Archiepiscopal priority instituted by Christ, proved by plaine testimonies of Scripture. Asserted by the ancient fathers. And whereunto all the moderne divines of the Protestant side doe fully assent, without contradiction of any one man. / By Samuel Daniel Master of Arts.

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Archiepiscopal priority instituted by Christ, proved by plaine testimonies of Scripture. Asserted by the ancient fathers. And whereunto all the moderne divines of the Protestant side doe fully assent, without contradiction of any one man. / By Samuel Daniel Master of Arts.
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Daniel, Samuel, 17th cent.
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[London :: s.n.],
Printed anno 1642.
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"Archiepiscopal priority instituted by Christ, proved by plaine testimonies of Scripture. Asserted by the ancient fathers. And whereunto all the moderne divines of the Protestant side doe fully assent, without contradiction of any one man. / By Samuel Daniel Master of Arts." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36464.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.

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The third Argument.

He that was prolocutor and speaker for all the rest of the Apostles had a prio∣rity and precedency of the rest of the Apostles.

But Peter was speaker and prolocutor, for all the rest of the Apostles.

And therefore Peter had a priority and precedencie of the rest of the Apostles.

The proposition I thinke will not be denied, for the Consul in the Senate; the Speaker in Parliament, the Moderator in the Assembly, hath a priority and precedency of all the rest of the Senat, Parliament, and Assembly. That Peter was speaker and prolocutor for all the rest, I prove thus

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He that answered Christ in name of the rest, and received the promise in name of the rest, was speaker and prolocutor for all the rest:

But Peter answered Christ in name of the rest, and received the pro∣mise in name of the rest:

And therefore Saint Peter was speaker & prolocutor for all the rest.

I hope my Opponents will deny nothing that is here affirmed, and therefore by their own confession, I conclude, that Peter had a priori∣ty of order and a precedencie of Moderation amongst the Apostles.

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