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seven_o year_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o for_o as_o many_o year_n and_o at_o that_o present_a time_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n both_o city_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o yet_o not_o without_o considerable_a number_n of_o jew_n therein_o it_o be_v strange_a he_o have_v not_o before_o determine_v that_o question_n touch_v the_o circumcision_n of_o the_o gentile_n or_o it_o may_v have_v be_v a_o sufficient_a argument_n for_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n to_o have_v say_v peter_n the_o quondam_a bishop_n of_o this_o city_n and_o now_o of_o rome_n christ_n vicar_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o apostle_n teach_v and_o practise_v otherwise_o 5._o it_o be_v most_o improbable_a which_o bellarmine_n here_o assert_n viz._n that_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o year_n peter_n shall_v be_v bishop_n of_o antioch_n imprison_v at_o jerusalem_n and_o yet_o also_o in_o that_o very_a year_n come_v to_o rome_n and_o make_v himself_o bishop_n there_o let_v any_o judicious_a person_n but_o consider_v the_o great_a distance_n of_o those_o several_a place_n and_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o travel_v in_o those_o day_n and_o that_o there_o appear_v not_o the_o least_o ground_n for_o such_o his_o post_v to_o and_o fro_o and_o he_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o suspect_v it_o altogether_o romantic_a or_o a_o story_n fit_a for_o the_o legend_n than_o a_o article_n of_o faith_n 2._o to_o that_o of_o paul_n not_o salute_v peter_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n the_o cardinal_n say_v two_o thing_n first_o that_o the_o same_o st._n paul_n write_v to_o the_o ephesian_n mention_n not_o st._n john_n nor_o james_n in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n yet_o they_o be_v bishop_n of_o those_o church_n second_o that_o when_o paul_n write_v that_o epistle_n peter_n be_v not_o yet_o return_v to_o rome_n from_o the_o apostolical_a synod_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o the_o cardinal_n have_v not_o prove_v answer_n that_o either_o john_n or_o james_n be_v ever_o bishop_n of_o those_o respective_a place_n in_o a_o strict_a and_o proper_a sense_n st._n john_n be_v never_o that_o i_o know_v of_o reckon_v bishop_n of_o ephesus_n nor_o can_v be_v so_o without_o displace_v of_o timothy_n who_o according_a to_o the_o current_a testimony_n of_o antiquity_n be_v by_o paul_n constitute_v bishop_n there_o nor_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n be_v write_v to_o those_o at_o jerusalem_n nor_o last_o be_v st._n james_n then_o alive_a so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o parity_n 2._o as_o for_o peter_n not_o be_v return_v as_o yet_o to_o rome_n aquila_n and_o priscilla_n be_v get_v back_o for_o he_o send_v greeting_n to_o they_o together_o with_o who_o bellarmine_n affirm_v peter_n be_v expel_v and_o why_o not_o peter_n the_o bishop_n of_o the_o place_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o we_o find_v paul_n have_v a_o firm_a
