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A00670	A treatise against the necessary dependance vpon that one head, and the present reconciliation to the Church of Rome Together with certaine sermons preached in publike assemblies, videlicet 1. The want of discipline. 2. The possession of a king. 3. The tumults of the people. 4. The mocke of reputation. 5. The necessitie of the Passion. 6. The wisdome of the rich. By Roger Fenton Doctor of Diuinitie, late preacher of Graies Inne.	Fenton, Roger, 1565-1616.; Utie, Emmanuel, d. 1661.	1617 (1617)	STC 10805; ESTC S102068	104,035	162

of euidence they bring and accordingly frame our Faith That I cannot be saued except I be subiect to the Bishop of Rome as head of the Church He must pretend then a title from Christ as he is Vicar for spirituall matters it is euident that Christ while he liued on earth was the visible head for Temporalls himselfe concludes Who made me a Iudge My kingdome is not of this world therefore so farre as he medleth with kingdomes he cannot claime that from Christ It is confessed that while Christ was on earth hee was the visible head of the whole Church so as no soule could bee without necessary dependance on him but whether at his departure he committed the supremacy to any man on earth If hee did whether in whole or part to whom whether to the Apostles in generall equally or to one aboue the rest and who that was 1 Their point is that Christ left it to Peter alone to no other Apostle in that degree This is cleer out of Scripture That the rest of the Apostles as Apostles are equall but as Bishop he aboue them note that a Bishop aboue an Apostle Linus aboue the Euangelist Iohn who liued in his time 2 Admitte the Supremacy in Peter whether it died with him as the Apostleship did or left it to his successors The difference is they put the rest out of special fauor They might haue as great power but it was for terme of life Peter had it for him and his successors for euer But this must be cleered that Peter had power to leaue it to his successors and none but he If this be not proued why not Iohns successors in the Churches of Asia or of Iames in Ierusalem or any of the Apostles in other places as well as he to his The reason is Though Peter by vertue of his fiery tongue was able to gouerne the whole Church in his daies being but small yet hee knew the charge in time would grow so great and the circuit so large that Peters spirit had neede be doubled vpon those that should succeed him If he had one clouen tongue his successors neede to haue twelue so we might say of the least of his successors A greater then Peter is heere Peter was not alone during his life there were the eleuen Apostles Bel. l. 1. c. 21 and Paul as great an Apostle as himselfe as Bellarmine confesses and greater because hee writ more then Peter hee planted more Churches then Peter he laboured more aboundantly then they all for hee preached from Ierusalem Rom. 15.19 round about to Illiricum as Hierome auouches from the redde Sea to the great Ocean so farre as there is any land Amos. c. 5. And that all the charge of Peter and Paul and all that the rest had should lye vpon the shoulders of one Pope and yet neuer a clouen tongue to his head Sure say That a greater then Peter is heere Bellarmine proued well from the election of Matthias in the first of the Acts De Pont. 4.23 that the Apostles were not chosen by Peter and Paul was Galathians the first Paul an Apostle not of men nor by men but by Iesus Christ Those that came in after the death of Christ Matthias and Paul were not but all the Apostles successors must now deriue their power from the Pope Therefore a greater then Peter is heere 3 Admit while the body of the Church carried any proportion to a visible head as in the Apostles time it might and some time after for auoyding of factions a Monarchicall gouernment might stand but when it is so dispersed that amongst the Antipodes for ought we know may be Christians that such a burthen of gouernment should rest vpon the shoulders of any one mortall wight it is strange It must be cleered out of the booke of God for the Testimony of their Church in her owne case is silent That Peter did not impart his supremacy to diuers in diuers Churches which he planted but wholly committed it to one in one place 4 If to one we must know where that one is Certitudine fidei else wee are neuer a whit the neerer Whether Peter left it amongst the lewes till they fell being himselfe the Preacher of the Circumcision If not because hee saw they would reuolt why not at Antioch a Church of his owne planting Paul had as much to doe at Rome as he Antioch had the Primacy Act. 11.27 for they were first called Christians at Antioch and it was a famous Patriarchall Church Why not Marke the Euangelist Peters Disciple who writ the Gospell from his mouth in that famous Church of Alexandria It is cleere then that Rome and no other Church doth enioy that Bishop who succeeds Peter in that great office But now wherein a lay man may receiue satisfaction the Scripture is silent It is not found in our Creede The