Conference Between Rainolds and Hart, Table of contents
¶THE CONTENTS OF THE Chapters diuided by numbers into sundrie partes, for the sundrie pointes entreated of therein.
The first Chapter. THe occasion of the conference, the circumstances, and pointes to be debated on. 2 The ground of the first point, touching the head of the Church. Wherein, how that title belongeth to Christ, how it is giuen to the Pope: and so what is meant by the Popes supremacie.
Pag. 33.
The second Chapter. The promise of the supremacy pretended to bee made by Christ vntounto Peter, 1 in the wordes, Thou art Peter, and vponupon this rocke will I build my Church: 2 and, To thee will I giuegive the keyes of the kingdome of heauen. Of expounding the scriptures: how the right sense of them may be knowne, and who shall iudge thereof. 3 What is meant by the keyes, the power of binding and loosing, promised by Christ to Peter, and (in Peter) to all the Apostles.
Pag. 55.
The third Chapter. The performance which Christ is supposed to hauehave made (of the supremacie promised,) 1 in saying to Peter, Feede my lambes, feede my sheepe: 2 and, Strengthen thy brethren. With the circumstances of the pointes thereof, Doest duplicate page duplicate page thou louelove me? and, I hauehave prayed for thee Peter. What, and how, they make for Peter: how for all.
Pag. 121.
The fourth Chapter. The practise of the supremacie (which Peter is entitled to) imagined to be proued, 1 by the election of Matthias to the Apostleship: 2 by the Presidentship of the Councell held at Ierusalem: 3 and by Paules iourney taken to see Peter, and his abode with him. Wherein, as in other of the actes of the Apostles, the equalitie of them all, not the supremacie of one is shewed.
Pag. 151.
The fifth Chapter. The Fathers 1 are no touch-stone for triall of the truth in controuersies ofreligion, but the scripture onelyonly. 2 Their writings are corrupted: and counterfeits do beare their names. 3 The sayinges, alleaged out of their right writings, proue not the pretended supremacie of Peter.
Pag. 184.
The sixth Chapter. The two maine groundes, on which the supremacie vsurped by the Pope, doth lye. The former, that there should bee one Bishop ouer all in earth: 1 because Christ sayd, There shall be one flock, and one Pastour; 2 And among the Iewes there was one iudge, and hie Priest. The later, that the Pope is that one Bishop: 3 because Peter was Bishop of Rome (as some say,) 4 and the Pope succeedeth Peter. Both examined, and shewed to faile in the proofe of the Popes supremacie.
Pag. 230.
The seuenth Chapter. The scriptures falsly sayd to bee alleaged by the Fathers for the supremacie of the Pope, as successour to Peter. 1 Feede my sheepe, strengthen thy brethren, and, that thy faith faile not, belong no more to Popes then to other Bishops. 2 The Pope may erre in doctrine, 3 not only as a priuate man, but as Pope: 4 yea, preach false doctrine also. For 5 …he may be a theefe, a robber, a woolfe; 6 and erre not in person only, but in office too; as it is proued in eueryevery part of his office: 7 with aunswere to the replie made against the proofes for the defense of him therein. 8 The succession of Popes hath bene preuailed against by the gates of hell: 9 and, when the gates of hell preuailed not against them, their rocke did argue foundnesse of faith, not the supremacie.
Pag. 277.
The eighth Chapter. The autoritie 1 of traditions and Fathers pretended to proue the Popes supremacie: in vaine; beside the scripture, which is the onelyonly rule of faith. The Fathers, 2 being heard with lawfull exceptions that may bee iustly taken against them, 3 doo not proue it. As it is shewed first, in Fathers of the Church of Rome. By the way, 4 the name of Priest, the Priestly sacrifice of Christians, the Popish sacrifice of Masse-priestes, the proofes brought for the Masse, the substance and ceremonies of it, are laid open. And so it is declared that 5 nether the ancient Bishops of Rome them selues, 6 nor any other Fathers doo proue the Popes supremacy.
Pag. 452.
The ninth Chapter. 1 The Church is the piller and ground of the truth. The common consent and practise of the Church before the Nicen Councell, 2 the Councell of Nice, 3 of Antioche, of Sardica, of Constantinople, Mileuis, Carthage, Afrike, 4 ofEphesus, of Chalcedon, ofConstantinople eftsoones, and of Nice, of Constance and of Basill; with the iudgements of Vniuersities, and seuerall Churches throughout Christendome▪ condemning all the Popes supremacie.
Pag. 652.
The tenth Chapter. 1 Princes are supreme gouernours of their subiectes in thinges spirituall and temporall: and so is the othe of their supremacie lawfull. 2 The breaking of the conference off, M. Hart refusing to proceede farther in it.
Pag. 669.