ganica. MarginaliaProues & reasons that there was no inequallitie of preeminence among the Apostles.Otherwyse if by this word (charge) be ment onely the office and diligence of teaching: to that I aunswere: The same lord that said to Peter, feede my shepe, sayd also to the other, goe and preach thys Gospell to all nations. And he that sayd to Peter: what soeuer thou loosest, sayd also to the other: what soeuer ye remitte in the earth. Moreouer if þ^e matter go by preaching, Paule the Apostle laboured more therin, then euer dyd Peter, by his own confession: Plus laboraui, also suffered more for the same, Plus sustinui, neyther was his doctrine lesse sound. Yea and in one poynt he went before Peter, and was teacher and scholemaister vnto Peter, wheras Peter was by him iustlye corrected. Gala. 2. MarginaliaOffice of teaching geueth no dominion, farther then in his booke.Furthermore, teaching is not alwayes, nor in all thinges a poynt of maistership, but sometime a poynt of seruice: As if a French man should be put to an Englishe man to teach him French, although he excelleth him in that kinde of facultie, yet it followeth not therfore, that he hath fulnes of power vpō him, to appoynt his diet, to rule his householde, to prescribe hys lawes, to stinte his landes, and such other. MarginaliaPeter in no point excelleth the rest of the Apostles.Wherefore seing in trauaile of teaching, in paynes of preaching, in giftes of toungs, in largenes of commission, in operation of myracles, in grace of vocation, in receauing the holy ghost, in vehemencie of tormentes and death for Christes name, the other Apostles wer nothing inferiour to Peter: Why Peter thē should clayme any speciall prerogatiue aboue the reast, I vnderstand no cause. As in dede he neuer claymed any, but the patrones of the Apostolical sea sea do claime it for him, which he neuer claimed him self, neither if he were here, woulde now lesse abhorre it with soule and conscience, then we do now: and yet our abhorring now is not for any malice of person, or any vantage to our selues, but onely the vehemencie of truth, and zeale to Christ and to his congregation. Moreouer if these mē would nedes haue Peter to bee the curate and ouersear of the whole vniuersall church (which was to muche for one man to take charge vpon) and to be prince of all other Apostles, then woulde I fayne learne of them, what meaneth (Dextra societatis) MarginaliaDextra societatis.the right hande of societie, betwene Peter, Paul, and Barnabye, mentioned. Gal. 2. What taking of handes is there betwene subiectes and theyr prince in waye of fellowship? Or where fellowship is, what maistership is there? Or again, what state of Maistership is it like, that Christ would geue to Peter, who being in deede maister of all, toke such litle maistership vpon him self, that he washed Peters feete, to geue Peter ensample to take no maistership vpon him, but rather to humble him selfe, and that not onely in inwarde affection, but also in outward facte. Although I am not ignoraunt that Peter in places of the Gospell hath hys commendaton, neyther do I denye Peter to be worthy of the same. But yet these wordes of commendation geueth hym no state of superioritie, or iurisdiction vpon all other, to haue al vnder hys subiection. As if a scholemaister should haue more speciall fauour to some one of his scholers for his ryper towardnes: yet this geueth hym no fulnes of authoritie, or power coactive vpon the rest, vnlesse by speciall admission he bee deputed thereunto. Wherof nothing can be gathered of Peter, for it bee true that S. Austen sayth: MarginaliaAugust. in prefat. Psal. 108.that such things as were spoken to Peter, haue no lightsome vnderstanding, excepte they be referred to the church, wherof Peter dyd beare a figure: then hath the person of Peter nothing to clayme by these wordes, but al redoundeth to the church, which being ment by Peter, hath power, by this reason, both ouer the person of Peter, and all other persons in the Lorde.