testimony of the Church is laid by in this point Bellarmine saies Bel. 2. de Rep. c. 12. that the Bishop of Rome alone doth succeede Peter in the Supremacie is not found in Scripture but to be beleeued vpon tradition I thought wee should returne thither againe it is hard that they will not spare their own testimony in their own case Seeing Christ did spare it in his case I hope we may be saued without it 5 Admit this could be cleared yet that Church doth not agree who was Bishop Linus or Clemens or Cletus after three Popes at once Benet the ninth Siluester the third and Iohn Then two in a schisme betwixt Vrban and Clement The first in Italy the second in France after that three againe hard to iudge who was the true one Such vncertainties must there needs bee when Religion depends vpon any mans person in this troublesome world 6 Admit it can be demonstrated to my conscience that this Pope is lawfully chosen and vndoubtedly succeedes Bishop Linus and Peter by a lineall succession of true Popes for 500 yeares without any materiall interruption yet neuer the neerer except they doe succeede as well in Faith and doctrine as in place and person else they could not exclude vs from the Church for we show personall succession as well as they Cranmer consecrated Barlo Scony and Couerdale These consecrated Parker Parker other Bishops these made Priests euery Act of Priesthood ratified by their owne Canons is Valide factum though not Licite Quis enim Catholicorum ignor at ordinatos ab Episcopo haeretico verê esse ordinatos That those that are ordained Priests of an haereticall Bishop are truely ordained no Catholike is ignorant So they exclude vs as heretiques as not embracing their doctrine so by their owne rule they grant that the Church and the Bishop of Rome must succeede Peter as well in Faith and Doctrine as in time and place else wee are not bound in conscience to cleaue to them you see by how many sequels and degrees of consequent they must proceede before it be

some zealous fury that he would breake the tables or doe some mischeefe to the written Law It stung the Serpent that Gods Law should be written in tables of stone to continue that from time to time it might discouer all falfe Oracles and keepe the verity of God entire from his vnwritten vanities 2. A great Benefit to haue the Law written 2 Magnum beneficium but greater fauour that Comments also of Moses and the Prophets together with their Prophesies and the Mysteries of saluation giuen by diuine inspiration should bee committed to writing that Christ in his person might confirme his Apostles as heere with So it is written and that the Apostles vpon the same testimony might preach the same Gospell to all nations beginning at Ierusalem 3. 3. Magna misericordia But of all mercies this the greatest that to Moses and the Prophets are added Christ and the Apostles that all things needefull to saluation bee now perfected exactly written admirably preserued sealed vp with a curse in the end of the booke to any that shall adde or diminish whether of the sect of Montanus or Seruetus or any fantasticke spirit of latter time that expects further Reuelation or whether they that make the traditions of men or the voice of a Counsell equiualent that is of equall infallibilitye with the Word written this is so absolute it selfe and of it selfe that Vincentius Lirinensis so approoued by our aduersaries doth auerre Solus sufficit ad omnia satis superque An absolute canon it is but for what for the mysteries of our saluation wrought by the death and perfected by the resurrection of Christ An absolute canon for prescript of all essentiall parts of Gods worship and the directing of our soules to euerlasting life for which It is written Ioh 20 21. But shall wee therefore from sufficiency of the written word require the proofe of all particulars without limitation Doubtlesse vnder this pretence we may go too farre Must yee haue a proofe out of Scripture that the plague is not infectious or will yee not beleeue it shall wee exact a prescription out of the word of God How to build Churches for diuine seruice or How to shape decent garments for the Cleargie shall the Scripture define in particular each ceremony and circumstance any waies annexed or appertaining to externall Worship shall the Preacher looke for speciall direction out of Gods Book in what maner to branch his Text to order his speech to enforce the Argument for the best edifying of each particular auditory shall the people waite till we can giue expresse charge out of this Booke when to sit stand or kneele at diuine Seruice what euer is against the second Commandement I feare this is against the third for it takes Gods name in vaine and stands not with the Maiesty of that word written for matters of greater importance Vers 13. The Apostle being to reforme abuses concerning Praier and Prophesing in the Church of Corinth 1 Corin. 