• I The Pcreface. jhall not pretVail agairr.ft Peter only ? So he~according unto the common opinion of the Antients, that there was no– thing pe~t1liar in the confeffion ofPeter, and the anfw·er made thereunto, as unto himfelf, but that he fpakeand . \Vas fpoken unto in the na1ne of all the reil: of the A– po{l:les. Eufeb. Prceparat. E<Vangel. lib. I. cap.·3. n-n o'voNJ~) 7T'e;9~(]"'7Tl9ii<m exxi\~wla- w.m7 n'i"'nlU ~ BcL;Jou~· eppt,W{J-€vn, ~ fk~xe;., oue_9-vfwv d+Jcfwv eux,~~ dG"fwv i3 ~o<pti\cZv dvJ"ei;v p.taTeOeJ-,O(Aevn ~ \ I ) , ~I ( \ ' I Is.. ,, ' \ ' --o•a- {J-trx,v ox.Eivnv -nv <X-U'T05 rx,'Tro<pnvnrro i\e;111, Ei?roJV' e-:;rl '111V I ) (\_ I \ , I \ I tl~ ' I 7re'Te_9-V ot'J'(9oop:naw fA'd 'T'llV ox.x/\nG"tav, '9 '7TVA<X-t ao 'd ot• '{9'-'TI;(JXUG"HG"tV w7n~. He proves the verity of Divine PrediCtions from the-glorious Accomplifhtnent of that Word at\d Promife of our Saviour, that he ):vould build his ChurdJ g~z tl:ie (]{gck, (that is, I-Iitnfelf) fo as-that the.Gates of Htll fhould not prevail againft it. For Unum hoc. eft immobile fundamentum, una hcec eftJcelix--fidei Petra, Petr.i ore confejJa, Tu es filius Vei 1Ji1Ji, faith Hilar. de Trin. lib.. 2 •. 'This is the only immorvable Fouridation ; this is. t1Je ble./Jed r]{gck of Faitl:>, confe./Jd by Peter ; Thou art , the Son of the Li.-ving God. And Epiphanus, ll.~r.- 39· €~ 'Tr; '7rhe.st- rro.,JTI'1 -f d(]"cp~/\'i!5 1r!czew~ of'tf.;Jop/Aaw p..';l d1v C-xxt~:rJ(J!rx,v ;· Upon this (1\!}ck of af Jured Faith·I Tvill build nzy Church. For many thotight that Faith itJelf was metonymically called the Rock, becaufe of its Objett, or the·Perfon of Chrift whichis fo. One or two 1nore out of AuJlin il1all clofe thefe te– ftitnonies. Super l)anc Petram, q!Jam c.onfejfus'es, jiq;er me– ipfum flium Dei -yi--vi, ted~ficabo Ecclefiam meam. Super me tedijjcabo te, non 1.ne [uper t~; 'De.verbis Dom..Serm•. 1 3.. URon ·· this
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