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             The Romish chaine. By Edmund Gurnay, parson of Harpley
             Gurnay, Edmund, d. 1648.
          
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           THE
           ROMISH
           CHAINE
           .
           BY
           EDMVND
           GVRNAY
           ,
           Parson
           ,
           of
           
             Harpley
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Mathew
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           ,
           neere
           Saint
           
             Austins
          
           Gate
           .
           1624.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           Lords
           ,
           Knights
           ,
           Burgesses
           ,
           and
           what
           other
           Suffragans
           ,
           
             in
             the
             high
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           HIS
           Maiestie
           (
           Right
           Honorable
           ,
           if
           it
           please
           you
           to
           remember
           )
           in
           his
           Epistle
           before
           the
           Remonstrance
           ,
           does
           greatly
           magnifie
           the
           third
           Estate
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           for
           preferring
           an
           Article
           in
           
           their
           Parliament
           ,
           against
           their
           Kings
           obnoxiousnesse
           vnto
           Papall
           Deposition
           :
           In
           the
           defence
           of
           whose
           iudgment
           therein
           ,
           his
           Pen
           hath
           flourished
           out
           such
           a
           Defence
           of
           Kings
           Rights
           ,
           as
           shall
           neuer
           wither
           vnto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
           Now
           howsoeuer
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           
             England
          
           were
           neuer
           inferiour
           vnto
           those
           of
           
             France
          
           for
           zeale
           and
           vigilancie
           ,
           toward
           the
           maintenance
           of
           their
           Kings
           Supremacie
           ;
           yet
           may
           it
           please
           you
           to
           suffer
           the
           words
           of
           exhortation
           ,
           to
           perseuer
           in
           such
           vigilancy
           and
           fidelitie
           ,
           toward
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           immediate
           
           Deputie
           :
           And
           as
           oft
           as
           you
           shall
           heare
           any
           of
           the
           night
           birds
           ,
           croaking
           for
           the
           Roman
           forraigner
           ,
           so
           often
           to
           double
           your
           industry
           ,
           toward
           the
           treading
           out
           those
           vermin
           and
           damming
           vp
           their
           puddles
           .
           And
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           your
           Iudgment
           will
           take
           some
           incitation
           thereunto
           ,
           if
           you
           shall
           at
           some
           vacant
           time
           vouchsafe
           a
           perusall
           of
           this
           treatise
           :
           the
           maine
           argument
           for
           the
           Romish
           Title
           consisting
           of
           diuers
           propositions
           linked
           together
           ,
           whereof
           not
           one
           is
           of
           force
           ;
           as
           now
           God-willing
           (
           my
           leaue
           first
           taken
           of
           your
           Honours
           )
           I
           shall
           apply
           my selfe
           to
           declare
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           DEDICATED
           vnto
           Sir
           ROGER
           TOVVNSEND
           ;
           Knight-Baronet
           :
        
         
           FOr
           Vertue
           ,
           sound
           Religion
           ,
           Linage
           ,
           Titles
           ,
           Moderation
           ,
           Chastity
           ,
           Manhood
           ,
           Bountie
           ,
           Industry
           ,
           and
           gouerning
           so
           large
           an
           estate
           ,
           in
           so
           greene
           and
           vncuppled
           yeares
           ;
           without
           peere
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           ROMISH
           CHAINE
           ,
        
         
           AS
           farr
           forth
           as
           vniuersall
           Supremacy
           is
           supposed
           to
           descend
           vnto
           him
           which
           now
           possesseth
           the
           Roman
           Papacy
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           this
           Chayne-argument
           .
        
         
           1
           
             The
             Church
             militant
             must
             alwaies
             haue
             some
             praticular
             person
             for
             the
             vniuersall
             Head
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           2
           
             The
             Apostle
             Saint
             Peter
             
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             was
             that
             particular
             person
             .
          
        
         
           3
           
             Only
             the
             Successors
             of
             Peter
             must
             be
             the
             like
             in
             their
             times
             .
          
        
         
           4
           
             Onely
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Rome
             were
             the
             Successors
             of
             Peter
             in
             their
             times
             .
          
        
         
           5
           
             Only
             the
             Popes
             of
             Rome
             were
             the
             Successors
             of
             those
             Bishops
             in
             their
             times
             .
          
        
         
           6
           
             Only
             hee
             which
             now
             possesseth
             the
             Roman
             Papacy
             ,
             is
             the
             Successor
             of
             those
             Popes
             .
          
        
         
           Ergo
           ,
           
             Hee
             and
             only
             Hee
             ,
             which
             now
             possesseth
             the
             Romane
             Papacy
             ,
             is
             at
             this
             day
             vniuersal
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             militant
             .
          
        
         
           So
           farre
           forth
           wee
           propound
           vnto
           the
           world
           ,
           this
           answer
           following
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           therefore
           the
           first
           linke
           of
           the
           chaine
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           to
           the
           rest
           in
           order
           )
           our
           protestation
           against
           it
           is
           this
           :
           
           that
           neither
           does
           any
           Scripture
           imply
           ,
           nor
           strength
           of
           argument
           inforce
           ,
           nor
           any
           writer
           for
           the
           space
           of
           fiue
           thousand
           yeeres
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           determine
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Church
             militant
             must
             allwayes
             haue
             some
             one
             particular
             person
             for
             the
             vniuersall
             Head
             thereof
             .
          
           For
           first
           concerning
           Scriptures
           ;
           howsoeuer
           some
           particular
           text
           doe
           speake
           wonderous
           eminently
           of
           some
           particular
           persons
           ;
           as
           amongst
           others
           these
           following
           ;
           1
           
             I
             will
             giue
             thee
             the
             heathen
             for
             thine
             inheritance
             &c.
             
          
           2
           
             He
             shall
             iudge
             amongst
             the
             nations
             &c.
             
          
           3
           
             Kings
             shall
             be
             thy
             noursing
             fathers
             &c.
             
          
           4
           
             I
             will
             make
             thy
             name
             to
             be
             remembred
             &c.
             
          
           5
           
             Lord
             what
             is
             man
             that
             thou
             art
             so
             mindfull
             of
             him
             &c.
             
          
           6
           
             He
             shall
             build
             my
             City
             &c.
             
          
           7
           
             He
             will
             giue
             
             his
             Angels
             charge
             ouer
             thee
             &c.
             
          
           6
           
             Thou
             shalt
             tread
             vpon
             the
             Lyon
             and
             the
             Dragon
             &c.
          
           and
           the
           like
           we
           answer
           :
           that
           from
           the
           time
           that
           any
           Scripture
           was
           first
           giuen
           ,
           vntill
           the
           last
           period
           thereof
           ,
           and
           for
           fiue
           hundred
           yeeres
           after
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           say
           a
           thousand
           )
           these
           kinde
           of
           texts
           were
           neuer
           expounded
           ,
           but
           eyther
           of
           the
           
             Messias
          
           himselfe
           (
           as
           the
           two
           first
           quoted
           :
           )
           or
           of
           his
           Spouse
           the
           Church
           (
           as
           the
           third
           and
           fourth
           :
           )
           or
           of
           the
           condition
           of
           mankinde
           in
           generall
           (
           as
           the
           fift
           and
           sixt
           :
           )
           or
           of
           euery
           godly
           man
           in
           particular
           (
           as
           the
           two
           last
           :
           )
           but
           neuer
           of
           the
           pretended
           vniuersall
           Head.
           Secondly
           concerning
           strength
           of
           argument
           ,
           that
           neither
           it
           can
           soe
           inforce
           ,
           we
           proue
           ;
           Because
           there
           cannot
           be
           imagined
           any
           benefit
           (
           vse
           and
           benefit
           
           carrying
           all
           the
           moment
           in
           morall
           necessities
           )
           which
           may
           redownd
           to
           the
           church
           by
           meanes
           of
           such
           vniuersall
           Head
           :
           but
           such
           as
           may
           as
           well
           and
           farr
           better
           redownd
           there
           vnto
           ,
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           speciall
           and
           seuerall
           heads
           according
           as
           the
           seuerall
           Continents
           ,
           languages
           ,
           and
           quarters
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           by
           the
           Diuine
           prouidence
           are
           distributed
           .
           For
           though
           their
           may
           seeme
           to
           ensue
           great
           hope
           of
           vniuersall
           Peace
           and
           Vnity
           ,
           whē
           all
           the
           strings
           of
           gouernment
           shall
           thus
           be
           setled
           in
           one
           onely
           hand
           ;
           yet
           such
           peace
           as
           is
           atteined
           onely
           by
           the
           extinguishment
           of
           plurall
           excellency
           ,
           will
           proue
           little
           better
           then
           
             Anarchy
             ,
          
           or
           
             Pedancy
             ,
          
           and
           such
           as
           ignorant
           persons
           ,
           (*)
           yea
           the
           very
           brute
           beasts
           are
           capable
           of
           .
           For
           they
           hauing
           all
           their
           wit
           
           confined
           vnto
           one
           onely
           head
           (
           the
           head
           of
           their
           keeper
           ,
           )
           doe
           by
           that
           meanes
           the
           more
           quietly
           goe
           in
           and
           out
           vnto
           ther
           pasture
           :
           But
           as
           it
           is
           not
           good
           for
           man
           to
           bee
           alone
           ,
           so
           neyther
           is
           it
           good
           for
           the
           Church
           to
           be
           so
           all-one
           as
           that
           one
           parson
           Cow-heard-like
           ,
           may
           rule
           in
           all
           alone
           :
           for
           that
           beside
           peace
           and
           vnity
           there
           is
           requisite
           also
           difference
           and
           variety
           vnto
           the
           perfection
           of
           Christian
           Society
           :
           
           the
           very
           light
           of
           nature
           teaching
           vs
           that
           too
           
             much
             vnity
             dissolues
             a
             city
             (
             as
             vnisons
             drowne
             harmony
             )
             and
             makes
             it
             degenerate
             into
             a
             family
          
           ;
           much
           more
           ,
           such
           a
           degree
           of
           vnity
           as
           shall
           reduce
           all
           Cityes
           as
           it
           were
           into
           one
           family
           vnder
           one
           
             pater
             patriae
             ,
          
           So
           farr
           therefore
           may
           it
           be
           that
           this
           vniuersall
           Supremacy
           should
           produce
           
           any
           desirable
           peace
           and
           vnity
           ,
           as
           that
           more
           lykely
           an
           vniuersall
           dullnesse
           and
           Lethargy
           would
           insue
           thereof
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           well
           in
           the
           pretended
           head
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           body
           .
           For
           what
           condition
           of
           life
           can
           bee
           imagined
           ,
           more
           tedious
           ,
           vncouth
           and
           vncomfortable
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           this
           vniuersall
           head
           must
           continually
           abide
           in
           ,
           when
           there
           shall
           not
           be
           found
           vpon
           earth
           any
           peere
           or
           consort
           ,
           or
           helper
           for
           him
           like
           himselfe
           !
           whereas
           the
           very
           
             Deitie
             ,
          
           which
           notwithstanding
           so
           infinitly
           excells
           for
           
             Simplicity
          
           and
           vnity
           does
           entertaine
           plurality
           and
           Society
           ;
           witnesse
           the
           Trinity
           :
           as
           also
           the
           Kings
           vpon
           earth
           are
           not
           without
           their
           brother-kings
           ,
           (
           some
           elder
           and
           some
           younger
           )
           to
           consort
           with-all
           .
           Yea
           besides
           
           this
           desolation
           and
           solitude
           ,
           what
           incumbrancy
           and
           seruitude
           will
           ensue
           therevpon
           .
           For
           first
           concerning
           the
           head
           himselfe
           ;
           how
           intollerable
           his
           burthen
           must
           neede
           be
           ,
           who
           can
           imagine
           ?
           For
           if
           that
           renowned
           
             Moses
          
           was
           so
           tyred
           with
           the
           leading
           of
           only
           one
           people
           ,
           and
           they
           of
           his
           owne
           language
           ,
           into
           the
           earthly
           Canaan
           :
           how
           must
           he
           looke
           to
           be
           tyred
           ,
           vexed
           ,
           and
           perplexed
           which
           shall
           haue
           the
           leading
           of
           all
           people
           ,
           nations
           and
           languages
           into
           the
           heauenly
           Canaan
           ?
           he
           being
           composed
           of
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           (
           noe
           doubt
           )
           as
           much
           as
           
             Moses
          
           was
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           subiect
           vnto
           mortalitie
           ,
           casualty
           ,
           necessity
           ,
           infirmity
           and
           Sinne
           ;
           yea
           incomparably
           coming
           short
           of
           
             Moses
          
           (
           vnlesse
           it
           be
           in
           his
           owne
           particular
           conceit
           )
           for
           all
           
           kind
           of
           graces
           and
           diuine
           assistance
           :
           It
           being
           expreslly
           said
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Lord
             knew
             Moses
             face
             to
             face
             ;
          
           
           
             that
             his
             like
             was
             neuer
             knowne
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             the
             friend
             of
             God
             ;
             that
             after
             sixe
             score
             yeeres
             his
             eye
             was
             neuer
             dim
             ,
             nor
             his
             naturall
             force
             abated
             ;
             Moses
          
           also
           hauing
           his
           brother
           
             Aaron
          
           to
           share
           with
           him
           in
           the
           maine
           businesse
           ,
           and
           the
           rulers
           ouer
           
             thousands
             ,
             hundreds
             ,
             and
             fifties
             ,
          
           
           to
           saue
           him
           the
           labour
           of
           inferiour
           causes
           ;
           The
           Lord
           also
           most
           miraculusly
           ,
           both
           raining
           dayly
           vnto
           the
           people
           a
           bread
           from
           heauen
           ,
           and
           preseruing
           their
           clothing
           from
           waxing
           ould
           ,
           
           therein
           sauing
           him
           the
           care
           for
           their
           temporal
           necessaryes
           :
           &
           yet
           not
           withstanding
           so
           groned
           
             Moses
          
           vnder
           his
           burthen
           as
           that
           somtime
           he
           brake
           forth
           into
           this
           wish
           ,
           
           that
           
             God
             would
             
             rather
             kill
             him
             then
             continue
             him
             in
             such
             misery
             .
          
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           bondage
           which
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Church
           must
           likewise
           vndergoe
           ,
           by
           meanes
           of
           this
           vniuersall
           Supreame
           ,
           who
           can
           vtter
           it
           ?
           For
           the
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           being
           dispersed
           ouer
           the
           face
           of
           the
           whole
           earth
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           as
           farre
           in
           situation
           from
           their
           head
           as
           the
           very
           
             Antipodes
          
           ;
           and
           so
           by
           that
           meanes
           shall
           haue
           no
           principles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           no
           determinations
           of
           controuersies
           ,
           and
           (
           in
           efect
           )
           no
           executions
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           must
           bee
           appealeable
           ,
           ane
           suspendable
           from
           ,
           vntill
           a
           person
           dwelling
           in
           the
           furthest
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           be
           made
           acquainted
           therewith
           ▪
           and
           shal
           haue
           ratified
           the
           same
           .
           Yea
           ,
           (
           yet
           further
           )
           how
           scandalous
           
           must
           these
           courses
           needes
           be
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           Iewes
           ,
           and
           those
           which
           are
           without
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           stumbling
           block
           in
           their
           way
           ?
           for
           when
           the
           Iew
           shall
           read
           in
           his
           (
           and
           our
           )
           Prophets
           ,
           that
           vnder
           the
           new
           couenant
           
             men
             shall
             so
             abound
             with
             knowledge
             as
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             need
             (
             in
             comparison
             )
          
           
           
             to
             goe
             to
             their
             next
             neighbour
             for
             it
             ,
             it
             shall
             bee
             so
             written
             in
             their
             hearts
             :
          
           will
           hee
           euer
           be
           brought
           to
           beleeue
           ,
           that
           the
           Gospell
           which
           the
           Christians
           imbrace
           can
           be
           that
           new
           couenant
           ;
           or
           that
           our
           Christ
           can
           bee
           that
           Messias
           ,
           vnder
           whome
           knowledge
           is
           vniuersally
           confined
           (
           at
           least
           for
           certainty
           and
           infallibilitie
           )
           vnto
           the
           breast
           of
           only
           one
           particular
           person
           ?
           Or
           can
           he
           iustly
           be
           argued
           of
           obstinacie
           ,
           if
           hee
           resolues
           rather
           still
           to
           continue
           
           vnder
           
             Moses
          
           Law
           ,
           which
           neuer
           inioyned
           him
           to
           goe
           farther
           then
           the
           bounds
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           (
           which
           for
           quantitie
           exceeded
           not
           ours
           of
           