11. doth for some things referre himselfe to their owne discretion iudge in your selues is it comely doth not nature it selfe teach as if for decency in the Church common sence or the light of reason could say somewhat to which if you adde the general direction of Scripture may not the Church of Christ out of these grounds determine the particulars Nature it selfe teacheth that the most solemne act in euery kinde is most solemnely to bee performed and religion teacheth what act of religion is most solemne may not the Church then determine of particulars within the compasse of Generall rules of Scripture T was the sentence of that famous Oracle of Geneua in his comment vpon the same chapter vers the 2. where shewing the Apostle to speake de ijs quae pertinent ad ordinem politiam hee inferreth Scimus enim vnieuique ecclesiae liberum esse politiae formam inslituere sibi aptam vtilem quia Dominus nihil certi prescripserit wee know saith Caluin he makes no Quere vpon it for matters of Order we know that euery Church hath her liberty to institute a forme of gouernement fit and profitable for her selfe because the Lord hath prescribed no certaine thing Paul planteth hee left Apollos to water The Master builders haue set vp Gods house and haue left the fitting of the roomes by generall directions to the ouerseers of the building The eye of the handmaid waites vpon the hand of her mistresse not so simple as to be pointed to euery particular within compasse of discretion no shee hath beene better brought vp then so when shee was a childe shee was taught as a child but now she is stronger by the assistance of that spirit which leadeth her into all truth pray we to God for that spirit of truth and sobriety vpon his Church that shee may so carry her selfe in all her proceedings that still she haue an eye to God and his word till hee haue mercy vpon her and restore her to the Peace of Sion and so wee come vnto the worke So it is written 2 So it behoued Christ to suffer Christ is the Sonne of the liuing God The worke therefore most free not subiect to necessity necessary it is therefore that we in the first place distinguish of oportuit a necessity was of Christs suffering not imposed vpon him but assumed by him voluntarily a necessity not primatiue but by consequent not absolute but presupposing the ordinance of God which two kindes were distinguished by Christ at his Passion 1 In the fourteenth of Marke Mar. 14.36 Abba Father al things are possible to thee take away this Cup therefore no absolute necessity to drinke of it 2 In the 26. of Matthew Father if this Cup cannot passe but I must drinke of it thy will be done therefore a secondary necessity there was 1 Of the first in the 53. verse Thinkest thou that I cannot pray to my Father and he will giue me more then twelue Legions of Angels therefore not an absolute necessity to yeeld himselfe 2 Of the second in the 54. verse How then shall the Scripture be fulfilled which is the very consequent of this Text So it is written therefore So it behooued So God hath ordeined whose decree is vnchangeable so hath he reuealed his Ordinance by writing whereof one title shall not passe therefore So behoued Christ to suffer The reasons of this necessity will appeare in the consideration of the three points implied in this sentence 1 It behooued there should be a suffering 2 That Christ should suffer 3 That he should so suffer Sic oportuit Christum pati 1 The Law of God was broken by sinne which behooued vs to haue kept therefore it must be restored by iudgement the glory of God was obscured by sinne therefore it must be cleared by expiation The iustice of God was offended by sinne therefore it must bee satisfied by punishment The wrath of God was kindled by sinne therefore

Gentile made one Church then the Partition wall was broken downe and all respect of persons remoued then was Ierusalem to be inhabited without wals for the multitude of inhabitants Then did the Church of Christ become Catholique Zach. 2.4 dispersed farre and wide ouer the face of the whole earth Then was the manifold wisedom of God made manifest to the Angels in heauen by this mystery which was kept secret in God from the beginning of the world hence was the mystery of saluation reuealed and deriued to vs that dwell in the ends of the world shut vp in another world like fishes in the Sea so that wee from the North as well as from the East and West shall replenish the kingdome of God and to our comfort be it spoken Luc. 13.29 that heauenly Ierusalem described Reuelations the 21. hath as many gates and as open on the North side as any other part vnder heauen in the 13. verse of that Chapter I haue swiftly passed ouer the former points as more familiarly knowne amongest you giue mee leaue by your honourable patience now I am come to the last point a little to pause vpon it Beginning at Ierusalem By this diuine dispensation I perceiue the truth of Gods promise performed vnto the Iewes The righteousnesse of God shewed to his Sonne The wisedom of God for spreading of the Gospell and the goodnesse of God towards the sinners of the Gentiles in that it began at Ierusalem 1 It could not bee that the wickednesse of men could make the promise of God of none effect therefore seeing the inhabitants of Ierusalem were