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Show 304 1"",va OF A CHRISTIAN Chapujrz.~ A. .__s ..... ".mhrmh. therefore The Ahtithrift‘ is not yet come -, whereas , many Popes are both I, r {1 -( t l. 5 i 0 pm. 3. C 0 MM 0 N-WE A‘ L TH. Chap. come and gone. Itis true, the Pope in takin to give Laws to all C hriftian Kings, and Nations, ufurpg upon him eth a King. .dome in this world, which Chrift took not on him : but not a: Chrifl, but asfor Chri/f, wherein there is nothi he doth it ng of The AnIichrifl. 71,, {011,11}, In the fourth Book, to prove the Pope to be the fupre Bohr; all quefiions of Faith arid Manners, (which is a: much a: mc Judg in to he the ahfalhte Monarch ofall Chriflim in the war/4', )he bringeth three Pro~ pofitions : The firfi, that his Judgments are Infall ible : The fecond, that he can make very Laws , and punifh thofe- that oblerve them not: The third, that our Saviour conferred alljuriidict ion Eccleiif afticall on the Pope of Rome. _ 42; to Prifime/t to Death. whereby it is mani fei‘ t , 5. Pete r had not onely no jurifdiftion given him in this world, butaCharge toteach all the other Apofiles, that they alfo {hou ld have none. And for the InfallibilityofSt. Peters {entence definitiv e in matter of Faith, there is no more to be attributed to it out of‘this Text, than that Pe- ter {hould continue in the beleet‘ofthis poin t, namely, that Chrilt fhould come again, and poffeife the Kingdome at the day of Judgement; which was not given by Succeffors; for wee fee they claime it this Text to all his in the World that now is. The {econd place is that of Matth.16. Thou art Peter, and u on this Niche I will hit/[d my Chur Text; for the pram] again]? it. For the Infallibility of his Judgments,he alledgeth the Scriptures: Infaiiihiii!) and firfl, that of Luke 22. 3 1 . 51mm , Simon , Satan hath defire d "f 'Ih‘t‘ POW, you that hee may jift you a: wheat, hut] hdveprdyedfar thee, Ihut 7‘?"1$"""{"_ "‘ thy faith fat/e not, and when thou Art converted, flrehgthm thy "I'Mfl'mb' thy Brethren. This, according to Bellarmines expofition, is, that Chrift gave here to Simon Peter two priviledges : one, thatneither his Faith ihould fail, nor the Faith of any of his fuccefforsnhe other, that neither hc,nor any ofhis fucceflbrs lliould concerning Faith, or Manners erroneoufly, orever define any point ary to the definition ofa former Pope: Which is a ftrange,ancontr d very much {trained interpretation. But he that with attention reade th that chapter, {hall find there is no place in the whole Scripture, that maketh more againft the Popes Authority,than this very place. The Prielts and Scribes {eehing to ltill our Saviour at the Pafl‘e over , and Judas p011 felTed witharefolution to betray him , and the day of killing the Paffeover being come, our Saviour celebr ated poflles, which he (aid, till the Kingdome the fame with his A- of God was come hec would doc no more; and withall told them, betray him: Hereupon theyqueitioned, whichthat one ot'them was to ofthem it ibould be; and withall (feeing the next Paffeover their Matter would celebrate {hould be when he was King )entred into a contention, who ihould then be the greatefi man. Our Saviour theref ore told them , that the Kings ofthe Nations had Dominion over called byaname ( in Hebrew) that fignifies their Subjects, and are Bountifull, but I cannot be fo to you, you muft endeavour to ferve one another, I ordain you a Kingdome, but it is fuch as my Fathe Kingdometharlam now to purchale with r hath ordained mee ; ll poflefle till my lecond coming, then yeeihamy blood , and not to ll eat and drink at my Table, and fit on Thrones, judging the twelv e then addrefling himfelfto St. Peter, he faith, Tribes or‘li‘rael:And {pelts by fuggefiing a prefent domination,to Simwz, Simwz, Satan weaken your faith ofthc future, but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith 11ml not fail, Thou ‘,‘_Cmf01‘c( Note this, ) being rted , and underfianding my hmgdome as ofztnothet‘ world,conve confirm the fame faith in thy Brethren: To which 5. Peter anfwe red (as any authority in this world) Lord I am one that no more ex'ch‘ICd read} logo: with [hegwt ant/j Iv ch, and the gate; of Hell all not By which (as Ihave already ihcwn int is chap- ter) is proved no more, than that the gates of Hell lhall not prevail againfl the confellion of Peter, whic h gave occaiion to that fpee God. ch; namely this, that Iefus it Chrifl the Some of The third Text is John 21. ver. I6, 17. Feed thy/h eel), which containsno more but a Commiilion ofTeachi ng: And it‘we grant the rel} or‘the Apoflles to be Contained in that name of Sheep; then it is the lupreme Power ot‘Teaching: but it was onely for the time that there were no Chriitian Soveraigns alread poil tfletl ofthat Su- premacy. Butl have already proved, tiat raignes are in their owne Dominions the Chriltian Sowfupremc Paftors , and inltztuted thereto, by venue of their being Baptized, though without other lmpolition ofHands. For Fuch Impolition be- ingaCercmoriyot deligning the peribn, is need lelle, when hee is already deligned to the Power oli'l‘eachinn what Doctrine he will,by his infiitutioh to an Ablolute Power overhis Subj ects. For as I have proved before, Soveraigns are l‘upreme Teachers (in generall) by IliCli‘Ollit‘c; and therefore oblige themltlv es (by their Ba tiline) to teach the Doctrine of Clirilt: And when they {infer ot ms to teach their people,they doe it at the perill of their own fouls, for it is a: the hands ot'tlie Headsot I'JmlllCS that God will requ iret he account ot'theinih‘uc‘tion of his Children and Servants . It is of Abraham liiiiilelt, not ofa hireling, that Godl‘aith (Gen. 18. 19. ) I know him that hem/l commune/ht; Children, and his hnujhola' after him, [hilt/1i} keep the any of the Lord, and do juflite tmel judge: 77757". The fourth place isthat of Exod. 28. 30. Thou/hal r; the Burr/[plate of Indgmmt , the Vrim and the Th/tmm/te:t pate which hec faith isinterpreted by the Septuagint 3‘43""? )9 M9196 thatis, Ew- a'eme and Truth: And thence concludeth, God had 4", given Evrdence, and Truth, {which is almofi Infallibility,) to the High Le it Evidence and Truthit felt}: that was given; or be l'riclt. But it but Admounion to the l'riefi to endeavour to inform himl‘elf~ cleerly, and give judgment uprightly, yet in that it was given toth e High Prieil: , it was given to the Civill Sovereign: For fuch next unde r God was the High Pritfi in the the Common-wealth ofIfrael- and is an argumcm 4 qu 3 5 'i |