             England
          
           )
           for
           any
           kinde
           of
           knowledges
           ,
           sentences
           ,
           resolutions
           ,
           appeales
           ,
           or
           determinations
           whatsoeuer
           ?
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Infidells
           which
           are
           wholy
           without
           ;
           can
           it
           bee
           marueiled
           if
           they
           likewise
           resolue
           ,
           rather
           still
           to
           worship
           the
           Sunne
           and
           Moone
           in
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           which
           once
           a
           day
           doe
           supervise
           them
           ,
           then
           this
           onely
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ;
           if
           He
           hath
           but
           one
           immediate
           vessell
           of
           his
           grace
           for
           all
           his
           followers
           to
           draw
           at
           ,
           and
           that
           vnder
           the
           locke
           and
           key
           of
           only
           one
           particular
           person
           ,
           and
           he
           confined
           vnto
           one
           particular
           Angle
           of
           the
           earth
           ?
           yea
           ,
           what
           course
           can
           be
           imagined
           ,
           more
           apt
           to
           
           inforce
           and
           disperse
           contagion
           ,
           Heresie
           ,
           &
           Apostacie
           ,
           through
           the
           whol
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           the
           poluting
           ,
           or
           peruerting
           of
           only
           one
           particular
           person
           ,
           shall
           be
           the
           corrupting
           and
           infecting
           of
           the
           vniuersall
           head
           thereof
           ?
           yea
           ,
           finally
           what
           temptations
           or
           prouocations
           more
           forcible
           toward
           the
           erecting
           of
           a
           second
           
             Babell
          
           ;
           when
           all
           the
           world
           shall
           bee
           brought
           to
           obey
           onely
           one
           man
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           learne
           onely
           one
           Language
           (
           perhaps
           the
           Latine
           )
           
           which
           God
           himselfe
           hath
           branded
           for
           the
           maine
           cause
           of
           attempting
           the
           building
           of
           the
           first
           
             Babell
          
           ?
           These
           kind
           of
           dangers
           ,
           difficulties
           ,
           scandalls
           ,
           bondages
           ,
           &
           abasements
           considered
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           the
           ballance
           against
           all
           imaginable
           conueniences
           or
           
           benefits
           ,
           which
           may
           redound
           vnto
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           meanes
           of
           this
           vniuersall
           Head
           ;
           if
           they
           shall
           ouerpoyze
           :
           we
           may
           thervpon
           cōclude
           ,
           that
           no
           strength
           of
           argument
           can
           inforce
           the
           accepting
           thereof
           .
           Finally
           ,
           whereas
           we
           thirdly
           protested
           ,
           that
           no
           writer
           (
           of
           what
           kinde
           soeuer
           )
           for
           the
           first
           fiue
           thousand
           yeeres
           (
           
             ab
             initio
             mundi
          
           ;
           )
           did
           euer
           maintaine
           the
           necessitie
           of
           this
           vniuersall
           Head
           ;
           wee
           take
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           sufficiently
           proued
           vntill
           instance
           be
           made
           to
           the
           contrary
           ▪
           and
           that
           no
           kind
           of
           authour
           of
           reckoning
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           did
           at
           any
           time
           so
           determine
           ;
           this
           alone
           may
           bee
           proofe
           sufficient
           .
           For
           that
           all
           the
           possible
           knowledge
           which
           writers
           can
           haue
           ,
           being
           either
           from
           Scripture
           or
           from
           argument
           (
           that
           which
           comes
           by
           
           reuelatiō
           being
           Scripture
           it self
           if
           (
           as
           we
           haue
           proued
           )
           neither
           of
           these
           two
           originall
           lights
           acknowledg
           it
           ,
           what
           good
           writer
           can
           affirme
           it
           ?
           much
           lesse
           maintaine
           it
           for
           a
           principle
           of
           the
           faith
           ?
           especially
           considering
           how
           all
           the
           principles
           of
           the
           faith
           are
           so
           euident
           ,
           as
           partly
           both
           these
           lights
           acknowledge
           them
           ,
           witnesse
           the
           decalogue
           :
           and
           partly
           one
           of
           these
           lights
           (
           namely
           Scripture
           )
           does
           so
           abundantly
           acknowledge
           them
           ,
           as
           that
           euer
           since
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           time
           ,
           they
           haue
           beene
           agreed
           vpon
           ,
           witnes
           the
           
             Articles
          
           of
           faith
           .
        
         
           How
           then
           shall
           those
           passe
           for
           tolerable
           writers
           ,
           which
           will
           avouch
           ,
           not
           onely
           for
           a
           truth
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           a
           principle
           ,
           that
           ,
           which
           neither
           of
           these
           lights
           giue
           any
           lustre
           vnto
           ?
           
           yea
           and
           for
           such
           a
           principle
           ,
           as
           rather
           should
           giue
           light
           vnto
           all
           other
           principles
           ,
           then
           neede
           to
           borow
           light
           of
           any
           whatsoeuer
           .
           For
           it
           erecting
           a
           Head
           for
           euery
           soule
           vpon
           paine
           of
           damnation
           to
           looke
           vp
           vnto
           ,
           and
           depend
           vpon
           ;
           what
           lesse
           degree
           of
           light
           can
           be
           requisite
           vnto
           it
           then
           that
           which
           may
           make
           it
           cleere
           enough
           euen
           for
           runners
           to
           read
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           weake
           sighted
           to
           find
           it
           euen
           as
           readily
           as
           sucklings
           find
           the
           pappe
           :
           whereas
           on
           the
           contrary
           it
           is
           not
           only
           destitute
           of
           such
           immediate
           ,
           instinctiue
           and
           noone
           shine
           light
           ,
           but
           also
           is
           as
           vtterly
           voyd
           and
           vncapable
           of
           light
           as
           darknesse
           it selfe
           .
           Iudge
           then
           reader
           of
           what
           validity
           the
           first
           linke
           of
           the
           chayne
           is
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           cannot
           hould
           ;
           the
           conclusion
           
           must
           of
           necessary
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           :
           this
           being
           the
           condition
           of
           
             Soriticall
          
           and
           Chaine
           ▪
           arguments
           that
           if
           but
           one
           of
           the
           propositions
           faile
           the
           conclusion
           cannot
           follow
           .
           So
           ,
           as
           were
           this
           first
           proposition
           granted
           them
           ,
           yet
           could
           it
           also
           be
           nothing
           for
           their
           purpose
           ,
           vnlesse
           euery
           one
           following
           be
           made
           good
           ,
           especially
           the
           next
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           :
        
         
           
           
             The
             Apostle
          
           Peter
           
             in
             his
             time
             was
             this
             vniuersall
             Head.
          
           Against
           which
           position
           ,
           our
           demonstration
           shall
           be
           this
           :
           The
           Kings
           and
           Gouernors
           which
           liued
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           had
           more
           authoritie
           ouer
           their
           Christians
           which
           liued
           in
           their
           dominions
           ,
           then
           
             Peter
          
           had
           :
           
             Peter
          
           therefore
           was
           not
           vniuersally
           the
           Christians
           Head.
           That
           those
           Kings
           and
           Gouernors
           
           had
           such
           authority
           more
           then
           
             Peter
          
           had
           ;
           wee
           proue
           :
           because
           they
           stood
           more
           deepely
           charged
           from
           God
           ,
           to
           improoue
           those
           Christians
           vnto
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           then
           
             Peter
          
           did
           .
           For
           the
           only
           end
           why
           God
           giues
           authoritie
           vnto
           men
           ouer
           one
           another
           ,
           being
           this
           ;
           that
           Mankinde
           may
           bee
           the
           more
           fully
           improued
           vnto
           his
           glory
           ;
           hee
           by
           that
           meanes
           hauing
           the
           honour
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           particular
           persons
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           Societies
           ,
           Families
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Countreys
           and
           Kingdomes
           ,
           it
           must
           of
           necessitie
           follow
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           are
           more
           deepely
           charged
           to
           improoue
           a
           companie
           vnto
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           must
           also
           haue
           the
           greater
           power
           and
           authoritie
           ouer
           that
           company
           which
           they
           so
           stand
           charged
           with
           .
           Now
           that
           those
           Kings
           were
           more
           deeply
           
           charged
           so
           to
           improue
           those
           Christians
           then
           
             Peter
          
           was
           ,
           we
           thus
           proue
           ;
           by
           they
           had
           greater
           meanes
           so
           to
           doe
           :
           euery
           mans
           charge
           being
           answerable
           vnto
           his
           meanes
           ,
           
           
             vnto
             whom
             much
             is
             giuen
          
           (
           as
           our
           Sauiour
           tels
           vs
           )
           
             there
             being
             much
             of
             him
             to
             bee
             required
             ;
             and
             ,
             the
             more
             mighty
          
           (
           as
           Salomon
           addes
           )
           
             being
             to
             expect
             the
             sorer
             triall
             .
          
           
           Now
           that
           the
           meanes
           of
           these
           kings
           were
           greater
           then
           the
           meanes
           of
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           we
           thus
           finally
           declare
           :
           first
           because
           it
           was
           in
           their
           power
           to
           protect
           those
           their
           Christian
           Subiects
           from
           persecutions
           ,
           &
           so
           to
           open
           a
           doore
           vnto
           their
           preaching
           ;
           whereas
           
             Peter
          
           was
           not
           able
           so
           much
           as
           to
           protect
           himselfe
           noe
           not
           to
           saue
           his
           owne
           shoulders
           from
           the
           whipp
           .
           Secondly
           for
           that
           it
           was
           also
           in
           there
           powers
           to
           
           indow
           those
           their
           Christians
           with
           priviledges
           and
           Iurisdictions
           ,
           whereby
           such
           as
           were
           otherwise
           vntractable
           vnto
           the
           gospell
           might
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           such
           temporal
           hopes
           and
           feares
           (
           which
           the
           carnall
           minded
           are
           onely
           sensible
           of
           )
           be
           won
           or
           prepared
           therevnto
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           and
           principally
           ,
           because
           rhey
           had
           at
           their
           dispose
           and
           command
           (
           though
           only
           in
           the
           Lord
           wee
           grant
           ,
           and
           no
           otherwise
           could
           
             Peter
          
           or
           any
           mortall
           man
           haue
           at
           command
           )
           the
           gifts
           ,
           abilities
           ,
           and
           mysteries
           of
           those
           their
           Christian
           Subiects
           ;
           the
           Lord
           expresly
           charging
           
             euery
             soule
          
           (
           amongst
           them
           )
           
             to
             bee
             subiect
             vnto
             the
             higher
             powers
          
           ;
           and
           (
           euen
           out
           of
           
             Peters
          
           owne
           mouth
           )
           
           that
           
             they
             should
             submit
             themselues
             vnto
             euery
             ordinance
             of
             man
             ,
             whether
             vnto
             the
             King
             
             as
             the
             Supreame
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           So
           as
           though
           those
           Kings
           were
           not
           in
           their
           owne
           persons
           indewed
           with
           such
           gifts
           and
           graces
           as
           were
           necessary
           vnto
           Christian
           gouernment
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           so
           abundantly
           indued
           as
           
             Peter
          
           ;
           yet
           as
           long
           as
           they
           had
           the
           dispose
           ,
           and
           authoritie
           ouer
           such
           persons
           as
           were
           so
           indued
           ;
           it
           was
           as
           well
           in
           effect
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           actually
           so
           indued
           themselues
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           the
           better
           by
           the
           Phylosophers
           rule
           ,
           
           who
           iudged
           mans
           condition
           in
           being
           borne
           naked
           ,
           to
           be
           therein
           rather
           better
           then
           worse
           then
           the
           Beasts
           ;
           for
           that
           man
           might
           by
           that
           meanes
           turne
           his
           (
           naked
           )
           hand
           into
           a
           Speare
           ,
           a
           Spade
           ,
           a
           Sword
           ,
           a
           Scepter
           ,
           a
           Staffe
           ,
           a
           Pen
           ,
           or
           what
           hee
           list
           ;
           and
           shift
           his
           garments
           when
           he
           list
           :
           whereas
           the
           beast
           hath
           no
           
           shift
           but
           must
           alwayes
           sleepe
           in
           his
           cloathes
           and
           shooes
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           weapons
           about
           him
           of
           necessity
           .
           The
           meanes
           therefore
           which
           those
           Kings
           had
           for
           the
           improouing
           of
           those
           Christians
           vnto
           the
           propagation
           (
           yea
           plantation
           )
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           to
           bee
           farre
           greater
           then
           the
           meanes
           of
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           so
           consequently
           there
           charge
           to
           be
           greater
           .
           For
           though
           it
           is
           easily
           granted
           that
           those
           Heathen
           Kings
           did
           little
           regard
           or
           feele
           any
           such
           charge
           ▪
           but
           rather
           abused
           and
           hated
           the
           meanes
           thereof
           ;
           yet
           is
           not
           that
           materiall
           ;
           our
           question
           being
           ,
           not
           what
           there
           feeling
           or
           practice
           was
           ,
           but
           what
           their
           duty
           and
           charge
           was
           :
           which
           if
           it
           was
           greater
           then
           
             Peters
             ,
          
           then
           also
           by
           the
           proportion
           of
           common
           Iustice
           ,
           their
           authoritie
           
           also
           must
           bee
           greater
           .
           And
           so
           finally
           if
           their
           Authoritie
           ouer
           those
           Christians
           was
           greater
           then
           
             Peters
             ;
             Peter
          
           could
           not
           be
           their
           Head
           (
           and
           so
           not
           vniuersally
           the
           Christians
           Head
           )
           vnlesse
           it
           should
           be
           supposed
           ,
           either
           that
           
             Peter
          
           was
           a
           subordinate
           head
           (
           which
           is
           indeede
           no
           head
           but
           a
           subiect
           )
           or
           that
           those
           Christians
           were
           vnder
           two
           seuerall
           and
           vndependant
           heads
           ,
           which
           both
           the
           law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           law
           of
           Grace
           abhors
           :
           it
           being
           as
           well
           a
           prouerbe
           as
           a
           text
           ,
           
           that
           
             no
             man
             canserue
             two
             Masters
             .
          
           For
           whereas
           it
           vse
           to
           bee
           pleaded
           that
           though
           those
           Kings
           had
           a
           Soueraignty
           ouer
           those
           Christians
           in
           Temporall
           Affaires
           ,
           yet
           might
           
             Peter
          
           haue
           it
           in
           matters
           Spirituall
           :
           Such
           distinction
           does
           deale
           no
           better
           with
           
           the
           Subiect
           ,
           then
           that
           *
           false
           Mother
           did
           ,
           which
           was
           content
           that
           the
           Infant
           should
           bee
           diuided
           :
           the
           thus
           diuiding
           Soueraignetie
           being
           not
           only
           a
           cleauing
           of
           the
           Head
           ▪
           but
           also
           a
           renting
           of
           the
           subiect
           in
           twaine
           .
           For
           admitte
           that
           hee
           which
           hath
           Supremacy
           in
           Spiritualls
           ,
           should
           haue
           neuer
           so
           little
           command
           ,
           were
           it
           but
           of
           the
           least
           finger
           of
           the
           hand
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           digit
           of
           the
           foote
           ,
           yet
           might
           hee
           by
           meanes
           of
           it
           ,
           either
           draw
           the
           seruice
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           or
           so
           crampe
           and
           torment
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           which
           should
           haue
           the
           command
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           should
           haue
           no
           ioy
           ,
           nor
           seruice
           thereof
           :
           much
           more
           then
           if
           he
           hath
           so
           great
           a
           share
           as
           the
           signification
           of
           Spirituals
           may
           be
           extēded
           vnto
           ;
           &
           that
           not
           only
           in
           
           lawfull
           sense
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           a
           proper
           and
           necessary
           sense
           :
           there
           being
           no
           gift
           ,
           indowment
           or
           capacitie
           in
           man
           ,
           but
           which
           both
           may
           and
           also
           ought
           to
           bee
           an
           instrument
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           (
           then
           the
           which
           what
           can
           bee
           more
           properly
           called
           Spirituall
           )
           wee
           being
           bound
           to
           serue
           the
           Lord
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           heart
           and
           soule
           ,
           but
           with
           all
           our
           might
           ;
           
           euen
           our
           very
           eating
           and
           drinking
           (
           the
           most
           common
           act
           that
           is
           )
           being
           charged
           to
           intend
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           not
           only
           is
           a
           Spirituall
           end
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           end
           of
           all
           Spiritualls
           whatsoeuer
           .
        
         
           If
           
             Peter
          
           therefore
           must
           haue
           any
           Supreamacy
           at
           all
           (
           especially
           in
           spiritualls
           )
           he
           must
           of
           necessity
           haue
           all
           :
           Souerainty
           (
           like
           
             punctum
          
           or
           
             vnitas
             Mathematica
          
           )
           being
           vndiuidable
           .
           For
           
           though
           Souerainty
           may
           be
           seated
           in
           diuers
           persons
           ,
           as
           namely
           in
           a
           State
           (
           as
           it
           is
           seated
           in
           but
           one
           in
           a
           Monarchy
           )
           yet
           must
           the
           Authority
           in
           euery
           mandate
           goe
           together
           ;
           as
           likewise
           euery
           person
           must
           obey
           it
           ,
           not
           at
           halues
           ,
           but
           with
           his
           whole
           man
           ;
           and
           *
           
             whatsoeuer
             thine
             hand
             shall
             find
             to
             doe
             thou
             must
             doe
             it
             with
             all
             thy
             power
             .
          
