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             The difference between the power of magistrates and church-pastors and the Roman kingdom & magistracy under the name of a church & church-government usurped by the Pope, or liberally given him by popish princes opened by Richard Baxter.
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           THE
           DIFFERENCE
           Between
           the
           POWER
           OF
           MAGISTRATES
           AND
           CHURCH-PASTORS
           ,
           AND
           THE
           ROMAN
           KINGDOM
           &
           MAGISTRACY
           Under
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           CHURCH
           &
           CHURCH-GOVERNMENT
           Usurped
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           or
           liberally
           given
           him
           by
           Popish
           Princes
           :
           Opened
           by
           
             Richard
             Baxter
          
           .
           To
           the
           Learned
           and
           Sincere
           
             Ludovicus
             Molinaeus
          
           Dr
           of
           Physick
           ,
           and
           Author
           of
           
             Jugulum
             Causae
             ,
             Papa
             Ultrajectinus
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Books
           on
           this
           subject
           .
           For
           the
           Vindication
           of
           the
           true
           Pastoral
           Discipline
           ,
           exercised
           by
           the
           Ancient
           Churches
           ,
           and
           claimed
           ,
           but
           alas
           ,
           
             too
             little
             exercised
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Churches
           called
           Protestant
           and
           Reformed
           .
           And
           to
           acquaint
           Posterity
           what
           we
           hold
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           false
           accusations
           misinform
           them
           not
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Nevil
             Simmons
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           three
           Crowns
           ,
           near
           Holborn
           Conduit
           .
           1671.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           READER
        
         
           THE
           first
           Epistle
           is
           now
           written
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           
             Jugulum
             Causae
          
           :
           The
           other
           with
           the
           Propositions
           was
           written
           about
           a
           year
           and
           half
           ago
           ,
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           
             Papa
             ultrajectinus
          
           ,
           &c.
           and
           the
           
             Paraenesis
             contra
             Aedificatores
             Imperii
             in
             Imperio
             :
          
           And
           the
           design
           of
           all
           is
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           little
           or
           nothing
           at
           all
           the
           sober
           moderate
           Protestants
           ,
           called
           Episcopal
           ,
           Presbyterian
           ,
           Independent
           ,
           and
           Political
           or
           Erastian
           are
           disagreed
           in
           all
           this
           business
           ,
           whilst
           I
           name
           you
           near
           a
           hundred
           Propositions
           in
           which
           they
           commonly
           consent
           :
           That
           Princes
           and
           all
           Magistrates
           may
           see
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           be
           offended
           at
           the
           
             Christian
             and
             Protestant
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           or
           to
           judge
           the
           
             true
             Religion
             of
             any
             of
             these
             parties
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
          
           to
           be
           contrary
           to
           their
           interest
           ;
           when
           in
           very
           truth
           they
           are
           in
           that
           all
           one
           :
           But
           that
           among
           all
           Sects
           and
           Parties
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           still
           some
           injudicious
           ,
           intemperate
           and
           unpeaceable
           men
           ;
           especially
           those
           whose
           Interest
           in
           the
           world
           is
           Great
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           upheld
           ,
           without
           encroaching
           on
           the
           rights
           of
           others
           :
           As
           Great
           Trees
           must
           have
           much
           room
           ,
           and
           suffer
           
           
           nothing
           to
           prosper
           under
           them
           ,
           but
           Weeds
           and
           Bryars
           .
           And
           it
           is
           to
           tell
           Politicians
           ,
           that
           the
           true
           Pastoral
           Power
           (
           being
           a
           Power
           to
           
             labour
             and
             suffer
          
           in
           
             patient
             self-denyal
          
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           souls
           of
           men
           )
           is
           past
           all
           doubt
           of
           Christs
           appointment
           :
           And
           to
           diminish
           that
           Power
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           diminish
           our
           obligation
           to
           labour
           and
           suffer
           ,
           and
           to
           gratifie
           our
           sloth
           and
           fleshly
           interest
           .
           But
           to
           diminish
           that
           Secular
           Church-power
           which
           Clergie
           men
           claim
           as
           of
           Divine
           Right
           ,
           is
           but
           for
           Princes
           to
           be
           Princes
           ,
           whether
           the
           Clergie
           will
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Learned
           Author
           ,
           Dr.
           
             Lud.
             Molinaeus
          
           ,
           my
           meaning
           is
           to
           second
           him
           in
           awakening
           Magistrates
           to
           reassume
           their
           proper
           power
           ,
           and
           to
           leave
           it
           in
           no
           Clergie
           mens
           hands
           ,
           of
           what
           party
           soever
           :
           But
           as
           to
           his
           reflections
           on
           the
           Protestants
           Discipline
           ,
           lovingly
           to
           chide
           him
           for
           making
           the
           difference
           seem
           wider
           than
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           to
           RECONCILE
           the
           four
           Parties
           ,
           while
           I
           distinctly
           open
           the
           common
           Doctrine
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           excepting
           the
           rigid
           Opinions
           of
           some
           interessed
           or
           intemperate
           individuals
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             My
             Learned
             ,
             Sincere
             and
             Worthy
             Friend
             ,
          
        
         
           WHEN
           I
           had
           hastily
           set
           down
           my
           judgement
           of
           the
           Cause
           which
           I
           found
           handled
           in
           your
           
             Papa
             Ultrajectinus
          
           and
           other
           Writings
           which
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           I
           cast
           by
           that
           Script
           (
           which
           I
           intended
           at
           the
           writing
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           your
           view
           )
           that
           I
           might
           surely
           keep
           it
           from
           the
           notice
           of
           others
           ,
           in
           this
           Age
           wherein
           the
           prevalency
           of
           
             Interest
             ,
             Faction
             ,
             Passion
          
           and
           Injudiciousness
           ,
           doth
           make
           it
           so
           great
           a
           difficulty
           ,
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           for
           the
           cure
           of
           any
           mens
           
             errors
             ,
             enormities
          
           or
           impieties
           ,
           which
           shall
           not
           be
           charged
           with
           the
           same
           crime
           (
           or
           greater
           )
           which
           it
           would
           cure
           ,
           and
           be
           taken
           for
           a
           disturber
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Peace
           ,
           which
           it
           would
           save
           or
           heal
           .
           But
           now
           seeing
           that
           you
           renew
           your
           endeavours
           in
           the
           same
           Cause
           ,
           and
           finding
           your
           
             Jugulum
             Causae
          
           directed
           to
           so
           many
           hands
           ,
           by
           seventy
           particular
           Epistles
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           have
           honoured
           me
           with
           a
           place
           among
           those
           great
           and
           worthy
           persons
           ,
           I
           take
           my self
           obliged
           to
           render
           you
           some
           account
           of
           my
           judgement
           of
           your
           Writings
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           the
           whole
           Cause
           ,
           by
           bringing
           into
           the
           open
           light
           ,
           those
           hundred
           Propositions
           which
           I
           had
           purposed
           to
           conceal
           :
           And
           withal
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           (
           though
           you
           have
           much
           overvalued
           me
           in
           your
           recitation
           of
           their
           report
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           joyned
           me
           with
           so
           Great
           ,
           so
           Wise
           and
           Good
           a
           man
           as
           A
           Bishop
           Usher
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           so
           great
           a
           work
           ;
           and
           experience
           may
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           other
           men
           have
           other
           thoughts
           of
           me
           ,
           as
           one
           unmeet
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           my
           Nativity
           ,
           much
           more
           
           unmeet
           to
           be
           a
           decider
           of
           the
           Churches
           Controversies
           )
           yet
           you
           have
           truly
           described
           my
           judgement
           of
           your self
           and
           your
           undertaking
           .
           I
           confess
           I
           hope
           not
           that
           ever
           you
           should
           make
           the
           Roman
           Usurpation
           ,
           more
           palpable
           ,
           than
           the
           falshood
           of
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           Transubstantiation
           ;
           where
           they
           maintain
           (
           not
           only
           the
           Corporal
           Presence
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           it
           that
           I
           now
           mean
           ,
           but
           )
           that
           
             Bread
             is
             not
             Bread
          
           ,
           and
           
             Wine
             is
             not
             Wine
          
           ,
           when
           all
           men
           
             see
             ,
             taste
             ,
             smell
          
           and
           feel
           them
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Princes
           ,
           Doctors
           ,
           and
           great
           men
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           can
           thus
           obstinately
           deny
           (
           or
           take
           on
           them
           to
           deny
           )
           the
           judgement
           which
           is
           made
           of
           sensible
           objects
           ,
           by
           all
           mens
           senses
           ,
           you
           may
           gather
           what
           fruit
           you
           may
           expect
           of
           your
           labours
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           Cause
           how
           plain
           soever
           ,
           where
           prejudice
           and
           
             seeming
             interest
          
           are
           against
           you
           ?
           Can
           all
           the
           Writings
           or
           Reasonings
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           bring
           any
           thing
           to
           a
           more
           
             clear
             and
             sure
          
           decision
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           all
           the
           senses
           of
           all
           men
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           about
           the
           proper
           objects
           of
           sense
           ?
           If
           flesh
           so
           far
           conquer
           
             flesh
             it self
          
           ,
           and
           the
           interest
           of
           sensuality
           can
           cause
           such
           men
           ,
           and
           such
           multitudes
           to
           renounce
           the
           apprehension
           of
           all
           their
           senses
           ,
           what
           have
           we
           to
           do
           more
           for
           the
           cure
           of
           mankind
           ?
        
         
           You
           have
           made
           it
           plain
           enough
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           really
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Secular
           Government
           of
           Kings
           and
           States
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           commonly
           called
           Ecclesiastical
           among
           the
           Papists
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           is
           challenged
           and
           usurped
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           that
           Princes
           that
           subject
           their
           Kingdoms
           to
           his
           Usurpation
           ,
           do
           take
           in
           a
           
             joint
             Ruler
          
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           divide
           their
           Kingdoms
           or
           Power
           between
           themselves
           and
           him
           .
           But
           so
           they
           
             have
             done
          
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           
             will
             do
          
           ,
           till
           the
           Time
           of
           the
           Churches
           fuller
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Coalition
           of
           the
           Christian
           world
           is
           come
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           you
           may
           think
           that
           as
           Interest
           blindeth
           them
           ,
           so
           this
           great
           detection
           of
           the
           Invasion
           of
           their
           Interest
           is
           the
           way
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           the
           truth
           .
           For
           who
           will
           have
           a
           Co-partner
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           may
           choose
           ?
           Who
           had
           not
           rather
           Rule
           alone
           ,
           than
           divide
           his
           Kingdom
           with
           the
           Pope
           ?
           Undoubtedly
           they
           give
           away
           more
           of
           their
           own
           Interest
           hereby
           ,
           than
           you
           have
           opened
           ?
           When
           they
           deliver
           part
           of
           their
           power
           to
           one
           ,
           who
           by
           an
           approved
           
           
             General
             Council
             of
             their
             own
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Religion
           of
           their
           Party
           ,
           
             Later
             .
             sub
             Innoc.
          
           3.
           
           Can.
           2.
           3.
           may
           
             depose
             Temporal
          
           
           Lords
           ,
           (
           though
           no
           Protestants
           themselves
           )
           that
           will
           
             not
             exterminate
             those
             that
             deny
             Transubstantiation
             out
             of
             their
             Dominions
             ,
             and
             may
             absolve
             their
             subjects
             from
             their
             fidelity
             ,
             and
             may
             give
             their
             Countryes
             unto
             others
             .
          
           When
           their
           most
           Learned
           ,
           Renowned
           ,
           applauded
           Doctors
           teach
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           may
           excommunicate
           Kings
           ,
           and
           that
           an
           excommunicated
           King
           is
           no
           King
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           killeth
           him
           ,
           killeth
           not
           a
           King.
           When
           the
           
             Roman
             Council
          
           under
           Greg.
           7.
           decreeth
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Pope
             may
             depose
             Emperours
          
           :
           And
           the
           same
           Greg.
           7.
           li.
           4.
           
           Ep.
           7.
           conspireth
           in
           the
           like
           Doctrine
           .
           The
           Oration
           of
           Card.
           Peron
           is
           well
           known
           :
           If
           so
           great
           a
           Kingdom
           as
           France
           ,
           that
           glorieth
           of
           its
           Church-liberties
           ,
           can
           bear
           so
           much
           ,
           what
           will
           not
           those
           bear
           ,
           that
           are
           less
           able
           to
           deliver
           themselves
           ?
           The
           words
           of
           this
           Great
           and
           pretendedly
           Moderate
           Cardinal
           in
           a
           Moderate
           Kingdom
           ,
           in
           a
           publick
           Writing
           against
           a
           Protestant
           Learned
           King
           (
           King
           
             James
             )
             pag.
          
           453.
           (
           as
           cited
           by
           A.
           Bishop
           Usher
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
             pag.
          
           163.
           is
           fit
           to
           be
           written
           on
           the
           Doors
           of
           all
           Princes
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ,
           in
           Capital
           Letters
           ;
           
             viz.
             [
             By
             this
             Article
          
           (
           that
           Kings
           may
           not
           be
           deposed
           by
           the
           Pope
           )
           
             We
             are
             cast
             headlong
             into
             a
             manifest
             Heresie
             ,
             as
             binding
             us
             to
             confess
             ,
             that
             for
             many
             Ages
             past
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             hath
             been
             banished
             out
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             :
             For
             if
             the
             Champions
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             contrary
             to
             this
             Article
             do
             hold
             an
             impious
             and
             detestable
             opinion
             contrary
             to
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             then
          
           
           
             doubtless
             the
             Pope
             for
             so
             many
             hundred
             years
             expired
             ,
             hath
             not
          
           
           
             been
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             a
          
           HERETICK
           
             and
             the
          
           
           ANTICHRIST
           .
           ]
        
         
           What
           would
           you
           have
           more
           to
           satisfie
           Kings
           ,
           than
           their
           
           own
           profession
           that
           ,
           
             Either
             the
             Pope
             may
             depose
             Kings
             ,
             or
             〈◊〉
             he
             is
             not
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             an
             Heretick
             and
             Antich●i●t
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           been
           so
           for
           many
           hundred
           years
           .
           Can
           you
           sh●w
           their
           Interest
           plainlier
           than
           all
           this
           ?
        
         
           And
           lest
           any
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           but
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           remember
           that
           Perron
           was
           another
           kind
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           famous
           Perverter
           of
           King
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           .
           And
           I
           will
           cite
           here
           the
           words
           of
           one
           more
           of
           a
           multitude
           ,
           even
           one
           that
           wrote
           so
           long
           ago
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           numbred
           with
           the
           Fathers
           
             in
             Biblioth
             .
             Patr.
             To.
             4
             p.
             913.
          
           and
           a
           Roman
           Cardinal
           
             Bertrard
             Card.
             &
             Epis.
             Eduens
             .
             de
             Orig.
             &
             usu
             Jurisd
             .
             Qu.
          
           4.
           
           [
           
             Respondeo
             &
             dico
             quod
             Potestas
             Spiritualis
             debet
             dominari
             omni
             humanae
             Creaturae
             per
             rationes
             Hostiensis
             —
             Item
             quia
             Jesus
             Christus
             silius
             Dei
             dum
             fuit
             in
             hoc
             mundo
             ,
             &
             etiam
             ab
             aetern●
             naturalis
             dominus
             fuit
             ,
             &
             de
             jure
             naturali
             in
             Imperatores
             &
             quoseunque
             alios
             depositionis
             sententias
             ferre
             potuisset
             ,
             &
             damnationis
             ,
             &
             quaseunque
             alias
             :
             Utpote
             in
             personas
             quas
             creaverat
             ,
             &
             donis
             naturalibus
             &
             gratuito
             donaverat
             ,
             &
             etiam
             conservabat
             .
             Et
             eadem
             ratione
             etiam
             ejus
             Vicarius
             potest
             .
             Nam
             non
             videtur
             discretus
             Dominus
          
           
           
             fuisse
             (
             ut
             cum
             reverentia
             ejus
             loquar
             )
             nisi
             unicum
             post
          
           
           
             se
             talem
             Vicarium
             reliquisset
             ,
             qui
             haec
             omnia
             posset
             .
             Fuit
          
           
           
             autem
             iste
             Vicarius
             ejus
             Petrus
             apud
             Mattheum
             :
             Et
             idem
             dicendum
             est
             de
             successoribus
             Petri
             ,
             cum
             eadem
             absurditas
             sequeretur
             ,
             si
             post
             mortem
             Petri
             humanam
             naturam
             a
             se
             creatam
             sine
             regimine
             unius
             personae
             reliquisset
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           I
           will
           English
           it
           lest
           the
           unlearned
           believe
           not
           what
           Fathers
           ,
           what
           a
           
             Biblioth
             .
             Patrum
          
           ,
           what
           Cardinals
           ,
           and
           what
           Doctrines
           the
           Roman
           Clergy
           obtrude
           upon
           the
           Christian
           world
           .
        
         
           [
           
             I
             answer
             and
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             spiritual
             Power
             ought
             to
             have
             domination
             over
             every
             humane
             creature
             ,
             by
          
           Hostiensis
           
             reasons
             —
             Also
             because
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             while
             he
             was
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             also
             from
             Eternity
             ,
             was
             the
             Natural
             Lord
             :
             and
             by
             Natural
             Right
             ,
             could
             pass
             the
             sentence
             of
             Deposition
             and
             of
             Damnation
             ,
             and
             any
             other
             ,
             upon
             Emperours
             and
             upon
             any
             others
             ;
             as
             being
             persons
             that
             he
             had
             created
             and
             endowed
             with
             Natural
             Gifts
             ,
             and
             freely
             ,
             and
             also
             preserved
             :
             And
             by
             the
             same
             reason
             his
             Vicar
             can
             do
             it
             :
             For
             the
             Lord
             seemeth
          
           
           
             not
             to
             have
             been
             discreet
             (
             that
             I
             may
             speak
             with
             reverence
          
           
           
             to
             him
             )
             unless
             he
             had
             left
             behind
             him
             one
             such
             Vicar
             ,
             who
          
           
           
             could
             do
             all
             these
             things
             .
             And
             in
          
           Matthew
           
             this
             his
             Vicar
          
           
           was
           Peter
           :
           
             And
             the
             same
             must
             be
             said
             of
             the
             successors
             of
          
           Peter
           ,
           
             seeing
             the
             same
             absurdity
             would
             follow
             ,
             if
             after
             the
             death
             of
          
           Peter
           
             he
             had
             left
             humane
             nature
             created
             by
             himself
             ,
             without
             the
             Regiment
             of
             One
             person
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Do
           you
           think
           this
           is
           not
           plain
           dealing
           enough
           ,
           if
           men
           are
           willing
           to
           understand
           ?
        
         
           I
           know
           that
           there
           were
           Emperours
           and
           Princes
           that
           strugled
           hard
           ,
           before
           they
           suffered
           themselves
           to
           be
           thus
           subjected
           ;
           And
           these
           Emperours
           had
           Lawyers
           ,
           Statesmen
           and
           Divines
           that
           took
           their
           parts
           ;
           as
           all
           the
           Treatises
           in
           Goldastus
           his
           three
           Volumes
           
             de
             Monarch
          
           .
           and
           his
           
             Imp.
             Constit.
          
           
           shew
           .
           But
           still
           those
           that
           
             sided
             with
             the
             Pope
          
           spake
           contrary
           ,
           as
           the
           argumentations
           of
           those
           Books
           besides
           the
           Authors
           whom
           they
           oppose
           ,
           do
           shew
           .
           And
           ,
           alas
           ,
           Occham
           ,
           and
           
             Marsilius
             Patavinus
          
           ,
           and
           Widdrington
           and
           Barclay
           came
           all
           too
           late
           .
           For
           all
           that
           
             Secular
             Power
          
           which
           was
           cloaked
           with
           the
           name
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Spiritual
           ,
           was
           before
           so
           deeply
           rooted
           in
           the
           Papacy
           ,
           that
           they
           durst
           plead
           for
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           Princes
           are
           not
           subject
           to
           the
           Pope
           in
           Temporals
           :
           But
           as
           you
           truly
           note
           ,
           abundance
           of
           Temporals
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           proper
           work
           about
           things
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           was
           still
           vailed
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Spiritual
           :
           And
           at
           last
           ,
           even
           the
           
             Temporal
             Power
          
           again
           claimed
           more
           subtilly
           ,
           and
           indirectly
           ,
           as
           
             in
             ordine
             ad
             spiritualia
          
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           that
           
             All
             men
             are
             naturally
             so
             regardful
             of
             their
             own
             Interest
             ,
             and
             especially
             Princes
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             they
             should
             be
             so
             servile
             ,
             tame
             and
             self-abasing
             ,
             as
             to
             give
             
             away
             so
             great
             a
             part
             of
             their
             Kingdoms
             to
             a
             Forreigner
             ,
             yea
             ,
             to
             one
             that
             claimeth
             all
             ,
             (
             by
             himself
             ,
             or
             by
             his
             most
             famous
             Writers
             )
             and
             by
             his
             Councils
             claimeth
             a
             power
             to
             depose
             them
             ;
             They
             that
             with
             their
             own
             Nobles
             and
             other
             Subjects
             ,
             are
             so
             jealous
             of
             their
             Prerogatives
             ,
             would
             never
             so
             far
             depose
             themselves
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             but
             know
             what
             they
             do
             :
             And
             therefore
             when
             Popish
             Princes
             understand
             the
             matter
             ,
             they
             will
             shake
             off
             the
             yoke
             ,
             and
             re●ssume
             their
             right
             .
          
        
         
           Answ.
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           that
           Protestant
           Princes
           and
           States
           have
           done
           so
           ;
           And
           the
           true
           meaning
           of
           our
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           is
           the
           same
           with
           your
           main
           design
           :
           And
           though
           some
           have
           stumbled
           at
           those
           words
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           is
           
             Supream
             Governour
             in
             all
             Causes
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
          
           the
           meaning
           is
           only
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           oft
           publickly
           declared
           )
           that
           
             he
             is
             the
             Supream
             Civil
             or
             Coactive
             Governour
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             in
             all
             Causes
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
          
           so
           far
           as
           they
           fall
           under
           that
           Coactive
           or
           Coercive
           Government
           .
           And
           hereby
           the
           King
           doth
           but
           reassume
           the
           Royal
           Power
           over
           the
           Clergy
           and
           the
           affairs
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           the
           Pope
           had
           usurped
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           .
           For
           it
           s
           well
           known
           what
           was
           called
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Power
          
           in
           England
           in
           the
           times
           of
           Popery
           :
           so
           that
           this
           much
           of
           the
           Vail
           is
           removed
           long
           ago
           among
           all
           Protestants
           .
           And
           if
           you
           peruse
           but
           Bishop
           Bilsons
           excellent
           Tract
           of
           
             Christian
             Subjection
          
           ,
           and
           Bishop
           Andrews
           his
           
             Tortura
             Torti
          
           (
           to
           pass
           by
           all
           others
           )
           you
           will
           see
           that
           this
           Case
           is
           better
           opened
           ,
           than
           I
           for
           my
           part
           am
           able
           to
           open
           it
           .
           And
           it
           is
           seldom
           heard
           of
           (
           for
           all
           the
           industry
           and
           subtilty
           of
           Rome
           )
           that
           any
           Prince
           or
           State
           doth
           Voluntarily
           turn
           Papist
           ,
           that
           is
           once
           delivered
           from
           the
           Yoke
           ,
           and
           that
           ever
           again
           parteth
           with
           his
           power
           when
           he
           hath
           recovered
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           that
           even
           this
           Argument
           from
           
             Notorious
             Interest
          
           ,
           doth
           not
           recover
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Countreys
           subject
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           you
           will
           the
           less
           wonder
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           these
           three
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Papal
           Interest
           hath
           got
           such
           rooting
           in
           their
           Subjects
           minds
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           their
           power
           to
           reassume
           their
           right
           .
           The
           Clergy
           are
           so
           numerous
           ,
           subtile
           ,
           ubiquitary
           and
           potent
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           so
           commonly
           deceived
           ,
           and
           so
           tenacious
           of
           ancient
           Customs
           ,
           that
           to
           make
           this
           
           Change
           ,
           might
           cast
           all
           into
           a
           flame
           :
           And
           they
           think
           it
           better
           to
           lose
           part
           ,
           than
           all
           .
           And
           no
           doubt
           but
           the
           examples
           of
           Henry
           the
           third
           ,
           and
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           of
           France
           ,
           maked
           some
           think
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           displease
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Consederates
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           sufficient
           security
           for
           their
           lives
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           Princes
           stand
           usually
           on
           such
           terms
           of
           danger
           or
           jealousie
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           fain
           to
           keep
           such
           a
           Peace
           at
           home
           ,
           lest
           they
           expose
           themselves
           to
           a
           greater
           mischief
           from
           abroad
           .
           And
           they
           are
           broken
           by
           the
           Papal
           subtilty
           ,
           especially
           in
           Germany
           and
           Italy
           ,
           into
           such
           Fractions
           ,
           and
           petty
           Principalities
           ,
           that
           few
           of
           them
           are
           strong
           enough
           to
           defend
           themselves
           against
           the
           Confederates
           of
           the
           Pope
           (
           when
           potent
           Emperours
           heretofore
           could
           not
           do
           it
           .
           )
           And
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           especially
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           ,
           do
           take
           this
           Copartnership
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           strength
           :
           And
           as
           anciently
           many
           Emperours
           were
           forced
           to
           choose
           their
           Caesars
           and
           Copartners
           ,
           when
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Empire
           was
           too
           hard
           for
           themselves
           alone
           ;
           so
           divers
           Princes
           are
           glad
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Papal
           interest
           and
           power
           for
           their
           own
           security
           ;
           though
           upon
           terms
           that
           else
           would
           never
           be
           submitted
           to
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           some
           Countreys
           the
           Rebellious
           disposition
           of
           the
           Subjects
           driveth
           them
           to
           accept
           of
           this
           dear
           remedy
           ;
           and
           they
           choose
           rather
           to
           strengthen
           themselves
           by
           a
           Copartner
           ,
           than
           to
           stoop
           to
           the
           wills
           of
           their
           inferiours
           .
        
