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catholic_n church_n but_o how_o it_o prove_v st._n peter_n supremacy_n i_o can_v devise_v except_o you_o can_v prove_v that_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n be_v but_o one_o individual_a and_o make_v they_o two_o into_o one_o man_n as_o p._n 76._o you_o have_v make_v scotus_n erigena_n into_o two_o nor_o be_v there_o a_o word_n here_o about_o supremacy_n all_o that_o irenaeus_n say_v be_v fevard_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d viz._n romae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d iren._n c._n haer._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o edit_fw-la fevard_n that_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n by_o their_o joint_a endeavour_n have_v found_v that_o church_n make_v linus_n bishop_n there_o etc._n etc._n which_o place_n seem_v to_o if_o it_o real_o do_v not_o exclude_v st._n peter_n be_v bishop_n there_o himself_o at_o all_o so_o far_o be_v it_o from_o prove_v his_o supremacy_n but_o if_o it_o will_v not_o serve_v for_o this_o purpose_n let_v we_o see_v what_o it_o will_v do_v for_o to_o prove_v the_o catholic_n church_n to_o be_v monarchical_a and_o no_o other_o than_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n you_o find_v say_v you_o irenaeus_n i_o will_v venture_v to_o put_v in_o say_v for_o without_o it_o or_o such_o a_o word_n i_o must_v confess_v that_o i_o can_v make_v english_a out_o of_o your_o period_n that_o it_o be_v of_o necessity_n that_o every_o church_n shall_v agree_v with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n etc._n etc._n your_o translation_n here_o i_o can_v admit_v for_o convenire_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la be_v sure_o to_o come_v up_o to_o this_o church_n the_o reason_n of_o which_o st._n irenaeus_n make_v the_o potentior_fw-la principalitas_fw-la which_o i_o wonder_v you_o shall_v omit_v in_o your_o translation_n the_o more_o powerful_a principality_n the_o supreme_a civil_a government_n rome_n then_o be_v the_o imperial_a city_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o senate_n and_o chief_a judicature_n which_o must_v of_o necessity_n bring_v people_n 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apostolical_a church_n from_o the_o pure_a antiquity_n which_o i_o can_v easy_o show_v have_v i_o room_n here_o i_o only_o ask_v they_o what_o every_o church_n be_v to_o go_v thither_o for_o be_v it_o for_o the_o catholic_n faith_n that_o st._n 3._o st._n traditionem_fw-la igitur_fw-la apostoloruâ—_n in_fw-la toto_fw-la mundo_fw-la manifestatam_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la adest_fw-la perspicere_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la etc._n etc._n iren._n con_v haer._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o irenaeus_n assure_v we_o they_o every_o one_o have_v at_o home_n the_o apostle_n after_o their_o church_n plant_v deliver_v to_o they_o the_o true_a faith_n which_o then_o be_v keep_v as_o he_o assure_v we_o inviolable_o by_o they_o and_o therefore_o no_o need_n to_o go_v to_o rome_n for_o it_o be_v it_o for_o discipline_n there_o be_v as_o little_a need_n for_o their_o go_v about_o this_o as_o for_o the_o other_o
matth._n 16.13_o 14_o etc._n etc._n wherein_o the_o discourse_n of_o our_o saviour_n with_o his_o disciple_n and_o his_o gift_n of_o the_o key_n to_o peter_n be_v record_v speak_v to_o his_o disciple_n as_o invest_v already_o with_o this_o power_n of_o bind_v and_o lose_v heaven_n lose_v s._n matt._n 18.17_o 18._o and_o if_o he_o shall_v neglect_v to_o hear_v they_o tell_v it_o unto_o the_o church_n but_o if_o he_o neglect_v to_o hear_v the_o church_n let_v he_o be_v to_o thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a man_n and_o a_o publican_n very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v etc._n etc._n and_o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v loose_v shall_v be_v loose_v in_o heaven_n which_o place_n with_o i_o put_v it_o past_o all_o doubt_n that_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v equal_o concern_v in_o that_o speech_n of_o our_o saviour_n to_n st._n peter_n and_o thereby_o have_v equal_a power_n but_o if_o they_o will_v not_o allow_v this_o place_n to_o 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you_o shall_v say_v i_o leave_v that_o part_n unanswered_a chap._n xiii_o argument_n for_o the_o primacy_n not_o die_v with_o peter_n answer_v the_o proof_n out_o of_o st._n chrysostome_n for_o st._n peter_n supremacy_n full_o confute_v your_o argument_n for_o the_o primacy_n not_o die_v with_o peter_n be_v few_o and_o which_o be_v worse_a nothing_o to_o your_o purpose_n 13._o pag._n 13._o since_o they_o be_v far_o from_o prove_v what_o you_o desire_v but_o you_o ought_v to_o have_v remember_v that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o your_o task_n to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o primacy_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o die_v with_o st._n peter_n but_o that_o it_o be_v to_o descend_v to_o the_o successive_a bishop_n of_o rome_n after_o his_o decease_n and_o not_o to_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n nor_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o antioch_n but_o since_o i_o perceive_v we_o shall_v find_v the_o first_o to_o wit_n of_o prove_v the_o