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A10823	A blovv for the pope, or, A discourse had in S. Giles Church, in Elgen of Murray at a conference with certaine papists, plainely prouing that Peter was neuer head of the Church : with a short register of all the attempts and murthers vpon kings and princes in our time by the persuasion of the Iesuits.	Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.	1615 (1615)	STC 21096.5; ESTC S3099	24,053	74

yeeld to his Brethrens desire but who can excuse the Apostles yea and the other Brethren which were of Iudea which could not haue a like place and authoritie with the Disciples of Christ in many and divers respects which are not here to be reckoned to haue accused and caused Peter to giue a reason of his conuersation and Doctrine among the vncircumcized in that he had entered vnto them and eater with them after the receipt of the word of God if hee had been constituted head of the Church either in Christs time here vpon earth or yet after his resurrection by Christ or his Apostles or by any other means whatsoeuer remarkeable who can say but that the Apostles haue done greatly amisse in challenging their Superior and not rendring that simple and humble submission as in such matters is requisite and suppose it were tollerable in the Apostles who were in like rank and estate with him yet if Peter had been mounted to that degree he could not haue comported to heare himselfe so disgraced as it were and contended against by those farre inferiour to the Apostles and adacted to giue in his Apologie clearely expounding and dilating the whol matter vnto them with all the circumstances thereof Peter if hee had been their Master and head might haue put them to silence for their sudden strife with him or else haue said I haue done no wrong I haue reason for my actions and that may suffice that I haue commandement by Reuelation from aboue wherevnto I am priuie my selfe Peter yet might haue deliuered in defence of his proceedings to the Apostles and Brethren of Iudea offended at him for Peters primacie had not been divulged and made manifest to the Church if any had or for persecution and iniurie of the time it was suppressed and holden vnder vntill more conuenient time while it should break vp either truely in Antioch or at Rome But it is exceeding maruellous that Paul should not many yeares after haue got intelligence of the same seeing it was such a necessary Head in the Church as tending to calme tranquill all controuersies when refuge and appeale should be made to him as vnto an Oracle for whom God sendeth in his worke whatsoeuer him hee furnisheth fit and meet for the discharge thereof and being aduanced to bee head his graces should haue surpassed the other Apostles especially Paul who cals himselfe an abortiue issue and borne out of time and it is credible that Paul would not take that arrogancy vppon him by sundry arguments to contend himselfe no wise inferior to Peter if Peter was head of the church that hee receiued no point of doctrine from him or any other of the brethren at Ierusalem to which hee did ascend by reuelation to know his conformity with them Moreouer in recompting certaine disciples as Iohn and Iames he placeth not Peter in the first order and roome this is farre from his accustomed manner who was so meeke as a nurse to her children and who requireth his Galathians to bee as he was for he was as they were and to giue to all men their duty scare to whom feare and honor to whom wee owe honor but in Gods cause when hee did see Peter that he went not the right way to the truth of the Ghospell hee did withstand him to his face before all men because hee was to bee rebuked what can bee more euident We know when Paul was rauished in the third heauen and receiued vasions and reuelations fourteene yeares before hee manifested the same and heard words vnutterable but of this preferment of Peter there is not one siyllable yea Paul was his contradictor in this place where hee bringeth his warrant for in that matter and combate with Peter hee did nothing without expresse command as not purposing one foot in that voyage without speciall reuelation yea and if the subscription and date bee true hee wrote the same Epistle to the Galathians from Rome Now in many other placees he comes to intimate by the spirit of Prophesie the condition of the world and the state of the Church vnder Antichrist but of this prerogatiue of Peter at any time hee hath not one word but that three yeares after his conuersion hee came vp to Ierusalem to see Peter and staid with him fifteene dayes where Paul might haue beene taught of others or of Peter himselfe and beene perswaded of this his Primacy after soe many yeares since Christs ascention and so many dayes conference and society with Peter himselfe who doubtles would haue imparted to Paul whom hee cal'd his beloued brother all speciall comfort aud heauenly grace particularly this point of the head of the Church if any other then Christ had beene land so much the more for that Paul of all the Apostles makes oftenest mention in all his Epistles almost thereof euer deferring that honor to Christ onely the Sauiour of the Church which is his body for Paul is farre off from grudging and disceptation but his zeale must shew it selfe when Christs truth is peruerted as hee himselfe witnesseth Besides this three yeares after God had reuealed his sonne in him that hee might preach him among the Gentiles because hee did foresee that this verity should bee called in question by them who would establish another head of the Church then Christ hee conceites a graue atestation saying in these things which I write vnto you behold before God I lye not as also more plainely in another place whose preacher and Apostle saith he I am constituted I speake the truth in Christ and lye not euen a Teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity Moreouer three yeares after his conuersion he passed to Ierusalem and fourteene yeares after hee ascended to Ierusalem the second time now in this seauenteenth yeare after his calling to the Apostleship which fell in the yeare of Christ Anno 6. Paul testifies the Ghospell of vncircumcision was committed vnto him as that of the Circumcision to Peter and the Lord blessed and made both their Ministeries effectuall So that it came to passe that Paul and Barnabas did couenant and giue their right hands of fellowship that they among the Gentiles Iames Peter and Iohn for so hee rankes them among the Iewes should discharge their Apostleship now it must be of necessity that if Peter was head of the Church then hee was constituted head both ouer Iew and Gentile vnles they would say that hee was but halfe a head but Paul affirmes and that by their owne motiue and voluntary will that the Ghospell of the Gentiles was committed to him and Barnabas and not vnto Peter how can we say then that he was or apoynted to bee head of the Church seeing he was bound and tyed by his owne faithfull promise beside his Commission not to meddle with the Gentiles in his Ministery or was not that an vnfirme head of the Church if so