         
           For
           here
           you
           must
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           the
           pretence
           of
           a
           
             Jus
             divinum
          
           and
           of
           Spirituality
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           safety
           of
           their
           souls
           ,
           doth
           make
           this
           kind
           of
           servitude
           much
           less
           dishonourable
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           to
           be
           overtopt
           by
           a
           neighbour
           Prince
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           curbed
           by
           their
           subjects
           .
           For
           what
           dishonour
           is
           it
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           his
           Maker
           and
           Redeemer
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           what
           greater
           honour
           can
           there
           be
           ?
           And
           the
           Roman
           Clergy
           have
           used
           themselves
           to
           Canonize
           those
           Princes
           that
           have
           been
           most
           zealous
           for
           their
           Grandure
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           the
           fame
           and
           praises
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           have
           raised
           that
           which
           they
           call
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           ambition
           of
           the
           Clergies
           Praises
           ,
           doth
           do
           much
           to
           tempt
           some
           to
           a
           tame
           acceptance
           of
           a
           Copartner
           ,
           who
           pretendeth
           to
           be
           the
           Vicar
           of
           Christ
           :
           When
           this
           servitude
           goeth
           for
           
           sanctity
           ,
           and
           carrieth
           not
           with
           it
           the
           reproach
           of
           other
           sorts
           of
           servitude
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           it
           greatly
           furthereth
           their
           success
           ,
           that
           the
           Popes
           Agents
           are
           commonly
           bred
           up
           in
           Learning
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           made
           able
           to
           over-wit
           the
           Laity
           ;
           And
           that
           it
           is
           their
           great
           design
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           the
           Lusts
           of
           Princes
           ,
           by
           indulging
           their
           voluptuous
           sensual
           lives
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           spend
           their
           dayes
           in
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           will
           never
           advance
           their
           understandings
           to
           an
           ability
           to
           discern
           the
           cheats
           of
           their
           Copartners
           :
           And
           they
           detestably
           cherish
           the
           Ignorance
           of
           the
           Common
           Laity
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           the
           fitter
           to
           be
           led
           and
           mastered
           by
           them
           ;
           even
           as
           men
           keep
           women
           from
           Learning
           and
           great
           attainments
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           the
           more
           uncapable
           of
           subjection
           .
           And
           thus
           as
           Satan
           leadeth
           men
           to
           Hell
           ,
           so
           the
           Papal
           Usurper
           bringeth
           the
           Laity
           into
           their
           power
           ,
           by
           their
           
             own
             consent
          
           ,
           by
           such
           
             pleasing
             baits
          
           ,
           as
           make
           their
           servitude
           easie
           to
           them
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           your
           telling
           them
           of
           their
           interest
           ,
           that
           will
           prevail
           against
           all
           these
           temptations
           .
           They
           that
           will
           lose
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           their
           salvation
           by
           such
           cheats
           ,
           may
           lose
           half
           of
           their
           earthly
           Dominions
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           other
           half
           sufficeth
           to
           satisfie
           their
           concupiscence
           ,
           and
           to
           maintain
           their
           honour
           and
           pleasure
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           The
           Roman
           Usurpation
           consisteth
           of
           two
           parts
           .
           1.
           
           The
           Usurpation
           of
           such
           a
           
             Pastoral
             Power
          
           as
           they
           have
           no
           right
           to
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Usurpation
           of
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           power
           ,
           sometime
           directly
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           indirectly
           
             in
             ordine
             ad
             spiritualia
          
           ;
           and
           constantly
           by
           the
           cheat
           of
           the
           false
           name
           of
           Church
           power
           ,
           put
           upon
           the
           Magistrates
           part
           of
           Church
           Government
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           the
           Clergies
           part
           .
        
         
           I.
           The
           Usurpation
           of
           a
           Pastoral
           power
           which
           belongeth
           not
           to
           them
           ,
           is
           the
           chief
           part
           of
           their
           Iniquity
           .
           And
           it
           consisteth
           in
           these
           ,
           among
           other
           particulars
           .
           
             
               1.
               
               In
               the
               impious
               ,
               and
               arrogant
               claim
               of
               an
               Universal
               Pastorship
               over
               all
               the
               world
               .
               The
               Roman
               Prelate
               must
               be
               the
               Teacher
               of
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               High
               Priest
               of
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               the
               Spiritual
               Ruler
               of
               all
               the
               world
               ;
               which
               because
               he
               cannot
               do
               by
               himself
               ,
               he
               must
               do
               by
               others
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               he
               can
               to
               uphold
               his
               usurpation
               .
               He
               must
               be
               the
               Law-giver
               
               and
               the
               Judge
               of
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               even
               at
               the
               Antipodes
               ,
               and
               where
               he
               hath
               no
               acquaintance
               nor
               access
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               this
               he
               undertaketh
               to
               be
               a
               Bishop
               in
               other
               mens
               Diocesses
               ,
               and
               to
               rule
               in
               all
               matters
               ,
               where
               he
               hath
               no
               more
               power
               ,
               than
               any
               Pastor
               hath
               in
               another
               Pastoral
               Charge
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               And
               by
               this
               he
               undertaketh
               to
               be
               the
               Spiritual
               Father
               and
               Governour
               of
               all
               the
               Kings
               and
               Rulers
               of
               the
               Christian
               world
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               have
               the
               power
               of
               excommunicating
               them
               when
               he
               thinketh
               there
               is
               cause
               ,
               and
               to
               brand
               them
               as
               uncapable
               of
               Christian
               communion
               with
               their
               own
               Subjects
               ;
               or
               with
               any
               other
               Christians
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               By
               this
               he
               usurpeth
               authority
               of
               imposing
               what
               Pastors
               he
               please
               (
               even
               such
               as
               will
               carry
               on
               his
               interest
               )
               upon
               all
               the
               Churches
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               depriving
               both
               Princes
               and
               people
               of
               their
               just
               liberty
               of
               choice
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               By
               this
               also
               he
               usurpeth
               the
               power
               of
               deposing
               what
               Bishops
               or
               Pastors
               he
               please
               ,
               and
               depriving
               the
               people
               of
               their
               necessary
               helps
               ,
               and
               faithfullest
               Teachers
               .
               Yea
               ,
               of
               putting
               whole
               Nations
               under
               Interdicts
               of
               serving
               and
               honouring
               God
               in
               Church-assemblies
               ;
               commanding
               all
               Pastors
               to
               shut
               up
               the
               Church
               doors
               ,
               and
               forbidding
               them
               to
               perfom
               their
               office
               ,
               and
               to
               preach
               Christs
               Gospel
               ,
               or
               administer
               his
               holy
               Sacraments
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               By
               this
               he
               sendeth
               forth
               his
               Missionaries
               ▪
               and
               setteth
               up
               Societies
               of
               Jesuits
               and
               Fryers
               to
               do
               his
               work
               ,
               and
               commandeth
               all
               Princes
               and
               people
               to
               receive
               and
               countenance
               them
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               By
               this
               he
               layeth
               claim
               to
               a
               right
               of
               maintenance
               for
               Himself
               and
               his
               Missionaries
               in
               all
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               in
               the
               name
               of
               Christ
               ,
               who
               hath
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               labourer
               is
               worthy
               of
               his
               hire
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               By
               this
               he
               granteth
               Dispensations
               ,
               Pardons
               ,
               Indulgences
               ,
               commandeth
               praying
               to
               Saints
               and
               Angels
               ,
               and
               praying
               for
               the
               Dead
               ,
               as
               being
               in
               Purgatory
               ,
               and
               by
               this
               he
               setteth
               up
               his
               whole
               new
               frame
               of
               self-devised
               Worship
               and
               Religion
               .
               Now
               I
               call
               not
               all
               this
               an
               Usurpation
               of
               Magistracy
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               he
               useth
               no
               Corporal
               force
               ,
               and
               threatneth
               no
               penalty
               but
               excommunication
               and
               damnation
               .
               
               For
               every
               true
               Pastor
               with
               his
               own
               flock
               hath
               the
               Power
               of
               Guiding
               them
               by
               delivering
               Christs
               Doctrine
               and
               Precepts
               ,
               and
               commanding
               obedience
               as
               his
               Servant
               or
               Embassadour
               in
               his
               Name
               ,
               and
               of
               denouncing
               his
               judgements
               ,
               and
               of
               judging
               obligingly
               who
               are
               fit
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               to
               the
               Church
               by
               Baptism
               ,
               and
               who
               to
               be
               cast
               out
               as
               Impenitent
               by
               excommunication
               in
               his
               own
               particular
               Charge
               or
               Society
               .
               And
               if
               the
               Pope
               usurp
               a
               power
               of
               doing
               all
               this
               and
               more
               ,
               as
               an
               Universal
               Pastor
               only
               ,
               this
               is
               an
               Usurpation
               of
               a
               
                 Church
                 Power
              
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               a
               Magistracy
               .
               And
               indeed
               if
               you
               will
               acquit
               him
               from
               the
               guilt
               of
               the
               Mysterie
               of
               Iniquity
               any
               further
               than
               he
               invadeth
               Magistracy
               it self
               ,
               you
               will
               do
               him
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               wrong
               :
               For
               he
               is
               the
               
                 Vicarius
                 Christi
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Vice-Christ
               more
               notably
               by
               his
               
                 Spiritual
                 Usurpation
              
               of
               a
               power
               proper
               to
               
                 Christ
                 himself
              
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               of
               a
               power
               that
               Christ
               never
               gave
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           II.
           His
           setting
           up
           a
           KINGDOM
           ,
           and
           invading
           the
           MAGISTRACY
           is
           done
           I.
           Directly
           ,
           II.
           Indirectly
           and
           Consequentially
           .
        
         
           I.
           Directly
           ;
           
             
               1.
               
               By
               holding
               a
               Secular
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               as
               the
               King
               of
               Rome
               ,
               where
               he
               exerciseth
               the
               Supream
               Civil
               Power
               ,
               acknowledging
               no
               Superiour
               Civil
               Governour
               ;
               either
               as
               to
               the
               Legislation
               or
               Execution
               ,
               in
               all
               the
               parts
               of
               his
               own
               Dominions
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               his
               laying
               claim
               to
               many
               Kingdoms
               as
               his
               own
               (
               among
               which
               England
               is
               one
               ,
               as
               pretended
               to
               be
               delivered
               to
               him
               by
               King
               John
               )
               and
               supposing
               that
               the
               Kings
               do
               hold
               them
               as
               under
               him
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Grant.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               By
               laying
               claim
               to
               the
               Temporal
               or
               Corporal
               Government
               of
               all
               the
               world
               (
               say
               some
               )
               or
               of
               all
               the
               Christian
               world
               (
               say
               others
               )
               :
               Of
               which
               you
               may
               see
               a
               multitude
               of
               Volumes
               written
               in
               the
               defence
               of
               his
               pretensions
               :
               In
               particular
               all
               those
               aforesaid
               were
               of
               this
               subject
               ,
               which
               all
               Goldastus
               his
               Collected
               Treatises
               ,
               for
               the
               Right
               of
               Princes
               do
               confute
               .
               I
               gave
               you
               Cardinal
               Bertrands
               words
               before
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           though
           some
           of
           their
           Clergy
           who
           live
           under
           Princes
           that
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           resign
           their
           Crowns
           ,
           do
           disclaim
           
           the
           
             Popes
             direct
             Title
          
           to
           the
           Universal
           Civil
           Soveraignty
           ,
           yet
           he
           himself
           disclaimeth
           it
           not
           ,
           nor
           condemneth
           the
           Books
           as
           such
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           written
           to
           defend
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           
             Jesuits
             Morals
          
           the
           last
           Chapter
           hath
           this
           Title
           [
           
             That
             the
             Jesuits
             teach
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             cannot
             command
             spiritual
             and
             internal
             actions
             ;
             That
             its
             Laws
             and
             guidance
             are
             humane
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             it self
             only
             a
             Political
             Body
          
           ]
           Where
           the
           Jansenist
           chargeth
           them
           with
           destroying
           the
           Church
           from
           its
           foundation
           ,
           and
           making
           it
           altogether
           external
           ,
           humane
           and
           Politick
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           needeth
           only
           Politick
           Vertues
           for
           its
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           exercise
           of
           its
           principal
           offices
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           make
           its
           Laws
           but
           humane
           and
           politick
           ,
           which
           oblige
           only
           to
           things
           external
           :
           and
           chargeth
           them
           as
           Cyprian
           did
           the
           
             Novatians
             ,
             Quod
             Ecclesiam
             humanam
             faciunt
          
           ]
           So
           that
           if
           he
           accuse
           them
           justly
           ,
           here
           is
           no
           room
           for
           any
           subterfuge
           :
           It
           is
           not
           the
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           power
           that
           he
           makes
           them
           claim
           ,
           but
           the
           Temporal
           or
           External
           only
           :
           But
           what
           !
           doth
           the
           Jansenist
           himself
           therefore
           disclaim
           all
           Temporal
           Power
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           is
           he
           just
           to
           Kings
           ?
           Judge
           but
           by
           pag.
           388.
           where
           he
           boasteth
           of
           Laymans
           Confession
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           that
           [
           
             Ecclesiastick
             power
             is
             instituted
             immediately
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Civil
             power
             comes
             immediately
             from
             men
             :
             And
             that
             Civil
             power
             regards
             properly
             and
             directly
             wealth
             and
             peace
             temporal
             only
             :
          
           ]
           And
           he
           adds
           [
           
             For
             the
             Civil
             power
             regards
             the
             outward
             order
             and
             Civil
             tranquility
             alone
             ;
             and
             prescribes
             none
             but
             outward
             and
             humane
             means
             to
             attain
             this
             end
             .
          
           ]
           Which
           is
           all
           false
           ,
           and
           most
           injurious
           to
           Kings
           ;
           whom
           this
           moderate
           Jansenist
           would
           hereby
           set
           as
           far
           below
           every
           Priest
           ;
           in
           real
           dignity
           and
           amiableness
           to
           the
           Subjects
           as
           a
           Humane
           Creature
           is
           below
           a
           Divine
           ,
           and
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           body
           is
           below
           that
           of
           the
           soul.
           Whereas
           indeed
           God
           is
           the
           immediate
           Original
           of
           Civil
           and
           Church
           power
           ,
           though
           in
           both
           
             the
             Persons
          
           are
           designed
           by
           the
           means
           of
           men
           .
           And
           both
           have
           God
           himself
           for
           their
           ultimate
           end
           ,
           and
           the
           Common
           Good
           of
           the
           Society
           for
           their
           Common
           End
           ;
           which
           ever
           consisteth
           most
           in
           spiritual
           felicity
           ,
           referring
           to
           Eternal
           .
           Though
           the
           Magistrates
           weapon
           be
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           the
           Pastors
           only
           the
           Word
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           this
           is
           brought
           to
           pass
           .
        
         
         
           Indeed
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           that
           the
           Papacy
           in
           its
           present
           State
           can
           be
           defended
           by
           any
           man
           how
           moderate
           soever
           ,
           without
           Injury
           to
           Princes
           and
           States
           ,
           whose
           Power
           the
           Pope
           hath
           so
           notoriously
           invaded
           and
           usurped
           :
           For
           how
           can
           they
           defend
           him
           ,
           that
           usurpeth
           the
           Power
           of
           Kings
           ,
           or
           usurpeth
           a
           false
           Power
           over
           Kings
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           injurious
           to
           them
           that
           the
           Usurper
           injureth
           ?
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           most
           wonderful
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           when
           
             W.
             Barclay
          
           defendeth
           the
           right
           of
           Monarchs
           in
           such
           a
           Kingdom
           as
           France
           that
           hath
           
             power
             and
             will
          
           to
           hold
           fast
           its
           own
           ,
           he
           should
           complain
           as
           if
           he
           undertook
           a
           Cause
           which
           most
           were
           against
           him
           in
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           he
           expected
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           for
           his
           singularity
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           By
           their
           Inquisition
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           Decreeing
           Corporal
           Penalties
           in
           their
           Councils
           ,
           and
           Decreeing
           the
           deposition
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           giving
           away
           their
           Dominions
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           two
           fore-cited
           Councils
           ,
           
             Roman
             .
             su●
             .
             Greg.
          
           7.
           
           
             &
             Lateran
             .
             sub
             Innoc.
          
           3.
           
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           by
           all
           that
           they
           do
           in
           their
           Usurped
           Legislation
           ,
           Judgement
           and
           Execution
           ,
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           or
           a
           
             forcing
             Power
          
           as
           in
           themselves
           .
        
         
           II.
           But
           the
           more
           successful
           Usurpation
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Rights
           of
           Princes
           is
           Indirectly
           ,
           and
           as
           Bellarmin
           defendeth
           it
           ,
           in
           
             ordine
             ad
             spiritualia
          
           ;
           By
           using
           their
           Ecclesiastical
           Usurped
           power
           upon
           mens
           Consciences
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           way
           as
           shall
           overtop
           the
           Magistrates
           power
           of
           the
           Sword
           :
           when
           they
           decree
           that
           all
           are
           Hereticks
           that
           
             believe
             their
             senses
          
           ,
           and
           deny
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           such
           Hereticks
           shall
           be
           banished
           or
           burnt
           ;
           the
           Clergy
           is
           not
           to
           do
           this
           themselves
           ,
           but
           to
           deliver
           them
           over
           to
           the
           Secular
           Power
           :
           The
           Pope
           and
           Clergy
           do
           but
           charge
           it
           on
           their
           Consciences
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Christ.
           And
           if
           Princes
           obey
           them
           not
           ,
           or
           Temporal
           Lords
           will
           not
           burn
           or
           banish
           all
           such
           
             Hereticks
             for
             believing
             sense
          
           ,
           the
           Pope
           is
           not
           to
           touch
           their
           bodies
           ,
           but
           to
           excommunicate
           them
           .
           And
           if
           they
           will
           not
           
             yet
             obey
             the
             Pope
          
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           excommunicate
           ,
           the
           Pope
           ,
           Good
           man
           ,
           will
           not
           draw
           a
           Sword
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           only
           use
           the
           
             Spiritual
             Sword
          
           ,
           by
           
             giving
             their
             Dominions
             to
             others
          
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           by
           
             word
             of
             mouth
          
           ;
           he
           doth
           but
           declare
           such
           a
           Temporal
           Lord
           to
           be
           dispossest
           of
           his
           Title
           ,
           and
           require
           
           another
           to
           take
           his
           Lands
           ,
           and
           let
           his
           great
           Divines
           publish
           that
           an
           Excommunicate
           King
           is
           no
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           kill
           him
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           kill
           a
           King
           :
           And
           if
           Princes
           will
           defend
           themselves
           by
           Arms
           ,
           the
           Pope
           will
           not
           send
           his
           Clergy
           in
           Arms
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           the
           Spiritual
           Sword
           ,
           or
           Word
           ,
           command
           other
           Princes
           ,
           States
           and
           people
           to
           arm
           themselves
           against
           their
           Emperours
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Governours
           ,
           and
           to
           defend
           those
           to
           whom
           he
           hath
           given
           their
           Dominions
           .
           How
           oft
           these
           Games
           have
           been
           seriously
           acted
           ,
           the
           German
           Histories
           lamentably
           tell
           us
           :
           and
           
             Guicciardine●
             Italian
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             English
             ,
             French
          
           and
           others
           are
           not
           wholly
           silent
           .
        
         
           So
           if
           the
           Clergy
           be
           exempt
           from
           paying
           Taxes
           ,
           from
           Secular
           Judgements
           ,
           if
           their
           Lands
           and
           Estates
           be
           not
           under
           the
           Power
           of
           Kings
           ,
           if
           they
           set
           up
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           with
           Offices
           like
           a
           Civil
           Court
           ,
           if
           they
           assume
           to
           themselves
           the
           sole
           judgement
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           Apostates
           ,
           and
           also
           of
           Testaments
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           of
           Causes
           of
           Adultery
           and
           Fornication
           ,
           of
           lawful
           or
           unlawful
           degrees
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           of
           Divorce
           ,
           if
           the
           Pope
           lay
           Taxes
           on
           the
           Clergy
           that
           are
           Subjects
           in
           all
           Princes
           Dominions
           ,
           if
           he
           dispose
           of
           Buildings
           ,
           Tythes
           ,
           Glebes
           ,
           Monasteries
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Almshouses
           ,
           Colledges
           ,
           and
           abundance
           such
           like
           ;
           all
           this
           is
           not
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           but
           by
           perswading
           Kings
           and
           States
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           promote
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           obey
           the
           Pope
           as
           their
           Ghostly
           Father
           herein
           :
           And
           that
           if
           they
           be
           stricken
           with
           the
           Thunderbolt
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           a
           state
           of
           damnation
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           so
           dye
           ,
           are
           undone
           for
           ever
           :
           And
           by
           perswading
           other
           Princes
           and
           people
           ,
           that
           the
           Arms
           taken
           up
           against
           such
           Princes
           at
           the
           Popes
           Command
           (
           according
           to
           the
           foresaid
           Councils
           )
           are
           meritorious
           ,
           and
           shall
           procure
           their
           salvation
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           Princes
           and
           people
           will
           believe
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           deceived
           ,
           and
           will
           voluntarily
           subject
           themselves
           to
           such
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           who
           can
           help
           it
           ?
           Though
           it
           excuse
           not
           the
           Pope
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           little
           reason
           to
           complain
           ,
           that
           they
           lose
           that
           power
           which
           they
           voluntarily
           give
           away
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Pope
           shall
           exercise
           that
           power
           which
           they
           
           give
           him
           .
           And
           so
           much
           to
           your
           Cause
           against
           the
           Papacy
           .
        
         
           II.
           But
           in
           your
           Epistle
           to
           Mr.
           Areskin
           and
           several
           others
           ,
           you
           lay
           much
           of
           the
           like
           charge
           upon
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ,
           and
           you
           take
           our
           great
           Reforming
           Divines
           ,
           to
           have
           kept
           up
           the
           Mysterie
           of
           Iniquity
           in
           their
           Discipline
           .
           Concerning
           which
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           deal
           freely
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           your
           meaning
           is
           sincere
           and
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           an
           usurpation
           or
           devised
           imitation
           of
           Secular
           Government
           by
           the
           Clergy
           which
           you
           condemn
           ;
           and
           that
           too
           great
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Clergy
           have
           given
           you
           some
           occasion
           for
           these
           complaints
           :
           But
           that
           really
           you
           deal
           
             not
             accurately
          
           in
           the
           Controversie
           ,
           and
           Accurateness
           is
           the
           thing
           you
           want
           .
           You
           do
           not
           here
           
             exactly
             describe
          
           the
           
             true
             difference
          
           between
           the
           several
           powers
           where
           you
           seem
           to
           describe
           them
           ;
           you
           leave
           out
           much
           that
           should
           be
           said
           .
           It
           is
           a
           more
           distinct
           way
           of
           handling
           this
           point
           ,
           that
           must
           decide
           the
           Controversie
           .
           To
           which
           end
           I
           have
           laid
           you
           down
           an
           hundred
           Propositions
           ,
           on
           occasion
           of
           your
           former
           Writings
           sent
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           you
           say
           in
           
             Epist.
             ad
             D.
             Russellum
             ,
             p.
          
           248.
           that
           in
           this
           you
           would
           believe
           one
           Physicion
           ,
           one
           
             Coxe
             ,
             Goddard
             ;
             Lower
             ,
             Ridgley
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           (
           Though
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           think
           that
           the
           first
           and
           last
           of
           these
           are
           more
           of
           my
           mind
           about
           Church
           Government
           than
           of
           yours
           )
           before
           a
           thousand
           
             Augustines
             ,
             Hieroms
             ,
             Gregories
          
           ,
           yea
           ,
           
             Jewells
             ,
             Davenant
             ,
             Ushers
             ,
             Dallees
          
           ;
           so
           my
           opinion
           is
           ,
           that
           usually
           all
           men
           are
           wisest
           in
           their
           own
           Profession
           .
           And
           though
           I
           am
           naturally
           somewhat
           unapt
           to
           take
           more
           than
           needs
           I
           must
           upon
           trust
           from
           any
           (
           since
           I
           have
           had
           great
           experience
           of
           humane
           ignorance
           and
           vanity
           )
           yet
           I
           had
           rather
           take
           a
           Physicions
           judgement
           in
           Physick
           ,
           and
           a
           Lawyers
           in
           points
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           a
           Souldiers
           in
           Military
           matters
           ,
           and
           a
           Divines
           in
           Theology
           ,
           than
           any
           of
           their
           judgements
           about
           the
           matters
           of
           an
           aliene
           Profession
           .
           Not
           but
           that
           now
           and
           then
           a
           man
           may
           arise
           ,
           that
           shall
           know
           more
           on
           the
           by
           ,
           than
           others
           that
           make
           it
           the
           study
           of
           their
           lives
           :
           But
           that
           is
           not
           usual
           .
           And
           
             that
             one
             man
          
           would
           have
           been
           
             yet
             wiser
          
           ,
           in
           those
           things
           if
           he
           had
           been
           of
           that
           Profession
           .
           
           For
           surely
           
             caeteris
             paribus
          
           ,
           he
           that
           bestoweth
           twenty
           years
           ,
           or
           thirty
           ,
           or
           forty
           ,
           or
           threescore
           in
           the
           Study
           of
           Divinity
           alone
           ,
           with
           its
           subservient
           helps
           ,
           is
           liker
           to
           understand
           it
           ,
           than
           he
           that
           alloweth
           it
           ,
           but
           now
           and
           then
           a
           spare
           hour
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           other
           diverting
           Studies
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           if
           I
           follow
           not
           one
           thing
           only
           when
           I
           am
           upon
           it
           ,
           but
           divide
           my
           thoughts
           among
           things
           heterogeneal
           ,
           I
           cannot
           pierce
           deep
           into
           any
           great
           difficulties
           ,
           nor
           make
           any
           thing
           of
           distracted
           Studies
           ;
           
             neque
             quicquam
             recte
             fit
             ,
             quod
             fit
             praeoccupato
             animo
             .
          
