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heaven_n	bind_v	church_n	loose_v	6,945	5	10.4606	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10823	A blovv for the pope, or, A discourse had in S. Giles Church, in Elgen of Murray at a conference with certaine papists, plainely prouing that Peter was neuer head of the Church : with a short register of all the attempts and murthers vpon kings and princes in our time by the persuasion of the Iesuits.	Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.	1615 (1615)	STC 21096.5; ESTC S3099	24,053	74

cals Peter first and why should wee deny him the place which the word of God giues him Answere It is not one thing to bee called first and to be called principal Lord or commander for wee say Homer is the first of Greeke Poets hath he therfore commandement or power ouer all the rest Peter in order may bee called first either in feruencie or magnanimitie or such like but his authoritie and dignitie ouer the rest is denied Secondly Paul making mention of Peter about three and twenty yeares thereafter inuerts that order and placed him betwixt the Bonerges that is Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Thunder to signifie that there was no hidden mysterie in that ennumeration yea and in the Catalogue by sundry of the Euangelists the Disciples are permixt But if vpon Peter say they the Church was builded hee must be Gouernour and Head thereof for so sayth our Sauiour Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke will I build my Church Answere Albeit there might be framed a Sillogisme in moode and figure as there cannot be because there bee foure tearmes after the Schoole-men which cannot enter in a right Sillogisme besides the construction in the Greeke and Latine Tongues which altogether ouerthrowes the Argument alledged yet the Assumption is denied for there is not meant Peter on whome the Church should bee builded but vpon Christ as with manie other auncient Doctors August Iohn Tract 124. Which Christ was that Rocke which he confessed immediately before to be the sonne of the liuing God So Lyranus in Gloss marginali super hanc Petram scilicet quam confessm est ibidem in Gloss interlineari Gloss ordinaria Tu es Petrus scilicet à me Petra ita tamen vt mihi retineam dignitatem fundamenti Et Lyranus ibid. sayth Quod Ecclesia non consistit in hominibus quia multi Pontifices Principes inuenti sunt Apostatasse à fide And so also Gregorius Nicenus in testimoniis Veteris Noui Testamenti But in stead of all these Paule satisfieth vs when he sayth No man can lay any other foundation but that which is layd Iesus Christ. Then Peter is not the ground Which if it had beene otherwise beleeue we that Paule would be ignorant of it or of purpose denie so serious and earnest a matter Moreouer if the Church was builded vpon Peter how was it it did not fall when Peter at the voice of a Maid yea and a long time thereafter was relapsed and reproued by Paule as is aforesaid and whome Christ did vpbraid with the most vile name of a Deuill Will the Building stand firme and stable after the Ground is sunke or fallen or rather is it not the Foundation that vpholds and sustaines the whole Fabrick But that Church which Christ promised to build vpon this Rocke could not fall for so saith hee The Gates of Hell shall not preuaile against her She cannot therefore be founded vpon such a tottering Mould as Peter was Paule boasts of himselfe and that truely that as a skilfull Master-Builder he had layed the Foundation and shall wee thinke that Christ the Wisdome of God would build vpon the Sand where the Winds beat and Waters rise and made it fall and not vpon that Stone hewen out of the Mountaine without hands And shall the Masons of Salomons Church bee commended for their Wisdome that they should haue brought-great Stones and costly Stones to make the Foundation of that materiall House euen hewed Stones which was figuratiue of Christ and the Temple of his Bodie and shall wee not say Loe heere is a greater one then Salomon The Fathers all dranke of the Rocke that followed them and the Rocke saith Paule is Christ. And certainely no man yea the Deuill cannot denie but that there is one Bodie and one Spirit one Lord one Faith one Baptisme one Hope of our Vocation one God and Father of all and that this Church began in the Creation with Adam and Eue and continued euer since in one Place or other Familie or Kingdome sometimes longer sometimes shorter sometimes larger sometimes narrower and had but one Ground which now also vnder the Gospell as by the Prophets long since hath beene fore-told the Gentiles are ioyned thereto But where was this Foundation then What was the Ground that this Building leaned to For shame wee shall not say Peter was borne then vnlesse wee-should make him as old as Adam and Eue or then I tremble to speake it elder then them both for the Ground of the House must be first layd before Building be made Surely if wee will trust Paule he will explaine the matter That neither Iewes nor Gentiles beleeuers are anie more Strangers and Forrainers but Citizens with the Saints and of the Household of God and are builded vpon the Foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Iesus Christ himselfe being that chiefe Corner Stone in whome all the Building coupled together groweth vnto a holie Temple vnto the Lord in whome yee also saith hee to them of Ephesus are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit If any point of all this can bee attributed iustly to Peter hee is blind that cannot see I know the Aduersaries of the Truth will trust Peter at least who sends the Iewes dispersed vnto the consideration of another Foundation If hee had beene that Ground that the Church should bee built vpon would hee not haue claymed it himselfe If so be sayth hee you haue tasted how bountifull the Lord is to whom you come as vnto a liuing Stone disallowed of men but chosen of God and precious and yee as liuely Stones bee made a Spirituall House and a holy Priesthood to offer vp Spirituall Sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. Wherefore it is contained in the Scripture Behold I put in Sion viz. the Church a chiefe Corner stone elect and precious and he that beleeueth therein shall not be ashamed Vnto you therefore which beleeue it is precious but vnto them which be disobedient the stone which the Builders disallowed the same is made the Head of the Corner and a Stone to stumble at and a Rocke of Offence euen to them which stumble at the Word being disobedient where liuely as it were in orient Colours hee paints out that Romane Hierarchie and Antichrist For seeing they stumble in disobedience at the Word of God both in Doctrine and Manners dispensing with it and substituting in place thereof Councels Traditions Ceremonies For this cause they forge to themselues another then the true Head of the Church and would haue a pretended Entrie and Passage thereto by Peter without any Warrant or Approbation in the Word of God as shall bee at length in his owne place God willing euidently proued But say they to whom the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen was giuen him had CHRIST appointed Head of the Church for hee had receiued 〈…〉 to binde and loose remit and