Matth. 24. 23.
The text.
Then if any man shal say to you, Lo ∴ here is Christ, or there: do not beleeue him.
The note.
Whosoeuer draweth Christ, or his Church from the communion, or fellowship of all nations Christened, to one corner, towne, or countrie be∣leeue him not. Augustine de vnit Ecclesiae. cap. 3.
The answer.
Augustine there teacheth vs to séeke the church in the Scrip∣tures, not at Rome, but diffused euerywhere thorough the whole world. They therefore that leade vs to Rome to seeke Christ and his church there, by this rule of Augustine are not to be beléeued, bicause Rome is but one litle corner, countrie, or rather towne of the world. We embrace that doctrin, which the Apostles plan∣ted in all nations, and we hold that God since the calling of the Gentils, hath had alwaies his church generally dispersed tho∣rough the world, though in all places, and in all times not alike, and though to vs, which liue at this time, and in one corner of the world, a great number of the churches children, or rather parti∣cular churches, haue béene, and are hidden, and vnknowne. But this we know, that Rome somtimes a faithful citie, is now, and hath béene many yeeres become a harlot.