           God
           doth
           not
           use
           to
           give
           wisdom
           now
           by
           the
           way
           of
           Miracles
           ;
           but
           
             they
             that
             seek
          
           most
           ,
           are
           likest
           to
           find
           .
           And
           therefore
           pardon
           me
           for
           telling
           you
           ,
           that
           though
           I
           am
           deservedly
           a
           great
           honourer
           of
           the
           Physicions
           you
           name
           ,
           yet
           I
           set
           more
           by
           the
           Judgement
           of
           one
           Usher
           ,
           one
           Davenant
           ,
           one
           Jewell
           ,
           one
           Dallaeus
           ,
           one
           Blondel
           ,
           one
           Camero
           ,
           one
           
             Le
             Blank
          
           ,
           one
           
             Petrus
             Molinaeus
          
           in
           matters
           of
           Theology
           ,
           than
           of
           abundance
           of
           Lawyers
           and
           Physicions
           .
           And
           of
           one
           Lawyer
           and
           Physicion
           in
           matters
           of
           their
           Profession
           ,
           than
           of
           many
           Divines
           .
           Being
           still
           of
           Pembles
           mind
           ,
           that
           one
           clear
           eye
           can
           see
           further
           than
           a
           Council
           of
           purblind
           ones
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Partiality
           of
           which
           you
           suspect
           Divines
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           without
           cause
           as
           to
           all
           
             that
             party
          
           who
           seek
           for
           
             Riches
             ,
             Ease
             and
             Honours
             ,
             or
             Domination
             and
             Preferments
             and
             Preheminency
             in
             the
             world
             :
          
           But
           such
           as
           that
           St.
           Martin
           whom
           you
           mention
           out
           of
           Severus
           ,
           who
           so
           vehemently
           opposed
           the
           Ithacian
           Violence
           ,
           *
           and
           Maximus
           his
           using
           the
           Sword
           against
           the
           Priscillianists
           are
           as
           impartial
           as
           you
           .
           Certainly
           if
           Christianity
           be
           what
           we
           all
           profess
           to
           take
           it
           for
           ,
           it
           will
           make
           that
           man
           best
           who
           is
           most
           a
           Christian
           :
           And
           he
           that
           is
           best
           will
           be
           most
           impartially
           and
           self
           denyingly
           faithful
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           will
           prefer
           Christs
           honour
           incomparably
           before
           his
           own
           .
           And
           he
           is
           like
           to
           be
           most
           a
           Christian
           ,
           who
           doth
           sincerely
           give
           up
           himself
           to
           the
           closest
           study
           of
           it
           all
           his
           dayes
           .
           Deny
           this
           ,
           and
           your
           suspicions
           will
           fall
           upon
           Christianity
           it self
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           I
           will
           allow
           you
           to
           be
           moderately
           suspicious
           
           where
           you
           see
           that
           there
           is
           any
           
             great
             bait
             of
             carnal
             interest
          
           to
           tempt
           men
           :
           A
           Popedome
           ,
           a
           Cardinalship
           ,
           (
           I
           must
           name
           no
           more
           )
           may
           make
           the
           Roman
           Heathen
           say
           ,
           I
           will
           turn
           Christian
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           make
           me
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           But
           will
           you
           suspect
           that
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           good
           men
           ,
           should
           be
           Partial
           where
           they
           put
           themselves
           on
           the
           greatest
           self-denyal
           ?
           Where
           they
           have
           no
           profit
           ,
           no
           preterment
           ,
           no
           man-pleasing
           ,
           no
           worldly
           honour
           to
           invite
           them
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           like
           to
           diminish
           their
           gain
           ,
           to
           hinder
           them
           from
           preferment
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           hated
           by
           most
           on
           whom
           their
           discipline
           is
           exercised
           ?
           If
           a
           few
           out
           of
           a
           pang
           of
           Factious
           or
           Phanatick
           zeal
           ,
           may
           cast
           themselves
           on
           such
           a
           self-denying
           life
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           like
           that
           this
           will
           be
           the
           ordinary
           Case
           ,
           of
           Learned
           ,
           sober
           ,
           godly
           men
           .
           If
           it
           be
           ,
           with
           whom
           shall
           the
           ignorant
           trust
           the
           conduct
           of
           their
           souls
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           make
           merchandize
           of
           them
           ?
           
             Would
             you
          
           be
           partial
           and
           false
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           Christ
           your self
           ,
           if
           you
           were
           the
           Pastor
           of
           a
           Church
           ?
           Is
           the
           Office
           so
           malignant
           to
           infect
           all
           that
           undertake
           it
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           ,
           how
           can
           our
           Religion
           be
           good
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           why
           should
           you
           think
           that
           others
           will
           not
           be
           as
           just
           and
           impartial
           as
           you
           would
           be
           ?
           Do
           you
           consider
           what
           excellent
           persons
           in
           all
           respects
           for
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           were
           
             Melanchthon
             ,
             Bucholtzer
             ,
             Sohnius
             ,
             Kimedontius
             ,
             Olevian
             ,
             Ursinus
             ,
             Zanchius
             ,
             Paraeus
             ,
          
           and
           those
           English
           men
           you
           named
           ,
           and
           many
           hundreds
           more
           ;
           who
           more
           unlikely
           through
           Ignorance
           or
           partiality
           to
           betray
           the
           truth
           ?
        
         
           But
           they
           say
           ,
           that
           
             Interest
             will
             not
             lye
          
           .
           Do
           you
           not
           know
           that
           an
           able
           Preacher
           ,
           may
           better
           by
           many
           degrees
           consult
           his
           own
           Ease
           ,
           his
           Profit
           ,
           and
           his
           
             worldly
             honours
          
           by
           Preaching
           only
           ,
           than
           by
           this
           troublesome
           ungrateful
           work
           of
           Discipline
           ?
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           you
           and
           I
           do
           take
           one
           another
           for
           true
           plain
           dealing
           honest
           men
           ,
           and
           therefore
           can
           believe
           each
           other
           .
           And
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           me
           ,
           I
           did
           ,
           in
           my
           Pastoral
           Charge
           (
           in
           those
           times
           when
           I
           was
           thought
           tolerable
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Office
           )
           for
           about
           ten
           years
           (
           of
           the
           twenty
           that
           I
           had
           leave
           to
           preach
           )
           exercise
           some
           Discipline
           upon
           some
           particular
           offendors
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           common
           judgement
           of
           Protestant
           Divines
           ;
           And
           it
           
           was
           so
           much
           to
           my
           labour
           ,
           to
           my
           expence
           of
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           grievous
           displeasure
           of
           those
           that
           fell
           under
           it
           ,
           and
           required
           so
           much
           self-denyal
           ,
           that
           when
           I
           consulted
           with
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           if
           I
           might
           but
           have
           forborn
           it
           ,
           and
           only
           preached
           ,
           and
           given
           the
           Sacraments
           to
           all
           that
           came
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           thought
           my self
           so
           greatly
           disburdened
           ,
           as
           would
           have
           made
           my
           life
           to
           be
           sensually
           pleasant
           :
           so
           that
           ,
           though
           I
           had
           not
           any
           maintenance
           of
           my
           own
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           could
           gladly
           have
           given
           up
           all
           that
           I
           received
           for
           my
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           made
           what
           other
           shift
           I
           could
           for
           food
           and
           rayment
           ,
           so
           I
           might
           but
           have
           been
           freed
           from
           the
           trouble
           of
           this
           particular
           Discipline
           :
           I
           speak
           only
           what
           it
           was
           to
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           and
           not
           what
           it
           was
           to
           faith
           ,
           which
           saith
           God
           cannot
           be
           served
           too
           dearly
           .
           Till
           I
           speak
           this
           to
           one
           that
           hath
           tryed
           the
           thing
           I
           talk
           of
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           my
           words
           are
           not
           half
           understood
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           say
           ,
           Why
           then
           did
           you
           not
           forbear
           a
           work
           so
           ungrateful
           ?
           I
           now
           only
           answer
           ,
           Why
           doth
           not
           the
           Judge
           and
           Sheriff
           forbear
           hanging
           Murderers
           and
           Thieves
           :
           The
           rest
           of
           my
           Answer
           you
           shall
           have
           anon
           .
        
         
           Though
           my
           following
           Propositions
           seem
           full
           enough
           in
           opening
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           two
           Powers
           ;
           yet
           I
           will
           here
           also
           briefly
           tell
           you
           ,
           1.
           
           
             Somewhat
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             Church
             Power
             :
          
           2.
           
           
             Somewhat
             of
             the
             certain
             Truth
          
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           did
           institute
           it
           :
           3.
           
           Somewhat
           of
           the
           Necessity
           of
           it
           
             sub
             ratione
             m●dii
             ad
             finem
          
           .
        
         
           I.
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           take
           these
           few
           things
           together
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           clearly
           see
           what
           power
           we
           claim
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Our
           Office
           for
           the
           Original
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           as
           immediately
           from
           Christ
           as
           that
           of
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           made
           by
           Kings
           or
           any
           Monarchs
           .
           Therefore
           we
           hold
           it
           as
           immediately
           from
           Christ.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           For
           the
           Matter
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           only
           to
           expound
           and
           apply
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           both
           commonly
           in
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           particularly
           to
           each
           mans
           several
           ▪
           Case
           ,
           as
           Physicions
           look
           to
           the
           Cure
           of
           individuals
           :
           And
           also
           to
           exercise
           the
           Keys
           of
           the
           Church
           or
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           1.
           
           To
           be
           the
           ordinary
           Judges
           who
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           by
           Baptism
           ;
           2.
           
           And
           also
           who
           is
           to
           be
           publickly
           admonished
           as
           scandalous
           ,
           
           in
           our
           particular
           Charge
           :
           3.
           
           And
           also
           who
           is
           to
           be
           absolved
           as
           penitent
           :
           4.
           
           And
           who
           is
           to
           be
           declared
           unmeet
           for
           Church-communion
           ,
           as
           obstinately
           impenitent
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           forbidden
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           consequently
           denyed
           the
           priviledges
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           signs
           of
           Communion
           in
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           which
           it
           belongeth
           to
           the
           Pastor
           to
           deliver
           only
           to
           the
           capable
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           peoples
           familiarity
           and
           brotherly
           Society
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           deny
           them
           .
           And
           this
           Sentence
           of
           the
           Pastor
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           proceed
           on
           mistake
           ,
           doth
           not
           make
           the
           mans
           Case
           the
           worse
           before
           God
           ;
           but
           yet
           (
           till
           the
           Church
           have
           ●ought
           its
           due
           remedy
           against
           mistaking
           Pastors
           )
           it
           remaineth
           so
           far
           valid
           ,
           as
           that
           none
           against
           it
           may
           obtrude
           himself
           on
           the
           Communion
           of
           that
           Church
           .
           For
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           tell
           me
           ,
           if
           Plato
           ,
           or
           Zen●
           mistake
           in
           their
           judgement
           of
           a
           Disciple
           whom
           they
           refuse
           ,
           or
           any
           Free
           Schoolmaster
           in
           judging
           of
           the
           incapacity
           of
           a
           Scholar
           ,
           shall
           others
           so
           misjudged
           intrude
           into
           their
           Schools
           ,
           and
           make
           themselves
           their
           Scholars
           against
           their
           wills
           ?
           Or
           shall
           he
           whom
           by
           mis-information
           you
           refuse
           or
           reject
           from
           your
           family
           or
           service
           ,
           become
           your
           houshold
           servant
           in
           despight
           of
           you
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Instruments
           and
           manner
           of
           exercising
           our
           Office
           ,
           we
           professedly
           disclaim
           all
           pretensions
           to
           any
           power
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           or
           of
           corporal
           penalty
           ,
           that
           is
           coactive
           or
           coercive
           .
           You
           confess
           this
           once
           your self
           .
           We
           claim
           no
           power
           but
           by
           the
           Word
           ,
           either
           generally
           preached
           ,
           or
           particularly
           applyed
           to
           the
           case
           of
           those
           that
           are
           of
           our
           charge
           .
           No
           other
           power
           of
           Excommunication
           do
           we
           claim
           :
           If
           men
           will
           despise
           our
           Ministerial
           instructions
           ,
           reproofs
           and
           censures
           ,
           we
           have
           done
           with
           them
           .
           Shall
           they
           force
           themselves
           into
           our
           familiarity
           or
           communion
           in
           spight
           of
           us
           ?
           Your
           Epist.
           54.
           
             ad
             Mettagerium
          
           openeth
           the
           matter
           so
           fairly
           ,
           that
           we
           little
           differ
           from
           it
           .
           If
           you
           say
           that
           Presbyterians
           and
           Episcopal
           set
           up
           Courts
           ,
           Judicatories
           ,
           with
           Officers
           like
           Civil
           Courts
           :
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           more
           pomp
           and
           likeness
           to
           the
           Magistrates
           coercive
           way
           ,
           the
           worse
           I
           like
           it
           .
           2.
           
           But
           how
           shall
           men
           be
           heard
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           cited
           ?
           How
           shall
           such
           things
           be
           Justly
           and
           Regularly
           ,
           
           transacted
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           not
           a
           known
           Time
           and
           Place
           ,
           and
           if
           Accusers
           and
           Witnesses
           be
           not
           summoned
           ?
           Are
           not
           such
           regular
           proceedings
           necessary
           even
           in
           Cases
           of
           meer
           arbitration
           ?
           If
           this
           be
           all
           ,
           here
           is
           no
           more
           Sword
           ,
           no
           more
           force
           ,
           than
           in
           a
           Pulpit
           .
           And
           how
           doth
           Excommunication
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           declaring
           an
           Impenitent
           person
           unfit
           for
           Church
           Communion
           by
           Christs
           Laws
           ,
           and
           binding
           him
           over
           to
           the
           great
           day
           )
           I
           say
           how
           doth
           this
           touch
           mens
           bodies
           or
           estates
           ,
           or
           work
           any
           otherwise
           than
           a
           Pulpit-Sermon
           on
           the
           consciencious
           Volunteers
           ?
           3.
           
           And
           if
           horning
           ,
           or
           Writs
           
             de
             Excommunicato
             Capiendo
          
           ,
           or
           imprisonment
           ,
           or
           burning
           men
           as
           Hereticks
           follow
           this
           ,
           all
           this
           is
           the
           Magistrates
           own
           doing
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           well
           ,
           praise
           him
           for
           it
           .
           If
           it
           be
           ill
           ,
           blame
           him
           for
           it
           .
           If
           Rulers
           will
           make
           such
           Laws
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           will
           so
           far
           be
           Executioners
           of
           the
           Clergies
           Decrees
           ,
           who
           can
           hinder
           them
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           against
           
             their
             right
          
           ,
           it
           is
           their
           
             own
             act
          
           ,
           who
           give
           so
           much
           of
           their
           right
           away
           .
           If
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           Clergy
           men
           are
           too
           blame
           that
           urge
           them
           to
           it
           ;
           you
           shall
           not
           easily
           think
           worse
           of
           their
           so
           doing
           ,
           than
           I
           do
           :
           It
           is
           greatly
           against
           our
           wills
           that
           the
           Sword
           so
           closely
           followeth
           Excommunication
           .
           I
           think
           it
           is
           the
           effect
           of
           Carnal
           Clergy
           mens
           base
           conceit
           of
           their
           own
           Sacred
           Office
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           Leaden
           unpowerful
           Sword
           which
           Christ
           hath
           put
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           Excommunication
           were
           invalid
           ,
           when
           the
           Sword
           forceth
           not
           the
           impenitent
           to
           dissemble
           Repentance
           and
           Submission
           .
           When
           great
           worldly
           baits
           have
           enticed
           worldly
           men
           into
           the
           Sacred
           Office
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           worldly
           preferment
           and
           Trade
           ,
           they
           will
           judge
           accordingly
           and
           manage
           it
           like
           themselves
           (
           which
           is
           and
           hath
           been
           the
           Churches
           Pest
           )
           We
           would
           beg
           on
           our
           knees
           of
           Kings
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           if
           it
           would
           prevail
           ,
           to
           leave
           Church
           Censures
           to
           our
           Lords
           intended
           use
           ;
           and
           
             valeant
             quantum
             valere
             possunt
          
           ;
           and
           to
           keep
           their
           Sword
           out
           of
           Church-mens
           hands
           ,
           and
           to
           punish
           men
           in
           their
           own
           Courts
           for
           every
           crime
           that
           deserveth
           it
           ;
           but
           not
           
             quatenus
             excommunicate
          
           ,
           or
           meerly
           because
           the
           Clergy
           hath
           judged
           them
           unmeet
           for
           Church
           Communion
           .
           He
           that
           taketh
           Excommunication
           alone
           for
           no
           punishment
           ,
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           
           therefore
           should
           not
           be
           driven
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           Prison
           to
           that
           which
           he
           hath
           no
           right
           to
           .
           So
           that
           you
           must
           not
           charge
           the
           acts
           of
           Princes
           ,
           nor
           of
           ambitious
           Cardinals
           ,
           &c.
           neither
           on
           
             Calvin
             ,
             Beza
          
           ,
           or
           any
           such
           as
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           Lay-Elders
           ,
           or
           Lay-Chancellors
           ,
           I
           am
           no
           more
           for
           them
           than
           you
           are
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           the
           Magistrates
           Officers
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Churches
           Sub-Officers
           
             circa
             sacra
             &
             non
             in
             sacris
             :
          
           But
           sure
           those
           of
           them
           who
           are
           introduced
           on
           a
           mistaken
           conceit
           of
           
             Divine
             right
          
           ,
           and
           do
           no
           more
           than
           the
           Pastors
           do
           ,
           are
           no
           Usurpers
           of
           Coercive
           power
           .
        
         
           You
           see
           by
           the
           late
           Acts
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           that
           all
           
             External
             Church
             power
          
           is
           declared
           to
           be
           in
           the
           King
           :
           And
           what
           would
           you
           have
           more
           ?
           No
           doubt
           the
           meaning
           is
           not
           ,
           
             All
             power
             about
             external
             things
          
           :
           For
           the
           Sacraments
           of
           Baptism
           and
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           and
           the
           persons
           baptized
           ,
           &c.
           are
           external
           objects
           :
           Nor
           can
           it
           be
           all
           power
           that
           is
           exercised
           by
           the
           external
           parts
           of
           the
           body
           .
           For
           the
           Tongue
           of
           the
           Preacher
           ,
           and
           the
           Hand
           of
           the
           Baptizer
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Ear
           of
           the
           Hearer
           is
           an
           
             external
             part
          
           .
           But
           in
           these
           two
           senses
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           commonly
           consented
           to
           ,
           by
           all
           that
           I
           remember
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           that
           are
           Christians
           .
           1.
           
           That
           all
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           or
           of
           forcing
           by
           Mulcts
           or
           bodily
           punishments
           ,
           as
           distinct
           from
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           that
           worketh
           directly
           upon
           the
           soul
           alone
           (
           by
           the
           senses
           )
           is
           in
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           any
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           about
           the
           matters
           of
           Religion
           .
           2.
           
           And
           that
           all
           power
           in
           Church
           matters
           and
           Religion
           .
           
             Extrinsecal
             to
             the
             Pastoral
             Office
          
           as
           instituted
           by
           Christ
           ,
           is
           of
           right
           the
           Kings
           ,
           and
           his
           inferiour
           Magistrates
           .
           And
           what
           would
           you
           or
           any
           man
           have
           more
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           And
           as
           to
           the
           exercise
           of
           our
           Office
           ,
           we
           all
           confess
           (
           except
           the
           Papists
           )
           that
           we
           are
           responsible
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           for
           our
           faults
           ,
           yea
           for
           our
           injurious
           mal-administration
           .
           And
           that
           though
           the
           King
           be
           not
           the
           Chief
           Pastor
           ,
           nor
           hath
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Keys
           which
           Christ
           gave
           to
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           the
           Ruler
           of
           all
           Churches
           and
           Pastors
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           all
           Physicions
           .
           And
           is
           not
           all
           this
           enough
           to
           satisfie
           you
           ,
           that
           we
           claim
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           Office
           ?
        
         
         
           As
           you
           say
           ,
           our
           power
           is
           but
           Perswasive
           .
           It
           is
           〈◊〉
           .
           
             By
             the
             Word
          
           ;
           It
           is
           but
           on
           the
           Conscience
           ;
           It
           is
           under
           the
           Magistrates
           coercive
           Government
           :
           And
           so
           it
           is
           like
           a
           Physicions
           or
           a
           Tutors
           in
           a
           Colledge
           .
           But
           that
           I
           pray
           you
           leave
           not
           out
           1.
           
           That
           it
           is
           not
           under
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           
             derivation
             of
             the
             office
             or
             power
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             It
             is
             no
             office
             which
             the
             Magistrate
             made
             or
             may
             unmake
             :
          
           2.
           
           That
           it
           is
           as
           immediately
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           as
           the
           Magistrates
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           your
           similitude
           you
           must
           suppose
           your
           Physicion
           and
           Tutor
           to
           have
           a
           Commission
           from
           God.
           3.
           
           That
           God
           hath
           
             described
             our
             office
             ,
             and
             limited
             the
             Magistrates
             office
             ,
          
           so
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           power
           from
           God
           to
           
             hinder
             the
             Ministry
          
           .
           4.
           
           But
           if
           he
           do
           it
           injuriously
           we
           must
           not
           resist
           ,
           but
           patiently
           suffer
           for
           obeying
           God.
           So
           much
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           office
           .
        
         
           II.
           Now
           that
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           God
           hath
           committed
           to
           Pastors
           ,
           such
           a
           Government
           of
           his
           Church
           by
           the
           Word
           ,
           as
           to
           stated
           commissioned
           Officers
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           past
           by
           the
           proofs
           in
           my
           following
           Propositions
           ,
           I
           will
           add
           some
           here
           .
           Supposing
           what
           Dr.
           Hammond
           hath
           said
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Keyes
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           man
           with
           common
           sense
           can
           take
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Keyes
           ,
           for
           any
           thing
           less
           than
           a
           power
           of
           Church
           Government
           ,
           or
           Authoritative
           Guidance
           ,
           and
           so
           a
           Power
           of
           receiving
           in
           and
           putting
           out
           as
           there
           is
           cause
           ;
           It
           is
           plain
           in
           that
           Christ
           first
           reciteth
           his
           own
           Commission
           and
           Power
           ,
           Matth.
           28.
           18
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           and
           thence
           dateth
           the
           Commission
           of
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           to
           endure
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           age
           or
           world
           .
        
         
           See
           Isa
           22.
           22.
           
           &
           Rev.
           3.
           7.
           
           &
           1.
           18.
           compared
           with
           Matth.
           16.
           19.
           
           &
           John
           20.
           23.
           
           The
           word
           Presbyter
           and
           Bishop
           can
           signifie
           no
           less
           :
           as
           Acts
           4.
           8
           ,
           &c.
           compared
           with
           Acts
           14.
           23.
           
           &
           15.
           2
           ,
           4
           ,
           6
           ,
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           &
           16.
           4.
           
           &
           20.
           17
           ,
           28.
           
           Titus
           1.
           5.
           
           James
           5.
           14.
           1
           
           Pet.
           5.
           1.
           
           Rev.
           4.
           4
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           nothing
           less
           can
           be
           meant
           by
           1
           Tim.
           5.
           17.
           
           
             The
             Elders
             that
             Rule
             well
             are
             worthy
             of
             double
             honour
             ,
             &c.
          
           Heb.
           13.
           17.
           24.
           
           
             Obey
             them
             that
             have
             the
             Rule
             over
             you
             ,
             for
             they
             watch
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           1
           Thess.
           5.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             Know
             them
             that
             labour
             among
             you
             ,
             and
             are
             over
             you
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             admonish
             you
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           3.
           1
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           
             If
             a
             man
             desire
             the
             office
             of
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             he
             desireth
          
           
           
             a
             good
             work
             —
             One
             that
             Ruleth
             well
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             having
             his
             children
             in
             subjection
             .
             —
             For
             if
             a
             man
             know
             not
             how
             to
             rule
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             how
             shall
             he
             take
             care
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God.
          
           So
           Tit.
           1.
           7
           ,
           &c.
           
           1
           Pet.
           5.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           Many
           other
           I
           pass
           by
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           act
           of
           excommunication
           ,
           or
           excluding
           unmeet
           persons
           from
           
             Christian
             Church
             Communion
          
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           tedious
           to
           stand
           to
           vindicate
           all
           those
           plain
           Texts
           from
           any
           mens
           exceptions
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           5.
           
             per
             totum
             .
             Titus
          
           3.
           10.
           2
           
           John
           10
           ,
           11.
           2
           
           Thess.
           3.
           6
           ,
           14.
           
           Rev.
           2.
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           20.
           
        
         
           But
           while
           I
           am
           writing
           this
           ,
           I
           remember
           that
           I
           have
           long
           ago
           written
           a
           small
           Book
           called
           
             Universal
             Concord
          
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           have
           described
           all
           the
           
             Pastoral
             Office
          
           and
           Work
           :
           If
           you
           can
           prove
           it
           less
           than
           I
           have
           there
           named
           in
           any
           one
           point
           ,
           you
           will
           so
           far
           ease
           us
           ,
           and
           take
           nothing
           from
           us
           at
           all
           that
           gratifieth
           our
           flesh
           :
           If
           you
           can
           deny
           none
           of
           that
           ,
           we
           are
           agreed
           .
           And
           in
           the
           Preface
           to
           the
           same
           Book
           I
           have
           given
           you
           twelve
           Reasons
           of
           the
           great
           use
           of
           Church
           Discipline
           ;
           which
           shall
           save
           me
           the
           labour
           of
           the
           third
           point
           which
           I
           intended
           next
           to
           speak
           to
           ;
           save
           only
           that
           I
           will
           briefly
           ask
           you
           ,
        
         
           III.
           Would
           you
           have
           any
           difference
           made
           between
           the
           Christian
           Church
           and
           the
           Pagan
           and
           Infidel
           world
           ?
           If
           not
           —
           If
           you
           would
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           such
           a
           difference
           as
           Christ
           hath
           appointed
           us
           to
           make
           ?
           And
           doth
           our
           Baptismal
           Covenant
           contain
           no
           promise
           and
           profession
           of
           godliness
           and
           obedience
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           Belief
           ;
           and
           so
           of
           Repentance
           and
           a
           better
           life
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           Who
           would
           you
           have
           to
           be
           Judge
           in
           this
           matter
           ?
           Shall
           every
           one
           be
           Judge
           himself
           ?
           Then
           all
           Pagans
           ,
           Murderers
           ,
           Blasphemers
           may
           come
           in
           and
           turn
           Religion
           and
           the
           Church
           into
           a
           scorn
           .
           If
           any
           must
           judge
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           sure
           set
           the
           Magistrates
           or
           people
           such
           a
           task
           (
           on
           pain
           of
           damnation
           )
           to
           leave
           their
           Calling
           ,
           to
           try
           and
           judge
           of
           the
           qualifications
           of
           expectants
           or
           Church-members
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Whom
           do
           you
           think
           Christ
           committed
           this
           business
           to
           ?
           Who
           were
           the
           Judges
           of
           the
           Capacity
           of
           persons
           to
           be
           baptized
           ,
           or
           the
           desert
           of
           persons
           to
           be
           rejected
           ?
           Diotrophes
           could
           not
           have
           rejected
           Christians
           injuriously
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           
           not
           then
           had
           some
           Governing
           power
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Hath
           not
           all
           Christs
           Church
           exercised
           such
           a
           Discipline
           as
           I
           have
           described
           since
           the
           Apostles
           days
           till
           now
           ?
           (
           saving
           the
           corruption
           of
           it
           by
           ill
           additions
           ,
           or
           carnal
           neglects
           )
           And
           hath
           all
           this
           Church
           been
           from
           the
           beginning
           under
           a
           false
           Government
           in
           the
           main
           ?
           Or
           is
           not
           Reformation
           a
           righter
           way
           than
           extirpation
           ,
           of
           Discipline
           as
           well
           as
           of
           
             Doctrine
             and
             Worship
          
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           Is
           it
           not
           
             the
             wickedness
          
           of
           Christians
           that
           is
           the
           chief
           hardening
           of
           Turks
           and
           other
           Infidels
           against
           Christianity
           ?
           And
           would
           they
           not
           encrease
           this
           pollution
           that
           would
           have
           the
           most
           vicious
           to
           be
           equally
           received
           with
           the
           best
           ?
        
