vi P R E P AC f;. in Matth. chap.xvi. Tra&. i. Quod fi fuper unum illnm Pcttum tantum exiftimes totam Ecclefiarir ædificari, quid diAuruses de Johanne, &Apollolonum unoquo- que ? Num audebimus dicerc quod adverfus Petrum unum non prcvalituru funt. porto inferorum ? If you limit think that the whole church was built on Peter alone, what 'hall we fay of John, and each of the apoflles? What (hall we dare to fay that the gates of hell Ihall not prevail a ainft Peter on- ly ? So he according unto the common opinion of the ant; t ts, that therewas. nothingpeculiar in the confegion of Peter, and the anfwer ,cede thereunto, as unto him' f but thathe f ake and was f okeñ unto in the name of all the refs of the apoftles. Eufcb. Pruparat, Evangel. lib. r. cap. iii. )171 fvo can) are99E- o,nOow txxtnnla dtarg Ç eua ggzrl ße vç FpÉnwµvn, od N x2f cvg5 v%,w AV- o -v iuxaîç mom., tad SECfOoi uaEPvv /.erwff ?;oµ<va. biz ¿nay clu& a, ÿv Aula ciuotheno ?í o, e,rwv, "Exi zeh - rescv obwb`oµfau 14.8 va ¿uxñnoizv, to) ,m ai elba of vgdtyfosca, durât. Heproves ¡he verity ofdivine predillions from the glorious accomplifhment of that word andpromife of our Saviour, that he would build his church on the rock, (that ri, himfelf) fo as that the gates ofhell fhould not prevail againft it. For Ununt hoc eft immobile fundamentrun, una hue eft fulia fidel Petra, Petri ore confelfà; Tu es filius Dei vivi, faith Hilar. do Trim lib. z. This is the only immovable foundation this is the blotted rock of faith, confeffed by Peter; Thou art the Son of the living God. And Epiphanius, Hur. 39. 'Eadzñ seivyrpwiry st ánpxtáslOSws olxosgiormow pig r v clexv.narav, Upon this rock of allured faith I will buildmy church. For many thought that faith ifelf was metonymicaly called the rock, besaufe of its object, or the perfon of arewhich isfo. °fim., OOne or two more out of Auftìn'hall clofe theft teftimonies. Super bane Parrai í, quam confeliuses, fiuper meipfum filium Dci vivi, ædificabo Ecclefiam meam. Super me ædificabo te, non me 1-taper to ; De verbis Dom. Sum. r3. Upon this rock which thou hall confer%d, upon my 'elf the fon of the living God, I will build my church. I will build thee upon my felt, and not my felt on thee. And he more fly deda.eth his mind, Tra&. 504. in Johan. Ecelefia in hoc feculo diverliistentationibw, velutimbribus, fluminibus, tempef tatibufque quatitur, & non cadit; quoniam fundata eft fupra Parana ; undo & Petrus nomen acecpit. Non mini á Petro Petra. fed Penns à Petra; Peut non Chrifius á Chriftiano, fed Clurfliauus á Chrifto`votaran. Ideo quippe ait, Dominus, Super bane Petramædificabo Ecclefiam meam, quia dlxeratPetrus,T9i es Clrriftus, filiusDei vivi; fuper bane ergo (inquit) Parana quant confeßìts es, ædifieabo Ecclefiam meam. Petra claim Brat Chriftus, fupra quod fundamentum etiarn ipfeadificatus eft Petrus; fimdamentum quippc aliad nemo pad: ponere, prnter id quod pofìtum eft, quod eft Jefus Chrifius. The church in this world is fhaken with divers temptations, as with fhowers, floods and =wefts, yet fal- leth not, besaufe it is built on the rock (Petra) from whence Peter took his name. For the melt is not called Petra from Peter, but Peter is fo called fromPetra the rock; as Chrift is nor fb called from Chriftiau, but Chriftian from Chrift. Therefore laid the Lord, Upon this rock will I buildmy church, becaufc Peter had laid, Thou art Chria, the fonof the living God. Upon this rock, which thou (raft confcffcd, will I build nay church. For Chrift himfelf was the rock on which foundationPeter himfelf was built. For otherfoundation can no man lay, favo that which is laid, which is Jefus Chrift. Çhap. z. Againft this rock, this foundationof' the church, the psefon of CEO, and thefaith of the church concerning it, great oppofition bath been made by thegatesof hell. Not to mention the rage of the pagan world endea- vouring by all effetls of violence and cruelty to calf the church from this foundation ; all the herefies wherewith from the beginning, and for fame cen- turies ofyears enfuing it was pe'lered, conffledin direïl and immediateoppo- fitions
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