           This
           then
           being
           beaten
           out
           for
           a
           ground
           ,
           that
           
             Peter
          
           either
           must
           haue
           all
           the
           Soueraigntie
           or
           none
           ;
           come
           wee
           vp
           cheerely
           (
           gentle
           Reader
           )
           close
           to
           the
           point
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           euidence
           can
           be
           brought
           for
           
             Peters
          
           absolute
           and
           sole
           Supremacie
           .
           And
           (
           not
           to
           say
           what
           is
           aleadged
           for
           this
           purpose
           but
           to
           say
           more
           then
           so
           )
           all
           that
           can
           be
           aleadged
           must
           tend
           to
           the
           making
           good
           this
           Argument
           .
           Hee
           which
           in
           
           his
           time
           surpassed
           all
           men
           for
           Spirituall
           gifts
           and
           holinesse
           ,
           good
           reason
           hee
           should
           ouerrule
           .
           But
           
             Peter
          
           so
           surpassed
           all
           men
           in
           his
           time
           :
           
             Peter
          
           therefore
           must
           bee
           the
           supreame
           .
           Wherevnto
           we
           answer
           ;
           that
           neither
           of
           the
           grounds
           are
           found
           .
           For
           as
           we
           acknowledge
           no
           cause
           why
           
             Peters
          
           gifts
           should
           bee
           esteemed
           of
           a
           more
           infallible
           and
           diuine
           element
           then
           others
           of
           the
           time
           (
           as
           by
           and
           by
           we
           shall
           more
           fully
           answer
           )
           so
           neither
           is
           the
           proposition
           to
           be
           granted
           which
           presumeth
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           spirituall
           a
           man
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           he
           should
           be
           possessed
           with
           Authoritie
           .
           For
           as
           the
           wife
           oftentimes
           may
           be
           more
           holy
           then
           the
           Husband
           ,
           and
           excell
           him
           in
           vertue
           ,
           both
           for
           wisedome
           ,
           gouernment
           ,
           sobriety
           ;
           yea
           euen
           for
           
           courage
           and
           bodily
           strength
           ,
           (
           especially
           in
           his
           sicknesse
           and
           decrepite
           age
           )
           and
           yet
           stands
           charged
           in
           conscience
           to
           giue
           him
           the
           preheminence
           :
           So
           may
           a
           Subiect
           excell
           his
           Prince
           for
           personall
           vertues
           and
           spirituall
           mysteries
           ,
           and
           yet
           still
           remaine
           charged
           to
           be
           a
           Subiect
           ;
           the
           maine
           reason
           hereof
           being
           this
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           vertues
           of
           a
           Subiect
           are
           habitually
           in
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           so
           more
           properly
           his
           Princes
           then
           his
           owne
           ;
           as
           the
           vertues
           of
           the
           Wife
           are
           more
           her
           Husbands
           then
           her
           owne
           ;
           
           
             the
             Woman
             being
             made
             for
             the
             Man
             ,
             and
             being
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Man
             :
          
           and
           so
           a
           dignitie
           and
           reputation
           vnto
           the
           man.
           When
           therefore
           it
           is
           vrged
           for
           the
           preheminence
           of
           the
           spirituall
           men
           (
           by
           Spirituall
           men
           whether
           we
           meane
           euery
           member
           
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           only
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           it
           is
           not
           materiall
           )
           that
           in
           Scripture
           they
           bee
           vsually
           tearmed
           the
           
             Shepheards
          
           and
           
             Pastors
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           
             Lights
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             &c.
          
           we
           answer
           ,
           that
           our
           question
           is
           not
           concerning
           the
           excellency
           ,
           but
           concerning
           the
           dependancie
           of
           their
           gifts
           ;
           wee
           maintayning
           that
           the
           pastorall
           skill
           is
           subordinate
           vnto
           that
           power
           which
           layes
           out
           the
           Pastures
           ,
           and
           assigneth
           the
           Foulds
           ,
           and
           keepes
           off
           the
           Wolues
           ;
           which
           being
           the
           proper
           offices
           of
           Kings
           and
           Gouernors
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           reputed
           (
           as
           in
           writers
           both
           Diuine
           &
           Humane
           they
           be
           ordinarily
           tearmed
           )
           the
           principall
           Shepheards
           .
           Though
           truly
           and
           properly
           the
           Lord
           only
           is
           the
           Shepheard
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           whom
           all
           Kings
           ,
           Gouernors
           ,
           and
           
           Pastors
           whatsoeuer
           are
           but
           as
           sheepe
           before
           Him
           ;
           though
           of
           his
           grace
           and
           for
           his
           purposes
           ,
           He
           will
           haue
           them
           amongst
           men
           reputed
           as
           Shepheards
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           to
           bee
           as
           his
           Pages
           ,
           and
           some
           only
           as
           Bell-weathers
           ;
           whereof
           these
           haue
           power
           to
           leade
           the
           flocks
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           haue
           eares
           to
           heare
           ,
           and
           list
           to
           follow
           the
           tingling
           of
           their
           Bell
           :
           and
           the
           Pages
           ,
           to
           leade
           and
           driue
           them
           whether
           they
           haue
           list
           or
           noe
           .
           So
           likewise
           when
           Spirituall
           men
           are
           called
           
             Lights
          
           ;
           though
           the
           Scripture
           expounds
           them
           to
           bee
           but
           
             Candlesticks
          
           of
           such
           
             Lights
             ,
          
           
           yet
           may
           they
           bee
           inferiour
           vnto
           those
           which
           follow
           their
           light
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Lantherne-bearer
           is
           inferiour
           vnto
           his
           following
           Master
           ;
           or
           as
           the
           vnderstanding
           is
           inferiour
           to
           the
           
           Will
           ;
           whereunto
           though
           it
           be
           a
           guide
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           also
           a
           Subiect
           ;
           the
           Will
           hauing
           power
           to
           in
           force
           both
           obiects
           and
           principles
           vppon
           it
           .
           
           As
           therefore
           the
           Moone
           and
           not
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           rule
           the
           Night
           ,
           though
           all
           the
           light
           wherewith
           the
           Moone
           rules
           ,
           shee
           receiues
           of
           the
           Sunne
           :
           So
           hee
           which
           possesseth
           the
           Throne
           must
           be
           esteemed
           the
           ruler
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           not
           hee
           which
           is
           possessor
           of
           the
           Light
           ;
           though
           it
           must
           bee
           confessed
           that
           all
           good
           rule
           is
           by
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           light
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Sunne
           beeing
           beneath
           the
           Moone
           ,
           and
           vnder
           the
           Earth
           ,
           can
           doe
           nothing
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           but
           so
           farre
           foorth
           as
           it
           can
           cast
           his
           beames
           into
           the
           lappe
           and
           capacitie
           of
           the
           Moone
           ,
           which
           by
           vertue
           of
           
           her
           conspicuous
           eminency
           hath
           onely
           the
           power
           to
           disperse
           light
           vnto
           all
           that
           are
           vnder
           it
           :
           so
           the
           Spirituall
           man
           during
           his
           being
           (
           as
           it
           were
           vnder
           the
           earth
           )
           in
           an
           earthen
           vessell
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           priuate
           condition
           ▪
           can
           doe
           nothing
           with
           authority
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           vertue
           and
           power
           of
           him
           that
           sits
           in
           the
           Throne
           :
           the
           maine
           reason
           heereof
           being
           this
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           rude
           and
           ignorant
           (
           for
           whose
           only
           ordering
           and
           gouernment
           Authority
           is
           imparted
           vnto
           men
           )
           can
           incomparably
           better
           deserne
           who
           is
           a
           possessour
           of
           the
           Throne
           ,
           then
           who
           is
           a
           possessor
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ▪
           and
           so
           by
           that
           meanes
           more
           certainely
           know
           whom
           they
           are
           to
           obey
           .
           For
           as
           in
           Wedlocke
           ,
           had
           the
           Lord
           ordained
           that
           the
           holier
           or
           the
           wiser
           of
           the
           two
           should
           
           be
           the
           Head
           ,
           there
           must
           needs
           insue
           continuall
           discord
           and
           vncertainty
           in
           the
           Family
           ,
           who
           should
           bee
           the
           Head
           :
           the
           woman
           often
           times
           being
           (
           seeming
           at
           least
           )
           the
           holier
           ,
           wiser
           &c.
           whereas
           hee
           expresly
           determining
           that
           the
           man
           shall
           be
           Head
           (
           which
           with
           the
           least
           turne
           of
           the
           eye
           is
           discerned
           )
           so
           all
           controuersie
           is
           ended
           ,
           and
           the
           weakest
           of
           the
           Family
           easily
           resolued
           ,
           who
           (
           in
           case
           of
           difference
           about
           things
           indifferent
           )
           ought
           to
           be
           obeyed
           .
           So
           in
           greater
           societies
           ,
           had
           the
           Lord
           ordained
           that
           the
           most
           holy
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           spirituall
           should
           bee
           head
           ,
           there
           must
           needs
           haue
           insued
           the
           like
           vncertainty
           and
           discord
           who
           hee
           should
           be
           :
           hee
           that
           is
           holy
           or
           spirituall
           to
           day
           ,
           being
           apt
           to
           be
           otherwise
           (
           at
           least
           in
           appearance
           )
           
           to
           morrow
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           be
           most
           vnholy
           ,
           being
           as
           apt
           to
           carry
           an
           appearance
           of
           the
           holiest
           ;
           whereas
           he
           expresly
           setting
           it
           downe
           ,
           that
           hee
           which
           weares
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           or
           sits
           in
           the
           Throne
           ,
           or
           beares
           the
           the
           Sword
           should
           be
           Head
           ,
           all
           such
           strife
           is
           soone
           at
           at
           end
           ;
           the
           weakest
           that
           is
           being
           able
           with
           ease
           to
           discerne
           who
           such
           persons
           bee
           .
           For
           ,
           though
           oftentimes
           Vsurpers
           may
           get
           posession
           of
           the
           Crowne
           or
           the
           Sword
           ;
           yet
           is
           that
           nothing
           so
           hard
           to
           discerne
           ,
           as
           who
           is
           a
           false
           Professor
           of
           the
           Spirit
           :
           Time
           ,
           place
           ,
           person
           ,
           discent
           ,
           records
           ,
           and
           titles
           (
           which
           carnall
           men
           can
           iudge
           of
           ,
           and
           lay
           together
           )
           being
           of
           sufficient
           force
           to
           detect
           who
           is
           an
           Vsurper
           :
           all
           which
           though
           they
           bee
           but
           circumstances
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           
           such
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           can
           haue
           no
           better
           for
           the
           discerning
           his
           owne
           father
           ,
           whom
           notwithstanding
           he
           stands
           charged
           in
           conscience
           to
           obey
           .
           Better
           therefore
           that
           authority
           bee
           tyed
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           only
           in
           regard
           of
           mans
           necessities
           ,
           but
           also
           more
           especially
           for
           the
           effecting
           the
           Lords
           owne
           purposes
           ;
           who
           by
           this
           meanes
           can
           correct
           or
           scourge
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           yet
           smite
           onely
           one
           particular
           person
           :
           namely
           by
           suffering
           their
           Prince
           or
           Head
           to
           becom
           a
           Tyrant
           or
           a
           Babe
           :
           whereupon
           (
           as
           himselfe
           hath
           taught
           vs
           )
           
             a
             woe
             must
             befall
             the
             whole
             Land
             :
          
           
           whereas
           were
           the
           Crowne
           continually
           kept
           and
           possessed
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           Rod
           should
           finde
           no
           place
           .
           For
           as
           concerning
           those
           which
           
           thinke
           there
           is
           no
           necessity
           for
           this
           consequence
           ,
           because
           in
           case
           a
           Babe
           or
           a
           Tyrant
           supplies
           the
           Throne
           ,
           the
           whole
           Nation
           neede
           not
           be
           obnoxious
           vnto
           any
           smart
           thereby
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           is
           thought
           lawfull
           ,
           yea
           necessarie
           to
           cut
           off
           such
           Babes
           and
           Tyrants
           .
           We
           answer
           ,
           that
           such
           opinion
           is
           not
           only
           most
           impious
           and
           presumptuous
           against
           God
           ,
           but
           also
           most
           preposterous
           ,
           monstrous
           ,
           vniust
           ,
           and
           ridiculous
           before
           men
           .
           First
           ,
           most
           impious
           it
           is
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           the
           common
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           that
           wee
           should
           obey
           and
           honour
           Princes
           ;
           yea
           that
           wee
           should
           honour
           our
           particular
           Fathers
           ,
           much
           more
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           whole
           Country
           :
           so
           farre
           must
           wee
           bee
           from
           abasing
           them
           ,
           especially
           in
           case
           of
           their
           imbecillity
           .
           How
           impious
           
           then
           must
           they
           needs
           be
           ,
           which
           will
           handle
           their
           Princes
           no
           better
           then
           caityfes
           ,
           and
           most
           desperate
           members
           ?
           Secondly
           ,
           most
           presumptuous
           it
           is
           ,
           both
           for
           that
           it
           puts
           him
           by
           ,
           whom
           the
           Lord
           will
           haue
           raigne
           ,
           namely
           that
           Babe
           ,
           or
           that
           Tyrant
           for
           the
           purpose
           aforesaid
           ;
           and
           also
           for
           that
           it
           does
           interpose
           a
           Iudgement
           seate
           betwixt
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           him
           whom
           the
           Lord
           will
           haue
           his
           most
           immediate
           ,
           his
           very
           next
           ,
           his
           owne
           Annointed
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           monstrousnesse
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           appeares
           in
           this
           :
           both
           for
           that
           it
           supposeth
           a
           power
           in
           the
           Body
           aboue
           the
           Head
           ;
           namely
           that
           power
           which
           must
           cut
           the
           Head
           off
           ;
           in
           the
           roome
           of
           which
           head
           ,
           in
           case
           another
           head
           should
           grow
           vp
           ;
           yet
           must
           it
           still
           bee
           vnder
           that
           power
           of
           
           the
           Body
           ;
           which
           is
           most
           preposterous
           ;
           and
           also
           (
           in
           case
           no
           such
           head
           growes
           vp
           )
           for
           that
           either
           the
           Body
           must
           remaine
           without
           a
           head
           (
           which
           will
           still
           be
           monstrous
           )
           or
           some
           other
           member
           must
           supply
           the
           heads
           place
           which
           will
           be
           miserably
           ridiculous
           :
           For
           when
           the
           inferiour
           members
           which
           cannot
           discerne
           a
           Head
           from
           a
           Hand
           or
           a
           Foote
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           the
           outward
           shape
           and
           figure
           therof
           ,
           shall
           see
           (
           suppose
           )
           a
           hand
           or
           at
           least
           that
           which
           is
           like
           a
           hand
           to
           be
           in
           the
           place
           of
           the
           head
           ;
           they
           must
           needs
           a
           great
           while
           take
           it
           for
           but
           a
           fellow
           member
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           doe
           it
           that
           respect
           and
           obedience
           which
           to
           the
           Head
           is
           due
           ;
           and
           then
           when
           at
           length
           after
           many
           admonitions
           they
           haue
           learned
           to
           see
           the
           power
           of
           an
           Head
           vnder
           the
           
           shape
           of
           an
           hand
           ;
           yet
           withall
           when
           they
           shall
           also
           learne
           how
           that
           hand
           came
           there
           ;
           namely
           by
           cutting
           off
           the
           vnsound
           or
           foolish
           Head
           :
           what
           remaines
           but
           that
           they
           thinke
           it
           necessary
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           lawfull
           )
           for
           them
           to
           obserue
           whether
           that
           Hand
           be
           found
           ,
           or
           whether
           some
           fit
           of
           a
           
             Chyragra
          
           be
           not
           growing
           vpon
           it
           :
           which
           if
           they
           finde
           ;
           what
           else
           but
           that
           some
           other
           member
           be
           thought
           of
           for
           the
           place
           ?
           and
           then
           who
           perhaps
           so
           likely
           to
           put
           forward
           as
           the
           Foote
           ?
           which
           if
           it
           attaines
           to
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Head
           ;
           as
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           miserable
           shame
           and
           confusion
           to
           the
           Domesticke
           members
           ,
           so
           how
           can
           it
           bee
           otherwise
           then
           a
           most
           horrible
           scorne
           vnto
           the
           forraigne
           enemies
           ?
           and
           as
           good
           sport
           as
           the
           walking
           of
           men
           with
           their
           
           heeles
           vpwards
           ,
           is
           to
           idle
           beholders
           .
           Yea
           what
           more
           vniust
           euen
           in
           the
           eies
           of
           common
           Sense
           ,
           then
           that
           the
           Master-builder
           should
           bee
           at
           this
           passe
           ,
           either
           to
           giue
           account
           of
           the
           soundnesse
           of
           his
           worke
           vnto
           those
           which
           are
           beneath
           him
           ;
           or
           else
           to
           be
           at
           their
           mercie
           to
           haue
           the
           Stage
           pulled
           from
           vnder
           him
           ?
           But
           ,
           Christian
           Reader
           ,
           I
           feare
           mee
           you
           thinke
           I
           haue
           committed
           an
           excursion
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           pray
           suffer
           mee
           to
           answer
           one
           Obiection
           more
           ,
           which
           is
           thought
           to
           be
           of
           Demonstratiue
           force
           for
           the
           Intitling
           the
           Spirituall
           man
           to
           the
           Throne
           before
           any
           :
           and
           it
           is
           this
           .
           The
           first
           
