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that_o bind_v and_o lose_v give_v to_o peter_n matthew_n 16._o be_v of_o great_a authority_n then_o that_o give_v to_o the_o other_o apostle_n matthew_n 18._o 18_o his_o argument_n be_v this_o which_o i_o believe_v he_o understand_v not_o himself_o in_o matthew_n 18_o say_v he_o nothing_o be_v give_v to_o the_o apostle_n at_o all_o but_o only_o it_o be_v promise_v to_o they_o and_o explain_v what_o power_n they_o shall_v have_v afterward_o which_o he_o prove_v by_o two_o reason_n the_o first_o be_v that_o they_o be_v not_o yet_o priest_n or_o pastor_n or_o bishop_n when_o christ_n make_v they_o that_o promise_n matthew_n 18._o 18._o but_o only_a after_o the_o resurrection_n second_o because_o those_o word_n whosoever_o you_o shall_v bind_v and_o loose_v etc._n etc._n matthew_n 18._o be_v the_o parallel_n of_o those_o say_v
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affirm_v that_o all_o the_o apostle_n have_v power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v in_o the_o heaven_n so_o do_v chrysostomus_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la and_o isidorus_n pelusiota_n lib._n 2._o epist_n 5._o and_o augustinus_n against_o the_o adversary_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o and_o paceanus_n epist_n 1._o to_o sympronianus_n and_o in_o his_o book_n against_o the_o novatian_o all_o which_o father_n affirm_v that_o the_o apostle_n have_v power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v in_o coelis_fw-la in_o the_o heaven_n the_o schoolman_n likewise_o speak_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o lombardus_fw-la distinct_a 18._o of_o the_o first_o chapter_n lib._n 4._o and_o also_o in_o the_o same_o book_n distinct_a 19_o and_o durandus_fw-la quest_n 1._o in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o say_v 19_o distinct_a this_o be_v it_o that_o prove_v that_o all_o the_o apostle_n have_v the_o key_n not_o only_o of_o heaven_n but_o of_o the_o heaven_n whereby_o it_o 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hear_v it_o to_o make_v satisfaction_n after_o three_o admonition_n let_v he_o be_v unto_o thou_o as_o a_o publican_n he_o affirm_v that_o peter_n although_o but_o one_o person_n yet_o have_v the_o key_n of_o many_o heaven_n but_o other_o or_o those_o admonisher_n three_o time_n although_o many_o person_n yet_o have_v only_o the_o key_n of_o one_o heaven_n and_o so_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o origines_fw-la bozius_n lib._n 18._o cap._n 1._o de_fw-la signis_fw-la ecclesie_n sustain_v that_o distinction_n of_o heaven_n and_o heaven_n mention_v by_o the_o castro_n and_o bishop_n fisher_n but_o it_o be_v answer_v those_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n take_v great_a liberty_n to_o themselves_o in_o exposition_n of_o the_o father_n bellarmin_n as_o we_o show_v before_o press_v by_o a_o testimony_n of_o origen_n not_o only_o affirm_v but_o also_o prove_v that_o these_o word_n upon_o this_o rock_n i_o will_v build_v my_o church_n or_o that_o in_o these_o word_n nothing_o be_v promise_v
and_o all_o the_o apostle_n to_o teach_v that_o doctrine_n which_o he_o have_v reveal_v unto_o themselves_o immediate_o that_o be_v as_o he_o have_v feed_v they_o so_o they_o shall_v feed_v other_o beside_o themselves_o bosius_n de_fw-fr signis_fw-la come_v in_o with_o a_o notable_a sophism_n which_o be_v this_o our_o saviour_n say_v he_o say_v not_o to_o peter_n feed_v my_o sheep_n hereafter_o but_o in_o the_o present_a tense_n feed_v now_o my_o sheep_n but_o when_o our_o saviour_n speak_v these_o word_n he_o have_v no_o other_o sheep_n but_o the_o apostle_n ergo_fw-la say_v he_o our_o saviour_n command_v peter_n to_o feed_v the_o apostle_n but_o it_o be_v answer_v we_o retort_v the_o