sayes my soule to the power of those Keyes I confesse it fit and iust that the L●per and vncleane should be cast out of the Hoste or Campe that a rotten member ought to be dissected from the body and a scab'd sheepe excluded the Fold That he that refuses to heare the Church should be counted as an Heathen man and a Publicane and the obstinate sinner to be worthily deliuered vp to Satan that hee may learne not to blaspheme I at once admire their vse reuerende their Minister adore their Authour I faithfully beleeue and loue to imbrace the Liberty I feare to incurre and doubt not to obey the censure the denunciation is the sore trembling of my ioynts the Pronunciation is thevery reioycing of my heart For I looke to a surther efficacy then their outward ministery Onely I cannot but lament that their light vse and familiar hath brought them into contempt and wish that the contempt were not so familiar The words are here according to the occasion pronounced but to one of Christs Disciples To they will I giue the Keyes But the power is 〈◊〉 here according to the intention exhibited to them all Mat. 18 18 Whatsoever 〈◊〉 binde on earth shall be bound in he●●●n and whatsoeue● 〈…〉 earth shall be loosed in heauen What is commended to one is meant to all And not to them alone or then onely was this priuiledge and iurisdiction g●●●ted but for euer to their like the true and faithfull Ministers of the Word Say ye then Peter carried the Keyes alone and so shall his Successour Nay but his Fellowes in profession were also partakers of this power and so are all their followers The faith was theirs also and therefore the Promise theirs Say as ye● would haue Peters hand had borne them onely yet 〈◊〉 we not so senselesse to take the Porter for Lord of the house A Doore-keeper was euer accounted the meanest officer in Gods House So he intimates it that notwithstanding in comparison preferres it Psal 84.10 I had rather be a Doore-keeper in the house of my God c. Will ye make Peter after your manner the Prince Head Chiefe First Apostle If Peter would so himselfe hee should so prooue himselfe to be but the last and least Mat. 20.27 Whosoeuer will be chiefe among you let him be your seruant Would Peter vsurpe himselfe what he so disswaded others when he forbad them to be as Lords ouer Gods heritage 1 Pet. 5.3 but rather ensamples to the flocke Wee take Peter for a Prelate indeed not a Prince it is a Key wee see he beares not a Scepter The Keyes wee know are not 〈◊〉 sway but employ and to binde and loose are parts of Office more then Author 〈◊〉 We count Peter the first so as the Scripture records him The first is Simon Mat. 10.2 called Peter