             Adam
          
           vpon
           his
           fall
           did
           forfeit
           all
           the
           domini
           -
           and
           titles
           which
           the
           Lord
           vpon
           his
           Creation
           had
           set
           him
           in
           :
           Such
           therefore
           as
           haue
           no
           
           other
           birth
           but
           from
           the
           first
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           can
           haue
           no
           title
           to
           dominions
           or
           authorities
           whatsoeuer
           :
           and
           therefore
           they
           which
           are
           borne
           of
           the
           second
           
             Adam
          
           (
           vnto
           whom
           the
           first
           
             Adams
          
           inheritance
           must
           lapse
           vnto
           )
           must
           be
           the
           only
           true
           Heires
           thereof
           ;
           and
           consequently
           as
           men
           are
           more
           or
           lesse
           borne
           of
           the
           second
           
             Adam
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           more
           or
           lesse
           Spirituall
           )
           they
           shall
           more
           or
           lesse
           haue
           titles
           to
           Kingdomes
           ,
           Lordships
           ,
           properties
           or
           capacities
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           and
           no
           otherwise
           .
           Wherevnto
           wee
           answer
           ;
           first
           ,
           that
           though
           
             Adam
          
           vpon
           his
           fall
           did
           loose
           the
           sweetnesse
           of
           his
           dominions
           (
           the
           curse
           of
           God
           inuading
           it
           )
           yet
           does
           it
           not
           follow
           but
           that
           he
           might
           still
           retaine
           the
           state
           and
           title
           thereof
           ;
           euen
           as
           a
           rich
           
           man
           when
           hee
           falls
           into
           some
           tormenting
           desease
           ,
           and
           so
           hath
           no
           ioy
           of
           all
           his
           riches
           ,
           yet
           still
           remaines
           seazed
           and
           possessed
           of
           his
           riches
           neuerthelesse
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           estate
           and
           dominion
           which
           God
           gaue
           vnto
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           though
           it
           might
           be
           a
           ioy
           &
           dignitie
           vnto
           him
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           principally
           to
           bee
           taken
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           charge
           ;
           which
           charge
           it
           was
           not
           in
           
             Adams
          
           power
           to
           auoid
           or
           forfeit
           vpon
           his
           trespasse
           and
           fall
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           double
           and
           increase
           it
           thereupon
           :
           a
           mans
           voluntary
           dashing
           his
           abilities
           ,
           being
           no
           dispensation
           for
           his
           duties
           ;
           negligence
           being
           of
           no
           more
           force
           to
           discharge
           vs
           ,
           then
           voluntary
           ignorance
           is
           to
           excuse
           vs.
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           did
           make
           vnto
           the
           first
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           a
           generall
           grant
           of
           vniuersall
           propriety
           
           and
           dominion
           ,
           we
           expresly
           find
           (
           
             Gen.
          
           1.28
           .
           &c.
           )
           but
           that
           hee
           did
           reuoke
           the
           same
           we
           finde
           not
           .
           Paradise
           indeed
           ,
           both
           the
           heauenly
           (
           the
           fruition
           of
           God
           )
           and
           also
           the
           earthly
           (
           the
           Garden
           of
           Eden
           )
           we
           find
           expresly
           that
           it
           was
           taken
           from
           him
           :
           but
           wee
           also
           finde
           as
           expresly
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           giuen
           him
           only
           vpon
           condition
           of
           his
           obedience
           :
           whereas
           the
           donation
           of
           vniuersall
           dominion
           had
           no
           such
           condition
           annexed
           vnto
           it
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           had
           
             Adam
          
           apprehended
           that
           superiority
           and
           dominion
           should
           vpon
           his
           Fall
           ,
           be
           conueyed
           vnto
           men
           by
           the
           course
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           course
           of
           Nature
           :
           hee
           would
           neuer
           haue
           intitled
           his
           vngracious
           first
           borne
           vnto
           all
           his
           possessions
           ,
           as
           the
           name
           
             Cain
          
           signifies
           ,
           and
           left
           nothing
           for
           
           his
           best-borne
           ,
           but
           (
           the
           younger
           brothers
           portion
           )
           vanitie
           ,
           as
           the
           name
           
             Abel
          
           signifies
           .
           Fiftly
           ,
           the
           Lord
           euery
           where
           so
           establishing
           the
           Hethen
           Princes
           in
           their
           States
           and
           Kingdomes
           ;
           as
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
             Nabuchadnezar
             ,
             Cyrus
             ,
             Ahashuerosh
             ,
             Darius
             ,
             Caesar
             ,
             &c.
          
           who
           had
           no
           kind
           of
           right
           therunto
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ,
           which
           hath
           his
           originall
           only
           from
           (
           consecrated
           reason
           )
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           first
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           only
           they
           were
           discended
           (
           the
           second
           
             Adam
          
           being
           to
           them
           vnknowne
           ;
           )
           it
           may
           sufficiently
           teach
           that
           no
           reuocation
           of
           originall
           Dominions
           did
           follow
           vpon
           the
           fall
           .
        
         
           But
           finally
           and
           principally
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           all
           ,
           may
           be
           this
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           second
           
             Adam
          
           and
           his
           line
           (
           vnto
           whom
           only
           such
           supposed
           forfeiture
           was
           to
           extend
           )
           
           did
           neuer
           make
           the
           least
           title
           or
           claime
           thereunto
           :
           either
           when
           he
           was
           first
           promised
           ,
           or
           when
           he
           was
           first
           made
           manifest
           in
           the
           flesh
           .
           For
           as
           concerning
           the
           time
           when
           hee
           was
           first
           promised
           ,
           so
           farre
           was
           hee
           then
           from
           taking
           any
           vantage
           of
           the
           Fall
           ;
           as
           that
           the
           first
           mention
           of
           him
           did
           promise
           a
           Succour
           against
           our
           Enemie
           that
           gaue
           the
           Fall
           ;
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             The
             seede
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             shall
             bruise
             the
             Serpents
             head
             .
          
           
           Likewise
           his
           first-borne
           
             Abel
          
           (
           who
           by
           faith
           in
           him
           
             offered
             the
             the
             good
             Sacrifice
          
           )
           was
           so
           farre
           from
           attayning
           any
           superiority
           by
           vertue
           of
           his
           being
           borne
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           proued
           the
           only
           cause
           of
           his
           earthly
           ruine
           :
           his
           
             Brother
             therefore
             hating
             him
             because
             his
             works
             were
             good
          
           ;
           
           and
           his
           works
           (
           wee
           know
           )
           being
           
           therefore
           only
           good
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           borne
           of
           him
           .
           So
           also
           the
           Patriarkes
           and
           holy
           men
           in
           their
           times
           ;
           did
           they
           not
           alwaies
           account
           themselues
           rather
           loosers
           then
           gainers
           by
           this
           second
           birth
           ?
           they
           euery
           where
           vndergoing
           tributes
           and
           bondages
           more
           willingly
           and
           more
           faithfully
           then
           any
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           time
           of
           the
           second
           
             Adams
          
           manifesting
           himselfe
           in
           the
           flesh
           ;
           so
           farre
           was
           he
           then
           also
           from
           claiming
           any
           of
           the
           first
           
             Adams
          
           rights
           ,
           as
           that
           vpon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           hee
           professeth
           the
           maine
           intent
           of
           his
           comming
           ,
           to
           be
           for
           the
           restoring
           of
           his
           losses
           ,
           euen
           though
           it
           were
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           his
           owne
           life
           :
           euery
           where
           styling
           himselfe
           no
           better
           then
           
             The
             Sonne
             of
             Man
          
           ;
           which
           the
           meanest
           of
           
             Adams
          
           Race
           might
           
           assume
           as
           well
           as
           hee
           :
           and
           finally
           ,
           as
           often
           telling
           vs
           that
           his
           Kingdome
           was
           not
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           that
           he
           came
           not
           to
           be
           ministred
           vnto
           ,
           but
           to
           minister
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           not
           whereon
           to
           lay
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           refusing
           so
           much
           as
           to
           arbitrate
           a
           matter
           betwixt
           two
           brethren
           (
           which
           the
           most
           priuate
           persons
           that
           are
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           doe
           )
           least
           he
           should
           seeme
           to
           take
           vpon
           him
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Iudge
           ,
           and
           so
           leaue
           a
           conceit
           in
           his
           followers
           that
           some
           degree
           of
           Authority
           might
           bee
           deriued
           from
           him
           :
           euery
           where
           finally
           prescribing
           such
           courses
           ,
           and
           aduising
           all
           that
           desired
           to
           grow
           great
           in
           him
           ,
           to
           exceed
           only
           in
           humilitie
           ,
           preferring
           therefore
           a
           child
           before
           them
           all
           ,
           when
           they
           
             stroue
             who
             should
             be
             the
             greatest
             :
          
           
           and
           telling
           them
           (
           in
           effect
           )
           that
           
           authority
           and
           greatnesse
           was
           to
           bee
           deriued
           only
           from
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           Nations
           .
           
           For
           whereas
           after
           his
           ascention
           hee
           tells
           vs
           that
           
             All
             power
             was
             giuen
             him
             both
             in
             Heauen
             and
             in
             Earth
             ,
          
           His
           meaning
           therein
           is
           only
           this
           ;
           that
           now
           all
           power
           both
           in
           Heauen
           and
           Earth
           should
           be
           vnder
           his
           humanitie
           ,
           as
           before
           it
           was
           vnder
           his
           Deity
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           all
           men
           ,
           euen
           
             Adam
          
           himselfe
           and
           all
           his
           race
           were
           formerly
           vnder
           him
           as
           he
           was
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           :
           so
           now
           they
           should
           likewise
           bee
           vnder
           him
           as
           hee
           was
           the
           Sonne
           of
           man.
           For
           the
           effecting
           thereof
           there
           needed
           no
           alteration
           of
           States
           ,
           or
           new
           conueyances
           ▪
           for
           that
           as
           all
           other
           creatures
           both
           in
           Heauen
           and
           in
           Earth
           ;
           whether
           Angels
           ,
           Beasts
           ,
           Wormes
           ,
           Plants
           ,
           Stones
           ,
           or
           whatsoeuer
           ;
           are
           
           likewise
           become
           subiect
           vnto
           this
           manhood
           ,
           and
           yet
           still
           retaine
           their
           orders
           ,
           natures
           ,
           and
           properties
           as
           before
           :
           Angels
           remaining
           Angels
           ;
           Beasts
           remaining
           Beasts
           ;
           Lyons
           ,
           Lyons
           ;
           Stones
           ▪
           Stones
           ,
           &c.
           so
           does
           it
           no
           otherwise
           follow
           but
           that
           mankind
           may
           likewise
           become
           subiect
           vnto
           the
           manhood
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           yet
           all
           men
           still
           to
           continue
           in
           their
           former
           properties
           :
           Kings
           ,
           remaining
           Kings
           ;
           Princes
           ,
           Princes
           ;
           Fathers
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           Husbands
           ,
           Wiues
           ,
           Subiects
           ,
           Sonnes
           ,
           Seruants
           ,
           in
           their
           former
           condition
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           the
           Apostles
           tell
           vs
           )
           
             Euery
             man
             in
             the
             same
             calling
             wherin
             he
             was
             called
             ,
          
           
           as
           well
           after
           his
           birth
           in
           the
           Second
           
             Adam
          
           as
           in
           the
           first
           .
           For
           as
           the
           second
           
             Adam
          
           did
           not
           thinke
           good
           to
           be
           the
           Father
           of
           a
           new
           generation
           by
           the
           course
           
           of
           Nature
           ;
           wherewith
           to
           propagate
           his
           Church
           ,
           but
           made
           choise
           of
           the
           old
           
             Adams
          
           issue
           to
           new
           graft
           vpō
           .
           So
           may
           we
           conceiue
           it
           to
           be
           a
           course
           most
           answerable
           thereunto
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           meanes
           to
           adorne
           and
           bespangle
           his
           Church
           with
           Scepters
           ,
           Crownes
           and
           Authorities
           ,
           He
           will
           not
           make
           new
           Crowns
           or
           new
           Scepters
           ,
           or
           take
           away
           Crownes
           and
           Scepters
           from
           the
           old
           possessors
           ,
           to
           adorne
           his
           followers
           withall
           :
           but
           only
           new
           graft
           vpon
           those
           old
           Crownes
           and
           Potentates
           ;
           and
           so
           most
           sweetely
           bring
           it
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           though
           hee
           does
           not
           make
           his
           followers
           Kings
           ,
           yet
           does
           hee
           make
           Kings
           his
           followers
           .
           Which
           as
           it
           is
           all
           one
           for
           the
           outward
           glory
           and
           countenance
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           farre
           more
           agreeing
           with
           
           the
           propertie
           and
           profession
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           namely
           in
           winning
           Kings
           vnto
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           gentle
           ,
           easie
           ,
           weake
           ,
           and
           peaceable
           meanes
           ;
           making
           choice
           of
           Sheepe
           ,
           and
           not
           Wolues
           or
           Lyons
           for
           his
           Ambassadors
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           hee
           sends
           to
           Wolues
           and
           Lyons
           and
           worse
           then
           Tygers
           :
           that
           so
           those
           Rebells
           in
           the
           day
           of
           visitation
           when
           they
           see
           how
           the
           Lord
           hath
           dealt
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           how
           in
           stead
           of
           sheepe
           hee
           could
           haue
           sent
           wolues
           and
           Lyons
           in
           their
           owne
           kinde
           ,
           to
           haue
           worried
           and
           destroyed
           them
           ;
           then
           as
           ouercome
           with
           the
           coales
           of
           fire
           which
           his
           long
           suffering
           had
           cast
           vpon
           them
           ,
           they
           with
           all
           their
           hearts
           and
           soules
           ,
           present
           him
           and
           his
           Gospell
           with
           their
           Scepters
           ,
           Crownes
           ,
           Dignities
           ,
           and
           Possessions
           :
           
           yea
           they
           thus
           breake
           forth
           into
           most
           vehement
           and
           sincere
           protestations
           (
           as
           our
           so
           Christian
           Soueraigne
           hath
           taught
           them
           )
           
             vnto
             his
             Maiestie
             alone
             I
             haue
             deuoted
             my
             Scepter
             ,
             
             my
             Sword
             ,
             my
             Penne
             ,
             my
             whole
             industry
             ;
             my
             whole
             selfe
             with
             all
             that
             is
             mine
             in
             whole
             and
             in
             part
             :
             I
             doe
             it
             ,
             I
             doe
             it
             ,
             in
             all
             humble
             acknowledgement
             of
             his
             vnspeakable
             fauour
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           *
           
             to
             whose
             seruice
             as
             a
             most
             humble
             homager
             and
             vassall
             ,
             I
             consecrate
             all
             the
             glory
             ,
             honour
             ,
             lustre
             and
             splendor
             of
             my
             earthly
             Kingdomes
             .
          
           Wee
           conclude
           then
           ,
           that
           neither
           diuine
           ordinance
           ,
           nor
           Church
           benefit
           ,
           does
           inforce
           or
           perswade
           this
           ground
           (
           without
           which
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           cannot
           be
           intitled
           vnto
           Soueraignty
           ;
           )
           that
           the
           more
           spirituall
           men
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           ought
           to
           bee
           possessors
           of
           
           Authority
           :
           which
           conclusion
           also
           were
           it
           granted
           ,
           yet
           would
           not
           
             Peters
          
           Supremacy
           thereupon
           insue
           ,
           vnlesse
           it
           bee
           also
           proued
           ,
           that
           in
           Spirituall
           gifts
           and
           graces
           
             Peter
          
           must
           of
           necessity
           bee
           acknowledged
           to
           surmount
           all
           persons
           :
           which
           we
           grant
           not
           .
           For
           as
           concerning
           the
           Text
           and
           collections
           which
           vse
           to
           bee
           alleadged
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           as
           namely
           that
           
             Peter
          
           is
           ordinarily
           first
           named
           when
           the
           Apostles
           are
           rehearsed
           .
           2.
           
           That
           our
           Sauiour
           
             three
             seuerall
             times
             gaue
             him
             charge
             to
             feede
             his
             sheepe
             .
          
           3.
           
           That
           our
           Sauiour
           particularly
           told
           him
           that
           he
           had
           
             prayed
             for
             him
             .
          
           4.
           
           That
           our
           Sauiour
           payed
           the
           
             tribute
             for
             him
             .
          
           5.
           
