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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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They move you to deprave the circumstances of his words, as though he proved him self inferior to Peter in that by which he proveth him self not inferior. They stir you to transform his submission into subjection: and to abuse the spirit of his apostolic modesty to the raising up of the Papal pride and pomp of the supremacy. Paul went to see Peter with a desire of knowing him, which the Greek word importeth: as they use (saith zChrysostom) to speak, who go to see great and famous cities. You can not see that Chrysostom saith (on the same place) that Paul 1was Peters equal in dignity, to say no more: but you take this note of his, & puff it up with the word of Majesty; ⟨p. 178⟩thereby to make the simple reader to conceive, that Peter was as stately as *he to whom 2that term is used. Paul went to Jerusalem kfrom the city of Damascus: not much above a hundred miles. You say he went, so far, so long a journey: as though it had been no less then hence to go to the court of Rome, which *Bishops do to the Pope, not of their own accord (as Paul,) but enforced thereto by solemn oath; not twice in seventeen years (as Paul,) but every year once, by them selves, or by their messengers, unless the Pope dispense with them. But of all the rest, that passeth, that you say he went to Jerusalem, to see Peter, notwithstanding his great affairs ecclesiastical. Here was art, by the way, to show, that Bishops may neglect their own charge to go to see the Pope, under the colour of Pauls example. And to hide this art, it was an other point of art: if it be known, it is nought worth. For what were these great affairs ecclesiastical, which Paul omitted to see Peter? Forsooth, lat Damascus the Jews lay in wait, and watched the gates of the city day and night that they might kill him: in so much that he was fain to be conveyed away by the wall in the night time, the disciples letting him down in a basket; and so he scaped to Jerusalem. These are the affairs, the great affairs ecclesiastical, the which notwithstanding, Paul went from Damascus to Jerusalem to see Peter. Wherein, he had a reverent regard to the supremacy of Peter, as you say: as