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Show "71.3; Pertg.~ ' Cha. 0F ACHRIST IAN P4 2.‘ of Supremacy all Ecclefiaflic ' dTruth that is for the giviallnstifsfifaiagns over'their own Subjeets, againfi the pretended Power of the Pope. Thefe are all the Texts hee bringcth for the Infallibility of the Judgement of the Pope, in point of Eighth Infallibility of his Judgment concerning Manners, hee ‘ eth one Text which ' 15 ' that of Iohn r6. 13. When. theSpirit 76*" 0T "'9 brin l'm‘i'QfPom o with i: come, he; wiflleadyou Into all truth : where (faith he )by "fMWeTI- 41/ truth, is meant, at leafl, alltrnth necelfary tofalmtton. But With this mitigation, he attributeth no more Infallibihty to thbe nge,t11:n to any man thatprofeileth Chrii'tianity, and is notto e grmnc . For ifany man erte in any pornt,wherein not to erreh is nee; airy to Salvation, it is impoflible he fliould be failed, for t at finely 15V1111c- ceffary to Salvation, without which to be iavcd is IITIPOIIO Eh at :pter points thefe are, Iihall declare out of the Scripture iln .t ie followinan this place I fay no more,but that thoug hit weée zEran. ted, the Pope could not poifiblyteach any error at a , yetE or got this entitlehim to any jurifdiétion in the Dominionsro anot er Prince, unlelfe we {hall alfo fay, a man is obliged in conici‘encehto if: on work upon all occafiolns the biffi workrlnan,even then al 0 w en ie ath formerl romifed iis wor to anot ier. h Befides Iii); 'IText, he argueth from Reafonathus. If the P3P: could erre in neceifaries, then Chrift hath not iufhcrently provr CL for the Churches Salvation, becaufe he hath commanded her to follow the Popes directions. But this Reafon is invalid, unlcile he drew when, and where Chrifl commanded that, or took at all any no- tice of :1 Pope : Nay granting whatfoever wasgiven to S. Peter,w as given to the Pope; yet feeing there is in the Scripture no command tp any man to obey St. Peter, no man can bee yufi, that Obeyetli him, when his commands are contrary to thofe of his lawfull Sor tat n. I aitly, it hath not been declared by the Church, nor by the Pope COMMONWEALTH. Chap.4z. find/die, and thanflmlt put away the will from [frat]. For ‘ whereunto,we are to remember that the High Prielt (next and anfwer immc. diately under God) was the Civill Soveraign; and all judges were to be conflituted by him. The words alledged found therefore mm. The man that will prefume to difahey the thll Swmzignfor the time heing, or any ofhtr (if/cert in the execution qftheir plate: , that man (bell dieflvt. which is cleerly for the Civill Soveraignty,againlt the Univerfall power ofthe Po e. Secondly, he alledgethtiat of M.ttth.- r6. lt'hatfitn'eryee [ha/l hindfiw. and lntcrprctctlrit for fuch binding as is attributed ( Mutt/J. 2 3. 4..) to the Scribes and Pharifees, They hind [Jed'vy hurthtnr, and grtewtt: to he horn,andlay them on menrflmultlerr; by which is meant (he fayes) Making ofLaws; and concludes thence , that the Pope can make Laws. But this alfo maketh onely for the Legiflative power of CivillSoveraigns: For the Scribes, and Pharifees fat in Mofes Chairc, but Mofes next under God was Soveraign ofthe People of Ifi'ael: and therefore our Saviour commanded them to doe all that they fhould fay, but not all that they ihould do.That is,to obey their Laws, but not follow their Example. The third place, is Iohn 21. 16. Fear! my flteel); which is not a Powerto make Laws , but a command to Teach. Making Laws belongs to the Lord of the Family; who by his owne difcretion choofeth hisChaplain , as alfo a Schoohnaiter to Teach his chil‘ dren. The fourth plate Iahn 20. 21. is againi‘t him. The words are, At my Fathtrjetttme,fofer1rllyou. But our Saviour was fent to Redeeem( by his Death) fuch as fliouldBeleeve; and by his own, and his Apoftles preaching to prepare them for their entrance into his Kingdomc; which hehinifclf faith, is not of this world, and hath taught us to pray forthe coming of it hereafter, though hec refufcd( Art: 1.6, 7. )to tell his Apoflles when it ihould come; and in which, whenit comes, the twelve Apoltles ihall fit on twelve Thrones (every one perhaps as high as that of St. Peter) to himfelfe, that he is the Civill Soveraign of all the Chrifiians up (pic world; and therefore allChriltians are not bound to acknow e ee hisjurifdié‘tion in point of Manners. For the CiVill Soveraigp- judge the twelve tribes of liracl. Seeing then God the Father fent f i and fupreme Judicature in controverfies of Manners, aiet 1e gm: thing: And the Makers of Civill Laws, are notonely Declaters, butalfo Makers ofthe jufiice,andinjulhce of a€tions-, there to make Laws here, but to perfwade men to expec‘t his fecond Cornming with a iiedfaft faith; and in the mean time, if Subjects, to obey being nothing in mens Manners that makes them righteous, or-Ain-1 righteous, but their conformity with the Law or the bOVCI‘illgn: i my therefore when the Pope challengeth Supremacy in controveriies o. Manners, hee teacheth men to difobey the CiVill Soveraign'i Which is an erroneous Doctrine, contrary to the many precCpé Of our Saviour and his Apoftles, delivered to us in the Strip- turc. T0 prove the Pope has Power to make Laws, he alledgeth 111.1- ny places; as firft, Deut. 17.12. The mm that writ do: yam/rung?!W‘fl], 4nd mil/not hear/ten unto the Priejl,(thi1tflittttluth to Min/fir thtrthtfart the Lord thy God, or unto the Judge, :) even "3.11/77"? not our Saviour to make Laws in this prefent world, ch may conclude from the Text, that neither did our Saviour fend 3. Peter their Princes-,and ifPrinces,both to beleeve it themfelves,and to do their belt to make their Subjects doe the fame; which is the Ofiice of a Bilbop. Therefore this place maketh molt {trongly for the joining of the Ecclefiafiicall Supremacy to the Civill Sovera;gnty , contrary to that which Cardinall Bellarmine alledgeth it or. The lift place is AC?! 15. 28. It hath feemtalgoodto the Holy Spi- rit, and to m, to lay uponyim no greater harden, than theft nut/4 [dry things, that yet ahfleine from menu afl'tred to Idols, and from hlwtd, and from things [hang/ed , and from formed"? on. Here hee notes the word Laying ofhnrdenr for the Legiflan've Power. "Mt. |