         
           6.
           
           Is
           not
           Faith
           for
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           Christ
           come
           to
           purifie
           a
           peculiar
           people
           ,
           and
           restore
           us
           to
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ?
           And
           if
           for
           want
           of
           Discipline
           Saints
           and
           Swine
           be
           equally
           Church-members
           ,
           and
           partakers
           of
           holy
           things
           ,
           is
           that
           agreeable
           to
           this
           design
           of
           our
           Redeemer
           ?
        
         
           7.
           
           If
           Oeconomical
           Government
           and
           School
           Government
           and
           Colledge
           Government
           be
           no
           wrong
           to
           Kings
           ,
           neither
           is
           the
           Church
           Government
           which
           Christ
           hath
           instituted
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           say
           all
           this
           to
           intimate
           that
           
             you
             say
             the
             contrary
          
           .
           But
           because
           your
           Charge
           on
           
             Luther
             ,
             Calvin
          
           and
           other
           Protestants
           sheweth
           that
           you
           do
           sure
           mistake
           them
           :
           And
           to
           tell
           you
           that
           I
           joyn
           with
           you
           in
           disowning
           the
           KINGDOM
           and
           Magistracy
           of
           the
           Mock-Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           of
           all
           that
           will
           imitate
           them
           ;
           But
           that
           I
           take
           the
           
             Enmity
             to
          
           and
           
             grosse
             neglect
             of
             true
             Church-Discipline
          
           ,
           to
           be
           one
           of
           Satans
           principal
           services
           that
           is
           done
           him
           upon
           earth
           ,
           against
           true
           Godliness
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Churches
           and
           the
           Magistrates
           Power
           stated
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           In
           an
           hundred
           Propositions
           ,
           which
           almost
           all
           sober
           Protestant
           Teachers
           are
           agreed
           in
           .
           A
           Reconciliation
           of
           the
           sober
           Episcopal
           ,
           Presbyterians
           ,
           Independents
           and
           Erastians
           .
        
         
           To
           my
           very
           Learned
           ,
           sincere
           and
           worthy
           Friend
           
             Ludovicus
             Molinaeus
          
           Dr.
           of
           Physick
           (
           The
           Author
           of
           many
           Treatises
           on
           this
           subject
           .
           )
           
             Dear
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           UPON
           the
           perusal
           of
           your
           Writings
           which
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           the
           love
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           Truth
           and
           Peace
           and
           you
           ,
           doth
           command
           me
           to
           tell
           you
           as
           followeth
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Pride
           of
           the
           Clergy
           (
           with
           their
           Covetousness
           )
           hath
           for
           above
           twelve
           hundred
           years
           been
           a
           greater
           plague
           to
           the
           Churches
           throughout
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           cruelties
           of
           the
           Laity
           :
           And
           that
           the
           sensless
           forgetting
           the
           matter
           and
           manner
           of
           Christs
           decision
           of
           his
           Apostles
           Controversie
           ,
           
             Which
             of
             them
             should
             be
             the
             greatest
             ,
          
           hath
           divided
           the
           East
           and
           West
           ,
           and
           corrupted
           and
           kept
           down
           Religion
           ;
           whilest
           that
           the
           lives
           of
           the
           Prelates
           have
           perswaded
           the
           observers
           ,
           that
           they
           still
           took
           it
           for
           a
           
           more
           important
           Question
           ,
           
             Which
             of
             them
             should
             be
             the
             greatest
             ?
          
           than
           ,
           
             Whether
             they
             or
             their
             people
             should
             be
             saved
             .
          
           And
           it
           hath
           ever
           been
           a
           matter
           of
           easie
           remarque
           ,
           that
           there
           have
           been
           seldom
           any
           dangerous
           Schisms
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           or
           any
           cruel
           Persecutions
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           which
           the
           Clergy
           have
           not
           been
           the
           principal
           causes
           of
           :
           And
           that
           the
           Laity
           would
           be
           more
           quiet
           ,
           if
           the
           Clergy
           did
           not
           delude
           them
           ,
           or
           exasperate
           them
           ;
           And
           that
           even
           the
           more
           mistaken
           and
           violent
           sort
           of
           Magistrates
           ,
           would
           have
           some
           moderation
           in
           their
           Persecutions
           ,
           if
           the
           Clergy
           did
           not
           make
           them
           believe
           ,
           that
           a
           burning
           killing
           Zeal
           is
           the
           mark
           of
           a
           good
           Christian
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           same
           that
           in
           Tit.
           2.
           14.
           is
           called
           a
           
             zeal
             of
             good
             works
          
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           destroy
           the
           bodies
           of
           men
           truly
           fearing
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           way
           to
           save
           their
           own
           souls
           ,
           or
           their
           Dominions
           at
           least
           ;
           when
           indeed
           ,
           the
           zeal
           of
           Christs
           commanding
           ,
           is
           a
           
             zealous
             Love
             to
             one
             another
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             zealous
             doing
             good
             to
             others
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Devilish
             zeal
          
           (
           as
           St.
           James
           distinguisheth
           it
           ,
           James
           2.
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17.
           )
           is
           an
           envious
           ,
           hating
           ,
           hurting
           zeal
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           in
           all
           this
           the
           Laity
           are
           not
           innocent
           ,
           but
           must
           thank
           themselves
           for
           the
           evil
           that
           befalleth
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           on
           two
           notable
           accounts
           :
           1.
           
           Because
           they
           have
           ordinarily
           the
           choosing
           of
           the
           dignified
           and
           beneficed
           Churchmen
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           but
           such
           as
           they
           choose
           themselves
           :
           They
           think
           it
           is
           their
           wisdom
           as
           well
           as
           piety
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           
             Honour
             and
             Profit
          
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           a
           
             very
             strong
             bait
          
           to
           Pride
           and
           Covetousness
           :
           And
           when
           they
           have
           so
           done
           ,
           the
           Proudest
           and
           most
           Covetous
           will
           certainly
           be
           the
           Seekers
           ;
           and
           that
           with
           as
           much
           craft
           and
           diligence
           ,
           as
           an
           ambitious
           mind
           can
           use
           their
           parts
           to
           :
           And
           he
           that
           seeketh
           (
           by
           himself
           and
           friends
           )
           is
           likest
           to
           find
           :
           And
           the
           more
           humble
           and
           heavenly
           any
           one
           is
           ,
           and
           consequently
           most
           honest
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           a
           Pastor
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           further
           he
           will
           be
           from
           the
           Seekers
           way
           !
           So
           that
           except
           it
           be
           where
           the
           world
           hath
           Rulers
           so
           wise
           and
           strangely
           pious
           ,
           as
           to
           seek
           out
           the
           worthy
           who
           seek
           not
           for
           themselves
           ,
           its
           easie
           to
           prognosticate
           what
           kind
           of
           Pastors
           the
           Church
           will
           have
           :
           And
           verily
           they
           that
           choose
           them
           ,
           are
           the
           unfittest
           to
           complain
           of
           them
           .
           Whereas
           if
           the
           Churches
           maintenance
           were
           such
           ,
           
           as
           might
           but
           
             prevent
             the
             discouragements
          
           of
           such
           as
           seek
           the
           Ministry
           for
           the
           
             works
             sake
          
           and
           for
           the
           
             love
             of
             souls
          
           ,
           that
           so
           Students
           might
           not
           make
           it
           a
           Trade
           for
           wealth
           ,
           but
           a
           
             self-denying
             dedication
          
           of
           themselves
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           Churches
           would
           be
           accordingly
           provided
           ;
           And
           they
           that
           
             intend
             the
             saving
             of
             souls
          
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           Candidates
           ,
           (
           by
           their
           own
           and
           their
           Parents
           dedication
           )
           as
           now
           they
           that
           
             intend
             a
             Trade
             to
             live
             and
             serve
             the
             flesh
             by
          
           (
           in
           an
           honourable
           way
           )
           are
           too
           great
           a
           part
           of
           them
           .
           Or
           men
           might
           be
           
             further
             rewarded
             ex
             post
             facto
          
           for
           their
           Merits
           ,
           without
           being
           tempted
           to
           
             study
             principally
          
           for
           that
           reward
           .
           And
           if
           we
           will
           needs
           
             have
             carnal
             men
          
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           wonder
           if
           they
           
             live
             carnally
          
           .
           And
           if
           the
           
             carnal
             mind
             be
             enmity
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             neither
             is
             nor
             can
             be
             subject
             to
             his
             Law
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           6
           ,
           7.
           we
           may
           easily
           prognosticate
           how
           
             Christs
             enemies
          
           will
           do
           
             his
             work
          
           ,
           and
           guide
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           whether
           
             their
             wills
             and
             wayes
          
           will
           be
           such
           as
           the
           conscionable
           can
           conform
           to
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           the
           Laity
           are
           unexcusable
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           they
           (
           in
           all
           those
           Countreys
           where
           Popery
           and
           Church-tyranny
           prevaileth
           )
           who
           put
           their
           Sword
           into
           the
           Clergies
           hands
           ,
           and
           give
           away
           their
           own
           authority
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           men
           to
           vie
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           overtop
           them
           :
           of
           which
           more
           anon
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           grant
           you
           also
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           such
           Countreys
           as
           aforesaid
           (
           where
           Popery
           and
           Church-tyranny
           prevaileth
           )
           the
           name
           of
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Courts
             and
             Discipline
          
           ,
           is
           applyed
           to
           that
           mungrel
           power
           ,
           which
           is
           neither
           Fish
           nor
           Flesh
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           true
           
             Spiritual
             Power
          
           set
           up
           by
           Christ
           ,
           is
           corrupted
           and
           turned
           into
           a
           secular
           thing
           ,
           or
           by
           confusion
           ,
           a
           third
           sort
           arisen
           out
           of
           both
           .
           And
           that
           Popish
           Princes
           are
           wofully
           abused
           by
           this
           deceit
           :
           while
           that
           the
           reverence
           of
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Church-Government
           ,
           doth
           perswade
           them
           to
           ruine
           the
           Church
           indeed
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           up
           their
           Subjects
           to
           be
           the
           Governours
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           away
           their
           own
           power
           to
           their
           servants
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           stoop
           to
           the
           power
           which
           they
           have
           given
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           And
           I
           grant
           you
           ,
           that
           all
           this
           mischief
           would
           much
           be
           cured
           ,
           if
           Magistrates
           would
           keep
           the
           Sword
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           use
           it
           only
           according
           to
           the
           judgement
           of
           their
           proper
           Courts
           ;
           and
           would
           leave
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Church
           
           Keyes
           to
           the
           Pastors
           ,
           
             &
             valeant
             quantum
             valere
             possunt
          
           ;
           and
           let
           it
           be
           thought
           penalty
           enough
           for
           an
           excommunicate
           person
           
             qua
             talis
          
           to
           be
           excommunicate
           :
           And
           not
           to
           take
           him
           to
           be
           a
           penitent
           ,
           or
           worthy
           of
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           had
           rather
           be
           there
           than
           in
           a
           Gaol
           .
           There
           be
           wiser
           wayes
           of
           bringing
           men
           to
           Repentance
           and
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           than
           by
           saying
           [
           Choose
           this
           or
           the
           Goal
           :
           You
           are
           worthy
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           if
           you
           had
           but
           rather
           be
           in
           it
           than
           in
           a
           Prison
           .
           ]
           Christ
           said
           ,
           [
           
             Forsake
             all
             ,
             or
             ye
             cannot
             be
             my
             Disciples
          
           ;
           ]
           And
           some
           say
           ,
           [
           Be
           Christs
           Disciples
           ,
           or
           forsake
           all
           :
           The
           Church
           will
           receive
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           but
           accept
           her
           communion
           rather
           than
           imprisonment
           or
           beggary
           .
           ]
           A
           kind
           Church
           indeed
           !
           of
           which
           more
           anon
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           concessions
           ,
           I
           must
           further
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Pastors
           of
           the
           Churches
           that
           must
           keep
           up
           the
           interest
           of
           Christianity
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           the
           bad
           ones
           are
           the
           greatest
           plagues
           ,
           so
           the
           good
           ones
           are
           the
           greatest
           blessings
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           even
           the
           salt
           and
           lights
           of
           the
           world
           :
           And
           none
           but
           the
           enemies
           of
           Christ
           are
           their
           enemies
           ,
           (
           as
           such
           .
           )
           And
           as
           the
           Ministry
           hath
           grown
           better
           or
           worse
           ,
           so
           hath
           Christianity
           either
           risen
           or
           fallen
           ,
           in
           all
           times
           and
           places
           of
           the
           Church
           on
           earth
           .
           (
           Of
           which
           see
           Two
           Sheets
           which
           I
           have
           written
           for
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           against
           the
           Seekers
           and
           Malignants
           long
           ago
           .
           )
        
         
           6.
           
           And
           though
           the
           Carnal
           Clergy
           afore
           described
           ,
           deserve
           all
           the
           invectives
           in
           your
           Books
           ,
           and
           their
           Usurpations
           ,
           and
           turning
           Church
           Discipline
           into
           a
           secular
           thing
           ,
           do
           call
           aloud
           for
           a
           just
           detection
           and
           rebuke
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           the
           happiness
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           if
           the
           eyes
           of
           all
           Christian
           Princes
           and
           Rulers
           ,
           were
           opened
           in
           this
           point
           ;
           yet
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           believe
           most
           sober
           ,
           pious
           Protestant
           Divines
           are
           really
           agreed
           in
           the
           main
           things
           that
           you
           desire
           and
           intend
           ;
           And
           that
           both
           you
           and
           some
           of
           
             your
             adversaries
             both
             do
             amiss
          
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           difference
           
             seem
             wider
          
           than
           indeed
           it
           is
           :
           And
           that
           making
           Verbal
           differences
           seem
           real
           ,
           and
           small
           ones
           seem
           great
           ,
           is
           an
           ill
           employment
           ;
           when
           a
           
             few
             distinctions
          
           and
           
             clearer
             explications
          
           ,
           would
           make
           both
           
           sides
           see
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           
             almost
             of
             one
             mind
          
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           all
           that
           I
           shall
           do
           in
           this
           business
           is
           ,
           to
           lay
           down
           my
           own
           judgement
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           the
           judgement
           of
           all
           the
           pious
           and
           sober
           part
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Episcopal
             ,
             Presbyterian
             ,
             Independents
          
           and
           Erastians
           (
           or
           Politicians
           )
           in
           certain
           brief
           Propositions
           ,
           which
           shall
           carry
           their
           own
           evidence
           past
           all
           contradiction
           of
           Learned
           and
           Considerate
           Christians
           .
        
         
           
             Prop.
             1.
             
             THe
             work
             of
             the
             Gospel-Ministry
             is
             not
             a
             work
             of
             
               meer
               Charity
            
             and
             Liberty
             ,
             but
             an
             
               Office-work
               :
               Authority
               ,
               Reason
            
             and
             Love
             ,
             are
             its
             principles
             ,
             Matth.
             28.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             Titus
             1.
             5.
             
             Acts
             14.
             23.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             Office
             is
             instituted
             by
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             
               Ibid.
               Acts
            
             20.
             28
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             3
             ▪
             It
             was
             instituted
             for
             great
             and
             
               necessary
               ends
            
             ,
             that
             the
             Ministry
             might
             be
             
               Christs
               Agents
               ,
               Messengers
               ,
               S●eward●
               ,
               &c.
            
             for
             the
             furthering
             the
             affairs
             of
             his
             Spiritu●l
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             mens
             salvation
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             1
             
             Tim.
             3.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             
               &c.
               Acts
            
             20.
             28.
             1
             
             Thess.
             5.
             12
             ,
             13.
             ●●b
             .
             13.
             17.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             was
             first
             put
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             Apostles
             ch●s●n
             by
             Christ
             himself
             ;
             who
             were
             to
             be
             the
             Gatherers
             ,
             Edifiers
             ●nd
             Guides
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             its
             foundation
             built
             on
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             transmitters
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             a
             stated
             Ministry
             to
             the
             following
             Ages
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Though
             the
             extraordinary
             part
             of
             their
             work
             ceased
             with
             them
             ,
             the
             ordinary
             part
             continueth
             after
             them
             ,
             with
             a
             Ministry
             which
             is
             to
             continue
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             Eph.
             4.
             11
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             This
             Office
             was
             in
             time
             before
             a
             
               Christian
               Magistrate
            
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             the
             same
             where
             there
             is
             
               any
               such
            
             ,
             and
             where
             there
             is
             
               none
               ,
               Matth.
            
             28.
             20.
             
             Eph.
             4.
             12
             ,
             14
             ,
             16
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             It
             consisteth
             in
             an
             Authority
             conjunct
             with
             an
             Obligation
             to
             do
             their
             proper
             work
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             This
             Ministerial
             Office
             is
             subordinate
             to
             Christ
             in
             the
             three
             parts
             of
             his
             Office
             ,
             Prophetical
             ,
             Priestly
             ,
             Kingly
             (
             as
             they
             are
             commonly
             distinguished
             )
             or
             ,
             in
             
               Teaching
               ,
               Worshipping
               God
            
             ,
             and
             Governing
             his
             flocks
             ,
             John
             20.
             21.
             
             Matth.
             28.
             19
             ,
             20.
             1
             
             Cor.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             1
             
             Tim.
             3.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             &
             5.
             17.
             
             Acts
             6.
             4.
             
          
           
           
             9.
             
             It
             is
             essential
             to
             the
             Office
             to
             have
             all
             these
             in
             
               Divine
               Authority
            
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             Exercise
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             
               Civil
               Liberty
            
             of
             exercising
             them
             (
             which
             may
             be
             hindered
             )
             Acts
             5.
             18
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             The
             Office
             is
             to
             be
             judged
             of
             by
             
               Gods
               Institution
            
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             
               Ordainers
               wills
            
             intention
             ,
             or
             contrary
             expressions
             ;
             if
             the
             essence
             of
             the
             Office
             be
             delivered
             in
             general
             words
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             Christ
             made
             these
             Officers
             the
             Key-bearers
             of
             his
             Churches
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Rulers
             or
             Guides
             ,
             who
             have
             authority
             under
             him
             over
             Church
             communion
             ,
             to
             judge
             what
             members
             shall
             be
             taken
             in
             ,
             and
             who
             shall
             be
             put
             out
             ,
             Mat.
             16.
             19.
             
             Heb.
             13.
             17
             ,
             24.
             1
             
             Thess.
             5.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             12.
             
             The
             first
             and
             great
             act
             of
             this
             Key-bearing
             power
             (
             never
             denyed
             them
             from
             Christs
             time
             to
             this
             day
             )
             is
             the
             power
             of
             Baptizing
             and
             of
             
               judging
               who
            
             shall
             be
             admitted
             by
             Baptism
             into
             the
             Church
             or
             number
             of
             visible
             Christians
             ,
             Mat.
             28.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             Acts
             2.
             41.
             
             &
             8.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             38.
             
          
           
             13.
             
             This
             power
             is
             not
             arbitrary
             but
             Ministerial
             ,
             regulated
             by
             Christs
             universal
             Laws
             ;
             which
             describeth
             every
             mans
             Title
             to
             admittance
             ;
             which
             is
             [
             
               his
               own
            
             (
             or
             Parents
             if
             an
             Infants
             )
             
               understanding
               ,
               voluntary
               ,
               serious
               Profession
               of
               Consent
               to
               the
               Baptismal
               Covenant
               .
               ]
               Acts
            
             2.
             38.
             
             &
             8.
             12.
             
             &
             10.
             47
             ,
             48.
             
             M●r.
             16.
             16.
             
             Matth.
             28.
             20.
             
          
           
             14.
             
             If
             one
             Minister
             refuse
             such
             Consenters
             ,
             others
             must
             admit
             him
             :
             And
             if
             many
             should
             agree
             utterly
             to
             tyrannize
             ,
             both
             Magistrates
             by
             just
             Laws
             may
             correct
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             desert
             them
             ,
             for
             better
             Guides
             :
             1
             Kings
             2.
             27.
             2
             
             John
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             Mat.
             7.
             15.
             
             &
             16.
             6.
             
          
           
             15.
             
             The
             Churches
             Communion
             and
             Sacraments
             are
             not
             to
             be
             
               common
               to
               all
               the
               world
            
             .
             Otherwise
             the
             Church
             were
             
               no
               Church
            
             ,
             as
             consisting
             of
             Heathens
             ,
             Infidels
             and
             all
             ,
             that
             would
             come
             even
             purposely
             to
             pollute
             and
             scorn
             the
             holy
             Mysteries
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             10.
             16.
             2
             
             Cor.
             6.
             14.
             
             Acts
             2.
             47
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             16.
             
             It
             is
             necessary
             therefore
             that
             
               some
               men
            
             be
             the
             Judges
             who
             
               are
               fit
            
             ,
             and
             who
             shall
             be
             admitted
             .
             Else
             there
             can
             be
             no
             difference
             .
             Of
             this
             see
             my
             Treatise
             of
             Confirmation
             .
          
           
             17.
             
             Every
             man
             is
             not
             to
             be
             the
             sole
             publick
             Judge
             for
             himself
             :
             For
             then
             there
             would
             be
             still
             no
             difference
             ,
             nor
             the
             Mysteries
             kept
             from
             common
             scorns
             .
          
           
           
             18.
             
             The
             Magistrate
             is
             not
             made
             the
             first
             and
             proper
             Judge
             :
             For
             then
             he
             must
             make
             a
             Calling
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             attend
             upon
             this
             very
             thing
             ,
             to
             try
             the
             baptized
             and
             the
             
               admitted
               ▪
            
             which
             is
             no
             small
             work
             .
             For
             he
             that
             judgeth
             ,
             must
             first
             try
             the
             Case
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             the
             diligence
             which
             the
             weight
             of
             it
             requireth
             ,
             Acts
             8.
             37.
             
          
           
             19.
             
             The
             People
             are
             not
             to
             be
             the
             ordinary
             Judges
             :
             for
             else
             they
             must
             all
             leave
             their
             Callings
             to
             attend
             baptizings
             ,
             and
             such
             works
             as
             th●se
             ;
             and
             must
             do
             that
             which
             most
             of
             them
             are
             unfit
             to
             do
             :
             And
             Christ
             hath
             put
             all
             out
             of
             doubt
             ,
             by
             putting
             the
             Keys
             into
             the
             Pastors
             hands
             ,
             and
             commanding
             their
             study
             and
             attending
             to
             this
             work
             ,
             and
             calling
             them
             the
             Rulers
             ,
             Guides
             ,
             Pastors
             ,
             Fathers
             ,
             Stewards
             ,
             Overseers
             &c.
             and
             commanding
             the
             people
             to
             obey
             them
             with
             submission
             ;
             and
             telling
             (
             not
             the
             people
             or
             Magistrates
             )
             but
             the
             Pastors
             of
             the
             great
             and
             dreadful
             account
             that
             they
             must
             give
             ,
             Heb.
             13.
             17.
             
             Matth.
             24.
             45
             ,
             46
             ,
             47.
             1
             
             Cor.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             2
             
             Tim.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
             &
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             20.
             
             He
             that
             will
             lay
             this
             work
             upon
             people
             or
             Magistrates
             ,
             is
             their
             cruel
             enemy
             ;
             and
             brings
             on
             them
             a
             most
             heavy
             burden
             ,
             and
             consequently
             makes
             it
             their
             duty
             to
             prepare
             and
             
               study
               for
               it
            
             ,
             and
             to
             avoid
             all
             
               other
               business
            
             that
             hindereth
             it
             ,
             and
             would
             lay
             them
             under
             the
             terrors
             of
             a
             most
             tremendous
             reckoning
             unto
             God.
             
          
           
             21.
             
             Seeing
             it
             is
             a
             trust
             that
             must
             be
             committed
             to
             some
             or
             other
             ,
             common
             reason
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             better
             in
             their
             hands
             that
             Christ
             hath
             put
             it
             in
             by
             Office
             ,
             and
             who
             spend
             their
             lives
             in
             preparation
             for
             it
             ,
             than
             in
             theirs
             that
             neither
             have
             the
             preparations
             nor
             the
             Office
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             16.
             
             &
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             19
             ,
             20.
             1
             
             Cor.
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             22.
             
