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Show ----=-----:~~.---::~h=·~t~J-. - Edification, ,11,nd Paci6cation, 8 ConfidcrattonJ, time tng .Je _ -:---:--: 23 ~r . . s :tis ennedbyoursavwur, whlc~ls, m , Les~ue of chriftran:, a :his .P He that is not with us, i-J ttgm~flru: fubfiance ?f D?crr.me, ~nd but of circuml1ance, thts; He But in Thm~s mdl~erent 's In thefe things, fo as the genethatisnotagamfltU, unntb u t.Ch i~s Flocl{befcd; Thatth,~rebe, a . rall Rules be obferved; 7~a ifi r'J"' bich arr. the Prophets of the nclv succej]ion, in Bi[hopi, ant AJ:tt ~:d ~verent., life, of ~~- e power, of the Tejiament; 1 hat ther-e e tl //'h G ifj l t·ve of the Gofpel:, That all Keyes ; That tho[e tha_t p~ea;h;t :u ~l:gs ~c done, in or de~' and tYJitb things tend to ediftc~t10n' h fr is left to the Holy ll?t(dome,and decency; A':ld t~e hke; T ~:fie; Euilcle;s, and it~ferio~tr BJJilderJ, spirituall vifcretzon, 0.f ~he ce:"llently alluded,by that Father ,that in chrifts church; As lt lS ex 'thout Seam and yet,the Ch1~rrhes noted ;That chrif~ Garme7t~~~s ~nd there~pon, fetteth down Garment was of dl'Vers Co ouu' . . fi't ' 'J , fl. - t Jit. fci!{unt non t • • . for a Rule; In ve_;. ev~rre as~ 'leffe .. it is a ·fafe and wife, Courfe, ln which Variety, nevert d ep ,r;JP.nts. Hut'then, by the Rule tofoHowgood Examples, an re.;t Gder' not onely, which are of Imitation, z:nd Examr~k tt! ~~as n~mely the Goverummt, Befi, but whic? are the 1 ;.~~e's of the firfr Good Emperours, of the church, 1n the ~hre~ r the 'Times of Perfecution, before that embraced the FaT~ • d ° F 'tb. As they were, excellen t Temporal! Prince~, recdve an;:~s. afo they be unproper, and un- . Times, for Dof1rmc, an M ~ment and Policie. And fo much)· like Examples, of outwarhd Gov~~ ular Points of Controverjies,. or for this Point : Now tot e par~tc ·' :~ rather of 1\eformati~n. Circumfiances, ilt the Government, afBifhopso · F Irfr therefare for the ~Xernnte'ft 0~::fr~~Jo,~!d ~l:Ch:~·, n;~ l pr.ejudging' the Pret~ee~:~d ~f God, and by the Pratl:ife ~ hold tt wa.rranted) bY: e better Timu; And much more con-. Of the Anctent Gh1trch, tn th . •-~' u · :{}ert and Government . d then Pa rzty OJ ,~.. . ,J.·tmJ" ' . b venient, for Kzng of:~' h it is to be confidered,that the churc 'j by Synods. But then urt e~tld. But onely, to be proioed, ftom is not now to plant.' or B . 'd nd refi:ored in fome decayes. Corrul?t~on; Andhto ~ rt~pgatr~h~~ the Scriptl:re faith; Tranjl~to- For tt ts worth t e 9 10 . e '· ~ .n t. It is not poffible, tn ts .1t 1 ranra to. . . Sacerdotto,nece./Je eft, ·Ut ~ L g sft thy between the State- CIVIl/) ref pea: of the grea.tJ ~g. ~te: ~~!ea fo ~ain an alteration, in _the and the State Eccle;,~~~tcd ' o '11 eration upon the Kmg· h b · uldhaveaperl ousop ' . d ahurc ' Ut lt wo C'. • • fi that Controverjie be 111 Peace, an . doms: And there,ore, tt ts r, ' Silence. .a · · h Admini{}r11tion ofBijhops ,_ But there be two CircllmJ.ances)tn t e 'J"' 'Wherein~ 1 of the Church of E~gland. ~--;·;;---'--- 1 Wherein, I confefie, I could never he fnisfied; Theone, the ,-----. ole Exercife, of their A~tthority; The other, the Deputatio~:, of their Authority. For the Firlt, the Eijhop give.th Urders al~ne; ExcomfJntnicateth alone; ]1-tdgetbalone. Thisfeemeth>tobea Thing, almoft,without Exan1ple~in good Government; and thc refore,not unlikely, to have crept in, in the degenerate, and corrupt, Times. We fee, the great eft Kings> and Mon . trch!, have th t:-ir C01mccl!s: There is no Temporalt Court, in England, of the High~rr fort, where the Authority, doth refr in one perfon: The Ki~s Be11ch, Comm01J Pleas, and the Exchequer, are Benche.r, of a certain Number, of Judges. The Chancello11r of England, hath an Affifiance, of twelve Maficrs, of the Cha11cery. The JUajier ~f the "iFardr, h.1th a Crmncell, of the Court: So hath,, the Cbanrcllour of the Dutchy. In the Iixchecquer Chamber, tbe Lord Treajurcr; is joynec,with the Chancel/our, and the Barons. Tbe Majfers ofthe R etjllejts, are ever, more then One. The Jufliccs of .AjJije, arc two. The Lord rrejde~tts, in the North, and in 1-Vale.r, _have Cormce!h of divers; The Star-chamber, is .an Affcrnbly, ot the Kings Privy Counce/!, afperftd, with t he Lords, Spiritu.-t!!, and Temporall: So as in Courts, the principall Perjon, hath e\·er , either Co/leaguer, or AJ!ef/(mrs. The like, is fo be found, in other, well governed, ComuJohWealtbr, abroad, where the }ltrifditJion is yes mo:-edifper(ed; As in the Court of Parliament of France; And in other places. No man will deny, but the ACts, that pafie the ~ifbops ~furifclitJion, are of as great Importance, _ as thofe, that pnile,the.CivilCourts; For Men~ So~tls, are more precious, then their Eod/es, or Goods; And fo are their Good Namer.Bifbops have th~ir Infirmities,r& have no Exception! from that genera II Maleditl;o,, which is pronoun .. ced againfrall Men Liv_ing;V£ Soli,n.Jm fi c.ecic~erit;&c. Nay, we fet:>~ that the firfi Warrant, In spirituallCt11fes,ts dtrected to a Number; Die Ecc!cj£; which is !jOt fo, in Tempera!/ A1atters: And we fee, that in generall Caufes, of Ch~Jrcb qovernme11t, there are, as well Alfernblies, of all the Clergy,Jn Co11nc"t!ls~ ;,s of all the States in Parliament: Whence fi1ou!d this fole exerci fe, -of Jurifdifrion · come? Surely, ldo(uppofe_, andl think,npongoDdGround; That .Ab Initio no11 fuit ita: And that the Deans, and Chapters, were 'Councells, about the Sees, and.Chairs)of Rifoops, at the firfi; And were, unt0 them a rre.rhytery, or C(Jrjiflory; And in termed-led, not onely, in the Difpofing, of their Revenues, and En-dowments; but much more, in jurifddlion Ecclejiaflicall. But, it is probable, that the Deans, and Chapters, fiuck clofe to the Bijbops, in Matters of Profit, and the "PVorld, and would not loofe their Hold; "But,in Matters ofJurifdiClion~( which they accounted but Trouble, ahd Attendance,) they fuffered the Bifhop.r to en- 1 croach, and ufurp; And fo the one continueth, and the other islofr. And we fee, that the BHhop of Ro111e, _ (FtH enim & a~ · . _ . Hofle • |
