V e ¶L'apiJ7s dime, an wend. 563 Yourturrie Sttcceffioncannot fettle, Iffrom the TruthSucceffion fwerue. The IewilhChurch fromAaron, Aiu!h defcent might Rand epos, Euen when theycrucifiedour Lord And hated all thatlou'dhis Word. Ifwe (hall fay,thatChurch was true, Confining offo vileatrue, We canChrifland theApoRles out, Among thebafe anddamnedrout. The GrecianChurches atthis day, For their defence as much can fay e : Yet youofthcmdoe glue thisdoome, That in GodsChurch they haue noroome. yet ifSucceffsonwere a figue, Which your grand CaptaineBetlarmin Dares notauouch9, ( fainwould fee, Howe Romecan proueher pedegree. You call your Church Saint Peters Chaire, As though the Popewere Peter; Heire : But if that groundwe once deny, What Papif can it verifie ? You cannot proueby holywrit, Peter at Rome did Bithopfit: Theonly place which yon doe namer, Returnethtoyourgreater fhaare. The things youfetchfromHibory, Touching this poinr,doe not agree c, And what our part hath hereinfed, By Papills Rands vnanfwered. But ifhe Bithop wereindeed, Tell me who next did him fucceed? Some,Clement ',und fome,Linea Thus your fucceffion is controld. Once wasa Pope fuppos'da man', But prou'd intime a Curtezan. Then either your Succellionfbranke, Or youtnuf puther in the ranke. WhenPopes there werefoie twoor three r, Where then might yourfucceflion be? OneScifineheld a1m0 forty yeerez, Popeagainf Pope,as dothappeare'. OneCouncell b did dick Popesput dowse, And to another gaue thecrown: When thefe falfePopes theplace polka, I thinkeyoulefay SuccefBoncraft. Peptfh Rime. Vnity. Nethermark: there is truly, r ,The Church muff hauewiry, Eee 4 f AtConfantineple there bathbeen perpetual! Sweep'sfrom S.Ands e. Niceph. Ay Alexandria from S. Marke, 9 Be(tarminefaith , it followetis nega timely ,thatwhere there le nojneceffiñ, there id no Church : bat not affirma- tiudy, thatwhere there ie focceon, there re 4Church. Lib. 4. de EccL cap.8. * r Pet.t.t 3.T'4Rhemiffsfay,tber there ,byBabylon io weanedRome,and fo they confeffe Rowe tebe Babjion. Orofiar faith, Petercame to Rome in the beginns% of Panne rame; Sierome in the a.yeere, ethers ire the 4,ycere,other,the r 3.yeere. Dama- foe faith, hecame thither in Nerves reign:, fo that there is nocerrentjjúo that which they make an tenoned principle. The Popes decreesholdfo. Dewarhew, Erefeb.lib, 3. c.4. Hie. ros ei Carat. John 8.Platina: Thewomenvon was Gilberta, a Mitch-woman of Magaarism. Two Popes together Anao ío83. and Anno rosb.andio6z. YBened.9.Sylaeffq.Greg.6.allatone time:and at another time. Ben. t 3.4 Span Pope, Greg. r z. a French' Pope, and loin: y3. an Itafdan °Pope. n s ç. jeered. Let their aine Aitken 'eake. b TheConceit ofConfines, As
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