primacy_n not_o to_o die_v with_o st._n peter_n too_o many_o for_o you_o it_o will_v be_v cruel_a to_o put_v you_o upon_o prove_v any_o of_o the_o other_o for_o as_o to_o that_o proof_n out_o of_o the_o epistle_n of_o st._n hierome_n to_o demetrias_n all_o it_o prove_v be_v that_o innocentius_n be_v anastasius_n successor_n in_o the_o apostolical_a chair_n at_o rome_n now_o if_o you_o can_v prove_v hence_o 14._o pag._n 14._o either_o that_o this_o be_v the_o sole_a and_o only_o apostolical_a chair_n or_o that_o it_o be_v always_o the_o chief_a and_o govern_v chair_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n every_o one_o will_v see_v that_o you_o allege_v a_o place_n nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n have_v not_o a_o word_n of_o st._n peter_n in_o it_o that_o you_o can_v show_v either_o of_o they_o be_v what_o i_o to_o prevent_v your_o trouble_n of_o inquire_v among_o your_o people_n about_o it_o will_v make_v appear_v in_o a_o very_a few_o word_n that_o the_o apostolical_a chair_n at_o rome_n be_v not_o the_o only_a chair_n in_o the_o church_n catholic_n 1597._o catholic_n percurre_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la apostolicas_fw-la apud_fw-la quas_fw-la ipsae_fw-la adhuc_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la suis_fw-la locis_fw-la praesidentur_fw-la proxima_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la achaia_n habes_fw-la corinthum_n philippos_n thessalonicenses_n ephesum_fw-la romam_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr prescript_n contr_n haeret._n c._n 36._o edit_fw-la junii_fw-la franekerae_fw-la 1597._o tertullian_n be_v demonstration_n run_v over_o say_v he_o the_o apostolical_a church_n in_o which_o the_o very_a chair_n the_o apostle_n use_v be_v to_o this_o day_n preside_v in_o by_o the_o bishop_n in_o their_o several_a place_n and_o then_o he_o reckon_v corinth_n and_o philippi_n and_o rome_n itself_o among_o the_o rest_n that_o it_o be_v not_o original_o the_o chief_a or_o govern_v chair_n be_v as_o plain_a from_o the_o account_n we_o have_v in_o euscbius_n from_o vale_n from_o pest_n servatoris_fw-la ascensum_fw-la petrum_fw-la jacobum_fw-la &_o joannem_fw-la quamvis_fw-la dominus_fw-la ipsos_fw-la caeteris_fw-la praetulisset_fw-la non_fw-la idcirco_fw-la de_fw-fr primo_fw-la honoris_fw-la gradu_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la contendisse_fw-la sed_fw-la jacobum_fw-la cognomine_fw-la justum_fw-la hierosolymorum_fw-la episcopum_fw-la elegisse_fw-la clemens_n apud_fw-la euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o edit_fw-la vale_n clemens_n his_o six_o book_n of_o institution_n that_o after_o our_o lord_n ascension_n peter_n james_n and_o john_n though_o prefer_v not_o peter_n alone_o by_o our_o lord_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o thereupon_o contend_v among_o themselves_o for_o the_o first_o place_n of_o honour_n but_o choose_v james_n the_o just_a bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o chair_n i_o be_o sure_a this_o passage_n make_v primus_fw-la honoris_fw-la gradus_fw-la the_o chief_a cathedra_fw-la in_o the_o world_n have_v thus_o spoil_v this_o your_o proof_n your_o next_o will_v give_v i_o the_o less_o trouble_n 14._o pag._n 14._o wherein_o st._n hierome_n tell_v damasus_n that_o in_o this_o miserable_a condition_n of_o the_o eastern_a church_n be_v overrun_v by_o heresy_n he_o will_v stick_v to_o st._n peter_n be_v chair_n and_o that_o faith_n commend_v by_o st._n paul_n etc._n etc._n which_o passage_n will_v have_v clear_v itself_o have_v you_o but_o be_v so_o just_a as_o to_o have_v translate_v the_o very_a next_o word_n which_o bring_v we_o st._n hierome_n reason_n for_o this_o his_o resolution_n of_o slight_v all_o heretic_n and_o communicate_v with_o the_o apostolical_a chair_n at_o rome_n because_o he_o have_v in_o that_o church_n be_v first_o make_v a_o christian_a damaso_n ind_n nunc_fw-la meae_fw-la animae_fw-la postulans_fw-la cibum_fw-la unde_fw-la olim_fw-la christi_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la suscepi_fw-la hieron_n ep._n damaso_n and_o therefore_o thence_o will_v receive_v the_o spiritual_a food_n for_o his_o soul._n have_v you_o mr._n scl._n but_o make_v st._n hierome_n resolution_n your_o own_o you_o have_v never_o fall_v from_o the_o catholic_n apostolical_a and_o orthodox_n communion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n unto_o that_o of_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n remember_v that_o you_o have_v not_o prove_v either_o a_o primacy_n or_o a_o succession_n in_o it_o for_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o next_o place_n as_o though_o conscious_a to_o yourself_o that_o you_o have_v do_v nothing_o hitherto_o and_o that_o your_o argument_n for_o the_o supremacy_n and_o then_o for_o the_o succession_n be_v too_o weak_a you_o fall_v again_o to_o the_o prove_v that_o st._n peter_n be_v supreme_a o_o incomparable_a method_n and_o be_v now_o resolve_v to_o do_v it_o to_o purpose_n but_o how_o out_o of_o st._n chrysostome_n homily_n and_o comment_n there_o be_v no_o one_o that_o have_v look_v though_o but_o a_o little_a into_o that_o father_n that_o will_v not_o smile_v at_o this_o your_o attempt_n however_o you_o tell_v we_o and_o no_o body_n will_v deny_v it_o that_o 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