           Did
           more
           ordinarily
           
             discourse
             with
             him
             ,
          
           then
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           .
           6.
           
           Gaue
           him
           
             a
             new
             name
             .
          
           7.
           
           Tearmed
           him
           a
           
           
             Rocke
             ,
          
           and
           promised
           to
           builde
           
             his
             Church
          
           vpon
           him
           .
           8.
           
           Gaue
           him
           the
           
             Keyes
             of
             heauen
             .
          
           9.
           
           And
           finally
           ,
           wrought
           especially
           by
           him
           in
           
             the
             Primitiue
             Church
             affayres
             .
          
           We
           thus
           shortly
           answer
           them
           in
           order
           .
        
         
           
           And
           first
           concerning
           his
           nominall
           priority
           ,
           we
           answer
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           of
           force
           to
           intitle
           him
           vnto
           any
           principality
           ;
           it
           being
           not
           auoydable
           amōgst
           the
           most
           equals
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           must
           bee
           such
           kind
           of
           precedency
           ;
           as
           for
           example
           in
           the
           Trinity
           :
           though
           neither
           is
           
             Peter
          
           euery
           where
           first
           named
           ;
           both
           a
           
             Iames
          
           and
           b
           
             Andrew
          
           being
           sometime
           named
           before
           him
           .
           
           2.
           
           And
           as
           for
           our
           Sauiours
           triple
           charging
           him
           to
           
             feed
             his
             sheepe
             :
          
           wee
           answere
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           rather
           a
           checke
           then
           a
           grace
           ,
           to
           bee
           often
           called
           vpon
           to
           doe
           a
           dutie
           :
           and
           in
           that
           
           it
           is
           said
           that
           
             Peter
             was
             sory
             when
             it
             was
             said
             vnto
             him
             the
             third
             time
             ,
             &c.
          
           it
           may
           seem
           that
           
             Peter
          
           took
           it
           no
           otherwise
           ;
           as
           perhaps
           conceiting
           such
           tripling
           of
           his
           charge
           ,
           to
           bee
           in
           the
           way
           of
           a
           glance
           at
           his
           triple
           denial
           .
           
           3.
           
           Frō
           the
           like
           consideration
           of
           
             Peters
          
           weaknesse
           (
           wee
           answere
           to
           the
           third
           )
           might
           proceed
           our
           Sauiours
           telling
           him
           ,
           that
           
             He
             had
             praied
             for
             him
             .
          
           For
           no
           doubt
           our
           Sauiours
           praier
           was
           as
           frequent
           &
           effectuall
           for
           the
           rest
           ,
           though
           he
           saw
           not
           the
           like
           cause
           to
           tell
           them
           so
           much
           .
           
           4.
           
           And
           as
           for
           our
           Sauiours
           paying
           the
           tribute
           for
           him
           ;
           we
           answer
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           rather
           argue
           
             Peters
          
           pouerty
           and
           subiection
           ,
           then
           any
           kind
           of
           excellency
           and
           dominion
           :
           the
           rest
           also
           perhaps
           not
           being
           lyable
           to
           the
           tribute
           which
           was
           then
           demanded
           ;
           either
           because
           
           they
           were
           no
           dwellers
           at
           Capernaum
           ,
           as
           
             Peter
          
           was
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           might
           bee
           if
           it
           were
           the
           Emperors
           tribute
           ;
           or
           for
           that
           they
           were
           not
           the
           first
           borne
           in
           their
           Families
           ,
           of
           whome
           onely
           the
           other
           tribute
           (
           toward
           the
           Temple
           )
           was
           demanded
           .
           
           5.
           
           And
           as
           for
           our
           Sauiours
           so
           ordinary
           discoursing
           with
           
             Peter
          
           ;
           wee
           answere
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           ordinary
           with
           natural
           Fathers
           ,
           to
           make
           choice
           rather
           of
           their
           little
           ones
           to
           oppose
           and
           discourse
           withall
           ,
           then
           their
           men
           growne
           sonnes
           ;
           especially
           when
           their
           intent
           therein
           is
           to
           teach
           standers
           by
           ;
           the
           most
           ready
           answerers
           rather
           then
           the
           more
           wary
           being
           fittest
           for
           such
           purposes
           .
           
           6.
           
           And
           as
           for
           the
           new
           naming
           of
           
             Peter
          
           ;
           wee
           answere
           ,
           that
           diuers
           of
           the
           rest
           also
           had
           new
           names
           giuen
           thē
           ;
           as
           
             Leui
          
           being
           new-named
           
             Matthew
             ;
             
             Saul
             ,
             Paul
             ;
             Iames
          
           and
           
             Iohn
             Boanerges
          
           ;
           which
           name
           being
           by
           interpretation
           
             the
             sonnes
             of
             thunder
             ,
          
           may
           farre
           better
           resemble
           persons
           of
           Authoritie
           ,
           then
           
             Peters
          
           new
           name
           of
           
             Cephas
          
           or
           
             Petros
          
           ;
           for
           that
           a
           
             Stone
             ,
          
           as
           those
           names
           signifie
           ,
           is
           more
           fit
           to
           make
           a
           Subiect
           then
           a
           Head
           ,
           if
           names
           should
           bee
           regarded
           .
           
           7.
           
           Now
           as
           for
           our
           Sauiours
           tearming
           
             Peter
          
           a
           
             Rock
             ,
          
           and
           promising
           to
           build
           
             His
             Church
             vpon
             him
          
           ;
           we
           answer
           ,
           that
           neither
           doth
           that
           Text
           giue
           
             Peter
          
           any
           higher
           preheminence
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           were
           styled
           by
           higher
           termes
           then
           so
           ;
           euen
           no
           lesse
           then
           absolute
           and
           seuerall
           foundations
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           the
           wall
           
             of
             new
             Ierusalem
          
           being
           said
           (
           
             Reuel
             .
          
           21.14
           .
           )
           
             to
             haue
             twelue
             foundations
             ,
             and
             in
             them
             the
             names
             of
             the
             twelue
             Apostles
             :
          
           
           Another
           Text
           also
           (
           
             Ephes
             .
          
           2.20
           .
           )
           making
           not
           onely
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           Prophets
           as
           deepe
           in
           the
           foundation
           as
           he
           ;
           when
           it
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Church
             was
             founded
             vpon
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
          
           ;
           in
           which
           Text
           also
           it
           being
           further
           added
           ,
           that
           
             Iesus
             Christ
             is
             the
             Head
             Corner
             Stone
          
           ;
           If
           
             Peter
          
           should
           so
           be
           esteemed
           a
           Rock
           ,
           as
           to
           bee
           the
           Rocke
           alone
           ,
           hee
           should
           so
           not
           onely
           surmount
           his
           fellowes
           (
           contrary
           to
           those
           Texts
           )
           but
           also
           our
           Sauiour
           himselfe
           .
           8.
           
           Nor
           againe
           does
           our
           Sauiours
           giuing
           
             Peter
             the
             Keyes
             of
             heauen
             ,
          
           any
           whit
           aduance
           
             Peter
          
           aboue
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           vnto
           whom
           these
           heauenly
           Keyes
           ,
           whether
           the
           keyes
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           the
           keyes
           of
           binding
           and
           loosing
           ,
           the
           keyes
           of
           remitting
           and
           retayning
           ,
           
           or
           the
           Keyes
           of
           
             Dauid
          
           (
           if
           there
           be
           any
           odds
           or
           difference
           amongst
           these
           keyes
           )
           were
           as
           expressely
           giuen
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           as
           touching
           the
           keyes
           of
           Knowledge
           ;
           those
           we
           find
           ,
           euen
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           and
           common
           Lawyers
           not
           to
           bee
           destitute
           of
           :
           and
           as
           for
           the
           keyes
           of
           remitting
           and
           retaining
           sinne
           ;
           those
           also
           our
           Sauiour
           does
           plurally
           giue
           ,
           when
           hee
           sayeth
           ;
           
             Whose
             sinnes
             yee
             remit
             ,
          
           
           
             they
             are
             remitted
             ,
             &c.
          
           though
           to
           speake
           truely
           and
           properly
           ,
           neither
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           mortall
           man
           euer
           had
           power
           to
           remit
           sinne
           ,
           but
           onely
           as
           the
           Priests
           in
           the
           Old
           Law
           had
           power
           to
           cleanse
           Leprosie
           ;
           which
           was
           only
           by
           pronouncing
           according
           vnto
           the
           Leuiticall
           Rules
           ,
           
           who
           were
           cleane
           ,
           and
           who
           not
           ;
           the
           cognizance
           of
           Leprosie
           being
           confined
           
           onely
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           none
           in
           the
           Congregation
           beeing
           reputable
           for
           cleane
           ,
           (
           after
           presumptions
           to
           the
           contrary
           )
           but
           onely
           whom
           they
           so
           pronounced
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           keyes
           of
           binding
           and
           loosing
           (
           if
           they
           must
           differ
           from
           the
           former
           )
           are
           likewise
           found
           giuen
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           when
           our
           Sauiour
           saith
           ,
           
             Whatsoeuer
             yee
             binde
             on
             earth
             ,
             shall
             bee
             bound
             in
             heauen
          
           ;
           where
           the
           Relatiue
           (
           yee
           )
           is
           thought
           to
           extend
           (
           in
           the
           iudgement
           of
           *
           good
           Expositors
           )
           not
           onely
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           but
           also
           (
           in
           case
           there
           spoken
           of
           )
           to
           euery
           member
           of
           Christ
           .
           Finally
           ,
           concerning
           the
           keyes
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           which
           (
           our
           Sauiour
           in
           his
           glory
           professing
           himselfe
           to
           be
           the
           keeper
           of
           )
           may
           seeme
           to
           haue
           the
           preheminence
           ;
           
           wee
           finde
           long
           before
           
             Peters
          
           time
           to
           haue
           
           been
           committed
           vnto
           the
           Prophet
           
             Ieremie
          
           (
           vnder
           the
           name
           of
           
             Eliachim
          
           )
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
           
             I
             will
             lay
             the
             key
             of
             Dauid
             vpon
             his
             shoulders
             ;
             hee
             shall
             shut
             ,
             and
             none
             shall
             open
             ;
             hee
             shall
             open
             ,
             and
             none
             shall
             shut
             :
          
           Wherein
           then
           consists
           the
           peculiaritie
           of
           
             Peters
          
           Keyes
           ?
           For
           though
           when
           our
           Sauiour
           promised
           him
           them
           ,
           hee
           tearmed
           them
           
             the
             Keyes
             of
             Heauen
          
           ;
           yet
           for
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Keyes
           of
           binding
           ,
           loosing
           ,
           opening
           ,
           shutting
           ,
           remitting
           &c.
           doe
           concerne
           no
           other
           gates
           then
           the
           gates
           of
           Heauen
           ;
           such
           nominall
           explications
           annexed
           vnto
           
             Peters
          
           Keyes
           ,
           can
           giue
           no
           reall
           Specialty
           vnto
           them
           .
           Especially
           considering
           how
           the
           Key
           of
           Faith
           which
           euery
           beleeuer
           must
           haue
           as
           well
           as
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           is
           also
           the
           Key
           of
           Heauen
           ;
           yea
           and
           such
           a
           Key
           ,
           
           as
           without
           it
           ,
           none
           of
           the
           other
           Keyes
           can
           ,
           and
           yet
           ,
           it
           ,
           without
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           is
           able
           ,
           to
           open
           Heauen
           Gates
           alone
           .
           Though
           truly
           and
           properly
           we
           must
           alwaies
           remember
           ,
           that
           he
           only
           is
           able
           to
           open
           the
           heauens
           ,
           which
           hath
           made
           the
           heauens
           ;
           His
           precious
           blood
           being
           the
           only
           true
           Key
           indeed
           ;
           and
           his
           Word
           reuealing
           so
           much
           ,
           being
           the
           handle
           of
           that
           Key
           ;
           and
           the
           faith
           of
           man
           beeing
           the
           hand
           ,
           which
           by
           meanes
           of
           that
           handle
           ,
           His
           Word
           ,
           does
           turne
           that
           Key
           his
           bloud
           ,
           vpon
           the
           maine
           boult
           ,
           sinne
           ;
           which
           only
           hath
           shut
           Heauen
           gates
           against
           the
           Sonnes
           of
           Men.
           
           9.
           
           Finally
           concerning
           
             Peters
          
           agencye
           and
           imployment
           in
           the
           Church
           affaires
           more
           then
           others
           ,
           we
           answer
           :
           that
           the
           principall
           Agents
           and
           Speakers
           are
           
           not
           alwaies
           of
           necessity
           the
           principall
           persons
           :
           Aduocates
           and
           pleaders
           ,
           exceeding
           Iudges
           and
           Presidents
           in
           such
           Offices
           ;
           
           the
           High
           Priest
           
             Aaron
          
           being
           as
           a
           mouth
           vnto
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           though
           
             Moses
          
           was
           as
           God
           vnto
           him
           :
           and
           the
           men
           of
           
             Lystra
          
           esteeming
           
             Paul
          
           to
           be
           therefore
           inferiour
           vnto
           
             Barnabas
          
           (
           as
           much
           as
           
             Mercurie
          
           was
           vnto
           
             Iupiter
          
           )
           because
           
             Paul
          
           was
           the
           chiefe
           speaker
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           though
           wee
           find
           
             Peter
          
           in
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           to
           take
           vp
           the
           occasions
           of
           Speech
           very
           often
           and
           abundantly
           ;
           yet
           may
           we
           obserue
           diuerse
           tokens
           of
           more
           eminency
           in
           others
           ;
           especially
           in
           
             Paul
             ,
             Iohn
             ,
          
           and
           both
           the
           
             Iameses
          
           :
           the
           one
           of
           these
           being
           graced
           with
           no
           meaner
           tearme
           then
           
             the
             Lords
             brother
          
           ;
           
           &
           the
           other
           being
           named
           of
           
             Paul
          
           (
           and
           before
           
             Peter
          
           )
           
           amongst
           those
           
             which
             were
             accounted
             pillars
          
           :
           
           mention
           also
           being
           made
           of
           him
           with
           more
           authoritie
           then
           of
           any
           the
           rest
           :
           as
           when
           
             Iames
          
           did
           but
           say
           (
           
             Act.
          
           15.19
           .
           )
           
             my
             sentence
             is
             &c.
          
           presently
           without
           more
           ado
           the
           Text
           addeth
           (
           
             v.
          
           22.
           )
           
             It
             seemed
             good
             vnto
             the
             Apostles
             to
             send
             ,
          
           
           
             &c.
             
             Iames
          
           also
           being
           only
           named
           when
           
             Paul
          
           was
           dispensed
           withal
           for
           his
           cōdescēding
           vnto
           the
           Iewish
           rites
           .
           And
           as
           cōcerning
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           we
           find
           ;
           first
           that
           he
           is
           vsually
           called
           
             the
             Disciple
             whom
             Iesus
             loued
          
           ;
           that
           our
           Sauiour
           permitted
           him
           to
           leane
           on
           
             his
             breast
             at
             his
             last
             Supper
          
           :
           
           made
           him
           
             the
             Son
             of
             his
             owne
             Mother
             ,
          
           &
           as
           a
           gardian
           vnto
           her
           :
           gaue
           him
           the
           grace
           to
           write
           his
           Gospell
           in
           the
           diuinest
           manner
           ;
           with
           answerable
           Canonicall
           Epistles
           :
           as
           also
           made
           him
           the
           immediate
           pen-man
           of
           his
           special
           
           Epistles
           to
           the
           
             seauen
             Churches
             :
          
           
           &
           finally
           reuealed
           vnto
           him
           the
           future
           estate
           of
           the
           whol
           Church
           vnto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
           And
           as
           touching
           
             Paul
          
           ;
           these
           peculiar
           excellencies
           we
           find
           concerning
           him
           .
           First
           ,
           
           that
           his
           calling
           was
           by
           the
           Lords
           immediate
           voice
           frō
           heauen
           ;
           was
           seperated
           by
           the
           appointmēt
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ;
           was
           reckoned
           amonst
           the
           Prophets
           of
           his
           time
           ;
           abounded
           in
           vnwritten
           reuelations
           ,
           as
           
             Iohn
          
           did
           in
           the
           written
           ;
           foretold
           the
           immediate
           blindnes
           of
           
             Elimas
          
           (
           which
           was
           answerable
           vnto
           
             Peters
          
           like
           prediction
           of
           the
           death
           of
           
             Ananias
          
           )
           
             Tooke
             the
             care
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             ;
             
             Labored
             more
             thē
             they
             all
             ;
             would
             not
             build
             on
             anothers
             foundation
             ;
             had
             the
             largest
             Prouince
             ,
          
           namly
           ouer
           al
           the
           Gētiles
           ;
           wrot
           most
           canonicall
           Epistles
           ;
           most
           magnified
           his
           Office
           ;
           stood
           most
           vpon
           his
           Authority
           ,
           
           affirming
           that
           
             who
             so
             despised
             his
             Doctrine
             despised
             God
          
           ;
           commending
           his
           owne
           example
           ,
           
           and
           citing
           his
           owne
           authority
           (
           
             behold
             I
             Paul
             ,
             I
             say
             vnto
             you
             &c.
          