MarginaliaAnswere to an inuincible argument prouing by Chrysost. the wholeBut here stumbleth in an argument of our aduersarie againe, which he in the margent of his booke calleth an inuincible argument drawen out of the boyles of S. Iohn Chrisostome. Lib. 2. De Sacerd. Wherby he suppo-Marginaliachurch to be cōmitted to S. Peter.seth to haue geuen a great blowe to the Protestantes, and to haue gotten a Hectors victory vpon a certayn englishe prisoner taken in a plaine field, and of all such as take his part. The text onely of Chrisostome he reciteth, but maketh no argument, albeit he maketh mention of an inuincible argument in the margent. But because he eyther wist not, or lyste not to shew his cunning therin, I wil forme þ^t in argument for him, which he would haue done, but dyd not: and so will forme it (the Lorde willing) that he him selfe must of necessitie be driuen vnto, if the matter euer come to the triall of arte, & not to the tryfling of woordes. Fyrst, he taketh his text out of Chrysostome, as foloweth: MarginaliaChrisost. Lib. 2. de sacerd.for what cause, I pray you, did Christ shed his bloud? Truly to redeme those shepe, whose charge he cōmitted to Peter, & to Peters successors. Vpon this place of Chrysostome, thys clarcke taketh his medium, Christes suffering. His conclusion is, that al which Christ dyed for, wer committed to Peter. Wherefore the forme of the argument must needes stand thus in the. 3. figure.

MarginaliaA popysh parilous paralogismChrist suffered for all men.

Christ suffered for them whom he cōmitted to Peter.

Ergo, All that Christ died for, where cōmitted to Peter.

If thys be the forme of hys insoluble argument, as it semeth to be, by the order of hys reasonyng, and also must nedes be, takyng that medium, and making that conclusion as he doth, (for ells in the first fygure, and fyrst moode, the text of Chrysost. wil not serue hym) then must the forme and violence of thys inexpugnable argument be denyed, for that it breaketh the rules of Logike, making hys conclusion vniuersall, which in that fygure must nedes be particular, eyther affirmatyue, or negatiue. And so this argument inuincible falleth into one of these two straytes, that eyther concluding thus, the forme will not serue hym: or concluding in an other figure, the wordes of Chrysostome will not answere to his purpose, the proue that all the world was committed to Peter. Which proposition as it is sstraunge in scripture: so neyther is it the proposition of Chrysost. And though it wer, yet both without inconueniēce myght be graunted of vs, and being graunted, serueth hys purpose nothing, so long as the proposition is not exceptiue, excluding other Apostles. For the wordes of Chrisost. do not so sound, that the whole world was committed to Peter onely and to none other. Likewise then as it may be well affyrmed of vs, that the world was committed to Peter, MarginaliaThe world was cōmitted as well to other Apostles as to Peter.so can it not be denied of them, that the world was also committed to Iohn, Iames, Barthelmewe, Paule, Barnabe, and other all and singular Apostles. For he that sayd to Peter, feede my sheepe, sayd also to all and singulare hys Apostles: Goe into all the worlde and preach, &c. Mat. vlt. MarginaliaA place of Chrisost. examined by s. Paule.Moreouer for asmuch as thys man collecteth out of Chrysost. that the whole worlde was committed to Peter, how shall we then ioyne this meaning of Chrysostome with Saint Paule, which sayeth that the Gospell was committed to Peter ouer the circumcision, as was to Paul ouer the vncircumcision? And here an answer to thys doughtye argument, both to the forme and matter therof, albeit concerning the matter, here lacketh much to be sayde more of Peters successors in the text of Chrisostome. MarginaliaThe successours of Peter.By the which successors, is not ment the Bishop of Rome onelye (as the Papists would beare vs in hand) but all suche true and faithful Pastors, whom the lords calling sendeth, and setteth ouer hys flocke, whersoeuer, or whatsoeuer they be. For as Peter beareth a representation of the Church, by the testimony of Aust. in Ioā. tract. 124. Præfat. in psal. 108: so the successors of Peter, be al faythful Pastors and ouerseers of Christes Churche, to whom Christe our Lorde hath committed the charge of hys flocke. Wherfore they are not a litle deceaued, whyche looking vpon the rocke onely of the person, and not the