The grand imposture of the (now) Church of Rome manifested in this one article of the new Romane creede, viz: the holy, catholike, and apostolike Romane Church, mother and mistresse of all other churches, without which there is no saluation. Proued to ba a new, false, sacrilegious, scandalous, schismaticall, hereticall, and blasphemous article (respectiuely) and euerie way damnable. The last chapter containeth a determination of the whole question, concerning the separation of Protestants from the present Church of Rome: whereby may be discerned whether side is to be accounted schismaticall, or may more iustly pleade soules saluation. By the B. of Couentrie & Lichfield.

I. That Saint Peter, the conceiued founder of the Church of Rome, was not of the now Romane Faith, concerning the Article of the Catholike Romane Church. SECT. 2.

WE (not to interrupt you, by questioning the truth of Saint Peter's residence in that See, as Bishop there∣of) doe punctually inquire whether it entred into his Faith to Beleeue the same Roman Church to be The Catholike Church without which there is no saluation: nothing doubting, but that you will thinke that He, of all others, would haue plaine∣ly vnfolded thus much, whom your Popes assume to haue

bene the Founder of that Church, together with Saint Paul. And because all the pretended Soueraigntie of the Romane Mother-Church is (according to * 1.1 your faith) deriued from the supreme Father-hood of your Romane Pope, and this is as originally descended from the transcendent ordinarie Pa∣storship of S. Peter ouer all the other Apostles; we begin to enquire into the faith of S. Peter.

Whatsoeuer Prerogatiue Saint Peter might challenge ouer all the other Apostles, must appeare either by some promise made singularly to him by Christ, or else by some practise of Saint Peter himselfe, in the exercise and execution of such his Iurisdiction. The due examination of both these would easily cleare the Cause.

Notes

• * 1.1

  See aboue, Chap. 1. Sect. 2. & 3. &c.