the_o gentleman_n skill_n in_o arithmetic_n seem_v as_o extraordinary_a as_o in_o history_n when_o he_o take_v 43_o out_o of_o 1686_o there_o remain_v precise_o 1647._o 1647._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr nat._n &_o grat._n cap._n 61._o protestant_n not_o much_o concern_v in_o the_o question_n thing_n to_o be_v prove_v by_o romanist_n beside_o peter_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n rome_n onuphirus_n in_o chron._n pont._n confess_v 30._o 30._o de_fw-fr sum_fw-la pontif._n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o 1._o cajet_fw-fr de_fw-fr diu._n instie_n pontif._n c._n 13._o canus_n loc._n l._n 6._o c._n 8._o peter_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n a_o article_n of_o their_o faith_n faith_n the_o very_a same_o oath_n among_o other_o thing_n be_v at_o this_o day_n exact_v of_o all_o protestant_n that_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v convert_v to_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o france_n as_o i_o be_o very_o credible_o assure_v the_o sum_n of_o christianity_n christianity_n de_fw-fr sum_fw-la pontif_n in_o praefat._n the_o reasonableness_n or_o necessity_n of_o examine_v this_o point_n the_o negative_a not_o undertake_v to_o be_v prove_v the_o two_o chief_a question_n question_n annot._n in_o jo._n 18._o 31._o 31._o de_fw-fr concord_n sacerd._n &_o imper_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 1._o sect._n 4._o 4._o lib._n 14._o cap._n 39_o 39_o preface_n to_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr pontif._n beauties_n second_o proof_n ans_fw-fr barnabas_n say_v to_o preach_v at_o rome_n before_o peter_n the_o three_o argument_n answ_n the_o four_o argument_n the_o answer_n answer_n lib._n 2._o ca._n 15._o 15._o bar._n tom._n 1._o ad_fw-la ann._n 68_o no._n 16_o 17._o beauties_n 5_o argument_n for_o peter_n be_v at_o rome_n answ_n touch_v the_o place_n of_o st._n peter_n death_n see_v also_o afterward_o ch_n 5._o quest_n 4._o a_o six_o argument_n answ_n *_n de_fw-fr summ._n pontif._n l_o 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr offic_n ordin_n c._n quoniam_fw-la quoniam_fw-la 2_o pet._n 5._o 2._o 2._o camer_n acensis_fw-la qu._n vesper_n act._n 3._o a_o difference_n between_o be_v a_o apostle_n and_o bishop_n of_o such_o a_o particular_a place_n 2_o cor._n 11._o 28._o peter_n be_v not_o ordain_v bishop_n of_o any_o particular_a church_n peter_n more_o likely_a to_o be_v bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n than_o of_o antioch_n or_o rome_n rome_n con._n nic._n can._n 15._o 16._o l_o conc._n antioch_n can_v 21._o 22._o conc._n chalcedon_n can._n 10._o object_n answ_n eusebius_n abuse_v to_o colour_n peter_n be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n rome_n in_o not._n ad_fw-la euseb_n l._n 3._o c._n 21._o 21._o praefat._v recogn_n clement_n ad_fw-la gaudent_fw-la to_o what_o purpose_n shall_v peter_n be_v a_o bishop_n whence_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n rome_n conc._n nic._n c._n 5._o conc._n melevit_fw-la c._n 22._o 22._o vid._n euseb_n l._n 5._o c._n 24._o 24._o hier._n ad_fw-la evagrium_fw-la epistol_n l._n 1._o many_o counterfeit_v under_o pretence_n of_o antiquity_n antiquity_n in_o catalogue_n catalogue_n lib._n 4._o ca._n 22._o of_o linus_n linus_n baron_fw-fr ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 44._o n._n 45._o &_o annum_fw-la 60._o n._n 6._o possev_n in_o appar_n v._o linus_n of_o papias_n papias_n euseb_n l._n 3._o c._n 39_o 39_o baron_fw-fr mart._n ad_fw-la diem_fw-la jan_n 26._o of_o egesippus_fw-la of_o the_o decretal_a epistle_n what_o they_o be_v the_o collection_n ascribe_v to_o isidore_n a_o counterfeit_n counterfeit_n pseudo_fw-la isidor_n cap._n 2._o 2._o histor_n l._n 2._o c._n 18._o 18._o see_v onuphr_n chronicon_fw-la pontif._n pontif._n vide_fw-la baron_n in_o notis_n martyrolog_n ad_fw-la 4._o apr._n baron_fw-fr anno_fw-la christ_n 865._o n._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr