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And on the solide Rock of his confession,
That he was Christ, which is a firm foundation
Against all Romish-Popish inundation.
T sory am to see you so unwise,
For Peter after that deny'd Christ thrice :
Christ built his Church on faith, which byds a tryal
And not upon poor Peters thrice denyal :
On this * a friend of mine did make a Sonet ;
A pi'etty one, if I could light upon it :
So here it is, and in it ye may read,
How your proud Pope to Peter did succeed.
Why should prophane proud Papists thus presiwne
To say, their Pope to Peter doth succeed ?
Read we that Peter (if he was at Rome)
Rode rob'd with triple crowns upon his head 1
Pray'd ever Peter for the souls of dead ?
Or granted pardon for the greatest sin ?
How many Nunces, note we, he did need
Through all the Nations that his name was in '?
How many Friers had Peter, can we find,
In sundry sorts so shaven with a shame ?
Was ever Peter so blasphemous blind,
As to take holinesse unto his Name 1
The Pope succeeds to Peter in no case.
But in denial, and in no divine place.
E. S.
Poor Peter, only thrice, did Christ deny :
Once was too much : but soon he did espy
How that he rashly had forsworn his master ;
For which Christ shortly did apply a plaster
To his sick Soul, and plac'd his grace therein,
Which is the only antidote for sin.
Christ turn'd and look'd on him, and was content
To pardon Peter, since he did repent.
But I can prove your Pope, Sir John, to be
Into a great deal worse estate then he :
' Alexander Sempill.