cals Peter first and why should wee deny him the place which the word of God giues him Answere It is not one thing to bee called first and to be called principal Lord or commander for wee say Homer is the first of Greeke Poets hath he therfore commandement or power ouer all the rest Peter in order may bee called first either in feruencie or magnanimitie or such like but his authoritie and dignitie ouer the rest is denied Secondly Paul making mention of Peter about three and twenty yeares thereafter inuerts that order and placed him betwixt the Bonerges that is Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Thunder to signifie that there was no hidden mysterie in that ennumeration yea and in the Catalogue by sundry of the Euangelists the Disciples are permixt But if vpon Peter say they the Church was builded hee must be Gouernour and Head thereof for so sayth our Sauiour Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke will I build my Church Answere Albeit there might be framed a Sillogisme in moode and figure as there cannot be because there bee foure tearmes after the Schoole-men which cannot enter in a right Sillogisme besides the construction in the Greeke and Latine Tongues which altogether ouerthrowes the Argument alledged yet the Assumption is denied for there is not meant Peter on whome the Church should bee builded but vpon Christ as with manie other auncient Doctors August Iohn Tract 124. Which Christ was that Rocke which he confessed immediately before to be the sonne of the liuing God So Lyranus in Gloss marginali super hanc Petram scilicet quam confessm est ibidem in Gloss interlineari Gloss ordinaria Tu es Petrus scilicet à me Petra ita tamen vt mihi retineam dignitatem fundamenti Et Lyranus ibid. sayth Quod Ecclesia non consistit in hominibus quia multi Pontifices Principes inuenti sunt Apostatasse à fide And so also Gregorius Nicenus in testimoniis Veteris Noui Testamenti But in stead of all these Paule satisfieth vs when he sayth No man can lay any other foundation but that which is layd Iesus Christ. Then Peter is not the ground Which if it had beene otherwise beleeue we that Paule would be ignorant of it or of purpose denie so serious and earnest a matter Moreouer if the Church was builded vpon Peter how was it it did not fall when Peter at the voice of a Maid yea and a long time thereafter was relapsed and reproued by Paule as is aforesaid and whome Christ did vpbraid with the most vile name of a Deuill Will the Building stand firme and stable after the Ground is sunke or fallen or rather is it not the Foundation that vpholds and sustaines the whole Fabrick But that Church which Christ promised to build vpon this Rocke could not fall for so saith hee The Gates of Hell shall not preuaile against her She cannot therefore be founded vpon such a tottering Mould as Peter was Paule boasts of himselfe and that truely that as a skilfull Master-Builder he had layed the Foundation and shall wee thinke that Christ the Wisdome of God would build vpon the Sand where the Winds beat and Waters rise and made it fall and not vpon that Stone hewen out of the Mountaine without hands And shall the Masons of Salomons Church bee commended for their Wisdome that they should haue brought-great Stones and costly Stones to make the Foundation of that materiall House euen hewed Stones which was figuratiue of Christ and the Temple of his Bodie and shall wee not say Loe heere is a greater one then Salomon The Fathers all dranke of the Rocke that followed them and the Rocke saith Paule is Christ. And certainely no man yea the Deuill cannot denie but that there is one Bodie and one Spirit one Lord one Faith one Baptisme one Hope of our Vocation one God and Father of all and that this Church began in the Creation with Adam and Eue and continued euer since in one Place or other Familie or Kingdome sometimes longer sometimes shorter sometimes larger sometimes narrower and had but one Ground which now also vnder the Gospell as by the Prophets long since hath beene fore-told the Gentiles are ioyned thereto But where was this Foundation then What was the Ground that this Building leaned to For shame wee shall not say Peter was borne then vnlesse wee-should make him as old as Adam and Eue or then I tremble to speake it elder then them both for the Ground of the House must be first layd before Building be made Surely if wee will trust Paule he will explaine the matter That neither Iewes nor Gentiles beleeuers are anie more Strangers and Forrainers but Citizens with the Saints and of the Household of God and are builded vpon the Foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Iesus Christ himselfe being that chiefe Corner Stone in whome all the Building coupled together groweth vnto a holie Temple vnto the Lord in whome yee also saith hee to them of Ephesus are built together to be the habitation of God by the Spirit If any point of all this can bee attributed iustly to Peter hee is blind that cannot see I know the Aduersaries of the Truth will trust Peter at least who sends the Iewes dispersed vnto the consideration of another Foundation If hee had beene that Ground that the Church should bee built vpon would hee not haue claymed it himselfe If so be sayth hee you haue tasted how bountifull the Lord is to whom you come as vnto a liuing Stone disallowed of men but chosen of God and precious and yee as liuely Stones bee made a Spirituall House and a holy Priesthood to offer vp Spirituall Sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. Wherefore it is contained in the Scripture Behold I put in Sion viz. the Church a chiefe Corner stone elect and precious and he that beleeueth therein shall not be ashamed Vnto you therefore which beleeue it is precious but vnto them which be disobedient the stone which the Builders disallowed the same is made the Head of the Corner and a Stone to stumble at and a Rocke of Offence euen to them which stumble at the Word being disobedient where liuely as it were in orient Colours hee paints out that Romane Hierarchie and Antichrist For seeing they stumble in disobedience at the Word of God both in Doctrine and Manners dispensing with it and substituting in place thereof Councels Traditions Ceremonies For this cause they forge to themselues another then the true Head of the Church and would haue a pretended Entrie and Passage thereto by Peter without any Warrant or Approbation in the Word of God as shall bee at length in his owne place God willing euidently proued But say they to whom the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen was giuen him had CHRIST appointed Head of the Church for hee had receiued 〈…〉 to binde and loose remit and