           )
           and
           finally
           rebuking
           
             Peter
          
           to
           the
           face
           .
           Whereas
           cōcerning
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           as
           he
           is
           not
           any
           where
           noted
           for
           spirituall
           excellency
           and
           infallibilitie
           more
           then
           others
           ,
           
           so
           on
           the
           contrary
           he
           is
           more
           expresly
           touched
           for
           infirmities
           and
           failes
           then
           any
           .
           Witnesse
           both
           his
           ouerweaning
           of
           his
           owne
           strength
           ,
           and
           boasting
           that
           hee
           would
           neuer
           forsake
           his
           Master
           ,
           when
           before
           the
           next
           morning
           hee
           denyed
           him
           and
           forsware
           him
           .
           Witnesse
           his
           ignorance
           of
           the
           maine
           intent
           of
           our
           Sauiours
           comming
           (
           in
           disswading
           him
           from
           suffering
           )
           whereupon
           he
           was
           called
           Satan
           .
           Witnesse
           his
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Catholike
           
           extention
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ;
           (
           in
           refusing
           to
           admit
           the
           Gentiles
           thereunto
           .
           )
           And
           witnesse
           finally
           his
           timorousnesse
           in
           vsing
           Christian
           libertie
           for
           feare
           of
           angring
           the
           Iewes
           :
           with
           other
           fayles
           .
           For
           though
           wee
           reuerence
           the
           memory
           of
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           as
           a
           choise
           vessell
           of
           Gods
           Grace
           ;
           yet
           when
           wee
           see
           him
           so
           aduanced
           aboue
           his
           fellows
           ,
           &
           that
           only
           for
           the
           exalting
           his
           pretended
           Successours
           so
           incōparably
           aboue
           their
           fellows
           no
           man
           can
           iustly
           bee
           offended
           if
           we
           note
           that
           
             Peter
          
           was
           left-handed
           no
           lesse
           then
           his
           Fellowes
           .
           But
           for
           a
           finall
           answer
           ,
           thus
           we
           conclude
           ;
           that
           neither
           :
           
             Peter
          
           nor
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Iames
          
           nor
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           did
           sway
           the
           affaires
           of
           the
           Primatiue
           Church
           ,
           but
           iointly
           the
           
             Twelue
          
           together
           .
           For
           both
           the
           choosing
           the
           new
           
           Apostle
           ,
           the
           ordaining
           the
           seauen
           Deacons
           ▪
           the
           deciding
           controuersies
           ,
           the
           disposing
           Prouinces
           ,
           the
           sending
           
             Barnabas
          
           to
           
             Antioch
             ,
             Peter
          
           &
           
             Iohn
          
           into
           
             Samaria
             ,
          
           the
           taking
           account
           of
           
             Peters
          
           going
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           (
           notwithstāding
           his
           Diuine
           warrant
           therfore
           )
           were
           all
           the
           ioynt
           Acts
           of
           the
           whole
           Twelue
           .
           The
           decrees
           finally
           going
           forth
           in
           no
           other
           name
           but
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Twelue
           .
           
           So
           as
           cōcerning
           any
           soueraintie
           ,
           supremacye
           ,
           primacy
           ,
           or
           superexcellency
           (
           of
           necessity
           to
           be
           granted
           )
           in
           the
           person
           of
           
             Peter
          
           ;
           we
           may
           finally
           conclude
           ;
           that
           neither
           did
           our
           Sauiour
           ordaine
           it
           ,
           nor
           the
           Apostles
           acknowledg
           it
           ,
           or
           inuest
           him
           with
           it
           ,
           (
           as
           there
           was
           no
           cause
           why
           they
           should
           ,
           his
           cōmon
           infirmities
           considered
           )
           nor
           did
           
             Peter
          
           himselfe
           take
           it
           vpon
           him
           ,
           but
           rather
           exceeded
           them
           all
           in
           subiection
           ;
           
           as
           both
           his
           long
           iourney
           into
           
             Samaria
             ,
          
           
           when
           the
           Twelue
           sent
           
             Iohn
          
           &
           him
           ;
           his
           giuing
           account
           of
           his
           actions
           when
           they
           were
           (
           though
           vniustly
           )
           excepted
           against
           ;
           &
           his
           suffring
           a
           publike
           rebuke
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           one
           which
           was
           none
           of
           the
           Twelue
           ,
           may
           testifie
           ;
           as
           also
           his
           so
           expresse
           teaching
           submissiō
           whether
           vnto
           
             Kings
             as
             the
             Supremes
             ,
          
           
           or
           vnto
           
             gouernors
             ,
             &c.
          
           admonishing
           those
           of
           his
           owne
           sort
           ,
           
             not
             to
             carry
             themselues
             as
             Lords
             ouer
             Gods
             heritage
             ,
          
           
           &
           neuer
           in
           his
           Epistles
           intitling
           himselfe
           otherwise
           thē
           a
           
             Seruant
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           or
           an
           
             elder
             ,
          
           or
           an
           
             Apostle
          
           at
           the
           most
           .
           Whereas
           had
           hee
           taken
           himselfe
           to
           bee
           in
           that
           Supereminencie
           as
           should
           make
           him
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           (
           yea
           such
           an
           Head
           ,
           as
           should
           be
           the
           originall
           vnto
           a
           succession
           of
           Heads
           
           vnto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           )
           not
           only
           without
           arrogance
           hee
           might
           haue
           inserted
           it
           into
           his
           style
           ,
           but
           also
           without
           wrong
           to
           posterity
           he
           could
           not
           haue
           omitted
           so
           to
           doe
           :
           euen
           by
           the
           same
           discretion
           wherewith
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           does
           more
           often
           tearme
           himselfe
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           the
           Twelue
           vsed
           to
           doe
           ;
           because
           else
           his
           Apostleship
           might
           haue
           beene
           doubted
           of
           :
           so
           there
           being
           doubt
           (
           at
           least
           )
           of
           
             Peters
          
           being
           such
           an
           head
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           farre
           more
           concerned
           him
           euery
           where
           (
           at
           least
           once
           in
           his
           life
           )
           to
           haue
           prefixed
           his
           title
           ?
           
           yea
           when
           there
           was
           a
           strife
           amongst
           the
           Apostles
           who
           shold
           bee
           the
           
             chiefe
          
           ;
           was
           it
           not
           then
           hie
           time
           for
           
             Peter
          
           to
           aduance
           himselfe
           ?
           or
           had
           our
           Sauiour
           euer
           meant
           any
           such
           principality
           vnto
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           that
           of
           such
           perpetuall
           
           necessity
           ,
           would
           hee
           haue
           omitted
           so
           faire
           an
           occasion
           ,
           to
           stablish
           a
           matter
           of
           that
           moment
           ,
           which
           both
           with
           a
           word
           he
           might
           haue
           done
           ;
           and
           also
           when
           the
           time
           was
           ,
           either
           then
           or
           neuer
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           )
           to
           bee
           done
           ,
           his
           departure
           and
           death
           being
           so
           instant
           ?
           yea
           ,
           would
           hee
           so
           on
           the
           contrary
           haue
           generally
           forbidden
           them
           the
           vse
           of
           any
           Authority
           ,
           when
           he
           told
           them
           that
           though
           the
           Kings
           of
           
             the
             Nations
             did
             exercise
             authority
             ,
             yet
             with
             them
             it
             should
             not
             be
             so
             ?
          
           For
           ,
           as
           for
           those
           which
           expound
           those
           words
           (
           
             with
             you
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             so
          
           )
           to
           restraine
           the
           Disciples
           only
           from
           ruling
           
             so
             tyrannically
             ,
          
           or
           so
           
             vniustly
          
           as
           the
           heathen
           ;
           they
           therein
           make
           our
           Sauiours
           words
           to
           bee
           nothing
           to
           the
           Disciples
           question
           :
           for
           they
           might
           haue
           
           answered
           againe
           ,
           that
           there
           strife
           was
           not
           who
           should
           
             rule
             tyrannically
             or
             vniustly
             ,
          
           but
           only
           who
           should
           bee
           
             chiefe
          
           ;
           whereas
           some
           one
           ,
           or
           diuers
           of
           them
           might
           be
           
             cheefe
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           not
           only
           no
           Tyrants
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           much
           as
           lawfull
           Gouernours
           .
           But
           to
           conclude
           ;
           for
           as
           much
           as
           wee
           can
           finde
           no
           necessity
           for
           the
           acknowledging
           such
           Supereminencie
           of
           
             Peters
          
           Spirituall
           gifts
           ;
           nor
           (
           were
           that
           granted
           )
           any
           step
           to
           Authoritie
           thereupon
           ;
           nor
           that
           the
           Kings
           and
           Gouerners
           in
           
             Peters
          
           time
           did
           loose
           there
           Soueraignty
           ouer
           their
           Christian
           Subiects
           ;
           it
           cannot
           therefore
           be
           ,
           that
           
             Peter
          
           was
           vniuersally
           the
           Head
           of
           all
           Christians
           in
           his
           time
           :
           and
           so
           the
           second
           Linke
           of
           the
           maine
           Chaine
           proues
           of
           no
           force
           .
           The
           next
           is
           this
           :
        
         
         
           
             Only
             the
             Successors
             of
             Peter
             must
             be
             these
             vniuersall
             Heads
             in
             their
             times
             :
          
           whereunto
           wee
           answer
           ;
           first
           ,
           that
           the
           Founder
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           did
           neuer
           ordaine
           that
           any
           Principality
           ,
           gifts
           ,
           or
           capacities
           whatsoeuer
           should
           bee
           conueyed
           to
           any
           of
           his
           members
           by
           succession
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           hee
           neuer
           disabled
           or
           excepted
           against
           any
           Line
           ,
           Tribe
           ,
           Nation
           ,
           Language
           ,
           or
           Continent
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           from
           taking
           as
           high
           place
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           as
           his
           Church
           afforded
           :
           Thirdly
           ,
           when
           his
           will
           was
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Old
           Law
           ,
           to
           haue
           the
           Priesthood
           goe
           by
           Succession
           ;
           He
           did
           both
           specifie
           the
           Line
           wherein
           it
           should
           passe
           ,
           namely
           the
           Line
           of
           
             Aaron
          
           ;
           
           (
           confirming
           also
           the
           same
           by
           the
           miraculous
           budding
           of
           
             Aarons
          
           Rod
           )
           and
           also
           
           expresly
           set
           downe
           all
           the
           rites
           and
           ceremonies
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           stricty
           obserued
           at
           euery
           seuerall
           consecration
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           very
           garments
           wherwith
           euery
           Successor
           at
           his
           annointing
           ,
           
           should
           be
           inuested
           ,
           were
           determined
           .
           Since
           therefore
           in
           the
           new
           Law
           ,
           no
           such
           Line
           or
           Tribe
           is
           mentioned
           ,
           no
           rites
           appointed
           ,
           no
           garments
           or
           manner
           of
           consecration
           inioyned
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           a
           forcible
           argument
           to
           conclude
           that
           in
           the
           new
           Law
           no
           such
           Succession
           was
           euer
           intended
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           new
           Law
           being
           made
           ,
           not
           vnto
           one
           People
           ,
           but
           vnto
           all
           people
           ,
           not
           for
           a
           time
           but
           for
           euer
           ;
           had
           much
           more
           needed
           specifications
           of
           persons
           ,
           places
           ,
           ceremonies
           and
           circumstances
           then
           that
           which
           was
           but
           for
           one
           particular
           People
           and
           in
           continuall
           expectation
           
           to
           vanish
           away
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           when
           in
           processe
           of
           time
           the
           Church
           shall
           attaine
           vnto
           such
           an
           amplitude
           ,
           as
           shall
           reach
           vnto
           all
           the
           corners
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           If
           none
           must
           then
           be
           head
           therof
           but
           the
           Successour
           of
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           it
           must
           follow
           that
           
             Peters
          
           Successour
           shall
           bee
           intollerably
           surcharged
           :
           For
           either
           he
           must
           haue
           more
           gifts
           then
           
             Peter
          
           had
           ,
           or
           no
           more
           ;
           if
           more
           ,
           then
           is
           he
           more
           then
           
             Peters
          
           Successour
           .
           But
           if
           no
           more
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           equitie
           nor
           proportion
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           whose
           charge
           is
           a
           thousand
           fold
           greater
           then
           
             Peters
             ,
          
           yet
           shall
           haue
           no
           greater
           measure
           of
           gifts
           to
           discharge
           it
           then
           
             Peter
          
           had
           .
           Finally
           ,
           for
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Lord
           hath
           told
           vs
           ,
           that
           
             many
             shall
             come
             from
             the
             East
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             West
             ,
             and
             sit
             with
             Abraham
             Isaac
             and
             Iacob
             ,
             and
             the
             
             children
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             shall
             bee
             cast
             out
          
           ;
           
           as
           also
           ,
           that
           
             whosoeuer
             heareth
             his
             Word
             and
             keepeth
             it
             ,
             the
             same
             is
             his
             Brother
             ,
             and
             Sister
             ,
             and
             Mother
          
           :
           and
           that
           
             it
             should
             not
             profit
             the
             Iewes
             for
             that
             they
             had
             Abraham
             to
             their
             Father
          
           :
           Hee
           telling
           vs
           also
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           by
           his
           Prophet
           ,
           that
           an
           
             vngodly
             Sonne
             should
             fare
             neuer
             the
             better
             for
             his
             godly
             Father
             ,
          
           
           
             nor
             a
             godly
             Sonne
             any
             thing
             the
             worse
             for
             his
             vngodly
             Father
             :
          
           the
           course
           also
           of
           the
           times
           declaring
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           how
           holy
           Kings
           had
           vnholy
           Sonns
           to
           succeede
           them
           :
           and
           on
           the
           contrary
           ;
           as
           good
           King
           
             Iotham
          
           hauing
           a
           wicked
           Sonne
           
             Ahaz
          
           for
           his
           Successour
           ,
           and
           he
           a
           good
           Son
           
             Hezechia
          
           for
           his
           Successour
           ;
           and
           hee
           a
           wicked
           Son
           
             Manasses
          
           for
           his
           Successour
           ,
           and
           hee
           a
           good
           grand-child
           
             Iosiah
          
           for
           his
           
           Successour
           ;
           and
           hee
           a
           wicked
           Sonne
           
             Iehoahaz
          
           for
           his
           Successour
           :
           It
           may
           sufficiently
           resolue
           a
           Christian
           mind
           how
           farre
           it
           is
           from
           the
           purpose
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           his
           gifts
           and
           graces
           should
           goe
           by
           succession
           .
           For
           though
           often
           times
           a
           good
           and
           godly
           Father
           had
           a
           good
           and
           godly
           Son
           to
           succeed
           him
           ,
           yet
           was
           not
           that
           by
           vertue
           of
           Succession
           ,
           but
           by
           vertue
           of
           Gods
           grace
           immediately
           directing
           the
           Son
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Father
           :
           euen
           as
           to
           day
           may
           be
           as
           faire
           a
           day
           as
           yesterday
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           because
           it
           succeeds
           yesterday
           ,
           but
           because
           the
           Sunn
           shines
           as
           immediately
           vpon
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           vpon
           yesterday
           .
           Finally
           ,
           (
           for
           a
           conclusion
           )
           whosoeuer
           challengeth
           Supremacy
           in
           the
           Church
           by
           vertue
           of
           Succession
           ,
           does
           plead
           no
           lesse
           then
           flat
           contradiction
           :
           
           For
           whosoeuer
           is
           Supreame
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           must
           bee
           immediate
           vnto
           God
           himselfe
           ;
           But
           whosoeuer
           claimeth
           any
           thing
           by
           vertue
           of
           Succession
           ,
           does
           of
           necessity
           imply
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           person
           betwixt
           him
           and
           the
           Lord
           ;
           namely
           his
           predecessor
           from
           whom
           his
           vertue
           is
           deriued
           .
        
         
           
           The
           next
           Linke
           of
           the
           Chaine
           is
           this
           :
           that
           
             Only
             the
             Bishops
             of
             Rome
             were
             the
             Successours
             of
             Peter
             in
             their
             times
             .
          