argument_n just_a as_o we_o do_v before_o our_o saviour_n matthew_n 28._o 19_o affirm_v teach_v you_o all_o nation_n in_o the_o present_a tense_n but_o there_o be_v no_o other_o christian_n to_o be_v teach_v then_o but_o the_o apostle_n if_o bozius_n subsume_v right_o ergo_fw-la the_o apostle_n there_o 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what_o thou_o lose_v on_o earth_n shall_v not_o be_v loose_v in_o heaven_n feed_v thou_o not_o my_o sheep_n without_o all_o question_n the_o heretic_n will_v conclude_v that_o our_o saviour_n do_v not_o ordain_v the_o apostle_n peter_n head_n and_o monarch_n of_o the_o church_n and_o therefore_o since_o our_o saviour_n say_v unto_o peter_n thou_o be_v the_o rock_n upon_o which_o i_o will_v build_v my_o church_n i_o will_v give_v unto_o thâ—â—_n the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n what_o thou_o bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n and_o what_o thou_o lose_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v loose_v in_o heaven_n and_o since_o our_o saviour_n enjoin_v he_o to_o feed_v his_o sheep_n therefore_o say_v he_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o our_o saviour_n in_o these_o three_o passage_n ordain_v the_o apostle_n peter_n monarch_n of_o the_o church_n because_o if_o the_o negation_n of_o those_o thing_n conclude_v that_o peter_n be_v not_o ordain_v head_n of_o the_o church_n 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there_o be_v vitium_fw-la typographi_fw-la or_o a_o fault_n of_o the_o printer_n but_o when_o i_o consult_v valentia_n himself_o in_o his_o analysis_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 7._o and_o his_o commentary_n upon_o thomas_n i_o find_v to_o my_o astonishment_n that_o he_o so_o play_v the_o fool_n and_o then_o brag_v of_o his_o madness_n this_o argument_n of_o he_o be_v a_o most_o ridiculous_a sophism_n and_o i_o can_v but_o admire_v that_o any_o learned_a man_n such_o as_o valentia_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o make_v use_n of_o such_o a_o argument_n much_o more_o to_o brag_v of_o it_o as_o invincible_a the_o ground_n of_o his_o argument_n consist_v in_o a_o topick_n axiom_n of_o his_o own_o divise_v against_o all_o the_o rule_n of_o logic_n viz._n if_o the_o negation_n of_o a_o certain_a particular_a conclude_v any_o thing_n not_o to_o be_v then_o the_o affirmation_n of_o the_o say_v particular_a couclud_v the_o say_a thing_n to_o be_v as_o one_o will_v reason_v thus_o if_o the_o apostle_n 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be_v of_o nicolaus_n cusanus_fw-la that_o famous_a cardinal_n who_o espenseus_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la adorat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la and_o aeneas_n silvius_n afterward_o bishop_n of_o rome_n both_o commend_v as_o one_o of_o the_o able_a divine_n that_o ever_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n produce_v his_o first_o testimony_n be_v 21._o do_v in_o novo_fw-la 24._o quest_n 1._o sed_fw-la scimus_fw-la quod_fw-la petrus_n nihil_fw-la plus_fw-la potestatis_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la accepit_fw-la aliis_fw-la apostolis_n but_o we_o know_v that_o peter_n get_v no_o more_o power_n from_o christ_n then_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o likewise_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o concordiâ—_n catholicae_fw-la where_o he_o have_v this_o notable_a testimony_n et_fw-la quanquam_fw-la petro_n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la petrus_n si_fw-la petrus_n per_fw-la petram_fw-la lapis_fw-la fundamenti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o elligi_fw-la deberet_fw-la tunc_fw-la secundum_fw-la s._n hieronymum_n 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