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The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head…The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head…
The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundry points, of the sufficiency and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministry of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the mass, with other controversies of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-government ... Penned by John Rainoldes, according to the notes set down in writing by them both: perused by John Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithful report of that which past in conference between them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise entitled, Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and the Church, written by John Rainoldes. With a defence of such things as Thomas Stapleton and Gregory Martin have carped at therein.The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie points, of the sufficiencie and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministerie of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the masse, with other controuerises of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-gouernment ... Penned by Iohn Rainoldes, according to the notes set downe in writing by them both: perused by Iohn Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithfull report of that which past in conference betwene them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise intitled, Six conclusions touching the Holie Scripture and the Church, writen by Iohn Rainoldes. With a defence of such thinges as Thomas Stapleton and Gregorie Martin haue carped at therein.
Londini: printed by John Wolfe, 1584Londini: printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1584
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Rainoldes. It were a needless labour for me to spend words in these your two points, if you had marked that which hath been said already. For I showed that the former argueth his weakness; the later openeth his duty; but neither proveth any preeminence at all, save a preeminence in frailty. The truth is, that Christ in those words doth three things: whereof one is a bile, and therefore you touch it not. For in the danger of them all, but greatest danger of Peter, he putteth him in mind 1first of his fall, to humble him; 2then of his rising, to comfort him; 3last, of his duty to quicken him unto it. His fall; to cool the heat of tpride and uvain glory, (may I so term it with the Fathers?) wherein he presumed, *more then the rest did, of his faith and constancy. His rising; that he should not despair when he had fallen. For though he dealt unfaithfully, denying Christ thrice: yet his faith should not fail, because xhe (whom God doth always hear) had prayed for him. His duty; that being raised up again he should strengthen his brethren: as having learned by experience both to have compassion of the infirmity of men & to preach the goodness and mercy of God. The last point, of his duty, was common to him (as I have showed) with the Apostles: and therefore proveth no preeminence of supreme headship. The first, of his fall, proveth a kind of preeminence; but in the denying of Christ above others: which Popes have ⟨p. 147⟩best right to, but they do not claim it. The other, of his rising, ensueth and dependeth on that of his fall: wherein, sith he specially would sin more then the rest, and so his danger be more special, and therefore need more special succour; Christ said to him in special, But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. For Christ prayed the same for all his Apostles in sense, though not in word, by that solemn