             It
             is
             the
             great
             end
             of
             Christs
             coming
             into
             the
             world
             to
             destroy
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             to
             purifie
             to
             himself
             a
             peculiar
             people
             zealous
             of
             good
             works
             ,
             and
             to
             save
             his
             people
             from
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             to
             vindicate
             the
             Holiness
             of
             God
             :
             And
             the
             world
             is
             so
             apt
             to
             judge
             of
             Christs
             doctrine
             by
             his
             followers
             ,
             that
             the
             Holiness
             and
             Concord
             of
             Christians
             is
             one
             of
             Christs
             great
             appointed
             means
             ,
             for
             his
             own
             and
             his
             Fathers
             glory
             in
             the
             world
             :
             That
             as
             Gods
             greatness
             shineth
             forth
             in
             the
             frame
             of
             nature
             ,
             so
             might
             his
             Holiness
             in
             the
             
             Church
             :
             And
             the
             Enemies
             of
             Holiness
             and
             condemned
             by
             their
             Creed
             ,
             when
             they
             profess
             to
             believe
             the
             
               Holy
               Catholick
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               Communion
               of
               Saints
               .
            
             And
             Rome
             it self
             doth
             own
             the
             name
             and
             pretence
             of
             Holiness
             .
          
           
             23.
             
             Travellers
             well
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             great
             hinderance
             of
             the
             Conversion
             of
             Infidels
             and
             Heathens
             ,
             Turks
             ,
             Persians
             ,
             Indians
             ,
             Tartarians
             ,
             &c.
             is
             the
             wicked
             lives
             of
             the
             professed
             Christians
             that
             are
             next
             them
             ;
             when
             they
             see
             that
             Christians
             are
             more
             false
             ,
             and
             cruel
             ,
             and
             drunken
             ,
             and
             beastly
             ,
             and
             divided
             ,
             &c.
             than
             themselves
             .
          
           
             24.
             
             Those
             therefore
             that
             would
             have
             the
             Church
             lye
             common
             (
             without
             Christs
             Discipline
             )
             to
             all
             the
             most
             prophane
             and
             wicked
             that
             will
             come
             in
             ,
             and
             have
             communion
             with
             it
             ,
             are
             indeed
             Antichristian
             ,
             even
             open
             enemies
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             to
             holiness
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             saving
             of
             the
             Infidel
             and
             Heathen
             world
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             5.
             6
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             1
             
             Pet.
             2.
             9.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             25.
             
             The
             Devil
             hath
             fought
             in
             all
             Ages
             as
             subtilly
             and
             diligently
             against
             the
             holy
             Discipline
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             against
             the
             Christian
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             26.
             
             True
             Discipline
             doth
             so
             wonderfully
             displease
             the
             guilty
             ,
             and
             lose
             mens
             love
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             Richer
             sort
             ,
             and
             all
             mens
             carnal
             interest
             and
             nature
             inclineth
             them
             so
             much
             to
             man-pleasing
             and
             flattery
             ,
             that
             Ministers
             have
             abundance
             more
             need
             to
             be
             driven
             to
             the
             exercise
             of
             Discipline
             ,
             than
             restrained
             from
             it
             ;
             except
             it
             be
             the
             corrupt
             and
             carnal
             Discipline
             which
             the
             Popish
             and
             tyrannizing
             Clergy
             do
             exercise
             ,
             where
             the
             Magistrate
             himself
             upholdeth
             them
             in
             Grandure
             ,
             and
             lendeth
             them
             his
             Sword.
             Let
             Discipline
             be
             but
             such
             as
             Christ
             appointed
             ,
             and
             stand
             of
             it self
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             is
             but
             few
             that
             will
             have
             any
             more
             cause
             ,
             to
             be
             restrained
             from
             it
             ,
             than
             from
             too
             much
             preaching
             :
             Though
             still
             I
             yield
             ,
             that
             there
             must
             be
             limits
             for
             the
             wilful
             and
             the
             indiscr●et
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             5.
             3
             
             John
             9.
             
          
           
             27.
             
             The
             true
             Discipline
             of
             Christ
             hath
             been
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             his
             Ordinance
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Churches
             almost
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             since
             the
             Apostles
             dayes
             till
             now
             ;
             save
             that
             (
             as
             you
             open
             it
             )
             since
             Constantines
             time
             it
             hath
             been
             much
             corrupted
             by
             the
             mixture
             of
             the
             secular
             force
             ,
             and
             the
             Emperours
             
             lending
             his
             Church-power
             to
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Councils
             .
          
           
             28.
             
             Government
             hath
             two
             parts
             :
             Antecedent
             to
             
               mens
               facts
            
             ,
             which
             is
             Legislation
             ;
             and
             Consequent
             ,
             which
             is
             Judgement
             and
             Execution
             .
             Christ
             is
             the
             
               only
               Lawgiver
               of
               Universal
               Laws
               to
               the
               universal
               Church
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Author
             of
             his
             own
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             the
             substantials
             of
             his
             Worship
             :
             But
             yet
             there
             are
             many
             undetermined
             circumstances
             ,
             which
             may
             and
             must
             be
             antecedently
             determined
             ,
             some
             by
             
               each
               Pastor
            
             ;
             some
             by
             a
             consent
             of
             Pastors
             ,
             and
             some
             by
             Magistrates
             (
             if
             they
             please
             )
             .
             I
             will
             name
             you
             twenty
             lately
             named
             elsewhere
             ;
             1.
             
             
               What
               day
            
             (
             besides
             the
             Lords
             day
             )
             and
             what
             hour
             ,
             the
             Church
             shall
             meet
             .
             2.
             
             How
             long
             the
             Prayers
             ,
             Reading
             and
             Sermons
             shall
             be
             .
             3.
             
             When
             and
             how
             often
             publick
             Fasts
             and
             Thanksgivings
             be
             .
             4.
             
             What
             place
             the
             Church
             shall
             meet
             in
             .
             5.
             
             Of
             the
             Form
             ,
             Ornaments
             ,
             Seats
             ,
             &c.
             of
             the
             Temples
             .
             6.
             
             The
             place
             and
             form
             of
             the
             Pulpit
             .
             7.
             
             The
             subject
             of
             the
             present
             Sermon
             ,
             and
             the
             Chapter
             to
             be
             read
             .
             8.
             
             The
             Method
             of
             the
             Sermon
             .
             9.
             
             The
             Words
             of
             Sermons
             and
             Prayers
             .
             10.
             
             Of
             using
             or
             not
             using
             Books
             and
             Sermon
             Notes
             for
             memory
             .
             11.
             
             What
             Translation
             of
             Scripture
             to
             use
             .
             12.
             
             And
             what
             Version
             and
             Meeter
             of
             the
             Psalms
             .
             13.
             
             And
             what
             Tune
             to
             sing
             in
             .
             14.
             
             What
             form
             of
             Catechism
             to
             use
             .
             15.
             
             Of
             decent
             Habits
             ,
             especially
             in
             publick
             Worship
             .
             16.
             
             By
             what
             
               professing
               sign
            
             to
             testifie
             our
             consent
             to
             the
             Churches
             Confession
             of
             faith
             :
             Whether
             by
             speaking
             ,
             or
             
               lifting
               up
            
             the
             hand
             ,
             or
             
               standing
               up
            
             .
             17.
             
             Of
             decent
             Gestures
             in
             the
             acts
             of
             publick
             Worship
             .
             18.
             
             Of
             Font
             ,
             Table
             ,
             Cups
             ,
             Cloathes
             ,
             and
             other
             Utensils
             .
             19.
             
             Making
             
               new
               Officers
            
             for
             these
             actions
             
               circa
               sacra
            
             ,
             as
             Door-keepers
             ,
             Clarks
             ,
             Churchwardens
             ,
             &c.
             20.
             
             Judging
             when
             any
             
               private
               man
            
             shall
             speak
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             shall
             be
             silent
             ,
             and
             such
             other
             Orders
             necessary
             to
             peace
             and
             Edification
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             28
             ,
             29.
             33.
             26
             ,
             40.
             
          
           
             29.
             
             Most
             of
             these
             should
             be
             left
             to
             every
             Pastors
             judgement
             ;
             some
             may
             be
             determined
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             ;
             but
             yet
             some
             are
             fittest
             for
             the
             Concordant
             determination
             of
             
               Consociated
               Churches
            
             ,
             in
             a
             Synod
             ,
             or
             by
             consent
             .
             But
             none
             of
             them
             by
             any
             neighbour
             Pastor
             (
             that
             like
             the
             Pope
             )
             usurpeth
             
             authority
             over
             other
             Churches
             .
             Nor
             should
             any
             
               standing
               Laws
               at
               all
            
             ,
             be
             made
             of
             such
             things
             where
             there
             is
             
               no
               need
            
             ;
             especially
             where
             the
             case
             is
             mutable
             ,
             and
             it
             belongeth
             to
             the
             Pastors
             function
             to
             determine
             it
             ,
             as
             occasion
             serveth
             .
             2
             Tim.
             2.
             15.
             
             Mat.
             24.
             45.
             
          
           
             30.
             
             Whether
             these
             
               Antecedent
               Determinations
            
             of
             
               Concordant
               Pastors
            
             in
             a
             Synod
             ,
             shall
             be
             called
             Laws
             ,
             or
             Canons
             ,
             or
             Decrees
             ,
             is
             but
             
               lis
               de
               nomine
            
             :
             And
             also
             whether
             this
             power
             be
             called
             Legislative
             ,
             or
             Jurisdiction
             .
             And
             who
             will
             trouble
             the
             Church
             unnecessarily
             about
             
               words
               and
               names
            
             ?
             But
             yet
             I
             think
             they
             may
             be
             best
             called
             Canons
             or
             Agreements
             :
             And
             I
             wish
             that
             high
             Titles
             be
             laid
             aside
             ,
             lest
             it
             encourage
             the
             usurping
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             aspireth
             after
             too
             high
             things
             .
          
           
             31.
             
             
               Grotius
               de
               Imperi●
               summarum
               potestatum
               circa
               sacra
            
             hath
             said
             so
             much
             and
             so
             well
             of
             all
             this
             Controversie
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             shame
             to
             us
             all
             that
             we
             need
             any
             more
             ,
             and
             a
             shame
             to
             me
             to
             trouble
             the
             world
             after
             him
             ,
             with
             Writings
             on
             that
             subject
             ,
             so
             far
             less
             useful
             ;
             and
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             to
             cloud
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             clearly
             and
             judiciously
             stated
             ;
             were
             it
             not
             that
             renewed
             occasions
             require
             it
             .
          
           
             32.
             
             Pastors
             have
             not
             only
             the
             charge
             of
             right
             ordering
             the
             Assemblies
             ,
             but
             also
             of
             helping
             and
             overseeing
             all
             the
             individuals
             of
             their
             charge
             ;
             And
             to
             help
             them
             in
             the
             
               personal
               application
            
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             resolve
             their
             particular
             Doubts
             and
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             to
             reprove
             ,
             admonish
             and
             comfort
             the
             individuals
             as
             there
             is
             need
             .
             As
             a
             Physicion
             is
             not
             only
             to
             read
             a
             Physick
             Lecture
             to
             his
             Hospital
             ,
             but
             to
             Govern
             each
             Patient
             in
             order
             to
             his
             Cure.
             
          
           
             33.
             
             Ordination
             is
             
               &
               rei
               &
               ordinis
               gratia
            
             an
             act
             of
             Office
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Ministerial
             Office
             and
             Power
             is
             Ministerially
             delivered
             by
             way
             of
             Investiture
             and
             Solemnization
             ,
             as
             a
             house
             is
             delivered
             by
             a
             Key
             ,
             and
             a
             parcel
             of
             Land
             by
             a
             Turf
             and
             Twig
             ,
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             Servant
             appointed
             thereunto
             .
             Or
             as
             our
             Church
             state
             is
             delivered
             to
             us
             by
             Baptism
             by
             the
             like
             investiture
             .
             Though
             yet
             it
             is
             
               God
               directly
            
             ,
             who
             giveth
             the
             Power
             ,
             and
             that
             secondarily
             by
             his
             servant
             thus
             investeth
             us
             in
             it
             ;
             though
             not
             without
             the
             previous
             Call
             which
             is
             necessary
             thereunto
             .
          
           
           
             34.
             
             Ordination
             is
             not
             an
             
               idle
               Ceremony
            
             which
             the
             Ordainer
             must
             perform
             upon
             the
             
               judgement
               of
               others
            
             (
             Prince
             or
             people
             )
             without
             his
             own
             cognizance
             of
             the
             person
             ,
             or
             against
             his
             Conscience
             :
             But
             he
             that
             must
             ordain
             ,
             must
             
               first
               judge
            
             the
             person
             fit
             to
             be
             ordained
             ;
             and
             therefore
             must
             also
             try
             his
             fitness
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             35.
             
             So
             much
             of
             the
             Antecedent
             power
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ▪
             in
             which
             it
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             Ordination
             and
             Baptism
             are
             
               efficient
               acts
            
             ,
             like
             Generation
             in
             nature
             ,
             under
             God
             the
             
               first
               efficient
            
             ,
             as
             
               ex
               Quo
               omnia
            
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             are
             
               ordinis
               gratia
            
             ,
             are
             the
             beginning
             of
             Government
             also
             .
             And
             Government
             is
             an
             Ordering
             act
             ,
             as
             under
             God
             the
             
               supream
               Governour
               ,
               ut
               per
               Quem
               omnia
               .
            
             And
             
               Sacramental
               entertainment
            
             with
             Christs
             body
             and
             blood
             in
             Church
             Communion
             ,
             is
             
               Actus
               Am●ris
            
             ,
             a
             final
             act
             ,
             of
             friendship
             ,
             under
             God
             as
             the
             final
             Cause
             ,
             
               ad
               Quem
               omnia
            
             .
          
           
             36.
             
             The
             subsequent
             part
             of
             the
             Pastoral
             Government
             ,
             is
             by
             using
             the
             members
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             Pastoral
             Office
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             several
             deserts
             :
             which
             is
             by
             a
             General
             ,
             and
             particular
             application
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             to
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             guiding
             them
             in
             circumstances
             ,
             and
             judging
             of
             actions
             and
             persons
             according
             to
             that
             Word
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             good
             of
             souls
             ,
             and
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             truth
             ,
             Acts
             20.
             28.
             
             Heb.
             13.
             17.
             
          
           
             37.
             
             When
             the
             
               whole
               Church
            
             falleth
             into
             notorious
             sin
             ,
             the
             Pastors
             must
             reprove
             them
             ,
             and
             call
             them
             to
             repentance
             :
             And
             if
             they
             apostatize
             forsake
             them
             ,
             as
             ceasing
             to
             be
             a
             Church
             .
          
           
             38.
             
             When
             a
             
               single
               member
            
             falleth
             into
             
               notorious
               scandal
            
             ,
             the
             Pastor
             must
             admonish
             him
             ,
             and
             call
             him
             to
             repentance
             :
             and
             if
             he
             remain
             impenit●nt
             and
             obstinate
             after
             due
             admonition
             ,
             and
             publick
             exhortation
             and
             patience
             ,
             he
             must
             [
             as
             Christs
             Steward
             of
             his
             Word
             and
             Family
             ,
             pronounce
             him
             a
             person
             unfit
             for
             Church
             communion
             ,
             and
             require
             or
             command
             him
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             to
             forbear
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             to
             forbear
             his
             communion
             ,
             declaring
             him
             also
             unpardoned
             by
             Christ
             till
             he
             rep●nt
             ,
             and
             binding
             him
             over
             to
             his
             judgement
             .
             ]
             So
             that
             Excommunication
             is
             a
             Sentence
             of
             the
             person
             as
             uncapable
             of
             Church
             communion
             
             according
             to
             Christs
             Laws
             ,
             and
             a
             fore-judging
             him
             as
             unpardoned
             and
             condemnable
             by
             Christs
             judgement
             ,
             unless
             he
             repent
             ,
             and
             a
             command
             to
             the
             sinner
             to
             forbear
             the
             communion
             and
             priviledges
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Church
             to
             avoid
             him
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             5.
             
             Titus
             3.
             10
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             39.
             
             If
             the
             sinner
             repent
             ,
             the
             Pastor
             is
             
               Christs
               Officer
            
             ,
             in
             
               his
               name
            
             to
             pronounce
             him
             pardoned
             ,
             if
             his
             repentance
             be
             sincere
             ;
             and
             the
             Guide
             of
             the
             Church
             to
             require
             them
             to
             receive
             him
             again
             into
             their
             communion
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             7
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             Gal.
             6
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             40.
             
             Because
             Magistrates
             and
             people
             (
             as
             aforesaid
             )
             cannot
             attend
             so
             great
             a
             work
             as
             this
             ,
             without
             the
             neglect
             of
             their
             particular
             Callings
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             to
             be
             supposed
             so
             ●it
             as
             the
             Pastor
             ,
             and
             because
             God
             hath
             made
             it
             the
             work
             of
             his
             Office
             ,
             the
             people
             are
             to
             rest
             in
             his
             judgement
             about
             the
             fitness
             and
             Title
             of
             those
             that
             have
             the
             publick
             Church
             communion
             with
             them
             ,
             (
             though
             they
             are
             the
             Judges
             and
             Choosers
             of
             their
             Domestick
             and
             private
             familiars
             :
             )
             And
             they
             must
             not
             separate
             from
             them
             that
             are
             thus
             regularly
             admitted
             .
          
           
             41.
             
             Yet
             when
             the
             Pastors
             by
             mal-administration
             ,
             give
             them
             just
             cause
             ,
             the
             flock
             may
             seek
             their
             due
             remedy
             :
             of
             which
             more
             anon
             .
          
           
             42.
             
             This
             power
             is
             essentially
             in
             the
             
               Ministerial
               Office
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             is
             in
             
               every
               single
               Pastor
            
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             in
             
               some
               few
            
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             
               abler
               sort
            
             ,
             or
             only
             in
             a
             Synod
             ,
             Mat.
             16.
             19.
             
          
           
             43.
             
             When
             a
             Church
             hath
             but
             
               one
               Pastor
            
             he
             must
             exercise
             it
             alone
             (
             with
             due
             consideration
             and
             advice
             .
             )
             But
             when
             a
             Church
             hath
             
               many
               Pastors
            
             ,
             they
             must
             exercise
             it
             (
             and
             all
             Church
             guidance
             )
             in
             a
             way
             of
             Concord
             ,
             and
             avoid
             all
             dissentions
             among
             themselves
             ,
             Ephes.
             4.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             1
             
             Cor.
             1.
             10.
             
             John
             17.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             44.
             
             Therefore
             in
             such
             a
             case
             a
             particular
             Pastor
             may
             be
             obliged
             oft
             to
             suspend
             some
             such
             acts
             ,
             because
             the
             Major
             Vote
             of
             his
             Syn-Presbyters
             are
             against
             it
             ;
             Not
             that
             they
             are
             his
             Governours
             for
             the
             Majority
             of
             Vote
             ,
             but
             because
             the
             Laws
             of
             Concord
             require
             the
             Minor
             part
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Major
             .
          
           
             45.
             
             The
             same
             is
             the
             reason
             why
             in
             Elections
             ,
             Consents
             
             and
             other
             acts
             belonging
             to
             the
             flock
             ,
             the
             Major
             Vote
             should
             carry
             it
             in
             things
             lawful
             ;
             not
             because
             the
             people
             have
             any
             true
             
               Church
               Government
            
             ;
             but
             because
             they
             are
             obliged
             to
             
               Unity
               and
               Concord
            
             ;
             And
             in
             that
             case
             ,
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             calleth
             the
             Minor
             part
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Major
             ,
             lest
             there
             never
             should
             be
             any
             Concord
             had
             .
          
           
             46.
             
             And
             the
             same
             is
             the
             reason
             why
             in
             Synods
             and
             Councils
             ,
             the
             Major
             Vote
             of
             the
             Bishops
             must
             prevail
             ,
             in
             lawful
             things
             not
             forbidden
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             47.
             
             If
             any
             Pastor
             in
             the
             world
             pragmatically
             thrust
             himself
             into
             another
             mans
             charge
             ,
             and
             pretend
             himself
             to
             be
             the
             Ruler
             of
             his
             neighbour
             Churches
             and
             Pastors
             ,
             and
             attempt
             to
             exercise
             authority
             over
             them
             ,
             he
             is
             to
             be
             slighted
             as
             an
             Usurper
             ,
             and
             a
             disturber
             of
             the
             order
             and
             peace
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ,
             3
             John
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             48.
             
             Yet
             every
             Pastor
             is
             an
             Officer
             and
             Minister
             of
             Christ
             (
             as
             to
             the
             unconverted
             world
             to
             call
             them
             ,
             so
             )
             to
             the
             
               universal
               Church
            
             to
             exercise
             his
             Office
             in
             it
             where
             ever
             he
             hath
             an
             
               orderly
               call
            
             !
             And
             if
             he
             teach
             ,
             or
             administer
             Sacraments
             or
             Discipline
             ,
             upon
             such
             a
             
               particular
               call
            
             ,
             in
             a
             neighbour
             Church
             
               pro
               tempore
            
             ,
             he
             doth
             it
             as
             an
             Officer
             of
             Christ
             (
             and
             
               their
               Pastor
               pro
               tempore
            
             )
             and
             not
             as
             a
             Lay-man
             :
             As
             a
             licensed
             Physicion
             medicateth
             another
             Physicion
             ,
             or
             anothers
             Hospital
             ,
             when
             called
             to
             it
             ,
             not
             only
             as
             a
             neighbour
             that
             is
             unlicensed
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             licensed
             Physicion
             .
             So
             
               Timothy
               ,
               Ap●llo
               ,
               Silas
            
             ,
             and
             others
             did
             .
          
           
             49.
             
             Therefore
             neighbour
             Pastors
             must
             have
             so
             much
             care
             of
             other
             Churches
             as
             to
             admonish
             them
             against
             the
             infection
             of
             any
             Heresie
             or
             Scandal
             ,
             which
             they
             see
             them
             in
             apparent
             danger
             of
             ;
             whether
             by
             heretical
             wicked
             Pastors
             ,
             or
             others
             .
          
           
             50
             All
             neighbour
             Churches
             capable
             of
             correspondence
             ,
             are
             bound
             to
             hold
             a
             special
             
               concord
               among
               themselves
            
             ,
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Gospel
             by
             their
             Unity
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             conversion
             of
             the
             Infidel
             world
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             several
             Churches
             from
             danger
             ,
             by
             Heresie
             or
             discord
             ,
             Acts
             15.
             
             John
             17.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
             Eph.
             4.
             3
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             51.
             
             He
             that
             is
             excommunicated
             justly
             in
             one
             Church
             should
             not
             be
             received
             by
             the
             rest
             till
             he
             repent
             :
             Therefore
             the
             neighbour
             Churches
             may
             do
             well
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             each
             other
             
             whom
             they
             have
             excommunicated
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             cause
             .
          
           
             52.
             
             This
             correspondence
             is
             to
             be
             kept
             by
             
               Messengers
               ,
               Letters
            
             ,
             or
             Synods
             .
          
           
             53.
             
             Whether
             such
             Synods
             be
             stated
             ,
             or
             occasional
             ,
             and
             whether
             the
             President
             shall
             be
             still
             the
             same
             or
             changed
             ,
             with
             such
             other
             circumstances
             ,
             are
             things
             not
             determined
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             but
             left
             to
             the
             determination
             of
             humane
             prudence
             ,
             as
             the
             case
             shall
             require
             ,
             for
             the
             end
             intended
             .
          
           
             54.
             
             Though
             the
             Major
             part
             in
             these
             Synods
             ,
             be
             not
             the
             proper
             Governours
             of
             the
             Minor
             ,
             yet
             the
             Pastors
             there
             assembled
             are
             still
             the
             Governours
             of
             the
             flocks
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             also
             bound
             to
             Concord
             in
             things
             lawful
             among
             themselves
             .
             Therefore
             their
             Decrees
             about
             such
             things
             ,
             are
             Obligatory
             to
             the
             
               People
               ratione
               authoritatis
            
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             obligatory
             to
             one
             another
             (
             I
             mean
             the
             
               Pastors
               )
               ratione
               concordiae
            
             :
             And
             this
             is
             the
             true
             state
             of
             the
             binding
             power
             of
             Synods
             .
          
           
             55.
             
             Though
             the
             usual
             phrase
             of
             [
             
               binding
               the
               Conscience
            
             ]
             be
             unapt
             ,
             (
             Conscience
             being
             an
             act
             of
             science
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             not
             to
             know
             that
             by
             the
             obligation
             now
             in
             question
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             primarily
             )
             yet
             as
             to
             the
             sense
             intended
             ,
             it
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             the
             Commands
             of
             Parents
             ,
             Magistrates
             and
             Pastors
             ,
             in
             their
             proper
             places
             ,
             do
             all
             truly
             bind
             the
             soul
             ,
             or
             will
             ,
             or
             man
             ,
             or
             as
             they
             say
             ,
             the
             Conscience
             ;
             But
             it
             is
             only
             by
             a
             
               secondary
               obligation
            
             ,
             from
             a
             
               derived
               power
            
             ;
             as
             God
             bindeth
             it
             by
             a
             
               primary
               obligation
            
             by
             the
             
               primitive
               power
            
             .
             He
             that
             hath
             
               no
               power
            
             of
             obliging
             ,
             hath
             no
             power
             of
             Governing
             .
             And
             he
             that
             obligeth
             not
             the
             soul
             and
             will
             ,
             obligeth
             not
             the
             man
             at
             all
             ,
             by
             any
             Moral
             obligation
             :
             The
             body
             alone
             or
             immediately
             is
             bound
             by
             Cords
             and
             Chains
             ,
             but
             not
             by
             Commands
             and
             Laws
             :
             He
             that
             may
             not
             bind
             the
             soul
             by
             a
             Command
             ,
             hath
             no
             commanding
             authority
             ,
             Col.
             3.
             20
             ,
             22.
             
             Eph.
             6.
             1.
             
             Tit.
             3.
             1.
             
             Heb.
             13
             17
             ,
             24.
             
             &
             11.
             8.
             
          
           
             56.
             
             Therefore
             the
             distinction
             of
             
               Internal
               and
               External
            
             Government
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             
               forum
               interius
               &
               exterius
            
             ,
             needeth
             better
             explication
             ,
             than
             is
             used
             by
             most
             ;
             or
             else
             it
             will
             be
             worse
             than
             useless
             .
             The
             true
             difference
             of
             the
             Government
             Civil
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             is
             to
             be
             fetcht
             ,
             
               ab
               objecto
               ,
               &
               fine
               proximo
               &
               modo
               regendi
               .
            