roman_n pontif._n l._n 2._o cap._n 14._o 14._o baron_fw-fr ad_fw-la ann._n 865._o n._n 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o 8._o baron_fw-fr ibid._n n._n 7._o reason_n to_o show_v the_o decretal_a epistle_n to_o be_v forgery_n forgery_n extrav_fw-mi de_fw-fr rescriptis_fw-la ad_fw-la audientiam_fw-la a_o letter_n from_o clement_n to_o st._n james_n a_o forgery_n vide_fw-la platin._n a_o decretal_a epistle_n about_o remove_v st._n peter_n boves_fw-la boves_fw-la the_o catacumbae_fw-la or_o catatumboe_n as_o here_o write_v be_v vast_a public_a vault_n or_o underground_o repository_n for_o dead_a body_n see_v a_o handsome_a discourse_n of_o they_o at_o rome_n and_o those_o other_o more_o spacious_a one_o at_o naples_n in_o dr._n burnet_n letter_n who_o prove_v that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v the_o workmanship_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n for_o the_o bestow_n of_o the_o body_n of_o their_o martyr_n as_o be_v common_o suggest_v and_o intimate_v here_o by_o this_o feign_a epistle_n but_o rather_o be_v cut_v out_o from_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o the_o city_n for_o the_o common_a burial_n place_n of_o the_o ancient_a heathen_n especial_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n slave_n etc._n etc._n etc._n june_n the_o 29_o prove_v to_o be_v a_o forgery_n of_o clemens_n of_o abdias_n abdias_n in_o recogn_n of_o the_o pontifical_a baronius_n despair_n of_o any_o certainty_n of_o the_o apostle_n action_n not_o mention_v in_o scripture_n of_o the_o time_n of_o peter_n come_v to_o rome_n how_o long_o he_o stay_v there_o what_o year_n peter_n suffer_v do_v paul_n suffer_v at_o the_o same_o time_n time_n act_n 7_o 58._o of_o peter_n successor_n the_o answer_n to_o both_o whether_o peter_n sit_v seven_o year_n at_o antioch_n before_o he_o go_v to_o rome_n the_o history_n of_o peter_n according_a to_o onuphrius_n object_n 1._o answer_n object_n 2._o answer_n answer_n baron_fw-fr annal_n tom._n 1._o ad_fw-la ann._n 69._o s._n 9_o 9_o idem_fw-la ad_fw-la an._n 39_o 39_o defence_n pac._n part_n 2._o c._n 16._o 16._o occh._n dial._n par_fw-fr 1._o l._n 2._o ca_n 3._o peter_n not_o at_o rome_n the_o first_o two_o year_n after_o the_o passion_n nor_o in_o the_o three_o nor_o four_o nor_o in_o the_o five_o or_o six_o peter_n not_o at_o rome_n between_o the_o six_o and_o twelve_o year_n after_o the_o passion_n passion_n joseph_n antiq_n l._n 18._o ca._n 8._o 8._o lib._n 19_o ca._n 7._o peter_n not_o at_o rome_n between_o the_o 12_o and_o 16_o year_n of_o the_o passion_n passion_n oros._n l._n 7._o c._n 6._o 6._o in_o claud._n 7._o ca._n 24._o peter_n not_o at_o rome_n before_o the_o 12_o of_o claudius_n claudius_n lib._n â—0_n c._n 5._o peter_n have_v not_o be_v at_o rome_n the_o 24_o year_n after_o the_o passion_n peter_n not_o at_o rome_n in_o the_o three_o or_o four_o year_n of_o nero._n peter_n not_o at_o rome_n during_o the_o rest_n of_o nero_n reign_n bellarmine_n scheme_n of_o st._n peter_n travel_n answ_n object_n 2._o answer_n object_n 3._o answ_n obj._n 4._o answ_n object_n 5._o answ_n it_o be_v a_o reproach_n to_o st._n peter_n to_o fancy_v he_o bishop_n of_o rome_n the_o story_n of_o pope_n joan_n and_o pope_n peter_n compare_v compare_v anno._n chr._n 855._o 855._o tert._n l._n contr._n judaeos_fw-la judaeos_fw-la clem._n l._n 1._o stromat_n stromat_n lact._n instit_n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o 4._o iren._n l._n 2._o ca._n 39_o 39_o euseb_n l._n 2._o ca._n 25._o object_n answer_n