           Whereunto
           we
           answer
           ;
           First
           ,
           that
           no
           diuine
           record
           does
           auouch
           so
           much
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           mention
           any
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           the
           knowledge
           of
           any
           rites
           concerning
           that
           Sea
           ,
           can
           not
           bee
           materiall
           vnto
           a
           point
           of
           faith
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           not
           certainely
           agreed
           vpon
           ,
           who
           that
           Bishop
           
           was
           which
           immediately
           Succeded
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           (
           some
           affirming
           
             Liuius
             ,
          
           some
           
             Clemens
             ,
          
           and
           some
           
             Clitus
          
           to
           bee
           the
           man
           )
           so
           can
           there
           be
           no
           cause
           shewne
           ,
           why
           som
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
          
           must
           needs
           be
           he
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           if
           holinesse
           of
           life
           were
           sufficient
           to
           make
           a
           Successour
           ;
           so
           euery
           Christian
           might
           be
           
             Peters
          
           successor
           as
           wel
           as
           any
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           besides
           holinesse
           of
           life
           there
           must
           also
           concurre
           soundnesse
           of
           Doctrine
           ;
           yet
           so
           also
           any
           Pastor
           may
           as
           well
           be
           his
           successour
           .
           Or
           if
           yet
           further
           such
           a
           quantitie
           of
           charge
           as
           
             Peter
          
           had
           ,
           bee
           requisite
           vnto
           the
           constitution
           of
           his
           Successour
           ;
           yet
           so
           also
           euery
           ordinary
           Diocesan
           is
           able
           to
           be
           his
           successor
           .
           Or
           if
           yet
           further
           ,
           the
           foure
           fold
           qualifications
           Apostolicall
           ,
           namely
           
             Immediate
             calling
             ,
             Generalitie
             
             of
             commission
             ,
             Infallibility
             of
             Iudgement
             ,
          
           and
           
             Vniuersality
             of
             Languages
          
           must
           concurre
           to
           make
           such
           a
           Successour
           :
           yet
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           Bishops
           of
           Rome
           are
           no
           where
           avouched
           to
           bee
           thus
           qualified
           more
           then
           others
           ,
           if
           so
           much
           ;
           especially
           if
           they
           knew
           no
           Language
           but
           the
           Latin
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           their
           places
           by
           Election
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           
             immediate
             Calling
          
           ;
           So
           neither
           will
           such
           quallification
           make
           a
           Successor
           vnto
           
             Peter
          
           more
           peculiar
           ,
           then
           vnto
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           vnto
           whom
           such
           foure-fold
           qualification
           was
           common
           :
           wherein
           then
           shall
           consist
           the
           marrow
           and
           quiddity
           which
           makes
           the
           Roman
           Bishops
           the
           peculiar
           Successours
           of
           
             Peter
             ?
          
           For
           ,
           should
           it
           be
           supposed
           that
           some
           peculiar
           imposition
           of
           hands
           did
           passe
           from
           
             Peter
          
           vpon
           
           the
           first
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           (
           wherewith
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           was
           giuen
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Apostles
           )
           or
           some
           portion
           of
           
             Peters
          
           spirit
           was
           giuen
           to
           that
           first
           Bishop
           (
           as
           the
           spirit
           of
           
             Moses
          
           was
           vnto
           
             the
             Seauenty
          
           )
           or
           that
           
             Peters
          
           garments
           were
           put
           vpon
           him
           (
           as
           the
           garments
           of
           
             Aaron
          
           were
           vpon
           his
           Successours
           )
           or
           some
           such
           like
           Rite
           of
           conueyance
           ;
           
           yet
           for
           as
           much
           as
           those
           kinde
           of
           ceremonies
           ,
           
           when
           they
           were
           vsed
           had
           no
           vertue
           in
           themselues
           but
           were
           diuised
           by
           the
           wisedome
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           shaddowing
           and
           concealing
           his
           owne
           miraculous
           and
           immediate
           operations
           (
           as
           our
           Sauiour
           and
           the
           Apostles
           vsed
           
             Spitle
             ,
          
           and
           
             Clay
             ,
          
           and
           
             Hemmes
          
           of
           garments
           ,
           
             Napkins
             ,
             Partlets
             ,
          
           &
           
             Shaddowes
          
           )
           the
           intitling
           any
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           vnto
           
             Peters
          
           vertue
           ,
           spirit
           ,
           
           or
           priuiledge
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           any
           such
           outward
           passage
           which
           hath
           no
           diuine
           record
           to
           specifie
           it
           ,
           is
           no
           lesse
           presumptuous
           then
           superstitious
           and
           ridiculous
           .
           Finally
           concerning
           their
           argumēt
           from
           
             Peters
          
           being
           the
           first
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           (
           their
           cardinall
           argument
           in
           this
           point
           )
           that
           therfore
           only
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Rome
           are
           his
           Locall
           ,
           and
           so
           consequently
           his
           most
           proper
           Successours
           :
           wee
           answer
           ;
           that
           neither
           is
           locall
           succession
           of
           force
           to
           attaine
           to
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           predecessour
           ;
           there
           being
           no
           kinde
           of
           
             place
             ,
          
           whether
           natural
           ,
           
             ciuill
             ,
          
           or
           
             mysticall
             ,
          
           but
           which
           is
           capable
           euen
           of
           contrarieties
           ;
           euen
           the
           Soule
           of
           man
           (
           the
           purest
           vessell
           and
           continent
           that
           is
           )
           being
           a
           receptacle
           of
           Sinne
           as
           well
           as
           grace
           ,
           and
           the
           Temple
           of
           God
           being
           destinated
           
           for
           the
           Seate
           of
           Antichrist
           as
           well
           as
           for
           Iesus
           Christ
           .
           
           Nor
           againe
           can
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Rome
           be
           proued
           (
           at
           least
           in
           any
           peculiar
           manner
           )
           so
           much
           as
           his
           Locall
           successours
           ;
           both
           for
           that
           other
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           namely
           of
           
             Ierusalem
          
           and
           
             Antioch
          
           had
           
             Peter
          
           for
           their
           Predecessour
           (
           &
           that
           euen
           by
           Scripture
           inference
           )
           as
           also
           for
           that
           no
           diuine
           (
           or
           approued
           )
           writer
           does
           auouch
           ,
           either
           that
           
             Peter
          
           euer
           was
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           or
           that
           hee
           was
           personally
           present
           at
           Rome
           .
           For
           whereas
           vpon
           
             Peters
          
           dating
           one
           of
           his
           Epistles
           from
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           
           it
           is
           argued
           that
           he
           was
           then
           at
           Rome
           ;
           for
           that
           
             mystically
          
           hee
           might
           account
           that
           City
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           yet
           considering
           how
           there
           were
           three
           Locall
           
             Babylons
             ,
          
           namely
           in
           
             Syria
             ,
             Caldea
             ,
          
           and
           
             Egypt
          
           ;
           which
           were
           farre
           more
           
           neerly
           situate
           vnto
           
             Peters
          
           Prouince
           then
           Rome
           was
           ,
           there
           coniecture
           that
           
             Peter
          
           meant
           Rome
           by
           Babylon
           in
           that
           Text
           hath
           three
           to
           one
           against
           it
           .
           But
           if
           coniectures
           and
           good
           probabilities
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           carry
           any
           sway
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           produce
           them
           abundantly
           ,
           and
           that
           out
           of
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           
             Peter
          
           neuer
           was
           (
           but
           as
           euery
           Apostle
           was
           )
           any
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           .
           
           For
           first
           it
           is
           apparant
           that
           
             Peter
          
           by
           the
           speciall
           appointment
           of
           the
           
             Spirit
          
           was
           confined
           vnto
           them
           of
           the
           Circumcision
           ,
           whereof
           Rome
           was
           no
           part
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           was
           well
           nigh
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           yeeres
           after
           our
           Sauiour
           gaue
           
             Peter
          
           the
           charge
           of
           feeding
           his
           Sheepe
           ,
           that
           
             Peter
          
           aboad
           about
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
             Antioch
             ,
             Ioppa
             ,
          
           and
           those
           quarters
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Paul
          
           
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           does
           tell
           them
           that
           hee
           alwayes
           
             had
             a
             speciall
             care
             ,
             
             not
             to
             build
             on
             anothers
             foundation
          
           ;
           then
           the
           which
           Text
           ,
           what
           more
           faire
           argument
           can
           bee
           framed
           ,
           that
           
             Paul
          
           neuer
           esteemed
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           to
           haue
           any
           other
           founder
           then
           himselfe
           :
           as
           also
           his
           speciall
           Commission
           ouer
           the
           Gentiles
           (
           whereof
           Rome
           was
           the
           chiefe
           City
           )
           his
           large
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Romans
           (
           conteyning
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           in
           all
           the
           dimensiōs
           )
           his
           being
           free
           borne
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           his
           appealing
           to
           Rome
           in
           his
           persecutions
           ,
           his
           abiding
           there
           diuers
           yeares
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           fauour
           for
           prisoner
           ;
           his
           inditing
           most
           of
           his
           Epistles
           there
           ,
           and
           neuer
           making
           mention
           of
           
             Peter
          
           in
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           alwaies
           complayning
           how
           destitute
           
           he
           was
           ,
           
             how
             all
             had
             forsaken
             him
             ,
             how
             all
             sought
             their
             owne
             ;
             how
             he
             had
             none
             was
             with
             him
             but
             Luke
             ;
             how
             he
             had
             none
             like
             minded
             vnto
             Timothy
          
           (
           euen
           when
           his
           death
           was
           instant
           )
           and
           such
           like
           circumstances
           may
           inferre
           .
           Vnles
           it
           were
           to
           be
           supposed
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           death
           of
           
             Paul
             ,
             Peter
          
           came
           out
           of
           
             Asia
          
           into
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           to
           keepe
           consistory
           at
           Rome
           (
           and
           that
           25.
           yeares
           by
           the
           rule
           of
           their
           owne
           stories
           )
           there
           to
           beginne
           an
           vniuersall
           Church-gouernment
           (
           which
           in
           his
           best
           yeares
           hee
           neuer
           medled
           with
           )
           and
           in
           that
           City
           which
           hee
           is
           supposed
           to
           esteeme
           Mysticall
           
             Babylon
             ?
          
           To
           this
           we
           may
           finally
           adde
           that
           no
           writers
           ,
           liuing
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           first
           Bishops
           ,
           do
           any
           where
           auouch
           that
           those
           first
           Bishops
           did
           euer
           challenge
           any
           such
           Soueraigntie
           ,
           but
           rather
           
           they
           auouch
           the
           contrary
           .
           For
           why
           does
           
             Clement
             ,
          
           (
           who
           is
           supposed
           to
           bee
           the
           first
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           )
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           
             Iames
             ,
          
           
           style
           
             Iames
             ,
             Episcopum
             Episcoporum
             regentem
             Ecclesiam
             Hebraeorum
             Hierosolymis
             &
             c
             ?
          
           
           why
           does
           a
           Father
           tearme
           
             Antioch
             ,
             Caput
             Orbis
             ?
          
           which
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           Disciples
           did
           there
           first
           begin
           to
           be
           
             called
             Christians
             ;
             (
             Act.
          
           11.26
           .
           )
           it
           might
           farre
           better
           be
           so
           tearmed
           then
           any
           other
           ;
           
           a
           Councell
           also
           hauing
           these
           words
           
             Apostolici
             throni
             Antiochenae
             magnae
             ciuitatis
             .
          
           Or
           why
           was
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Alexandria
          
           intitled
           
             Iudex
             Orbis
             ?
          
           
           Or
           why
           did
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Affrick
          
           forbid
           appeales
           
             ad
             transmarina
             Concilia
             ?
          
           A
           Father
           also
           affirming
           
             non
             esse
             congruum
          
           —
           that
           it
           is
           not
           meete
           for
           them
           that
           are
           in
           
             Egypt
          
           to
           Iudge
           them
           that
           are
           in
           
             Thracia
          
           :
           
           
           or
           why
           did
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Carthage
          
           forbid
           that
           any
           should
           be
           called
           the
           
             highest
             Bishop
             ?
          
           or
           why
           does
           a
           Pope
           of
           late
           times
           affirme
           that
           vntill
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Nyce
             ,
          
           
           there
           was
           but
           
             parvus
             respectus
             ad
             Romanos
             Episcopos
             ?
          
           In
           which
           Councell
           also
           (
           if
           hee
           meant
           
             Nyceum
             primum
          
           )
           why
           was
           it
           decreed
           (
           
             An.
          
           
           
             Dom.
          
           323.
           )
           
             vt
             honor
             cuique
             suus
             servetur
             Ecclesiae
             ?
          
           wherein
           also
           it
           is
           expresly
           prouided
           that
           the
           
             Bishop
             of
             Ierusalem
             should
             haue
             his
             auncient
             honour
             :
          
           
           and
           why
           in
           the
           primitiue
           Councells
           had
           the
           Roman
           Bishops
           sometime
           the
           fourth
           place
           ,
           
           sometime
           the
           fift
           place
           ,
           and
           sometime
           the
           sixt
           assined
           them
           ?
           yea
           finally
           ,
           why
           did
           
             Gregory
          
           (
           himselfe
           a
           
             Bishop
          
           and
           
             Pope
             of
             Rome
          
           )
           liuing
           about
           500.
           
           yeeres
           after
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           avouch
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           
           his
           Predecessours
           did
           euer
           take
           vpon
           him
           to
           vse
           the
           vngodly
           name
           of
           
             Episcopus
             vniuersalis
             ?
          
           yea
           &
           so
           deeply
           to
           challēge
           the
           Patriarch
           of
           
             Constantinople
          
           for
           assuming
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           tearmed
           him
           therein
           ,
           
             the
             fore-runner
             of
             Antichrist
          
           :
           euery
           where
           not
           sparing
           in
           his
           Epistles
           to
           brand
           that
           title
           with
           all
           the
           reproaches
           and
           execrations
           hee
           could
           deuise
           ;
           calling
           it
           
             tiphuum
             superbiae
             vocabulum
             temerarium
             ,
             pompaticum
             ,
             scelestum
             ,
             superstitiosum
             ,
             profanum
             ,
             nomen
             erroris
             ,
             nomen
             singularitatis
             ,
             nomen
             vanitatis
             ,
             nomen
             hypocrysios
             ,
             nomen
             blasphemiae
             .
          
           Surely
           (
           a
           little
           by
           the
           way
           Reader
           let
           me
           speake
           it
           )
           If
           
             Gregory
          
           so
           thought
           him
           to
           be
           defied
           which
           would
           be
           called
           
             Episcopus
             vniuersalis
             ,
          
           what
           would
           he
           haue
           thought
           of
           that
           person
           who
           ordinarily
           aduanceth
           
           him selfe
           in
           these
           manner
           of
           titles
           ,
           properties
           ,
           and
           conditions
           :
           
           1.
           
           
             In
             Papa
             est
             omnis
             potestas
             ,
             supra
             omnes
             potestates
             tam
             coeli
             quam
             terrae
             .
          
           2.
           
           
             Papa
             et
             Christus
             faciunt
             vnum
             tribunal
             .
          
           3.
           
           
           
             Papa
             potest
             dispensare
             contra
             ius
             diuinum
             .
          
           4.
           
           
             Persuaserunt
             Pōtificibus
             quòd
             omnia
             possent
             ,
             et
             sic
             quòd
             facerent
             quicquid
             liberet
             ,
             etiam
             illicita
             et
             quod
             sint
             plùs
             quàm
             Deus
             .
          
           
           5.
           
           
             Credere
             dominum
             nostrum
             Deum
             Papam
             non
             po
             tuisse
             provt
             statuit
             ,
             hereticum
             esse
             censetur
             .
          
           
           6.
           
           
             Papa
             praecipit
             Angelis
             ,
             et
             habet
             potestatem
             in
             mortuos
             .
          
           7.
           
           
           
             Nec
             Deus
             es
             nec
             homo
             ,
             quasi
             neuter
             es
             inter
             vtrumque
             .
          
           8.
           
           
             Hic
             est
          
           ille
           Melchisedeck
           ,
           
             hic
             est
             caput
             omnium
             pontificum
             ,
             de
             cuius
             plenitudine
             omnes
             accipiunt
             .
          
           9.
           
           
             Dicimus
             ,
             definimus
             ,
             pronunciamus
             ,
             omnino
             esse
             de
             necessitate
             salutis
             omni
             humanae
             creaturae
             subesse
             
             Romano
             Pontifici
             .
          
           
           
             Papa
             lux
             venit
             in
             mundum
             sed
             dilexerunt
             tenebras
             magis
             quam
             lucem
             .
          
           11.
           
           
             Tibi
             data
             est
             omnis
             potestas
             tam
             in
             coelo
             quàm
             in
             terra
             .
          
           12.
           
           
             Papa
             potest
             omnia
             quae
             Christus
             potest
             .
          
           13.
           
           
             Authoritate
             Scripturae
             licet
             non
             innotuere
             nobis
             indulgentiae
             ,
             at
             Authoritate
             Romanae
             Ecclesiae
             Romanorumque
             Pontificum
             quae
             maior
             est
             .
          
           14.
           
           
             Nedum
             circa
             Coelestia
             ,
             Terrestria
             et
             Infernalia
             Papa
             gerit
             vicariatum
             Christi
             ,
             sed
             etiam
             supra
             Angelos
             bonos
             et
             malos
             .
          
           15.
           
           
           
             Tu
             es
             omnia
             et
             supra
             omnia
             .
          
           16.
           
           
             Sacerdos
             est
             creator
             creatoris
             sui
             ;
             —
             qui
             creauit
             vos
             absque
             vobis
             ,
             creatur
             a
             vobis
             mediantibus
             vobis
             .
          