             But
             as
             it
             meaneth
             that
             which
             
             is
             In●rinsecal
             or
             Extrinsecal
             to
             the
             Pastoral
             Office
             ,
             it
             is
             of
             great
             use
             .
             And
             as
             it
             differenceth
             Government
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             from
             that
             which
             worketh
             only
             on
             the
             mind
             .
          
           
             57.
             
             The
             same
             God
             who
             instituted
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             did
             also
             immediately
             institute
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Ministry
             :
             And
             therefore
             as
             to
             the
             Foundation
             they
             are
             co-ordinate
             ,
             and
             neither
             of
             them
             derived
             from
             the
             possessors
             of
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             58
             As
             to
             the
             Work
             and
             End
             ,
             the
             Magistrates
             work
             and
             the
             Ministers
             have
             each
             a
             preheminency
             in
             their
             own
             kinds
             .
          
           
             59.
             
             Magistrates
             ,
             Ministers
             and
             Parents
             may
             all
             command
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             Commands
             be
             obligatory
             ;
             As
             to
             learn
             a
             Cat●chisme
             ,
             to
             observe
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             60.
             
             It
             is
             not
             lawful
             for
             Pastors
             to
             
               Excommunicate
               either
               Kings
            
             ,
             or
             their
             
               chief
               Magistrates
            
             ,
             or
             their
             
               own
               Parents
            
             (
             unless
             perhaps
             in
             some
             rare
             case
             )
             by
             any
             publick
             formal
             or
             dishonouring
             Excommunication
             .
             Because
             the
             great
             Command
             in
             Nature
             [
             
               Honour
               thy
               Father
               and
               Mother
               ;
               Honour
               the
               King
            
             ]
             lyeth
             lower
             than
             the
             positive
             Command
             of
             Excommunication
             ;
             and
             is
             antecedent
             to
             it
             :
             And
             as
             
               affirmatives
               bind
               not
               semper
               &
               ad
               semper
               ,
            
             so
             also
             they
             
               give
               place
            
             to
             
               Natural
               Laws
            
             ,
             and
             not
             Naturals
             (
             ordinarily
             to
             them
             .
             And
             the
             
               Rulers
               Honour
            
             is
             of
             more
             publick
             use
             and
             necessity
             ,
             than
             excommunication
             in
             that
             particular
             act
             is
             .
             But
             an
             Usurping
             Tyrant
             ,
             who
             may
             be
             deposed
             ,
             and
             dishonoured
             ,
             may
             be
             excommunicated
             .
          
           
             61.
             
             Much
             less
             may
             a
             strange
             Pastor
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Magistrate
             never
             committed
             the
             care
             of
             his
             soul
             ,
             presume
             to
             excommunicate
             him
             who
             is
             none
             of
             his
             charge
             :
             And
             therefore
             the
             Pope
             and
             his
             Prelates
             excommunicating
             Kings
             and
             Rulers
             ,
             seemeth
             to
             me
             ,
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             a
             proclaiming
             open
             Hostility
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             62.
             
             Pastors
             have
             no
             Power
             over
             any
             but
             Consenters
             :
             Nor
             can
             they
             use
             the
             Sword
             ,
             or
             have
             any
             Coactive
             power
             at
             all
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             any
             power
             to
             touch
             a
             mans
             body
             or
             estate
             :
             but
             only
             to
             work
             upon
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             his
             Church-reputation
             .
             The
             forcing
             power
             belongeth
             only
             to
             Parents
             ,
             and
             
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             Ministers
             as
             such
             at
             all
             ,
             
             Luke
             ●●
             .
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27.
             1
             
             Pet.
             5.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             2
             
             Cor.
             10.
             4.
             
          
           
             63.
             
             The
             similitude
             of
             a
             
               Physicions
               power
            
             ,
             (
             if
             you
             will
             but
             suppose
             him
             to
             have
             a
             
               Hospital
               of
               Volunteers
            
             ,
             and
             his
             office
             to
             be
             of
             
               Divine
               institution
            
             )
             ;
             or
             of
             a
             Philosophers
             or
             Tutors
             (
             on
             the
             
               like
               supposition
            
             )
             over
             adult
             Disciples
             ,
             may
             much
             explicate
             the
             Church
             power
             .
             No
             wise
             Physicion
             will
             take
             any
             into
             his
             Hospital
             and
             Cure
             ,
             upon
             unsafe
             destructive
             terms
             ,
             which
             the
             Patient
             or
             Magistrate
             shall
             impose
             ;
             but
             will
             say
             ,
             [
             It
             is
             my
             function
             to
             Rule
             you
             ,
             as
             to
             Medicine
             for
             your
             Cure
             ;
             Take
             what
             I
             give
             you
             ,
             and
             use
             your self
             upon
             it
             as
             I
             advise
             you
             ,
             or
             else
             take
             your
             course
             ;
             you
             are
             no
             Patient
             for
             me
             ;
             nor
             shall
             be
             in
             my
             Hospital
             :
             I
             will
             not
             strike
             you
             ,
             nor
             fine
             and
             imprison
             you
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             be
             
               none
               of
               your
               Physicion
            
             ,
             (
             or
             saith
             the
             Tutor
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             none
             of
             your
             Teacher
             )
             nor
             shall
             you
             be
             any
             part
             of
             my
             Hospital
             ,
             (
             School
             )
             or
             charge
             .
             ]
             Only
             still
             remember
             here
             the
             
               Divine
               institution
            
             of
             the
             Ministry
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             the
             regulation
             of
             it
             by
             Gods
             Laws
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             not
             arbitrarily
             used
             .
          
           
             64.
             
             The
             undoing
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             (
             in
             those
             Countreys
             where
             Popery
             and
             Church-tyranny
             prevail
             )
             hath
             long
             been
             by
             the
             Magistrates
             annexing
             their
             executions
             to
             the
             sentence
             of
             the
             Church
             (
             as
             it
             is
             called
             )
             and
             becoming
             the
             meer
             Executioners
             of
             the
             judgement
             of
             other
             men
             .
             No
             Magistrate
             should
             be
             debased
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             made
             the
             Churches
             Executioner
             .
             If
             the
             Magistrate
             will
             punish
             a
             man
             ,
             it
             must
             not
             be
             meerly
             
               quatenus
               excommunicate
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             punished
             already
             ;
             but
             for
             the
             fault
             for
             which
             he
             was
             excommunicate
             .
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             then
             he
             must
             
               try
               and
               judge
            
             him
             for
             that
             fault
             at
             his
             own
             barr
             ,
             and
             not
             punish
             him
             unheard
             ,
             because
             the
             Church
             hath
             sentenced
             him
             :
             And
             if
             Rulers
             would
             more
             leave
             the
             Church
             to
             the
             exercise
             of
             its
             proper
             power
             ,
             and
             let
             excommunication
             do
             what
             it
             can
             of
             it self
             ,
             (
             unless
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             crime
             require
             a
             distinct
             Secular
             judgement
             and
             punishment
             )
             it
             would
             do
             much
             to
             heal
             all
             the
             divisions
             and
             perturbations
             in
             the
             Christian
             world
             .
             For
             which
             course
             I
             have
             these
             Reasons
             following
             to
             urge
             .
          
           
             
             
               1.
               
               It
               is
               a
               great
               contempt
               and
               reproach
               to
               Christs
               institution
               of
               discipline
               ,
               to
               tell
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               a
               powerless
               uneffectual
               thing
               of
               it self
               ,
               unless
               the
               Secular
               Sword
               do
               enforce
               it
               .
               Such
               Pastors
               vilifie
               their
               own
               power
               also
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               useless
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               It
               is
               a
               
                 corrupting
                 of
                 Christs
                 discipline
              
               ,
               and
               
                 destroying
                 the
                 use
              
               of
               it
               :
               For
               it
               cannot
               be
               known
               now
               ,
               what
               the
               Keyes
               do
               of
               themselves
               ,
               when
               the
               Sword
               goeth
               with
               them
               :
               No
               man
               knoweth
               when
               Repentance
               professed
               is
               credibly
               real
               and
               moved
               by
               divine
               Motives
               ;
               and
               when
               it
               is
               dissembled
               for
               avoiding
               of
               the
               Secular
               punishment
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               It
               must
               leave
               the
               Pastors
               conscience
               unsatisfied
               in
               his
               administrations
               ;
               and
               bind
               him
               to
               abuse
               Christ
               ;
               when
               he
               must
               say
               to
               men
               ,
               [
               If
               you
               had
               but
               rather
               say
               that
               you
               repent
               ,
               than
               lye
               in
               a
               Gaol
               ,
               I
               absolve
               you
               ,
               and
               give
               you
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               and
               pronounce
               you
               pardoned
               by
               Christ.
               ]
               Who
               can
               administer
               on
               these
               terms
               ?
            
             
               4.
               
               It
               is
               a
               dangerous
               deluding
               of
               the
               sinners
               soul
               ,
               that
               seemeth
               intimated
               by
               this
               way
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               It
               is
               a
               wilful
               corrupting
               and
               
                 confounding
                 of
                 the
                 Church
              
               ;
               when
               men
               shall
               be
               forced
               to
               be
               
                 its
                 members
              
               ,
               though
               they
               be
               
                 Infidels
                 ,
                 Heathens
              
               ,
               or
               most
               impious
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               but
               rather
               say
               they
               are
               Christians
               than
               lye
               in
               Gaol
               .
               And
               by
               this
               means
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               no
               man
               can
               know
               ,
               who
               are
               really
               of
               the
               
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
              
               ,
               or
               of
               any
               tyrannical
               Church
               ,
               but
               only
               who
               had
               rather
               say
               they
               are
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               than
               be
               undone
               :
               which
               any
               Infidel
               and
               Atheist
               will
               soon
               do
               .
               Therefore
               let
               not
               Rome
               boast
               of
               the
               number
               of
               her
               members
               which
               are
               unknown
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               It
               is
               a
               changing
               of
               
                 Christs
                 terms
              
               of
               
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 Christianity
                 ,
                 Communion
              
               and
               Absolution
               :
               when
               Christ
               saith
               ,
               [
               
                 He
                 that
                 from
                 his
                 heart
                 believeth
                 and
                 repenteth
                 ,
                 and
                 forsaketh
                 the
                 flesh
                 and
                 the
                 world
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 my
                 Disciple
                 and
                 be
                 pardoned
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 credibly
                 professeth
                 thus
                 much
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 taken
                 into
                 the
                 Church
              
               (
               which
               are
               truly
               Christs
               terms
               )
               now
               cometh
               the
               Church-tyrant
               and
               saith
               [
               
                 He
                 that
                 will
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 believeth
                 and
                 repenteth
                 rather
                 than
                 he
                 will
                 forsake
                 the
                 flesh
                 and
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 choose
                 the
                 Church
                 before
                 a
                 Gaol
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 pardoned
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 communion
                 with
                 the
              
               
               Church
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               have
               the
               seals
               of
               pardon
               to
               delude
               him
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               By
               this
               means
               the
               Church
               is
               mostly
               constituted
               ,
               in
               such
               Countreys
               ,
               of
               the
               grossest
               wicked
               hypocrites
               :
               And
               it
               is
               made
               a
               scorn
               to
               Infidels
               and
               Heathens
               ,
               and
               their
               conversion
               hindered
               thereby
               ,
               when
               they
               see
               that
               Christians
               are
               worse
               than
               they
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               And
               by
               this
               means
               these
               hypocrites
               ruine
               the
               Church
               it self
               (
               as
               an
               enemies
               Souldiers
               in
               an
               Army
               )
               :
               And
               nominal
               Christians
               and
               Pastors
               ,
               that
               are
               heartily
               enemies
               to
               Christ
               ,
               do
               him
               more
               wrong
               ,
               and
               cause
               more
               divisions
               and
               ruines
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               than
               they
               could
               have
               done
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               staid
               without
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               It
               destroyeth
               most
               of
               the
               hopes
               or
               the
               success
               of
               
                 those
                 Pastors
              
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               converting
               and
               saving
               of
               mens
               souls
               :
               Because
               when
               the
               Magistrate
               is
               made
               but
               their
               executioner
               ,
               the
               people
               take
               all
               their
               sufferings
               as
               
                 from
                 them
              
               :
               And
               they
               will
               bear
               that
               from
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               which
               they
               will
               not
               bear
               from
               a
               Minister
               ,
               whose
               Office
               is
               to
               Rule
               them
               by
               
                 Reason
                 and
                 by
                 Love
              
               :
               And
               so
               such
               Pastors
               are
               usually
               feared
               and
               hated
               by
               the
               people
               ,
               whereby
               they
               are
               disabled
               to
               do
               them
               that
               saving
               good
               ,
               which
               can
               be
               done
               on
               none
               against
               his
               will
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               8.
               13.
               
               &
               9.
               22.
               1
               
               Tim.
               4.
               16.
               
            
             
               10.
               
               And
               hereby
               a
               Church-tyranny
               is
               set
               and
               kept
               up
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               by
               which
               persecutions
               and
               divisions
               have
               been
               maintained
               for
               many
               hundred
               years
               ;
               and
               the
               Ministers
               of
               Christ
               have
               been
               forbidden
               to
               preach
               his
               Gospel
               ,
               to
               the
               unspeakable
               injury
               of
               souls
               ;
               and
               the
               lives
               of
               many
               hundred
               thousands
               ,
               have
               been
               a
               Sacrifice
               ,
               to
               the
               Pride
               ,
               and
               Avarice
               ,
               and
               Cruelty
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ;
               to
               the
               great
               dishonour
               of
               the
               Christian
               Name
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               And
               hereby
               Princes
               have
               had
               a
               power
               set
               over
               them
               ,
               to
               the
               diminution
               of
               their
               proper
               power
               ,
               and
               part
               of
               their
               dominion
               subjugated
               to
               others
               ,
               under
               the
               false
               name
               of
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Authority
              
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               their
               own
               standing
               made
               troublesome
               and
               unsafe
               ,
               and
               multitudes
               dethroned
               ,
               and
               Wars
               raised
               against
               them
               by
               the
               Clergies
               pretended
               power
               ,
               or
               instigation
               ;
               of
               which
               all
               the
               Wars
               between
               the
               
               ●erman
               Emperours
               and
               the
               Papalines
               are
               full
               proof
               ,
               recorded
               in
               all
               the
               Histories
               collected
               by
               
                 Freherus
                 ,
                 Ruberus
              
               ,
               and
               Pistorius
               ,
               in
               
                 Sabbellicus
                 ,
                 Nauclerus
              
               ,
               and
               multitudes
               of
               other
               Historians
               ;
               and
               our
               English
               Histories
               ,
               by
               
                 Ingulphus
                 ,
                 Matthew
                 Paris
                 ,
                 Hoveden
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               And
               the
               Italian
               by
               Guicciardine
               and
               many
               others
               :
               Nay
               ,
               what
               Countrey
               is
               there
               ,
               where
               the
               Papal
               and
               Tyrannical
               Clergy
               have
               not
               overtopt
               or
               troubled
               the
               State.
               
            
             
               12.
               
               And
               when
               all
               this
               is
               done
               ,
               they
               would
               deceive
               the
               Princes
               themselves
               into
               a
               Consent
               ,
               and
               so
               into
               the
               guilt
               of
               their
               own
               disturbance
               ,
               and
               their
               peoples
               misery
               :
               And
               cast
               all
               the
               odium
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               we
               do
               but
               deliver
               you
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Secular
               Power
               ,
               it
               is
               they
               that
               do
               the
               execution
               on
               you
               :
               when
               yet
               a
               General
               Council
               (
               the
               Rule
               of
               their
               Religion
               )
               
                 Later
                 .
                 sub
                 Innoc.
              
               3.
               
               Can.
               2
               ,
               3.
               deposeth
               such
               Temporal
               Lords
               that
               will
               not
               do
               such
               execution
               .
            
          
           
             65.
             
             He
             that
             desireth
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             doth
             take
             it
             for
             a
             grievous
             punishment
             to
             be
             cast
             out
             of
             it
             .
             And
             he
             that
             doth
             not
             desire
             it
             ,
             is
             unfit
             for
             it
             .
             Therefore
             he
             that
             cannot
             feel
             the
             penalty
             of
             an
             Excommunication
             alone
             (
             but
             only
             of
             a
             Mulct
             or
             Prison
             )
             may
             be
             fit
             enough
             for
             further
             punishment
             ,
             but
             is
             unfit
             for
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             66.
             
             Yet
             is
             the
             Magistrate
             the
             Protector
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             a
             Keeper
             of
             her
             Peace
             and
             Priviledges
             and
             of
             both
             Tables
             ;
             and
             must
             use
             his
             power
             to
             promote
             Religion
             .
          
           
             67.
             
             To
             which
             end
             he
             may
             prudently
             by
             moderate
             means
             constrain
             some
             that
             neglect
             their
             own
             salvation
             to
             hear
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             confer
             with
             such
             as
             can
             instruct
             them
             ,
             and
             use
             those
             means
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             made
             universally
             necessary
             ,
             to
             bring
             the
             ignorant
             to
             knowledge
             ;
             and
             may
             restrain
             them
             from
             actual
             open
             sin
             ,
             and
             from
             scorn
             and
             opposition
             of
             the
             means
             that
             should
             convert
             them
             ,
             and
             from
             hindering
             others
             from
             the
             means
             of
             salvation
             ,
             and
             from
             open
             seducing
             them
             from
             God
             ,
             or
             Christianity
             ,
             or
             from
             a
             godly
             ,
             righteous
             ,
             or
             sober
             life
             :
             In
             all
             this
             ,
             moderate
             penalties
             may
             be
             used
             ;
             and
             men
             may
             be
             thus
             far
             constrained
             ,
             and
             restrained
             :
             But
             not
             constrained
             to
             profess
             that
             
             which
             they
             do
             not
             believe
             ,
             nor
             to
             take
             the
             priviledges
             which
             God
             forbiddeth
             them
             to
             take
             .
             So
             that
             there
             are
             fitter
             means
             left
             ,
             for
             the
             Magistrate
             to
             help
             the
             Church
             by
             .
          
           
             68.
             
             The
             King
             and
             Magistrates
             have
             
               curam
               animarum
            
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             the
             same
             sense
             as
             the
             Pastors
             have
             :
             They
             have
             the
             charge
             of
             Government
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             order
             to
             the
             corporal
             case
             ,
             and
             peace
             and
             prosperity
             of
             their
             subjects
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             order
             to
             mens
             holy
             ,
             sober
             and
             righteous
             living
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             saving
             of
             mens
             souls
             .
             And
             their
             Calling
             must
             be
             sanctified
             ,
             by
             doing
             all
             in
             it
             to
             these
             high
             and
             holy
             ends
             ,
             Rev.
             11.
             15.
             
             Rom.
             13.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Isa.
             49.
             23
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             69.
             
             They
             are
             Gods
             subordinate
             Officers
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             power
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             for
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             beginning
             and
             the
             end
             of
             all
             ,
             Rom.
             13.
             2
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             70.
             
             Because
             their
             power
             is
             from
             him
             and
             for
             him
             ,
             they
             have
             none
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             71.
             
             Yet
             have
             they
             a
             power
             which
             
               we
               must
               submit
               to
            
             as
             
               from
               God
            
             ,
             even
             when
             it
             is
             used
             by
             accident
             against
             him
             ,
             in
             some
             points
             of
             his
             will
             and
             interest
             ;
             so
             be
             it
             that
             we
             obey
             it
             not
             in
             doing
             any
             sin
             our selves
             .
          
           
             72.
             
             They
             that
             make
             Kings
             and
             Magistrates
             to
             have
             no
             charge
             of
             Religion
             ,
             (
             but
             only
             as
             the
             Clergies
             judgement
             leads
             them
             ,
             )
             but
             only
             to
             preserve
             mens
             bodily
             power
             ;
             and
             say
             that
             the
             Church
             hath
             the
             care
             of
             mens
             
               souls
               and
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             only
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             our
             
               outward
               wealth
            
             ,
             do
             debase
             the
             Magistrate
             as
             far
             below
             the
             Minister
             ,
             as
             the
             body
             is
             below
             the
             soul
             ;
             and
             teach
             the
             people
             to
             esteem
             ,
             love
             and
             honour
             the
             Minister
             as
             much
             above
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             as
             the
             soul
             and
             Heaven
             are
             better
             than
             the
             flesh
             and
             earth
             :
             And
             they
             make
             the
             difference
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             holier
             any
             of
             the
             people
             are
             ,
             the
             more
             they
             must
             prefer
             their
             Minister
             before
             their
             King
             :
             which
             is
             a
             Popish
             and
             most
             unsufferable
             debasing
             of
             the
             highest
             Officers
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             73.
             
             The
             same
             points
             of
             Religion
             ,
             the
             same
             sin
             and
             duties
             ,
             come
             under
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             and
             the
             Pastors
             ;
             though
             to
             several
             ends
             .
             The
             Magistrate
             is
             the
             Judge
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             and
             the
             Pastors
             are
             the
             Judges
             of
             Heresie
             :
             The
             Magistrate
             is
             the
             Judge
             of
             Murder
             ,
             Adultery
             and
             
             Theft
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             the
             Pastor
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             Magistrate
             is
             
               Judge
               ,
               who
               is
               to
               be
               corporally
               punished
               for
               Heresie
               and
               Murder
               ,
               and
               Adultery
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             And
             the
             Pastors
             are
             
               Judges
               ,
               who
               is
               to
               be
               excommunicated
               as
               Impenitent
               in
               such
               guilt
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             5.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             74.
             
             Yet
             there
             are
             some
             faults
             ,
             and
             some
             sorts
             of
             inquisition
             into
             faults
             ,
             which
             the
             Magistrates
             may
             prudently
             restrain
             the
             Pastors
             from
             medling
             with
             ,
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             publick
             peace
             :
             especially
             when
             they
             would
             indirectly
             make
             themselves
             Judges
             of
             mens
             Titles
             and
             Estates
             ;
             or
             in
             controverted
             cases
             ,
             where
             the
             Magistrate
             must
             first
             decide
             ,
             and
             the
             Pastors
             only
             follow
             ,
             if
             the
             Pastors
             will
             be
             the
             first
             deciders
             ,
             and
             prevent
             the
             Magistrate
             and
             assume
             his
             work
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             wrong
             the
             publick
             peace
             ,
             or
             private
             right
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             be
             restrained
             .
          
           
             75.
             
             The
             Magistrate
             hath
             all
             the
             Coactive
             Government
             ,
             over
             Ministers
             as
             well
             as
             over
             any
             others
             of
             his
             Subjects
             :
             And
             to
             exempt
             the
             Clergy
             from
             his
             subjection
             without
             his
             consent
             ,
             as
             traiterous
             .
             (
             And
             if
             he
             
               will
               consent
            
             ,
             he
             may
             thank
             himself
             .
             )
          
           
             76.
             
             Magistrates
             may
             (
             by
             moderate
             penalties
             )
             drive
             on
             negligent
             Pastors
             to
             their
             duty
             ,
             and
             restrain
             them
             from
             mischieving
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             punish
             them
             for
             notorious
             pernicious
             mal-administration
             :
             As
             Solomon
             deposed
             Abiather
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             77.
             
             But
             they
             must
             not
             on
             this
             pretence
             invade
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Pastors
             Office
             ;
             as
             to
             ordain
             ,
             degrade
             ,
             baptize
             ,
             excommunicate
             ecclesiastically
             ,
             nor
             impose
             on
             the
             Pastors
             any
             of
             the
             circumstantials
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             their
             own
             Office
             to
             determine
             of
             .
          
           
             78.
             
             Pastors
             must
             obey
             the
             Magistrates
             in
             all
             Lawful
             things
             ,
             which
             belong
             to
             his
             Office
             to
             command
             .
          
           
             79.
             
             Many
             things
             are
             sinfully
             commanded
             (
             because
             without
             necessity
             or
             cause
             ,
             or
             because
             to
             ill
             ends
             ,
             or
             with
             ill
             circumstances
             in
             the
             Commander
             )
             which
             yet
             it
             is
             the
             Subjects
             duty
             to
             obey
             in
             :
             Because
             one
             Law
             may
             be
             for
             a
             Ruler
             ,
             and
             another
             for
             a
             Subject
             ,
             and
             their
             duties
             various
             .
          
           
             80.
             
             Where
             it
             is
             not
             lawful
             to
             obey
             ,
             it
             is
             yet
             unlawful
             for
             subjects
             to
             resist
             the
             higher
             powers
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             
             authorized
             Officers
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             our
             good
             ,
             Rom.
             〈…〉
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             81.
             
             Though
             usually
             it
             is
             very
             unfit
             that
             Pastors
             be
             also
             Magistrates
             (
             both
             because
             of
             some
             dissonancy
             in
             their
             necessary
             deportment
             and
             work
             ,
             and
             because
             one
             of
             the
             Offices
             alone
             is
             enough
             for
             any
             man
             faithfully
             to
             perform
             )
             Yet
             if
             the
             King
             make
             Magistrates
             of
             Pastors
             ,
             
               as
               Magistrates
            
             their
             coactive
             power
             must
             be
             obeyed
             .
          
           
             82.
             
             Magistrates
             may
             make
             Laws
             for
             the
             Church
             in
             circumstancials
             
               circa
               sacra
            
             ,
             which
             belong
             to
             their
             proper
             determination
             :
             And
             also
             to
             enforce
             obedience
             to
             the
             Commands
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             prudence
             shall
             justly
             direct
             them
             :
             of
             this
             see
             
               Grotius
               de
               Imp.
               sum
               .
               pot
               .
            
          
           
             83.
             
             Magistrates
             may
             call
             Synods
             and
             Councils
             :
             And
             the
             Pastors
             may
             also
             voluntarily
             assemble
             ,
             for
             
               mutual
               advice
            
             ,
             either
             in
             cases
             of
             
               great
               necessity
            
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             in
             
               lesser
               cases
            
             ,
             when
             the
             Magistrate
             
               forbiddeth
               it
               not
            
             .
          
           
             84.
             
             In
             a
             time
             when
             Blasphemy
             ,
             or
             Heresie
             ,
             or
             Sedition
             prevaileth
             ,
             the
             Magistrate
             may
             name
             certain
             Blasphemies
             ,
             Heresies
             ,
             &c.
             which
             he
             may
             forbid
             his
             Subjects
             to
             preach
             up
             .
          
