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faith_n	build_v	peter_n	rock_n	5,754	5	9.5900	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70924	Romes destruction, or, Expresse texts and necessary consequences drawn out of the word of God, for the condemning of the doctrine of the Roman church, and justifying of that of the reformed churches first written in French, by C.D.R., a French noble-man ; and now published in English, at the solicitation of divers religious men of this nation by Jam. Mountaine.	C. D. R.; Mountaine, James.	1641 (1641)	Wing R11; ESTC R10609	52,610	234

not at all in principality and superiority of jurisdiction Moreover they alledge againe That Christ said to Peter Thou art Peter and upon this rocke will I build my Church Therefore say they Peter was established the head and foundation of the Church I answer That Christ did not build upon the person of Peter but upon himselfe and upon the confession of Faith which Peter had made and therefore this conclusion That S. Peter is head and foundation of the Church is false For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid saith S. Paul 1. Cor. 3. 11. But this foundation which is laid is Christ Jesus Therefore no man can lay any other foundation than Christ Jesus Againe Christ hath plainely distinguished Peter from the Rock that is Simon Peter from the living Rocke upon which is builded the Church For he saith not super te Petrum but Super hanc petram that is to say upon this Rocke and not upon thee Peter Moreover let every one judge whether it is more convenient the Church should be grounded upon Peter than upon Christ upon the Son of the living God whom Peter had confessed or upon Peter who presently after denied the Son of the living God upon him who hath vanquished Satan or upon him whom Christ calleth Satan Mat. 16. 23. Upon him who is called the chiefe corner stone or upon him who was a scandal that is to say a stumbling stone Againe the Popes Disciples alledge that Christ said thrice to 〈…〉 my sheep But there is gr●●● difference betwixt feeding Christs sheep and to be Universal Head of the Church and Prince of the Apostles Christ saith not to him feed my sheep universally or soveraignly the same commission of feeding the sheep is given to all the Apostles The holy Ghost saith Saint Paul hath established you Bishops to feed the Church of God whom he hath purchased with his owne blood Act. 20. 28. Feed the flock of Christ which is committed unto you saith S. Peter 1. Pet. 5. 21. Christ speaketh unto Peter onely and biddeth him three times feed his sheep because he had denyed him thrice Christ draweth three confessions from him to remedy his threefold denying at the end of which he is reestablished in the office of a Pastor Therefore this being prooved that Saint Peter was not head of the Church nor Prince of the Apostles It followeth that the Pope who challengeth it but as his Successor hath intruded himself into that office without any lawfull calling and maintaineth himselfe therein by tyranny doing and practising that which neither Christ nor Peter ever did or practised 1. For neither Christ nor Peter ever shewed themselves in Pontificalibus crown'd with three crowns nor caused the Kings of the earth to kisse their feet as the Pope doth at this day having changed the Christian Religion into Idolatry superstition and false doctrines contrary unto the Word of God 2. Saint Peter never exalted himselfe above men and Angels as the Pope doth in that he willeth and commandeth all men to worship him and the Angel refused it saying to John that would have worshipped him See thou doe it not I am a servant with thee worship God Apoc. 22. 9. Saint Peter likewise made Cornelius the Centurion to arise saying unto him That he himselfe was a man Acts 10. 16. 3. Saint Peter never bragged that he had all power both in heaven and in earth as the Pope doth Item he never gave away the kingdomes of the World nor for that end dispensed with any Subjects for their oath of allegiance 4. Saint Peter never caused himselfe to be called God as the Pope doth Can. satisf distinct 96. nor said that he was neither God nor man but somewhat betwixt the Divinity and the Humanity as saith the Glosse upon the Clementines and never made himselfe to be called most holy Father 5. Saint Peter never stiled himselfe the Spouse of the Church The Prince of the Apostles the Universall Monarch the Soveraigne Pastor the Lyon of Juda the Saviour of the Church as the Pope doth Councell of Lateran Session 6. Who in so doing taketh upon him those titles which belong onely unto Christ 6. The Councell of Florence saith That the Pope may add to the Symbole of the Apostles which is as much in effect as to account and acknowledge him to be God For none but God alone can add to the Symbole And make Articles of Faith in his Church to bind the consciences of men Upon this objection De Raconismaketh a pleasant answer toPeter du Moulin That which you produce saith hee in his triumph of truth page 127. of the Councell of Florence that the Pope may add to the Apostles Creed avayleth nothing The meaning of it is only that he may whether in a Councell or out of a Councell establish Articles of Faith But not that hee will place them as thirteenth fourteenth or fifteenth Articles of the Apostles Creed This Doctor being smitten on his visible head was so amazed with the blow that he knew not what he wrote Master du Moulin tels him that the Councell of Florence saith that the Pope may add to the Apostles Creed Thereupon hee answereth that the onely meaning is that the Pope may make Articles of Faith Is not that well answered Doubtlesse if the Pope may add to the Symbole hee may make Articles of Faith Therefore he should have proved first that the Pope may add to the Creed and then it had been time for him to tell that he may make Articles of Faith But who hath told him that the onely meaning is that the Pope may make Articles of Faith What audaciousnesse is it in this Doctor so to restraine and wrest the words of this Councell which saith in expresse tearmes that the Pope may add to the Creed Mark therefore that De Raconis doth not say that the Pope may not add to the Creed but that the Articles of faith which he may make he will not place them as thirteenth fourteenth or fifteenth Articles of the Creed I answer it matters not since the Pope will have whatsoever he saith and decreeth in matters of Religion to be received with like credit authority and certainty as the Articles of the Creed Moreover I deny that the Pope may add to the Creed and make Articles of Faith And it is De Raconis part and the rest of the Doctors of the Roman Church to prove it by expresse texts of the Word of God or by necessary consequences drawne out of the same For lack of which I maintain that this alone is sufficient to prove that the Pope is Antichrist since he takes upon him that power which belongeth onely to God which is to be able to add to the Creed and make Articles of Faith to bind the consciences of men In a word if the Pope be wholly contrary to our Lord Jesus Christ both in doctrine and in manners It followes hee is that Antichrist spoken of in the

