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A11218 A briefe resolution of a right religion Touching the controuersies, that are nowe in England. Written by C.S. C. S., fl. 1590.; Shutte, Christopher, d. 1626, attributed name. 1590 (1590) STC 21482; ESTC S100915 24,293 41

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Peter neuer had this authority I maruel much how the papists can possibly conueigh that to the pope which his predecessour neuer had for they affirm the popes authority to be aboue al kings of the earth supreame head of the Church and vniuersall bishop of the whole world but how far these vsurped tytles were from the affection of the true apostle Peter the humilitie of Peter the deuine exhortation of Peter And the former commandement of Christ to al the Apostles dooth sufficiently declare for neither coulde Christ giue that authoritie of Primacie which himselfe forbad nor Peter take that which was not giuen him and which he neither vsed nor so much as desired in affection neither consequently can the Pope his pretended successour deriue that vnto him which neuer belonged to his Ancestor It cannot therefore be that the power of binding and loosing should signifie the supremacie of earthly kingdomes to set vp and pull downe whom he list for as hath bene already prooued Peter is so far from that arrogance that himselfe giueth a double charge to the contrarie namely to feare God and to honour the king as one that is woorthy to haue the chiefest roome for Christ had taught Peter and Peter no doubt learned it that Lordship and dominion belonged vnto the kinges of Nations The power therefore of binding and loosing is not committed to Peter alone but to all the Apostles and seemeth to be expounded in the xx of Iohn where Christ after hee had breathed vpon his apostles and said Receiue v Iohn 20.22 ye the holie Ghost he had said before As my Father sent me so send I you He addeth furthermore that Whose sinnes yee remit they are remitted and whose sinnes yee retaine they are retained And this power of binding and loosing of remitting and retaining was not appropriate vnto their persons or vnto their places but vnto the office of their Apostleship and vnto their preaching of the Gospell For Saint Paule saith that the x Rom. 1 16 1. Cor. 1.21 Gospel of Iesus Christ is the power of God vnto saluation to euery on that beleeueth The Gaoler demanded of Paule and Silas what he should doo that hee might be saued they answered y Act. 16.31 Beleeue in the Lord Iesus Christ and thou shalt be saued and thy houshold When Peter had preached vnto the people they began to be pricked in their hearts they demanded of him and of the other Apostles Men and brethren what shall we doo Peter answered a Act 2 38 Repent and be baptised euery man in the name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sins and receiue ye the gift of holy Ghost Be it known vnto you b men and brethren saith Paule that thorow this man speaking of Christ is preached vnto you the remission of sinnes and that euery one that beleeueth shall thorow him be iustified from all thinges from which he could not be iustified by the lawe of Moses So that we see that remission of sins is by the preaching of the Gospell to the faithfull and that contra Their c sinnes are retained and bound with chaines thereof that are Infidels obstinate and vnrepentant that haue no faith to take hold of saluation preached by the Apostles and pastors of the Church But say they When Christ gaue vnto Peter by speciall name the keies of binding and loosing hee thereby made Peter the Prince of the whole church The answere is easie sie for it is proued before that Christ gaue the power of binding loosing to al the Apostles and why at this time Christ said vnto Peter that he would giue to him the keies by special name the reason was as appeareth by the circūstance of the text because when Christe demaunded of his Apostles Whom say ye that I am Simon Peter answered thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing God For Peter answered in the name of all the apostles and Christ likewise gaue him the keies in the name of all And so Cyprian and Augustine two of the Fathers expound it that Christ did it not for this purpose to preferre one man before an other but so to set foorth the vnitie of the Church for so saith Cyprian that God in the person of one gaue the keyes to all to signifie the vnitie of the Church Augustine saith When the Apostles were all asked onely Peter answered Thou art Christ and it is said to him I will giue thee the keies as though hee alone had receiued the power of binding and loosing whereas he being one standeth one for all And he receiued the other with all as bearing the person of vnitie therefore one for all because there is vnitie in all I trust these Fathers will satisfie the Papistes if they be not obstinately malitious and froward children that in the power of the keies of Peter gayned no superioritie ouer the rest of the Apostles Act 15 5 1 pe● 5 1 Act 11 3 Actes 8 24 Gal 1 2 cap Run ouer all that remaineth written and you shall finde nothing els but that hee was one of the twelue equall with the rest and their fellowe but not their Lorde I woonder therefore that the Pope and Papistes will force that vpon Peter which Peter neuer had nor meant to take vppon himselfe which Christ neuer meant to giue him nor to any other viz. to be the Prince and head of the Church for he hath left this tytle to no other but himselfe This that Christ saith Thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wil build my Church imprehendeth no other thing of Peter but that which Paule and Peter himselfe speaketh to al Christians for Paule maketh Christ the chiefe d Ephes c 20 corner stone vpon which they are builded together that grow into an holy temple to the Lord. And Peter biddeth vs to be liuely e 1 Pet 2.3 stones builded vpon that liuely chosen and precious stone Christ Iesus So when Peter had answered to the demand that hee was Christ the sonne of the liuing God then said Christ Blessed art thou f Mat 16 7 Simon Bar-Iona for flesh and blood hath reualed this to thee but my father which is in heauen And I say vnto thee that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke will I build my Church and the gates of hell shall not preuaile against it So that still the Church is builded vpon that confession and answer that Peter made viz. Vpon Christ the son of the liuing God also the g rocke is said to be Christ by especiall wordes in the epistle to the Corinthians And Christ himselfe sayth by speciall wordes also that he that heareth hys wordes and doth them hath like a wise man builded his house vppon a rocke so that Christ and hys word be Mat 7 24 25 the rock wherevpon the Churche of Christ is builded For the Church is not builded super Petrum but super petram that is Iesus Christ the sonne of the