           
             85.
             
             And
             he
             may
             restrain
             all
             utterly
             unable
             persons
             ,
             or
             heretical
             false
             Teachers
             ,
             or
             any
             that
             notoriously
             do
             more
             harm
             than
             good
             ,
             from
             the
             liberty
             of
             preaching
             in
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             proved
             fitter
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             from
             abusing
             the
             Gospel
             and
             mens
             souls
             .
          
           
             86.
             
             But
             if
             on
             this
             pretence
             he
             should
             forbid
             Christs
             faithful
             able
             Ministers
             ,
             to
             preach
             the
             Christian
             faith
             ,
             and
             call
             men
             to
             repentance
             ,
             and
             save
             mens
             souls
             ,
             (
             when
             there
             are
             not
             enow
             more
             ,
             especially
             to
             do
             that
             work
             ,
             as
             proportioned
             to
             the
             number
             and
             necessity
             of
             souls
             )
             it
             would
             be
             a
             sin
             so
             heinous
             against
             Christ
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             souls
             of
             men
             ,
             as
             I
             think
             it
             not
             meet
             now
             to
             aggravate
             or
             express
             ,
             1
             Thes.
             2.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             87.
             
             If
             faithful
             Ministers
             break
             good
             Laws
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             punished
             as
             other
             Subjects
             ,
             in
             Purse
             ,
             or
             Body
             ,
             or
             Name
             ,
             so
             as
             may
             least
             hinder
             them
             in
             the
             work
             of
             Christ.
             
          
           
             88.
             
             They
             that
             silence
             faithful
             able
             Pastors
             ,
             for
             such
             faults
             as
             may
             be
             otherwise
             punished
             ,
             do
             grievously
             punish
             the
             
               faultless
               people
            
             (
             even
             in
             their
             souls
             )
             for
             the
             fault
             of
             another
             .
             
             As
             if
             a
             man
             that
             hath
             a
             family
             of
             an
             hundred
             persons
             ,
             were
             forbidden
             to
             give
             them
             bread
             to
             save
             their
             lives
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             drunk
             ,
             or
             swore
             an
             Oath
             ,
             which
             might
             be
             punished
             on
             himself
             alone
             .
          
           
             89.
             
             The
             Magistrate
             may
             
               excommunicate
               in
               his
               way
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
               Pastors
               do
               in
               theirs
            
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             Magistrate
             may
             as
             a
             penalty
             for
             a
             crime
             ,
             lay
             Subjects
             under
             a
             note
             of
             infamy
             ,
             and
             Outlaw
             them
             ,
             and
             command
             all
             men
             to
             avoid
             familiarity
             with
             them
             ;
             (
             And
             this
             as
             
               bad
               Subjects
            
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             Church-members
             or
             not
             .
             )
             And
             he
             may
             as
             a
             Keeper
             of
             the
             Churches
             Priviledges
             and
             Peace
             (
             till
             forfeited
             )
             restrain
             all
             excommunicate
             persons
             from
             forcing
             themselves
             into
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             which
             did
             excommunicate
             them
             .
          
           
             90.
             
             So
             contentious
             are
             Pastors
             oft
             times
             ,
             and
             so
             necessary
             is
             the
             Magistrates
             Office
             to
             the
             publick
             peace
             ,
             that
             every
             Church
             should
             be
             under
             the
             eye
             of
             some
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             or
             Censors
             appointed
             by
             force
             to
             silence
             intruding
             Bawlers
             and
             Railers
             ,
             and
             to
             restrain
             Ministers
             from
             making
             it
             their
             publick
             work
             ,
             unpeaceably
             to
             traduce
             and
             revile
             their
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             represent
             dissenters
             as
             odious
             to
             the
             flock
             .
             And
             if
             such
             Magistrates
             had
             kept
             the
             Churches
             
               Order
               and
               Peace
            
             according
             to
             
               their
               Office
            
             ,
             it
             had
             prevented
             abundance
             of
             the
             Papal
             Usurpations
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             fruit
             of
             Magistrates
             neglects
             .
          
           
             91.
             
             
               Lay
               Chancellors
            
             exercising
             the
             
               Spiritual
               Power
            
             of
             the
             Keyes
             (
             though
             they
             should
             
               pro
               forma
            
             use
             the
             stale
             of
             an
             
               Ordinaries
               pronunciation
            
             )
             is
             such
             a
             sort
             of
             Church
             Government
             ,
             as
             I
             will
             never
             swear
             that
             in
             my
             place
             and
             Calling
             I
             will
             not
             at
             any
             time
             endeavour
             to
             alter
             by
             lawful
             means
             .
          
           
             92.
             
             The
             Parents
             are
             put
             in
             the
             fourth
             Commandment
             ,
             rather
             than
             the
             Magistrate
             or
             Pastor
             ,
             because
             their
             authority
             is
             the
             most
             plenary
             Image
             of
             the
             Divine
             Authority
             in
             these
             respects
             .
             1.
             
             Their
             Authority
             is
             not
             by
             Contract
             ,
             but
             by
             Nature
             .
             2.
             
             It
             is
             the
             primary
             radical
             power
             .
             3.
             
             It
             is
             most
             universally
             necessary
             to
             mankind
             .
             4.
             
             And
             it
             
               representeth
               Gods
               Government
            
             .
             1.
             
             In
             that
             it
             is
             founded
             in
             Generation
             ,
             as
             Gods
             in
             Creation
             .
             2.
             
             Because
             thence
             ariseth
             1.
             
             The
             
               fullest
               Image
            
             of
             his
             Dominion
             ,
             in
             the
             Parents
             
               fullest
               Propriety
            
             in
             his
             Child
             .
             2.
             
             Of
             his
             
               sapiential
               Rule
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Parents
             Government
             
             (
             as
             in
             presence
             )
             3.
             
             Of
             his
             Love
             which
             Parents
             are
             allowed
             to
             exceed
             all
             other
             Rulers
             in
             :
             Therefore
             God
             calls
             himself
             Our
             Father
             .
          
           
             93.
             Q.
             What
             if
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             Minister
             ,
             and
             Parents
             have
             opposite
             Commands
             ?
             Which
             of
             them
             is
             to
             be
             obeyed
             ?
             
               e.
               g.
            
             The
             Magistrate
             bids
             you
             meet
             in
             one
             place
             for
             publick
             Worship
             ;
             the
             Bishop
             in
             another
             ,
             and
             the
             Parent
             in
             a
             third
             ?
             The
             Magistrate
             bids
             you
             Learn
             one
             Catechism
             and
             no
             other
             ;
             the
             Bishop
             another
             ,
             and
             not
             that
             ,
             and
             the
             Parents
             a
             third
             .
             The
             Magistrate
             bids
             you
             stand
             ,
             the
             Pastor
             bids
             you
             kneel
             ,
             the
             Parents
             bid
             you
             sit
             .
             The
             Magistrate
             bids
             you
             pray
             by
             one
             form
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             by
             another
             ,
             and
             the
             Parents
             by
             a
             third
             or
             none
             .
             The
             Magistrate
             commandeth
             one
             translation
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             another
             .
             The
             Bishop
             commandeth
             you
             to
             use
             a
             Ceremony
             ,
             or
             to
             keep
             a
             holy
             day
             ,
             and
             your
             Parents
             forbid
             it
             you
             ?
             In
             such
             cases
             which
             must
             you
             conform
             to
             and
             obey
             ?
          
           
             Answ.
             When
             I
             am
             desired
             ,
             and
             promised
             by
             those
             concerned
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             be
             well
             taken
             ,
             I
             will
             answer
             such
             kind
             of
             questions
             as
             these
             .
             But
             till
             then
             I
             will
             hold
             my
             tongue
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             hold
             my
             peace
             .
          
           
             94.
             
             No
             contrary
             commands
             of
             Church-men
             (
             as
             they
             are
             called
             )
             ;
             nor
             any
             of
             our
             
               own
               Vows
            
             or
             Covenants
             ,
             can
             excuse
             us
             from
             obedience
             to
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             ,
             in
             lawful
             things
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             authorized
             them
             to
             command
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             which
             are
             belonging
             to
             their
             place
             of
             Government
             to
             regulate
             .
             Though
             if
             the
             question
             be
             but
             ,
             
               e.
               g.
            
             What
             Medicine
             and
             Dose
             shall
             be
             given
             to
             a
             Patient
             ,
             or
             by
             what
             Medium
             a
             Philosopher
             shall
             demonstrate
             ;
             or
             what
             Subject
             and
             what
             Method
             and
             Words
             a
             Pastor
             shall
             use
             for
             the
             present
             edification
             of
             his
             flock
             ;
             or
             how
             a
             Surgeon
             shall
             open
             a
             Vein
             ,
             or
             a
             Pilot
             guide
             his
             Ship
             ,
             &c.
             the
             Artist
             may
             be
             obeyed
             before
             an
             Emperour
             ,
             (
             by
             him
             that
             careth
             for
             his
             life
             ,
             or
             his
             understanding
             )
             .
             But
             yet
             as
             all
             these
             are
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             so
             he
             may
             give
             them
             general
             Laws
             ,
             especially
             to
             restrain
             them
             from
             notorious
             hurtfulness
             .
          
           
             
               Sir
               ,
               If
               all
               these
               Propositions
               be
               enow
               for
               the
               Concord
               of
               sober
               Christians
               in
               these
               matters
               ,
               I
               hope
               neither
               you
               ,
               nor
               I
               ,
               nor
               any
               lover
               of
               the
               Church
               and
               Peace
               ,
               shall
               need
               to
               use
               much
            
             
             
               sharpness
               against
               the
               Opinions
               of
               such
               dissenters
               .
               But
               if
               they
               be
               not
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               when
               we
               shall
               have
               concord
               .
               And
               yet
               that
               you
               may
               see
               that
               I
               am
               not
            
             over
             sollicitous
             of
             my
             Peace
             ,
             
               I
               will
               make
               up
               the
               number
               with
               these
               less
               pleasing
               Propositions
               .
            
          
           
             95.
             
             Because
             
               Corruptio
               optimi
               ,
               est
               pessima
               ,
               Magistrates
            
             and
             Ministers
             are
             of
             all
             men
             (
             usually
             )
             either
             the
             greatest
             Blessings
             or
             the
             greatest
             Burdens
             of
             mankind
             on
             earth
             .
             Saith
             Campanella
             ,
             (
             Metaph.
             )
          
           
             
               Potentiae
               Corruptio
               ,
               est
               Tyrannis
               maxima
               mundi
               mala
               .
            
             
               Sapientiae
               Corruptio
               ,
               est
               Haeresis
               maxima
               mundi
               mala
               .
            
             
               Amoris
               Corruptio
               ,
               est
               Hypocrisis
               maxima
               mundi
               mala
               .
            
          
           
             (
             though
             indeed
             he
             might
             as
             well
             have
             named
             more
             .
             )
             As
             Tyranny
             is
             in
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             Heathen
             ,
             Infidel
             and
             Popish
             )
             the
             principal
             sin
             ,
             which
             hindereth
             the
             Gospel
             and
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             forbiddeth
             the
             preaching
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             life
             for
             mens
             salvation
             (
             And
             therefore
             a
             sin
             which
             no
             Christian
             Magistrate
             or
             Preacher
             ,
             should
             think
             of
             ,
             but
             with
             great
             abhorrence
             ,
             and
             none
             by
             any
             palliation
             should
             befriend
             it
             )
             ;
             so
             Prudent
             and
             
               Good
               Princes
            
             are
             under
             God
             the
             Pillars
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             For
             they
             are
             the
             Chief
             Officers
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             shew
             forth
             his
             
               Power
               ,
               Wisdom
            
             and
             Goodness
             ,
             Truth
             and
             Holiness
             ,
             Justice
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             in
             their
             Government
             ;
             And
             by
             
               their
               Laws
            
             to
             promote
             the
             obedience
             of
             
               his
               Laws
            
             ;
             And
             to
             encourage
             the
             Preachers
             and
             Practicers
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             Sobriety
             and
             Righteousness
             ;
             And
             to
             defend
             them
             against
             the
             Malignity
             of
             those
             that
             would
             silence
             ,
             oppress
             and
             persecute
             them
             on
             earth
             ;
             And
             by
             their
             examples
             and
             punishments
             ,
             to
             bring
             all
             
               ungodliness
               ,
               intemperance
            
             and
             injustice
             unto
             shame
             .
             None
             therefore
             that
             possess
             so
             great
             a
             mercy
             ,
             should
             undervalue
             it
             ,
             or
             be
             unthankful
             .
          
           
             96.
             
             Wise
             Rulers
             will
             watch
             the
             Plots
             of
             such
             enemies
             ,
             as
             would
             use
             them
             as
             the
             Devil
             would
             have
             used
             Christ
             ,
             who
             carried
             him
             to
             the
             Pinnacle
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             in
             hope
             to
             have
             seen
             his
             fall
             the
             greater
             :
             who
             would
             have
             them
             with
             Herod
             arrogate
             the
             praise
             of
             God
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             or
             with
             Pharaoh
             or
             Nebuchadnezzar
             to
             disdain
             to
             be
             under
             the
             Soveraignty
             of
             their
             Maker
             ?
             and
             ascribe
             to
             them
             the
             Divine
             
             Prerogatives
             ;
             And
             would
             make
             it
             seem
             their
             honour
             to
             have
             Power
             to
             do
             the
             greatest
             mischief
             ;
             that
             the
             pretence
             and
             claim
             may
             make
             them
             odious
             ,
             and
             so
             may
             debilitate
             and
             undermine
             them
             .
             That
             like
             a
             draught
             of
             cold
             water
             to
             one
             in
             a
             Pleurisie
             ,
             they
             may
             kill
             them
             by
             pleasing
             them
             .
          
           
             97.
             
             It
             is
             an
             unchristian
             carnal
             craft
             for
             the
             Protestant
             Clergy
             of
             several
             Opinions
             ,
             to
             lay
             false
             charges
             on
             one
             another
             ,
             as
             being
             enemies
             to
             the
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             when
             really
             their
             principles
             therein
             are
             all
             the
             same
             ;
             Or
             to
             make
             the
             differences
             of
             Statesmen
             and
             Lawyers
             ,
             to
             be
             taken
             for
             differences
             in
             Religion
             :
             purposely
             to
             make
             one
             another
             (
             and
             their
             Religion
             )
             odious
             ,
             and
             to
             strengthen
             themselves
             by
             the
             errors
             and
             passions
             of
             Princes
             ;
             till
             at
             last
             they
             have
             tempted
             the
             world
             to
             think
             as
             bad
             of
             all
             and
             of
             Religion
             it self
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             said
             of
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             by
             undermining
             others
             fall
             themselves
             .
          
           
             98.
             
             But
             yet
             that
             Party
             who
             really
             make
             a
             Religion
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Rebellion
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             disowned
             by
             all
             that
             will
             be
             true
             to
             God
             and
             to
             his
             Officers
             :
             In
             my
             Sermon
             to
             the
             Parliament
             the
             day
             before
             they
             Voted
             the
             Restoration
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             I
             said
             somewhat
             of
             the
             difference
             of
             the
             Protestant
             and
             Popish
             Religion
             ,
             in
             this
             point
             .
             And
             a
             Papist
             Gentleman
             first
             wrote
             an
             Invective
             against
             me
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             had
             given
             no
             proof
             of
             what
             I
             said
             ;
             And
             several
             persons
             of
             unknown
             names
             wrote
             Letters
             to
             me
             to
             urge
             and
             challenge
             me
             to
             prove
             it
             :
             Blindly
             or
             wilfully
             overlooking
             the
             undeniable
             proof
             which
             I
             had
             there
             laid
             down
             ,
             from
             one
             of
             their
             General
             Councils
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Decrees
               of
               approved
               General
               Councils
               are
               the
               Papists
               Religion
               :
               The
               Decrees
               of
               approved
               General
               Councils
               are
               for
               the
               Popes
               deposing
               Temporal
               Lords
               ,
               if
               they
               exterminate
               not
               such
               as
               deny
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               and
               giving
               their
               Dominions
               to
               others
               :
            
             Ergo
             ,
             
               The
               Popish
               Religion
               is
               for
               the
               Popes
               deposing
               Temporal
               Lords
               in
               that
               case
               ,
               and
               giving
               their
               Dominions
               to
               others
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Major
             is
             not
             questioned
             .
             The
             Minor
             ,
             (
             besides
             the
             
               Concil
               .
               Rom.
               sub
               Greg.
            
             7.
             which
             determineth
             that
             the
             Pope
             may
             depose
             Emperours
             )
             I
             there
             proved
             from
             the
             express
             words
             of
             
               Concil
               .
               Lateran
               .
               sub
               Innoc.
            
             3.
             
             Can.
             3.
             which
             uttereth
             
             it
             at
             large
             .
             And
             if
             any
             Protestant
             do
             (
             with
             Dr.
             Tailor
             ,
             Dr.
             Gunning
             ,
             and
             Dr.
             Pierson
             )
             doubt
             of
             the
             authority
             of
             those
             Canons
             ,
             that
             's
             nothing
             to
             the
             Papists
             who
             justifie
             it
             as
             an
             approved
             Council
             ,
             and
             vindicate
             it
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             find
             with
             copiousness
             and
             confidence
             ,
             in
             the
             printed
             Answer
             to
             the
             last
             named
             Doctors
             .
             What
             impudency
             then
             is
             it
             in
             these
             men
             to
             challenge
             me
             to
             prove
             ,
             and
             yet
             overlook
             my
             proof
             ?
          
           
             99.
             
             CHRISTIANITY
             according
             to
             the
             Scripture
             and
             primitive
             simplicity
             ,
             in
             
               Doctrine
               ,
               Worship
               ,
               Government
            
             and
             Life
             ,
             doth
             constitute
             a
             CHRISTIAN
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Christian
               Church
            
             .
             The
             making
             of
             
               humane
               additions
            
             and
             
               mutable
               adjuncts
            
             to
             seem
             
               things
               necessary
            
             ,
             doth
             constitute
             a
             SECT
             .
             (
             And
             alas
             how
             small
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Christian
             world
             ,
             is
             not
             entangled
             in
             some
             such
             Sect.
             )
             To
             be
             united
             to
             all
             Christians
             ,
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             a
             Catholick
             :
             To
             trouble
             the
             Churches
             peace
             by
             striving
             to
             set
             up
             one
             Sect
             or
             Faction
             ,
             and
             suppress
             the
             rest
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             a
             Schismatick
             and
             Sectary
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             if
             some
             will
             by
             a
             superstitious
             unscriptural
             rigour
             of
             Discipline
             ,
             make
             every
             Pastors
             power
             arbitrary
             (
             or
             the
             peoples
             ,
             which
             is
             worse
             )
             in
             judging
             of
             mens
             inward
             holiness
             ,
             and
             will
             lay
             by
             the
             Scripture
             Title
             ,
             which
             is
             (
             
               a
               sober
               Profession
               of
               the
               Baptismal
               Covenant
            
             )
             and
             think
             by
             this
             strictness
             to
             advance
             the
             honour
             of
             their
             party
             ,
             as
             to
             purity
             ,
             They
             will
             but
             endlesly
             run
             into
             divisions
             :
             And
             by
             setting
             themselves
             at
             a
             greater
             distance
             ,
             from
             common
             Christians
             ,
             than
             God
             alloweth
             them
             ,
             provoke
             him
             to
             cast
             on
             them
             some
             greater
             shame
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             
               any
               others
            
             will
             make
             their
             
               unnecessary
               forms
               of
               Synods
            
             ,
             and
             other
             adjuncts
             ,
             to
             seem
             so
             necessary
             ,
             as
             to
             enter
             into
             Leagues
             and
             Covenants
             to
             make
             them
             the
             terms
             of
             the
             Churches
             Unity
             ,
             God
             will
             not
             own
             such
             terms
             nor
             ways
             ,
             nor
             will
             they
             be
             durable
             ,
             while
             the
             ground
             is
             mutable
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             
               in
               the
               Countreys
               where
               Popery
               and
               Church-tyranny
               prevail
               ,
            
             any
             other
             more
             
               lofty
               faction
            
             ,
             shall
             perswade
             the
             people
             that
             there
             must
             be
             
               no
               King
            
             any
             longer
             than
             
               their
               domination
            
             is
             upheld
             ;
             and
             shall
             seek
             to
             twist
             the
             
               corruptions
               ,
               grandure
            
             or
             
               mutable
               adjuncts
            
             of
             
               their
               function
            
             ,
             by
             Oaths
             ,
             into
             the
             very
             Constitution
             of
             the
             State
             ;
             Like
             the
             Trent
             Oath
             ,
             
             swearing
             the
             Subjects
             to
             obey
             the
             Church
             ,
             yea
             ,
             putting
             the
             Church
             before
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             swearing
             them
             ,
             
               not
               at
               any
               time
            
             (
             though
             commanded
             by
             the
             King
             )
             
               to
               endeavour
               any
               alteration
               in
               that
               Church-Government
            
             ;
             no
             nor
             to
             
               consent
               to
               any
            
             ;
             that
             so
             the
             subjects
             may
             be
             as
             fast
             
               bound
               to
               them
            
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             by
             the
             
               Oath
               of
               fidelity
            
             to
             
               their
               Kings
            
             ;
             It
             is
             time
             in
             such
             a
             case
             to
             pray
             [
             
               God
               save
               the
               King
            
             ]
             and
             to
             write
             on
             our
             doors
             [
             
               Lord
               have
               mercy
               on
               us
            
             .
             ]
             And
             a
             true
             subject
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             swearing
             ,
             must
             learn
             
             Seneca's
             Lesson
             ,
             [
             
               No
               man
               more
               esteemeth
               vertue
               ,
               than
               he
               that
               for
               the
               love
               of
               it
               can
               let
               go
               the
               reputation
               of
               it
            
             ;
             ]
             And
             must
             be
             content
             to
             be
             
               called
               Disloyal
               ,
               disobedient
               ,
               factious
               ,
            
             that
             he
             may
             
               not
               be
               so
            
             ,
             nor
             betray
             
               his
               Soul
               ,
               his
               Prince
            
             ,
             and
             
               his
               posterity
            
             .
          
           
             100.
             
             But
             to
             put
             my self
             out
             of
             the
             reach
             of
             any
             rational
             suspicion
             ,
             besides
             what
             is
             said
             ,
             I
             profess
             ,
             that
             
               I
               ascribe
               all
               that
               Power
               to
               Kings
               ,
               which
               is
               given
               them
               by
               any
               Text
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               acknowledged
               by
               any
               Council
               General
               or
               Provincial
               ,
               or
               by
               any
               publick
               authentick
               Confession
               of
               any
               Christian
               Church
               ,
               either
               Protestant
               ,
               Greek
               or
               Popish
               ,
               that
               ever
               I
               yet
               saw
               .
            
             And
             if
             this
             be
             not
             enough
             as
             to
             matter
             of
             Religion
             ,
             (
             leaving
             the
             Cases
             of
             Law
             to
             Lawyers
             )
             I
             can
             give
             you
             no
             more
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Object
               .
               Eccles.
               1.
               18.
            
             
             In
             much
             wisdom
             is
             much
             grief
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             increaseth
             knowledge
             ,
             increaseth
             sorrow
             .
             7.
             16.
             
             Be
             not
             righteous
             over
             much
             ;
             neither
             make
             thy self
             over
             wise
             :
             why
             shouldst
             thou
             destroy
             thy self
             ?
             9.
             2.
             
             As
             is
             the
             good
             ,
             so
             is
             the
             sinner
             :
             he
             that
             sweareth
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             feareth
             an
             Oath
             .
             
               Isa.
               59.
               15.
            
             
             Truth
             faileth
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             departeth
             from
             evil
             ,
             maketh
             himself
             a
             prey
             .
             
               1
               Kings
               22.
               13.
            
             
             Let
             thy
             word
             ,
             I
             pray
             thee
             ,
             be
             like
             the
             word
             of
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             speak
             good
             .
             —
          
           
             
               Answ.
               V.
               14.
            
             
             As
             the
             Lord
             liveth
             ,
             what
             the
             Lord
             saith
             unto
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             speak
             .
             
               Luke
               12.
               4.
            
             
             I
             say
             to
             you
             my
             friends
             ,
             Be
             not
             afraid
             of
             them
             that
             kill
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             have
             no
             more
             that
             they
             can
             do
             .
             But
             ,
             
               &c.
               1
               Thess.
               2.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
            
             They
             please
             not
             God
             ,
             and
             are
             contrary
             to
             all
             men
             ;
             forbidding
             us
             to
             speak
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             saved
             ,
             to
             fill
             up
             their
             sins
             alwayes
             ,
             for
             the
             wrath
             is
             come
             upon
             them
             to
             the
             uttermost
             .
             
             
               Acts
               20.
               24.
            
             
             But
             none
             of
             these
             things
             move
             me
             ,
             neither
             count
             I
             my
             life
             dear
             unto
             my self
             ,
             so
             that
             I
             might
             finish
             my
             course
             with
             joy
             ,
             and
             the
             Ministry
             which
             I
             have
             received
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               1
               Cor.
               4.
               17
               ,
               18.
               
            
             For
             our
             light
             affliction
             which
             is
             but
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             worketh
             for
             us
             a
             far
             more
             exceeding
             eternal
             weight
             of
             glory
             :
             While
             we
             look
             not
             at
             the
             things
             which
             are
             seen
             ,
             but
             at
             the
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             :
             For
             the
             things
             which
             are
             seen
             are
             temporal
             ;
             but
             the
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             ,
             are
             eternal
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Sept.
                 21.
                 1669.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Addition
           :
           Of
           the
           Power
           of
           Kings
           and
           Bishops
           out
           of
           Bishop
           Bilson
           and
           Andrews
           .
        
         
           LEst
           you
           should
           wrong
           the
           sober
           Episcopal
           Divines
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           think
           that
           they
           claim
           as
           
             jure
             Divino
          
           ,
           and
           as
           Pastoral
           ,
           any
           Coercive
           forcing
           power
           ,
           but
           only
           an
           authoritative
           perswading
           power
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Keyes
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           I
           will
           transcribe
           some
           of
           the
           words
           of
           that
           Learned
           ,
           Judicious
           Bishop
           Bilson
           in
           his
           Tract
           .
           of
           
             Christian
             Subjection
          
           ;
           By
           which
           you
           will
           see
           ,
           that
           all
           forcing
           power
           claimed
           by
           them
           ,
           is
           only
           Magistratical
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           the
           Kings
           Officers
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           Christ.
           
        
         
           Note
           also
           that
           constantly
           he
           distinguisheth
           the
           Magistrates
           power
           from
           the
           Pastors
           ,
           by
           the
           [
           Sword
           ]
           as
           the
           instrument
           of
           execution
           ,
           which
           even
           about
           Ecclesiastical
           matters
           is
           proper
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ;
           As
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Word
           and
           Sacraments
           ,
           or
           Keyes
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           the
           Pastors
           :
           And
           these
           are
           the
           shortest
           ,
           plainest
           ,
           and
           least
           ambiguous
           terms
           ;
           and
           more
           clear
           than
           [
           Internal
           ,
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Civil
           ]
           which
           have
           all
           much
           obscurity
           and
           ambiguity
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           238.
           
           
             Princes
             only
             be
             Governours
             in
             things
             and
             Causes
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             with
             the
             Sword
             —
             Bishops
             be
             no
             Governours
             in
             those
             things
             with
             the
             Sword.
          
           ]
           Pag.
           240.
           
           
             We
             confess
             Princes
             to
             be
             Supream
             Governours
             ,
             —
             Supream
             bearers
             of
             the
             Sword
             —
             We
             give
             Princes
             no
             power
             to
             devise
             or
             invent
             new
             Religions
             ,
             to
             alter
             or
             change
             Sacraments
             ,
             to
             decide
             or
             debate
             doubts
             of
             faith
             ,
             to
             disturb
             or
             infringe
             the
             Canons
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           But
           of
           these
           two
           last
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           we
           Puritans
           (
           as
           they
           call
           us
           )
           hold
           1.
           
           That
           the
           King
           may
           and
           must
           decide
           doubts
           of
           faith
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           execution
           by
           the
           Sword
           (
           as
           ,
           who
           shall
           be
           banished
           or
           imprisoned
           as
           a
           Teacher
           of
           Heresie
           )
           2.
           
           And
           that
           Canons
           
             circa
             sacra
          
           not
           takeing
           the
           Pastors
           proper
           work
           out
           of
           his
           hand
           may
           be
           made
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           even
           if
           he
           please
           without
           the
           Prelates
           ▪
           
           And
           if
           Pastors
           make
           Canons
           ,
           the●
           are
           but
           in
           order
           to
           their
           proper
           way
           of
           execution
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           252.
           
           
             And
             if
             Princes
             shall
             not
             bear
             the
             Sword
             ,
             in
             things
             and
             Causes
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             you
             must
             tell
             us
             who
             shall
             —
             Since
             by
             Gods
             Law
             the
             Priest
             may
             not
             meddle
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             the
             consequent
             is
             inevitable
             ,
             that
             Princes
             alone
             are
             Gods
             Ministers
             ,
             bearing
             the
             Sword
             ,
             to
             reward
             and
             revenge
             good
             and
             evil
             in
             all
             things
             and
             causes
             ,
             be
             they
             Temporal
             ,
             Spiritual
             or
             Ecclesiastical
             :
             unless
             you
             think
             that
             disorders
             and
             abuses
             Ecclesiastical
             should
             be
             freely
             permitted
          
           —
           Page
           256.
           
           
             This
             then
             is
             the
             Supream
             power
             of
             Princes
             ,
             which
             we
             teach
             —
             That
             they
             be
             Gods
             Ministers
             in
             their
             own
             Dominions
             ,
             bearing
             the
             Sword
             ,
             freely
             to
             permit
             and
             publickly
             defend
             that
             which
             God
             commandeth
             —
             So
             may
             they
             with
             just
             force
             remove
             whatsoever
             is
             erroneous
             ,
             vicious
             ,
             and
             superstitious
             within
             their
             Lands
             ,
             and
             with
             external
             losses
             and
             corporal
             pains
             repress
             the
             broachers
             and
             abetters
             of
             Heresies
             and
             all
             impieties
             —
             From
             which
             subjection
             to
             Princes
             ,
             no
             man
             within
             their
             Realms
             ,
             Monk
             ,
             Priest
             ,
             Preacher
             or
             Prelate
             is
             exempted
             :
             And
             without
             their
             Realms
             no
             mortal
             man
             hath
             any
             power
             from
             Christ
             judicially
             to
             depose
             them
             ;
             much
             less
             to
             invade
             them
             in
             open
             field
             ,
             least
             of
             all
             to
             warrant
             their
             Subjects
             to
             rebell
             against
             them
             .
             These
             be
             the
             things
             which
             we
             contend
             for
             ;
             and
             not
             whether
             Princes
             be
             Christs
             Masters
             ,
             or
             the
             functions
             to
             preach
             ,
             baptize
             ,
             impose
             hands
             ,
             and
             forgive
             sins
             ,
             must
             be
             derived
             from
             the
             Princes
             power
             and
             Laws
             ;
             or
             the
             Apostles
             might
             enter
             to
             convert
             Countreys
             ,
             without
          
           Caesars
           
             delegations
             ;
             These
             be
             jests
             and
             shifts
             of
             yours
             .
          
        
         
           Page
           261.
           
           
             To
             Bishops
             speaking
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             Princes
             as
             well
             as
             others
             must
             yield
             obedience
             :
             But
             if
             Bishops
             pass
             their
             Commission
             ,
             and
             speak
             besides
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             what
             they
             list
             ,
             both
             Prince
             and
             people
             may
             despise
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Page
           258.
           
           
             His
             Word
             is
             Truth
             :
             and
             therefore
             your
             Bishops
             cannot
             be
             Judges
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             be
             Judges
             of
             Christ
             himself
             that
             speaketh
             by
             his
             Word
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             small
             presumption
             .
             —
             My
             Sheep
             hear
             my
             voice
             —
             They
             be
             no
             Judges
             of
             his
             voice
             .
          
           —
        
         
           Page
           259.
           
           
             If
             you
             take
             judging
             for
             discerning
             ,
             —
             the
             People
             must
             be
             discerners
             and
             Judges
             of
             that
             which
             is
             taught
          
           —
        
         
         
           Page
           271.
           
           Ph.
           
             If
             General
             Councils
             might
             err
             ,
             the
             Church
             might
             err
          
           —
           Th.
           
             As
             though
             none
             were
             of
             or
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             only
             Bishops
             !
             Or
             all
             the
             Bishops
             of
          
           Christendome
           
             without
             exception
             ,
             were
             ever
             present
             at
             any
             Council
             ?
             Or
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             those
             that
             are
             present
             might
             not
             strike
             the
             stroke
             without
             the
             rest
          
           —
        
         
           See
           pag.
           350
           ,
           351
           ,
           352.
           
           Et
           seq
           .
           
             That
             only
             Magistrates
             may
             touch
             body
             or
             goods
             .
          
        
         
           Page
           358.
           
           
             The
             Watchmen
             and
             Shepheards
             that
             serve
             Christ
             in
             his
             Church
             ,
             have
             their
             kind
             of
             Regiments
             distinct
             from
             the
             temporal
             Power
             and
             State
             :
             But
             that
             Regiment
             of
             theirs
             is
             by
             Counsel
             and
             perswasion
             ,
             not
             by
             terror
             or
             Compulsion
             ;
             and
             reacheth
             neither
             to
             the
             goods
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             bodies
             of
             any
             men
          
           —
        
         
           Page
           366.
           
           
             As
             for
             your
             Episcopal
             Power
             over
             Princes
             ,
             if
             that
             be
             it
             you
             seek
             for
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             take
             their
             Kingdoms
             from
             them
             ,
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             If
             they
             break
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             you
             may
             reprove
             them
             :
             If
             they
             hear
             you
             not
             ,
             you
             may
             leave
             them
             in
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             shut
             Heaven
             against
             them
             .
             If
             they
             fall
             to
             open
             Heresie
             or
             wilful
             impiety
             ,
             you
             may
             refuse
             to
             communicate
             with
             them
             in
             prayers
             and
             other
             divine
             duties
             ;
             yea
             ,
             you
             must
             rather
             yield
             your
             lives
             with
             submission
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             than
             deliver
             them
             the
             Word
             and
             Sacraments
             ,
             otherwise
             than
             God
             hath
             appointed
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           (
           Say
           you
           so
           ;
           I
           promise
           you
           Sir
           ,
           if
           Kings
           must
           be
           dealt
           so
           strictly
           with
           ,
           though
           it
           cost
           you
           your
           lives
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           a
           Non-conformist
           a
           little
           longer
           ,
           though
           it
           cost
           me
           my
           livelihood
           ,
           rather
           than
           give
           Baptism
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           Absolution
           ,
           and
           the
           justifying
           assertions
           at
           Burials
           ,
           as
           commonly
           as
           I
           must
           do
           ,
           if
           I
           conform
           .
           )
        
         
           P.
           525.
           
           
             Pastors
             have
             their
             kind
             of
             Correction
             even
             over
             Princes
             :
             but
             such
             as
             by
             Gods
             Law
             ,
             may
             stand
             with
             the
             Pastors
             Vocation
             ;
             and
             tend
             to
             the
             Princes
             salvation
             :
             and
             that
             exceedeth
             not
             the
             Word
             and
             Sacraments
             :
             Other
             Correction
             over
             any
             private
             man
             Pastors
             have
             none
             ;
             much
             less
             over
             Princes
             —
             Princes
             may
             force
             their
             Subjects
             by
             the
             Temporal
             Sword.
             —
             Bishops
             may
             not
             force
             their
             flock
             with
             any
             corporal
             or
             external
             violence
             .
          
           Pag.
           526.
           
           Chrysostom
           saith
           —
           
             For
             of
             all
             men
             Christian
             (
             Bishops
             )
             may
             least
             correct
             the
             faults
             of
             men
             by
             force
             :
             Judges
             that
             are
             without
             the
             Church
             —
             may
             compell
             —
             But
          
           
           
             here
             (
             in
             the
             Church
             )
             we
             may
             not
             offer
             any
             violence
             ,
             but
             only
             perswade
             .
             We
             have
             not
             so
             great
             authority
             given
             us
             by
             the
             Laws
             as
             to
             repress
             offenders
             :
             And
             if
             it
             were
             lawful
             for
             us
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             use
             of
             any
             such
             violent
             power
             ;
             for
             that
             Christ
             crowneth
             them
             which
             abstain
             from
             sin
             ,
             not
             of
             a
             forced
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             willing
             mind
             —
             Hilary
          
           teacheth
           the
           same
           Lesson
           ;
           
             If
             this
             violence
             were
             used
             for
             the
             true
             faith
             ,
             the
             doctrine
             of
             Bishops
             would
             be
             against
             it
             .
             God
             needeth
             no
             forced
             service
             :
             He
             requireth
             no
             constrained
             confession
             :
             I
             cannot
             receive
             any
             man
             but
             him
             that
             is
             willing
          
           ☜
           
             I
             cannot
             give
             ear
             ,
             but
             to
             him
             that
             intreateth
             .
             I
             cannot
             sign
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             baptize
             any
             but
             him
             that
             (
             gladly
             )
             professeth
             .
          
           —
           So
           
             Origen
             —
             For
             all
             the
             crimes
             which
             God
             would
             have
             revenged
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             them
             revenged
             not
             by
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Rulers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Judges
             of
             the
             world
             —
             Bishops
             by
             vertue
             of
             their
             Callings
             cannot
             command
             others
             ,
             or
             authorize
             violence
             or
             arms
             .
          
           —
        
         
           Pag.
           541.
           
           
             Parliaments
             have
             been
             kept
             by
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Barons
             ,
             the
             Clergy
             wholly
             excluded
             ;
             and
             yet
             their
             Acts
             and
             Statutes
             good
             .
             And
             when
             the
             Bishops
             were
             present
             ,
             their
             Voices
             from
             the
             Conquest
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             were
             never
             Negative
             .
             By
             Gods
             Law
             you
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             with
             making
             Laws
             for
             Kingdoms
             and
             Commonwealths
             :
             You
             may
             teach
             ,
             you
             may
             not
             command
             .
             Perswasion
             is
             your
             part
             :
             Compulsion
             is
             the
             Princes
             .
          
        
         
           Page
           245.
           
           Far
           better
           St.
           Ambrose
           saith
           [
           
             If
             the
             Emperour
             ask
             for
             Tribute
             ,
             we
             deny
             it
             not
             :
             The
             Lands
             of
             the
             Church
             pay
             Tribute
             :
             If
             he
             affect
             the
             Lands
             themselves
             ,
             he
             hath
             power
             to
             take
             them
             :
             no
             man
             among
             us
             is
             any
             let
             to
             him
             .
             The
             alms
             of
             the
             people
             is
             enough
             for
             the
             poor
             .
             Let
             them
             never
             procure
             us
             envy
             for
             our
             Lands
             :
             let
             them
             take
             them
             if
             they
             please
             :
             I
             do
             not
             give
             them
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             but
             I
             do
             not
             deny
             them
             .
          
        
         
           So
           far
           Bilson
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           we
           allow
           :
           And
           if
           all
           this
           be
           the
           concurrent
           judgement
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           sober
           Protestants
           ,
           called
           Episcopal
           or
           Presbyterians
           ,
           what
           reason
           hath
           any
           Erastian
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           interest
           to
           quarrel
           with
           them
           .
           If
           any
           practise
           not
           according
           to
           these
           principles
           ,
           let
           them
           hear
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Indeed
           in
           point
           of
           convenience
           we
           greatly
           differ
           from
           some
           men
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           1.
           
           Whether
           it
           be
           convenient
           for
           the
           King
           to
           make
           Church-men
           Magistrates
           ,
           or
           not
           ?
           2.
           
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           convenient
           immediately
           to
           back
           their
           Excommunications
           ,
           with
           the
           Sword
           ;
           And
           for
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           be
           the
           Clergies
           Executioner
           ,
           or
           to
           imprison
           men
           
             eo
             nomine
          
           ,
           because
           excommunicate
           and
           not
           repenting
           .
           3.
           
           And
           whether
           it
           be
           convenient
           to
           make
           the
           
             same
             Court
          
           called
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           so
           mixt
           of
           Pastoral
           and
           
             Secular
             Power
             united
          
           ,
           in
           one
           Chancellor
           (
           who
           is
           no
           Pastor
           ,
           but
           a
           Lay
           man
           )
           or
           in
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           as
           that
           in
           and
           by
           it
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           the
           Spiritual
           Government
           shall
           be
           either
           confounded
           ,
           or
           so
           twisted
           as
           to
           be
           undiscernable
           ,
           or
           become
           one
           tertium
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           this
           ,
           as
           we
           love
           not
           to
           be
           too
           forward
           in
           teaching
           Magistrates
           what
           is
           convenient
           ,
           (
           though
           many
           of
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           have
           done
           it
           plainly
           ,
           and
           spoken
           against
           the
           Magistracy
           of
           Priests
           ;
           and
           Cy●il
           of
           Alexandria
           is
           branded
           by
           Socrates
           and
           others
           with
           some
           infamy
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           Bishop
           that
           used
           Coercive
           power
           )
           ;
           so
           you
           have
           more
           cause
           to
           say
           what
           you
           have
           to
           say
           in
           this
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Magistrate
             himself
          
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Bishops
           or
           Presbyteries
           :
           For
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           will
           needs-make
           Priests
           his
           Officers
           ,
           and
           put
           his
           Sword
           into
           such
           hands
           ,
           as
           have
           enough
           to
           do
           in
           their
           proper
           work
           ,
           Or
           if
           he
           will
           punish
           men
           with
           the
           Sword
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           punished
           already
           by
           excommunication
           ,
           or
           because
           they
           repent
           not
           ,
           lest
           excommunication
           alone
           should
           prove
           uneffectual
           ;
           quarrel
           not
           for
           his
           actions
           with
           other
           men
           :
           It
           is
           his
           own
           doing
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           himself
           that
           you
           blame
           ,
           when
           you
           blame
           these
           things
           :
           Say
           not
           that
           Prelates
           or
           Presbyteries
           
             take
             the
             Magistrates
             power
             from
             him
          
           ;
           but
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           that
           the
           Magistrate
           giveth
           it
           them
           ,
           and
           
             will
             have
             it
          
           so
           to
           be
           .
           (
           Though
           I
           excuse
           none
           that
           urge
           him
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           voluntarily
           assume
           his
           Power
           .
           )
        
         
           Bishop
           Andrews
           also
           saith
           
             Tortur
             Torti
             p.
          
           383.
           
           [
           
             Cohibeat
             Regem
             Diaconus
             ,
             si
             cum
             indignus
             sit
             ,
             idque
             palam
             constet
             ,
             accedat
             tamen
             ad
             Sacramentum
             :
             Cohibeat
             &
             medicus
             ,
             si
             ad
             noxium
             quid
             vel
             insalubre
             manum
             admoveat
             :
             Cohibeat
             &
             Equiso
             ,
             si
             inter
             equitandum
             adigat
             Equum
             per
             l●cum
             praeruptum
             ,
             vel
             salebrosum
             ,
             cui
             subsit
             periculum
             .
             Etiamre
          
           
           
             medico
             ?
             Etiamne
             Equisoni
             suo
             subjectus
             Rex
             ?
             Sed
             de
             Majori
             potestate
             loquitur
             :
             sed
             ea
             ad
             rem
             noxiam
             procul
             arcendam
             :
             qua
             in
             re
             Charitatis
             semper
             Potestas
             est
             maxima
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           you
           see
           what
           Church
           Government
           is
           in
           Bishop
           Andrews
           sense
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           the
           Bishops
           hold
           the
           King
           himself
           to
           be
           restrainable
           even
           by
           a
           Deacon
           ;
           And
           yet
           but
           (
           I
           think
           )
           according
           to
           your
           own
           sense
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           judge
           then
           whether
           the
           Bishops
           and
           you
           differ
           as
           far
           as
           you
           imagine
           ;
           and
           whether
           the
           Courts
           and
           Church
           power
           which
           offendeth
           you
           ,
           be
           not
           set
           up
           by
           Kings
           themselves
           ,
           who
           make
           the
           Bishops
           their
           Officers
           therein
           .
           To
           which
           add
           what
           Bilson
           proveth
           that
           Patriarchs
           ,
           Metropolitans
           and
           Archbishops
           Dignities
           are
           the
           gift
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           institution
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           will
           see
           more
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Princes
           own
           doing
           .
        
         
           I
           add
           to
           the
           like
           purpose
           more
           out
           of
           Bilson
           pag.
           313.
           
           [
           
             We
             grant
             ,
             they
             must
             rather
             hazard
             their
             lives
             ,
             than
             baptize
             Princes
             which
             believe
             not
             ,
          
           or
           
             distribute
             the
             Lords
             mysteries
             to
             them
             that
             repent
             not
             ,
             but
             give
             wilful
             and
             open
             signification
             of
             iniquity
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           This
           is
           Church
           Government
           ,
           which
           none
           can
           contradict
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           it
           that
           Chrysostom
           so
           often
           professeth
           also
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           would
           rather
           let
           his
           own
           blood
           be
           shed
           ,
           than
           give
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           to
           the
           unworthy
           .
        
         
           And
           
             Beda
             Hist.
             Eccles.
             l.
          
           2.
           cap.
           5.
           telleth
           us
           ,
           that
           Melitus
           Bishop
           of
           London
           (
           with
           Justus
           )
           was
           banished
           by
           the
           heirs
           of
           King
           Sabareth
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           not
           give
           them
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           needs
           have
           before
           they
           were
           baptized
           .
        
         
           (
           And
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           if
           Bishops
           say
           that
           Kings
           must
           be
           used
           thus
           ,
           the
           Non-conformists
           are
           not
           such
           intolerable
           Schismaticks
           ,
           as
           some
           now
           represent
           them
           ,
           for
           desiring
           ,
           that
           every
           Presbyter
           may
           not
           be
           compelled
           against
           his
           Conscience
           to
           give
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           the
           basest
           of
           the
           people
           that
           are
           ignorant
           what
           Christ
           or
           Christianity
           is
           ,
           and
           to
           them
           that
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           receive
           it
           ,
           but
           are
           forced
           to
           take
           it
           against
           their
           wills
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           Prison
           ;
           nor
           to
           baptize
           the
           Children
           of
           such
           Parents
           as
           know
           not
           what
           baptism
           is
           ,
           or
           as
           are
           professed
           Infidels
           ,
           having
           not
           so
           much
           
           as
           Christian
           Adopters
           ,
           but
           only
           Ceremonious
           persons
           called
           God-fathers
           and
           God-mothers
           .
           )
        
         
           
             Papirius
             Massonus
             in
             vita
             Leonis
          
           1.
           reciteth
           his
           words
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           banishing
           the
           Manichees
           ,
           and
           addeth
           [
           
             Ex
             hac
             rei
             gestae
             narratione
             perspicuum
             est
             Romanos
             Episcopas
             relegare
             tunc
             non
             potuisse
             ,
             nec
             in
             exilium
             reos
             mittere
             ,
             utì
             hodie
             faciunt
             ;
             sed
             eos
             tantum
             censura
             coercere
             ,
             &
             poen●
             ecclesiastica
             mulctar●
             .
          
        
         
           I
           add
           no
           more
           ,
           supposing
           that
           almost
           all
           sober
           Episcopal
           ,
           Presbyterians
           ,
           Independents
           and
           Erastians
           are
           agreed
           in
           all
           the
           first
           ninety
           four
           Propositions
           ,
           (
           if
           not
           all
           )
           that
           are
           here
           asserted
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           those
           may
           suffice
           to
           signifie
           their
           Concord
           ,
           and
           promote
           their
           Reconciliation
           ,
           if
           Interest
           (
           mistaken
           )
           and
           Passion
           (
           mis-guided
           )
           did
           not
           much
           more
           than
           difference
           of
           judgement
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           to
           cause
           their
           alienation
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           I
           have
           written
           this
           to
           vindicate
           both
           the
           Power
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Office
           of
           Pastors
           from
           any
           mens
           unjust
           suspicions
           or
           accusations
           ,
           who
           look
           only
           on
           one
           side
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           that
           these
           Offices
           are
           no
           more
           contrary
           than
           Head
           and
           Heart
           ,
           than
           Light
           and
           Heat
           :
           so
           I
           do
           require
           the
           Reader
           to
           put
           no
           sense
           upon
           any
           thing
           here
           written
           ,
           which
           is
           injurious
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           Magistrates
           or
           Pastors
           ,
           or
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           :
           For
           all
           such
           senses
           I
           do
           hereby
           disclaim
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26914-e310
           
             Read
             the
             Declaration
             against
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             by
             
               H.
               I.
            
             for
             the
             Popes
             deposing
             Kings
             ,
             pa.
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             27
             43.
             
             Read
             
               Hottomans
               Franco-Gal
               .
               cap.
            
             7.
             and
             his
             
               Brutum
               ●●lmen
               ,
               pag.
            
             87
             ,
             97
             ,
             98.
             
             Read
             Withriagton
             and
             Barclay
             against
             Bellarmia
             in
             
               Goldastus
               Tom.
            
             3.
             
               de
               Mon.
            
             And
             Bellarmia
             against
             
               Barclay
               c.
            
             9.
             
             
               Vid.
               Sua
               ez
               .
               ●
               .
               advers
               .
               sect
               .
               A●glic
               .
               li
            
             6.
             cap.
             4.
             sect
             .
             14.
             
               &
               cap.
            
             6.
             sect
             .
             22.
             24.
             
             
               Azor.
               ●rs
               .
               Mor.
               par
            
             .
             1.
             l.
             8
             c.
             13.
             
             
               Dom.
               Bannes
               in
               Thom.
            
             22.
             q.
             12.
             art
             .
             2.
             
             
               August
               .
               Triump
               .
               de
               potest
               .
               Eccl.
               q
            
             46.
             art
             .
             2.
             
             There
             is
             no
             doubt
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             but
             the
             Pope
             may
             depose
             all
             Kings
             when
             there
             is
             reasonable
             cause
             for
             it
             .
             ]
             See
             the
             Jesui●s
             Morals
             ,
             and
             Mystery
             of
             Jesuitism
             ,
             and
             
               Myster
               .
               Patrum
               Jesuitarum
            
             .
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             ☜
             
          
           
             See
             Bellarm.
             de
             Pontif.
             Ro.
             li.
             5.
             c.
             1.
             
             &
             6.
             
             &
             7.
             
             &
             8.
             
               he
               saith
               ,
               It
               is
               the
               common
               judgement
               of
               all
               Catholick
               Divines
               ,
               that
               the
               Pope
            
             ratione
             spiritualis
             hath
             at
             least
             indirectly
             a
             certain
             Power
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             highest
             in
             Temporals
             .
             Which
             c.
             6.
             
               he
               saith
            
             ,
             is
             just
             such
             over
             Princes
             ,
             as
             the
             soul
             hath
             over
             the
             body
             ;
             or
             sensitive
             appetite
             :
             and
             that
             thus
             he
             may
             change
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             take
             them
             from
             one
             ,
             and
             give
             to
             another
             ,
             as
             the
             chief
             Spiritual
             Prince
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             but
             necessary
             to
             the
             safety
             of
             souls
             .
             
               Yea
               ,
               he
               saith
               ,
               that
            
             It
             is
             not
             lawful
             for
             Christians
             to
             tolerate
             an
             Infidel
             or
             Heretical
             King
             ,
             if
             he
             endeavour
             to
             draw
             his
             Subjects
             to
             his
             Heresie
             or
             unbelief
             .
             But
             to
             judge
             whether
             a
             King
             do
             draw
             to
             Heresie
             or
             not
             ,
             belongeth
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             care
             of
             Religion
             is
             committed
             .
             Therefore
             it
             belong●th
             to
             the
             Pope
             to
             judge
             a
             King
             to
             be
             deposed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             You
             are
             mistaken
             when
             you
             twi●●
             call
             
               Maximus
               Imperator
               Ethnicus
            
             ,
             who
             but
             for
             his
             ●●●patio●
             ,
             ha●
             been
             a
             Christia●
             Saint
             .