name of the rest and received the promise in name of the rest And therefore Saint Peter was speaker prolocutor for all the rest I hope my Opponents will deny nothing that is here affirmed and therefore by their own confession I conclude that Peter had a priority of order and a precedencie of Moderation amongst the Apostles The fourth Argument He whom the Angell in particular commanded Mary to tell the Christ was risen from the dead and none of the rest had some sort of preheminence before the rest But the Angel commanded Mary to tell Peter by name and none of the rest that Christ was risen again from the dead Mark 16.7 And therefore Peter had some preheminence before the rest Truly in my judgment this is a strong argument to prove that Peter was in place and dignity before the rest of the Apostles or otherways I think the Angell of God would never have mentioned Peter by himselfe and all the rest of the Disciples in grosse The fift Argument He whom Paul preferred in his respects to all the rest of the Apostles had some precedency of the rest of the Apostles But the Apostle Paul preferred Peter in his respects to all the rest of the Apostles And therefore Peter had some precedencie of the rest of the Apost. Now why the Apostle Paul should respect and honour Saint Peter more then the rest of the Apostles I know no reason except hee had had some place and preheminence of the rest That hee respected him more then the rest we find Gal. 1.18 for he saith there that hee went up to Ierusalem three yeers after his conversion of purpose to see Peter and remayned with him 15 days I will only aske my opponents for what cause he went up to see Peter more then Iames who was Bishop of Ierusalem The sixt Argument He who took precedency upon him de facto be had it de jure But Saint Peter took precedency upon him de facto And therefore he had it de jure Either the proposition must be true or else we must say that Saint Peter took more upon him then he had good right to challenge and so in this particular erred de facto which no Divine ever said or dare say and if any man durst be bold to say it I durst take the boldnesse upon me to say that it were little lesse then blasphemy But some may say that the Apostle Peter had this right of moderation de jure Apostolico I answer if it were so all were one thing in effect for that which the apostles did they did it by the motion of the spirit and if the apostles did chuse Saint Peter to be their speaker being a man of most singular parts why may wee not yea why should wee not follow their example in giving to the most worthy for gifts and graces the precedency of Government I think the practice of the apostles should be a law to us But the truth is there is not so much as any shew or appearance in the Scriptures that the rest of the apostles conferred this moderation upon the apostle Peter but what probability there is yea what convincing arguments for his Master Christs donation of it I refer to the judicious Reader The seventh Argument He that took a speciall care not only of Jewish Churches throughout the land of Judea but of those Jews also that sojourned in other Nations had the chief care of the circumcision and consequently both of pastors and people But the Apostle Peter took a speciall care not only of the Christian Iews that lived in the land of Iudea but also of those who dwels in other nations And therfore Peter had the chief charge of the Circumcision and consequently both of the pastors and the people The truth of the proposition appeares by his writing to the one and remayning with the other Both his Epistles are written to the dispersed Tribes and that he remayned in Iudea for many yeers after the ascention of Christ is evident Gal. 1. for Paul not only three yeers after his conversion went up of purpose to Ierusalem to see Peter but 14 yeers thereafter when he went up hee found Peter there and that Peter had an oversight both of pastors and people wee find in his first Epistle where he writes to both and exhorts the Elders that is their Ministers both of the first and second order but in speciall their chief Governours and forbids them to exercise their power tyrannically over their inferiours 1 Pet. 5.1,2,3 and in his second Epistle 1.12 hee saith that hee will not be negligent to put them alwayes in remembrance of these things though they know them and be established in the truth yea I think it meet saith he Verse 15 as long as I am in this Tabernacle to stir you up by putting you in remembrance and Verse 15. he saith I will endevour that you may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance so that hereby it appeares infallibly that Peter had the chief over-sight of the Church of the Jews both at home and abroad and consequently both of pastors and people By these arguments it is manifest that the apostle Peter had a priority and a precedency in the Church of the Jews follows to prove that his Master and Saviour Christ gave it him The first Argument He to whom Christ communicated himself most with whom he was most familiar and to whom he did commit his speciall affairs most yea whom he purposed to make one of the chief instruments of the advancement of his Kingdom to him he gave some preferment and advancement more then he did to the rest of the Apostles But to Peter Christ communicated himself most with Peter he was most familiar and to him he did commit his speciall affairs most yea and him he purposed to make the chief instrument of the advancement of his Kingdom And therefore hee gave Peter some preferment and advancement that he gave not to the rest of the Apostles The truth of the proposition appears by this similitude of Kings and princes if they set their affection upon on man more then another chuse him to be their neerest minion at lest they wil give him some title of honour above the rest of their Court that all others may honour him the more and will advance him to some places of dignity and preheminence which indeed will make all others to respect him and reverence him because they see the Kings affection set upon him when King Assuerus resolved to honour Mordecai hee commanded Haman to put his Robe Royall upon him and to set him on his best horse and to lead him through the City of Susan and proclaime before him Thus shall it be done to him whom the King will honour how much more whomsoever the King of Kings desires to honour moethen others in this life will he advance to some dignity at least in the face of the