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Show mag. 01, A CHRISTIA N, 05%.". thing eli‘e, but good Counfell. And that 0h 772;"4.2.1014 km" 1901.3. 117/742 MQIJ,e csmmqu1val tffldCnt magnet/eyou mml: :wheMe re the Gree k word WEAK 'eJ‘éu ?" to WPGJ MM, wfmt deliv ered ",0",is as inthe 17‘" "mm'm1 B‘fi'fidflmfl 1""'/1"7"""imm‘di""'/7 '0 "(W Wit/16 0/ "Wm-""5" .P‘W' Wherein he handleth not the Quefiion oi‘Supremacy bé. WWW" Place next before alledgcd, which does not prove the Traditions of the Apofiles, tobc anymore than Counfells-7 though as is {aid in the8 verfe, be t/m defprfet}; tImn_, defpzfiet/J not mm, but Gad: "V53"BilllOp the POPC and Chriflian Kings, but between the POPC an PDFNNOW' other S. And firfl, he {ayes it is agreed , that the juril‘di'éti- BUM" on or Bithops, is at leaft in the generall dc litre Dim/'10 that is in the .. m." at; mac-"mt; ..., ~< W25.59; ..vur. -. For our Saviour himfelfcame notto udge, that is , to be King in b g i. ii this world; butto Sacrifice himfel for Sinners, and leave Doctors in his Church, to lead, not to drive men to Chriit, who never. accepteth forced aetions,(which is all the Law prOdUC€tl1,) but the inward converfion ofthe heart; which is not the work of Laws, but ofCouner,and Doctrine. And that of: T/acfl. 3. 14. If any mm 0557 not our word by this F, Ifllc, note that man, and have 7:0 company with Izim, that be may lie: a/hamcd : where from the word Obey, he would inferre, that this Epiflle was a Law to the Theflhloniansfhe Epiftles ofthe Emperours were indeed Laws. If therefore the Epif'tle of 8. Paul were 3112) a Law, they Were to obey two Mailers. Butthe word Oéey,as it isin the Greek 'Jmée, fignifieth beerkm‘ag to, or utr::rg m p;-.u?zrz,not onle that whichis Commanded by him that has right to punifh, but alfo that which is delivered in a way of Counfell for our good; and therefore St.Paul does not bid kill him that difobeys, nor beat , nor imprifon, nor amerce him,which Legiflators may all do -, but avoid his company, that he may bee alhamed : whereby it is evident, it was not the Em ire of an Apoflle , but his Reputation amongft the hit ifull , which the Chriflians flood in awe of. The laft place is that ofHelz. I 3.17. Obey yourLNdm,/md [:iévmxt your file/trio 1/70», for they mate/2 for yourjmdr,as they flair mafl give account: And here alfo is intended by Obedience, a tollowing oftheir Counfell : For the reafon of our Obedience, is not drawn fromthe will and command of our Pai‘tors, but from our own bene< fit, as beingthe Salvation of our Souls they watch for, and no: for the Exaltation of their own Power, and Authority. ltit were meant here,that all they teach were Laws,then not onely the Pope , but [i/lr, rind/owe Par/Ian, we'fame Tedt/JC'HI And thenc e inferres the have indeed their Jurifdiétion in Gods Right-7 but will not 37PM}; they have itimmediately from God, but deriv ed throuvh the 131; e But if a man may be faid to have his Jurifdic‘tion d: JI/rcb Di'Z/iflo ahd yet not immediately; whatlawfulljurildif‘tion, though there in a. Chrii‘tian Common-wealth,that is not alto but Civill is Z": jar: Diwio? For Chrii‘tian Kings have their Civill Power from God immeldi: ately; and theMagifii-atesunderhim exerciie their feverall char- gesin vertue of his Commiflion; whereintha t which they doc is ho lefle dc Jim Dice/no med/.110, than that which the Billiops doe iii ver- tue of the Popes Ordination. All lawfilll Potte r is of ("le imme~ diately In the Supreme Governour, and media tely in thdie thtt have Authority under him : So that eitherhee muili Confiable iht‘he State, to hold his Oflice inthe lilgl 'rtnt ever ltgstod- o}; Eilefi not ilOAd that any Buhop holds his lo, behdes the Pope him« y . ‘ . . . ~ , But this whole Diiputc,whethcr Chrift left the Juriid ic‘tion to the Pope oncly, or to other hilltops alfo, ll'VCOIliiLiCl 'Cd out of‘thol‘e )l‘l- ceswl‘icre the Pope hasthe Cl\'lll Soveraignty , is a conten [am (Zapping I‘or none otthein ( where they .U'C not Sovcrtiori i1: aiuns) has "lljlyrltullilze‘tli‘n.ltJll. liorjm'illhetion is the Power officiring and detti mining Caules between man and iuzing‘and can belon< r to none,but him that hath the Power to prelL‘ribe the'Rules ol‘lti hr and \\':‘«)I1g-,tl llt is, to make Laws-,and with the Sword of [offic e to (omptll men toobey his Decilionsmnmounted either by hinu‘elr‘ or by the judges he ordaineth [llCl‘CLlntU-fl‘illlt‘ll nonec anl iwtiillv l , their Commands. What then {hall wee fay to St. 19/121 who bids. 1:; his Dileiplcs togetherlandchole twelve ol‘them which he named Apoflles, he proveth that he Elefted them ( all CKCcp t Mit- Wealth, and conleqiiently all Peace, and juiticc mutt ceaiegwhiz :5 a Right or God; for which he alledges S. Paul, lip/# 34. 11., where hee (ayes, that Chrif't after his Afcenfion into heaven gave gifts to mm, fame Almfl/cr, fame Prop/6m, 471d fame Biz/Mgr- every Paflor in his Pariih lhouid have Legiilative Power. Again, they that are bound to obey, their Pai'tors, have no power to examine Spirltnlelllcr they are of God, 5mm]: many fa/fe Prof/16!! are (me out into tlye war/d6 It is therefore manifefl: , that wee may diipute the Doctrine of‘ our Paflors; but no man can difpute :1 Lieu The Commands of Civill Soveraigns are on all tides granted to 5: Laws : ifany (lie can make a Law befidcs himfelfe , all Common» Contrary to all Laws, both Divine and Humane. Nothing tltfz‘t‘mfi can be'drawn from thefe, or any other places ofScripture, to prove the Decrees of the Pope,where he has not alto the ClVlll Soveraignty, to'be Laws. ‘ T;.e 4.5.. ".5942": but the (,Iivill Sovcraign. (I Epifl. chap. 4. ver. 1.) Not to belcwe awry Spirit, [m in try Ni; ' (:0 MMO N-WE AL TE. gzi The lait point hee would prove, is this, Tint aw Saviour elm/l 77:3 gamer; i t J k 0) I lIL‘l'CiOI‘C when he alledgeth out ofthe 6 ofLiikr, that our Saviour tailtd thias, Paul and Barnabas, ) and gave them Power and JCoiumand ‘to Preach, but not tojudge ot‘CauiLs between man and man: for that is a lower which he retiii‘cd to take upon himlelte layimI Who made men Judge, 0rd DI‘I'ltlt'rle/IOIZgfl you; and in :tiioth ngdameir no! oft/1i: tum/d. lhithee that hath not erafulace M the Power It); hear, and determine Caulisbetween man and man , anuot be {aid to have anyjurifdie‘tion at all. And yet this hinde rs mt but that blur Saviourflgavethem Power to Preach and Bapti ze in ail parts of its etaigns Until lumielt,and his A o Rr 2 fl es. |