           And
           if
           euen
           a
           Priest
           can
           create
           his
           Creator
           ;
           what
           then
           can
           hee
           not
           doe
           which
           makes
           that
           Bishop
           who
           makes
           that
           Priest
           that
           so
           
             makes
             his
             Maker
             ?
          
           
           O
           feruent
           
             Gregory
          
           that
           thou
           wert
           but
           so
           long
           awake
           as
           to
           heare
           these
           manaer
           of
           voices
           of
           thy
           Successors
           !
           for
           if
           thy
           zeale
           grew
           so
           hot
           against
           one
           for
           being
           tearmed
           
             Episcopus
             vniuersalis
          
           ;
           how
           would
           it
           burne
           vp
           those
           ,
           who
           with
           their
           Babylonian
           Tops
           haue
           surmounted
           euen
           Lucifer
           himselfe
           ?
           For
           Lucifers
           only
           sicknesse
           being
           this
           because
           he
           was
           not
           (
           
             sicut
             altissimus
          
           )
           peere
           with
           the
           highest
           .
           
           These
           most
           glorious
           birds
           of
           his
           ,
           first
           making
           all
           mankind
           their
           footestoole
           ,
           haue
           found
           the
           Highest
           to
           be
           their
           inferiour
           ,
           yea
           their
           very
           creature
           :
           and
           all
           this
           for
           the
           fulfilling
           that
           Scripture
           .
           
             He
             shall
             exalt
             himselfe
             aboue
             all
             that
             is
             called
             God.
             
          
           
        
         
           
           The
           fift
           Linke
           of
           the
           Chaine
           is
           this
           :
           
             Only
             the
             Popes
             of
             Rome
             were
             the
             Successours
             of
             those
             Bishops
             .
          
           
           Whereunto
           we
           answer
           ;
           that
           for
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Popes
           did
           differ
           from
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           both
           in
           name
           (
           the
           word
           
             Papa
          
           not
           being
           knowne
           amongst
           the
           ancient
           
             Latines
          
           or
           those
           Bishops
           )
           and
           also
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           Election
           ,
           (
           the
           most
           substantiall
           difference
           that
           States
           can
           haue
           )
           and
           thirdly
           in
           the
           qualitie
           of
           the
           persons
           both
           electing
           and
           to
           be
           elected
           ;
           only
           Cardinalls
           (
           a
           Colledge
           vnknowne
           vntill
           of
           late
           )
           being
           both
           
             electores
          
           and
           
             eligibiles
          
           ;
           and
           finally
           in
           the
           quantity
           and
           specialty
           of
           their
           charge
           ;
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           follow
           ,
           that
           those
           Popes
           were
           of
           a
           diuers
           kinde
           and
           originall
           from
           those
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           so
           consequently
           more
           or
           lesse
           then
           Successours
           vnto
           those
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           so
           finally
           more
           or
           lesse
           then
           Heads
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
         
           The
           last
           Linke
           of
           the
           Chaine
           is
           this
           :
           
             Only
             Hee
             which
             now
             possesseth
             the
             Roman
             Papacy
             is
             the
             Successour
             of
             those
             Popes
             .
          
           Wherevnto
           wee
           answer
           ;
           first
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           only
           void
           of
           diuine
           proofe
           ,
           but
           also
           that
           it
           is
           vncapable
           thereof
           :
           namely
           because
           it
           is
           grounded
           vpon
           matters
           of
           fact
           which
           hapned
           long
           since
           the
           time
           when
           those
           proofes
           had
           their
           last
           period
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           vncapable
           of
           diuine
           proofe
           ,
           so
           also
           is
           it
           vncapable
           of
           the
           better
           kind
           of
           humane
           proofe
           ;
           namely
           that
           kinde
           of
           proofe
           which
           is
           by
           operation
           of
           iudgement
           ;
           matters
           of
           fact
           hauing
           only
           Sense
           and
           eye-witnesse
           to
           beare
           them
           out
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           wheras
           other
           matters
           of
           fact
           are
           ordinarily
           prooued
           with
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           at
           the
           most
           ;
           this
           proposition
           must
           haue
           no
           lesse
           
           lesse
           then
           two
           or
           three
           hundred
           ;
           euery
           seuerall
           Successour
           (
           whereof
           there
           haue
           beene
           aboue
           an
           hundred
           )
           needing
           no
           lesse
           then
           two
           witnesses
           (
           a
           Register
           being
           a
           double
           witnesse
           )
           to
           auouch
           the
           canonicall
           validitie
           of
           his
           choice
           .
           To
           these
           exceptions
           we
           might
           adde
           how
           sundry
           times
           and
           waies
           the
           Succession
           from
           the
           first
           Pope
           to
           the
           now
           present
           ,
           hath
           beene
           interrupted
           .
           As
           first
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Papacie
           diuers
           times
           by
           the
           space
           of
           an
           whole
           yeare
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           seauen
           yeares
           hath
           beene
           vnsupplyed
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           that
           diuers
           times
           againe
           ,
           (
           no
           lesse
           then
           thirty
           seuerall
           times
           )
           there
           haue
           beene
           two
           or
           three
           Popes
           at
           once
           :
           thirdly
           ,
           for
           that
           diuers
           times
           ,
           the
           Successour
           hath
           contraryed
           ,
           the
           Predecessour
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           mortally
           ,
           as
           
           that
           the
           dead
           corps
           of
           the
           Predecessour
           hath
           capitally
           been
           proceeded
           against
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           for
           that
           diuers
           haue
           beene
           elected
           and
           installed
           incompetently
           ,
           indirectly
           ,
           fraudulently
           ,
           &
           violently
           ;
           in
           which
           cases
           the
           so
           elected
           are
           by
           the
           Locall
           Decrees
           pronounced
           Apostaticall
           ,
           
           and
           not
           Apostolicall
           .
           Fiftly
           ,
           for
           that
           diuers
           haue
           supplyed
           the
           place
           which
           in
           their
           liues
           were
           most
           vile
           ,
           Licencious
           ,
           Monstrous
           ,
           Homicidious
           ,
           Incestuous
           ,
           Scismaticall
           ,
           Hereticall
           ,
           Magicall
           ,
           and
           Diabolicall
           :
           in
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Writer
           of
           their
           owne
           Nation
           hath
           not
           spared
           to
           say
           that
           
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             a
             Pope
             is
             commended
             when
             it
             exceedes
             not
             the
             wickednesse
             of
             other
             men
             .
          
           
           And
           finally
           for
           that
           their
           doctrine
           hath
           continually
           beene
           protested
           against
           ,
           especially
           
           this
           last
           hundred
           yeares
           and
           that
           maugre
           all
           kind
           of
           torturings
           ,
           murtherings
           ,
           and
           massacrings
           that
           could
           bee
           deuised
           .
           These
           kind
           of
           allegatiōs
           though
           we
           might
           insist
           vpon
           ,
           against
           the
           tenour
           of
           this
           pretended
           Succession
           ;
           yet
           because
           it
           cannot
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           aide
           of
           humane
           writers
           ,
           which
           for
           that
           they
           bee
           subiect
           both
           to
           errour
           &
           falsifications
           ,
           when
           we
           haue
           done
           neuer
           so
           much
           it
           will
           not
           be
           of
           force
           to
           either
           satisfie
           or
           conuince
           the
           conscience
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           thing
           wee
           aime
           at
           .
           To
           say
           therefore
           no
           more
           then
           we
           meane
           to
           make
           the
           conscience
           a
           Iudge
           of
           ,
           and
           yet
           as
           much
           as
           conditionally
           (
           particulars
           not
           being
           capable
           of
           any
           other
           but
           conditionall
           demonstrations
           )
           shall
           fasten
           vpon
           the
           Conscience
           ;
           thus
           wee
           pronounce
           ;
           
           that
           if
           at
           any
           time
           since
           first
           the
           Papacie
           began
           ,
           any
           of
           the
           Popes
           did
           euer
           inioyne
           vpon
           Capitall
           penaltie
           blasphemous
           or
           Idolatrus
           Doctrine
           ;
           or
           (
           to
           make
           our
           instance
           more
           speciall
           )
           if
           they
           did
           euer
           at
           any
           time
           capitally
           inioyne
           either
           the
           worshipping
           of
           any
           kinde
           of
           Image
           ,
           or
           the
           bowing
           downe
           thereto
           ;
           or
           that
           men
           should
           attribute
           more
           reuerence
           vnto
           any
           kinde
           of
           Image
           (
           whether
           of
           God
           or
           man
           ,
           Christ
           or
           his
           Crosse
           so
           supposed
           to
           be
           )
           then
           vnto
           the
           meanest
           member
           of
           Christ
           vpon
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           (
           yea
           the
           vilest
           man
           that
           is
           ,
           hauing
           a
           deeper
           Character
           and
           impression
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           the
           colourings
           ,
           caruings
           ,
           or
           works
           of
           any
           mortall
           man
           whatsoeuer
           )
           :
           or
           finally
           ,
           if
           euer
           they
           did
           capitally
           inioyne
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           esteeme
           ,
           that
           
           to
           be
           the
           very
           true
           and
           proper
           person
           or
           manhood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           before
           the
           speaking
           afew
           words
           they
           cōfesse
           was
           no
           better
           then
           Bakers
           bread
           .
           In
           any
           of
           these
           cases
           wee
           pronounce
           and
           challenge
           their
           Successiō
           to
           be
           extinguished
           &
           as
           vtterly
           dead
           as
           euer
           Corps
           was
           whē
           the
           soul
           was
           departed
           .
           And
           that
           euery
           such
           Successor
           was
           no
           better
           the
           Successour
           of
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           then
           darkenes
           is
           the
           Successour
           of
           the
           light
           ,
           death
           the
           Successour
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           Antichrist
           the
           Successor
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           .
           But
           admit
           none
           of
           these
           Doctrines
           were
           euer
           taught
           in
           that
           Chaire
           from
           the
           first
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           (
           which
           that
           is
           might
           bee
           true
           ,
           no
           doubt
           all
           that
           euer
           writ
           or
           reported
           to
           the
           contrary
           would
           gladly
           be
           found
           lyars
           )
           yet
           will
           not
           the
           maine
           conclusion
           follow
           therevpon
           ,
           
           vpon
           ,
           vnlesse
           all
           the
           former
           Linkes
           of
           the
           Chaine
           bee
           firme
           and
           inviolable
           :
           which
           if
           (
           Christian
           Reader
           )
           you
           find
           farre
           otherwise
           ;
           then
           iudge
           how
           it
           concernes
           you
           to
           beware
           how
           you
           venter
           the
           waight
           of
           your
           saluation
           thereupon
           :
           least
           as
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
          
           leaning
           on
           the
           Staffe
           of
           
             Egypt
          
           did
           find
           it
           to
           bee
           but
           Reed
           ;
           so
           you
           bearing
           your selfe
           vpon
           this
           Chaine
           ,
           doo
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           too
           late
           ,
           find
           it
           to
           bee
           made
           of
           Rushes
           :
           and
           while
           out
           of
           an
           hope
           to
           bee
           thereby
           haled
           vp
           to
           Heauen
           ,
           you
           suffer
           your selfe
           to
           bee
           hoysted
           out
           of
           that
           protection
           which
           God
           hath
           lent
           you
           vpon
           earth
           ,
           you
           fall
           in
           the
           mid-way
           without
           recouery
           .
           Which
           Iudgement
           ,
           God
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           keepe
           you
           and
           
           me
           from
           :
           and
           so
           Christian
           Reader
           commending
           these
           my
           paines
           vnto
           your
           seruice
           in
           the
           Lord
           :
           in
           him
           I
           leaue
           you
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02400-e190
           
             1
             Psalme
             ●●
             
          
           
             2
             Esay
             .
             ●
             .
          
           
             3
             Esay
             .
             49.
             
          
           
             4
             Psal
             45.
             
          
           
             5
             Psal
             :
             5.
             
          
           
             6
             Esay
             .
             45.13
             .
          
           
             7
             Psal
             90
             .
             1●
             .
          
           
             6
             Psal
             .
             90.13
             .
          
           
             (*)
             wisd
             .
             14.22
             .
          
           
             Arist
             .
             pol.
             2.2
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             34.7.10
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             18.
             ●1
             
          
           
             Deut.
             8.
             
             ●
             .
             4
             ▪
             
          
           
             Numb
             .
             11.15
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             31.31
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             11●
             
          
           
             Luk.
             12.
             
          
           
             Wisd
             ▪
             6.8
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1●
             .
             1
             1
             Pet.
             ●
             .
             13
             .
          
           
             Arist
             .
             depor●
             .
             an
             .
             4
             10.
             
          
           
             Math.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             1
             Kings
             3.26
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.13
             .
          
           
             *
             Eccles
             .
             9.10
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.7.9
             .
          
           
             Reuel
             .
             1.
             
             &
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Axioma
             Theolog.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             3.4
             .
          
           
             Hebr.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             20.25
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             28.18
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             7.24
             .
          
           
             Remonstr
             .
             Anglice
             .
             pag.
             
               249.
            
          
           
             *
             Pag.
             vlt.
             
          
           
             a
             Gal.
             2.
             
          
           
             b
             Ioh.
             1.40
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             20.23
             .
          
           
             Leuit.
             13.
             
          
           
             *
             Theophilact
             :
             in
             
               Mat.
               18.18
               .
            
             non
             solum
             quae
             solvunt
             sacerdotes
             —
             sed
             quae
             et
             nas
             —
             sunt
             soluta
             et
             lig
             .
          
           
             Reu.
             3.7
             .
          
           
             Esa
             .
             22.22
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             4.16
             .
             Act.
             14.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1
             .
             1●
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             2.
             
          
           
             Act.
             21.18
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             19.26
             .
          
           
             Reu.
             2.
             
          
           
             Act.
             ●
             .
             Act
             13.2
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.28
             .
             Rom.
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes
             .
             4.
             ●
             
          
           
             Galat.
             5.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Act.
             15.22
             .
             &
             16.4
             .
          
           
             Act.
             8.4
             .
             Act.
             11.2
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             
          
           
             Leu.
             22.24
             .
          
           
             Num.
             17.
             
          
           
             Exo.
             29.29
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             12.
             vlt.
             
          
           
             Ezch.
             18.
             
          
           
             Num.
             11
             :
             15
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.26
             .
          
           
             Thes
             .
             2.4
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.13
             .
          
           
             Galat.
             2.7
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             15.20
             
          
           
             Epist
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Chrysost
             .
             ad
             pop
             .
             Antioch
             .
          
           
             Concil
             .
             constan
             .
             
               5.
               
            
             Act.
             
               1.
               
            
          
           
             Nyceph
             .
             canon
             .
             
               92.
               
            
          
           
             Chrysost
             .
             ad
             Inno.
             
          
           
             Aeneas
             Sylu.
             
          
           
             Coun.
             Nic.
             
               1
            
             Can.
             
               6.
               
            
          
           
             Can.
             
               7.
               
            
          
           
             Sozomen
             .
             Hist
             trip
             .
             
               2.1
               .
            
          
           
             Greg.
             
               1.
               
            
             Lib.
             
               4.
            
             epist
             .
             
               32.
               
            
          
           
             
               1.
               
            
             Concil
             .
             Lat
             sub
             .
             Leon.
             
               10.2
               .
            
             Hostiensis
             .
          
           
             
               3.
               
            
             Ius
             Canon
             .
             S.
             
               16.1
               .
            
             q.
             in
             gl
             .
             
               4.
               
            
             Fran.
             Zabarel
             :
          
           
             
               5.
               
            
             Extrav
             .
             Ioh.
             
               22.
            
             in
             glos
             .
          
           
             
               6.
               
            
             Camotensis
             .
          
           
             
               7.
               
            
             Clem.
             in
             proem
             .
             in
             glos
             .
             
               8.
               
            
             Durand
             .
             l.
             
               2.9
               .
            
             Bonif.
             
               8.
            
             de
             maiorat
             .
             et
             ob
             .
          
           
             
               10.
               
            
             Cornel.
             episc
             .
             in
             orat
             .
             ad
             .
             Synod
             in
             conc
             .
             Tryd
             .
             
               11.
               
            
             Step.
             Episcop
             .
             Petracens
             .
             
               12.
               
            
             Host
             :
             de
             sentent
             .
             excom
             .
             
               13.
               
            
             Sylv.
             prier
             ;
             contr
             .
             Luth.
             
               14.
               
            
             Felinus
             extrav
             de
             constitut
             .
             Stat.
             con
             .
          
           
             
               15
            
             In
             Conc.
             Lat.
             dictū
             ad
             pap
             .
             Iul.
             
               16.
               
            
             Stella
             clericorū
             serm
             .
             
               111.
               
            
          
           
             Esay
             .
             14.13
             
          
           
             2
             Thes
             .
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Decret
             .
             
               78.
               
            
             Siquis
             .
          
           
             Guiceardi
             .
             Lib.
             
               16.