the children of the Prophets and of the Couenant made with their Fathers true Oliue branches springing out of the roote of Abraham to whom did appertaine the adoption the glory the giuing of the Law the seruice of God and the promises Christ to performe this promise beginneth at Ierusalem 2 As God a righteous iudge honoured him in recompence of his humiliation so did he honour him in the same place he suffered In Ierusalem was he despised at his Passion In Ierusalem shall he be glorified by his Gospell In Ierusalem in the assembly of much people at the solemne feast of Easter did Christ suffer a publique execrable shamefull death of the Crosse therefore at the feast of Whitsuntide before the assembly of many nations in the famous City of Ietusalem shall his name be first honoured in preaching of the Gospell 3. The manifolde wisdome of God is heere manifested as well for the publishing as the confirmation of the same 1. If God would haue his Gospell spred amongst all nations like the riuer of Eden where shall we make the head of the spring but at Ierusalem Acts 2.5 where was dwelling euery nation vnder heauen 2. If he would haue the truth of the Gospell tried before men of knowledge amongst the Doctours in the Law and these that were skilfull in all science where should he make the first probation but at Ierusalem The truth of God seekes no corners nor auoydes the light like the Oracles of the Diuels in the 45. of Esay Esa 45.19 It seekes not to establish it selfe in weake places it creepes not priuily amongst the people like the heresies of the false Prophets 2 Pet. 2. but as Christ when he first shewed himselfe was seene amongst the Doctors at Ierusalem and as Paul when his Doctrine was called in question Gal. 2 2. hee went and conferred with the best at Ierusalem So for this cause also the Gospell of Christ began at Ierusalem 3. If he desire to fettle his Gospell in the world shall not choose the City before the Countrey the famous City of Ierusalem there is the strongest hold get that and the rest will yeeld Act. 17.16 When was the spirit of Paul stirred within him but when hee came to Athens There hee laboured more earnestly with all kinde of men with all kinde of Sects being the Seminary of learning a plentifull haruest as at Ierusalem 4. If hee would make a way that the Athenians and the rest of the Gentiles should receiue the Faith what greater argument could bee vsed then this That it was receiued before at Ierusalem that the Iewe the very professed enemies of Christ recanted embraced the Faith and beleeued him whom they crucified what secondary meanes made Paul so powerfull among the Gentiles but this That Saul a lew a learned lew Gamaliels scholler a religious lew of the strict Sect of the Pharisies a zealous lew persecuting this way vnto the death became so earnest a professour of the same 5. What greater encouragement for vs sinners of the Gentiles that saluation was first offered in Ierusalem to them that were his murtherers why then should wee sinners despaire of his mercy when the theefe on the crosse saw him not onely forgiue but pray for those that did torment him he laies in for himselfe Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdome there is hope for Theeues and Murtherers if for these and doubtlesse saluation will bee easily attained if for Ierusalem It began at Ierusalem but it flowed ouer the face of the earth yet is heere no footing for vniuersality to bee an infallible marke of the truth of Religion for the Gospell doth not spred at once ouer all nations like Noahs floud but like riuers of waters winning ground in one place and losing in another dried vp at Ierusalem and Samaria and flowing in other places The triple estate of Christs Church is well shadowed in the three famous figures of the same Shee was in her infancy being a little flocke tossed like Noahs Arke in mans iudgement ready euery moment to bee swallowed vp 2. She shall be in her triumphant estate like Salomous Temple on Mount Sion that cannot be mooued but in the mean time she is Moses Tabernacle in the wildernesse mooueable from place to place first pitched at Ierusalem and in the East parts of the world after that in the West since remooued into the North amongst vs and S. Paul tels vs It shall returne to the Iewes from whence it came so all Israel shall be saued Rom. 11.26 there is not any place or people vnder the Sunne that can challenge the Residence of the Church of Christ Admit Peter liued and died and was crucified at Rome what then did not a greater then Peter liue and die and was crucified at Ierusalem did hee not rise the third day did hee not appoynt Apostles send downe his Spirit plant his Church at Ierusalem yet it is remooued thence long since It beganne at Ierusalem went through other places now among vs. Wherefore now it behooueth vs to looke about vs and consider this poynt what can wee say for our selues why this Candle-sticke should not be remooued from this place also A notable place there is in Ezechiel Ezech. 9.3 as it was in Ierusalem so with vs hee rose from them twice and then went away