containe all things necessary to Salvation That ●t is but a piece of a rule a nose of wax a two-handed sword But for to supply the Scriptures want there is a Tradition and unwritten Word which they cause to be received with like credit and certainty as the very Word of God And with this artifice and cunning the Pope hath set up himselfe in the Temple of God and hath changed the Christian Religion into Idolatry superstition and false Doctrine causing the people to receive whatsoever he saith and decrees as the very Word and ordinance of God though they be things directly contrary to the same which things by the grace of God I shall make plainly appeare by many places of the Word of God and necessary consequences drawne out of the same First as touching the darknesse of the Scripture which they suppose for to hinder the simple people from reading the same I say that in this very thing they truely shew themselves to be those blinde and incredulous ones of whom S. Paul speakes when he saith If our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost In whom the God of this World hath blinded the mindes of them that beleeve not Lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ who is the Image of God should shine unto them 2. Cor. 4. ver. 3. 4. If the Word of God be dark it is not in regard of it selfe but of men that are blinde by nature in things that are of God The natural man saith S. Paul receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishnesse unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned 1. Cor. 2. 14. And our Lord teacheth us that they which are not of God cannot heare the Word of God Joh. 8. 47. The Word of God is not dark to them that have received the Spirit of God that they may know the things which are freely given to them of God 1. Cor. 2. 12. I prove it by these arguments Whatsoever is a lampe unto the feet of the Faithfull and a light unto their paths the same is not dark unto them But the Word of God is a lampe unto the feet of the Faithfull and a light unto their paths Psal. 119. 105. Therefore the Word of God is not dark unto them Item Whatsoever illuminateth and makes the simple to have understanding the same is plain unto them But the Word of God enlightneth and maketh the simple to have understanding Psal. 119. 130. Therefore the Word of God is plain unto the simple Secondly The Pope and his Adherents teaching that the Word of God containeth not all things necessary to Salvation shew themselves wholly and absolutely adverse to Saint Paul these words are plain toTimothy The holy Scriptures saith he are able to make thee wise unto Salvation through Faith which is in Christ Jesus All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproofe for correction and for instruction in righteousnesse That the Man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto all good works 2. Tim. 3. 15. 16. 17. The written Word of God hath the vertue and power to save soules S. James teacheth the same when he saith Receive with meeknesse the engrafted Word which is able to save your soules Jam. 1. 21. If you continue in my Word saith Christ You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free Joh. 8. 31. 32. These things are written saith S. John that you may beleeve that Jesus is the Christ the Sonne of God and in beleeving you may have life through his name Joh. 20. 31. The written Word of God therefore containeth all things necessary to Salvation and it is a needlesse thing to have recourse to mens Traditions Againe Christ saith That they worship him in vain teaching for doctrines the commandements of men Mark 7. 7. He would not therefore have men to take upon them to make laws commandements in his Church But rather that al should submit themselves to his doctrine and Commandements contained in his Word without either adding unto it or diminishing from it Deut. 4. 2. Apoc. 22. 18. 19. The fear of this people saith he is towards me through the commandements of men Esay 29. 13. In a word Christ and his Apostles in many places doe send us to the written Word of God but never to an unwritten word or humane Traditions But rather on the contrary S. Paul exhorteth the faithfull to take heed least they be surprised by the Traditions and vain deceits of men If any man saith he yea even an Angel from Heaven preach unto you any other Gospel than that which you have received let him be accursed Galat. 1. 8. The written Word of God therefore containeth all that which is necessary to salvation and consequently we need not seek after any other unwritten Word for that purpose Moreover We doe not reject all kind of Traditions but onely such as are contrary unto the Word of God or invented by men for to impose a yoake upon the consciences of men which God hath not imposed The true Church groundeth no Articles of faith upon the Traditions of men but upon the Word of God But our Adversaries build their Articles of faith upon the Tradition and the unwritten Word onely which they preferre before the holy Scriptures and set it up far above the same Gabriel de S. Maria in his treatise of the Authority of Scripture chap. 7. pag. 162. saith that If we doe compare the Tradition with the written Word of God we shall finde that the Tradition excels it infinitely for that it hath more necessity more light more firmenesse and more authority than the written Word of God The Church of God useth some Traditions but such as are not contrary unto the Word of God and which doe not impose a yoake upon the consciences of men But the Traditions of the Roman Church which as our Adversaries say excel the Word of God infinitely are directly contrary unto the same and impose a yoake upon the consciences of men which God hath not imposed which is clearly verified in these examples following 1 In the first place The Tradition and unwritten Word of the Roman Church teacheth That all the Faithfull ought not to reade and meditate upon the Word of God This doctrin is contrary to these places of the written word of God Blessed is he that readeth the Words of this Prophesie c. Apoc. 1. 3. Seek unto the Book of the Law and reade c. Esay 34. 39. 2 The Tradition and unwritten Word of the Roman Church teacheth That Saints departed are our advocates and mediators towards God This Doctrine is contrary to these expresse places of the written Word of God God is one and the Mediator one between God and Man the Man Christ Jesus 1. Tim. 2. 5. If any man sinne we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous John