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m«.- ., «..:=r»x, ., W  ~  g«= [ l V” A 
W   Q£?“1'°‘n concerning   the
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Accordin t0»Bi{hop BiyZ2n,,§here are foum:

mhingsncce 4 a._ryVi,nRcligion.  I_    4‘ 
I..< ﬁhB~4~W*Ord.3 A  
:2. Adminiﬂrm ofthe Satcramcntsa.‘   V  

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  4». Guiding of the keywﬁ «    

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cans: of Salvation, he attributes. genera1fy“t?o»
a;ll4Mini£‘cersA:‘ theothcrd two» rcfpe&thc c:Icn-
ﬁ'ngand govcrni  f o£thc¢Chu:rch,arvd*avc4tom»
mirage! (mhcfaittgﬁ )..t0 B;'jxﬂw:ps 9m1y,AA‘andn{3t'

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i to all :Presby'ters~ equally, leaﬂ: by aparityaoi

ru1econfuﬁonfol1ow,and ruins‘? 1113011 Confuiion.
Itfeeims then; that the.end«ofReligion.is, that
Co d be duly ferved,; and; the endof Church-
oolicie ,4 i:h°at Religion» be wiiely maintained;
And for the wife maintenance of'jRe1igion, in
“hehooveth not only that fome peculiar chofem
men beffeparatedjdz dedicated to oefﬁeiate before
God, and to direét and aim: others in the ofﬁ»
ees of Devotion, but alfo that all Anarchy 

 

=confuﬁon be avoided arnomgﬁ thofe that are fo A
'|'¢h0fEn‘ into the] Praiefihooda i Thus; farre ithere:
":‘m@¢»dS_§‘,m$ difpure: the main birances theniof

 this controverﬁeaare three; A

1 Vfairvsis due to thofe Govemours.

1. ho are deﬁgned by God "robe gover-3
illours over theePrief’thoo§di for avoiding of con»

      

~  * A  i do A ir,"RIfVEiffﬁ“€';
Power in.fEccleﬁaﬂ&’ all and in temporall afw»

   3. What are the proper,«~diﬁin6i;*0iﬁces 

‘ that g0v.Erament'to he executed 8: unddergone.

 As to ‘the ﬁrft maiendbranchthe ﬁrﬁ qucﬂion
is, who isafupreme Head of the Church under
Chriﬁ ii: whetherthePrince as Biﬂlopielaardiagnar
ﬁrft held undicr H. 8.. éoethei Beiiﬂaiiiofaame; as

Sir ‘,T/Eamaw More heldj, oor’ th*eiA1*iﬂocracy« of
  Biﬂiopseasr,i‘Domziz¢g5ho1ds, or the Demon

cracieof Preshyters andLay~elde1*s, as calma
"taughi:,5 aifﬁcripture e bee;~eXpreﬂ"ei"in=aany Vp‘1*ecept

A Iothis parpofes   orany Canon extmding to all

places ,at1d;tixx1es,§zve mu£t;loo’k*ii~oifarther* .~. but
if

 iéil‘, qr PV01ititié_1hﬂ.s‘~= and .‘\.tI]eﬁ;€:._~Ji‘St!I1aL.y:£“a'I‘
A m the ChprCh¢'.s Aﬂdflifwe ztdmit the.King ta a

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ifso11i'hchc4xpx-cifc rule be, 4nor no.heceflT1tyo.f

:a;1yhAfucl1,.snor DiAvm¢s ware €v»ex::yetAiagreed? «

huppnwanyfuch, it fcems that L1t1d€r=th€fAKil.1g,.
that jumzo of Dxvines, Statcfmen, and A Lawsyers
inParliamenf, whichhath Legiﬂative. po wet A
over the hstate, hath ‘thCf:11I1ﬁ'0V€tA the Church. M
And if, the King ‘have, not hfthe A fam<::’h;fup1*,emAe

power infpirituall asiAntemp.ora11r1aings, iris»
A ycxtherh for.Wani: offanéiity in his ~per1"on,s orfor

want ofcapacit-y» in his jsudgement »: but that the
I-?ri1f1;;;: is more then tempora11,.zmd offm€tity—
.COInp@t€11i'- f0! ~fuprA»€macic¢‘ofru1e in t1*‘1e:ﬁC hutch A
is hifﬁciently evinced by Bz'lfom"Hookar,A &c.A a-
hgainﬂ Calvin, and the Phapifcs, and Presbyi:eri-- h
bans both ;,and that sdefsrft ‘of j udgemcnt;is,,no« ‘bar
 the Chumh more thcninhst1‘1e.State,;is appa»
;xent.-, fo 1: i f E 1:11 as sKing,;be L1nAI'earméd,u=ss yea,  ginz.-2

"fant, hLunatick, A 8:6‘.  yet by his C ounfels rand 

.Cosur“ts of Law, warreand policie, he may go. A
ﬁvcrq the Commone-wealtlm well enough; andh
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be f'upLreme;h€'"acI ofthe C.hurch, I t11inkmo,1n~an

seyrcaihn A

will deny but that the ﬁtstcfth pQ1icie.~forA~11im:‘ht0 A
hg9Vsrnhs,t11sh~hChurchh was milk :hbehgtIs1as fame“ pat»  
mfrne .b'yvAw;hiq;1w11e%7gmmth%AAt116sStatcg ; making  .‘ A
ias11t¢1se—d1&‘e:-mac between 1]‘them« asA"x1m«ys;A bé; V ’

for it is the A fame *;b:c>dy,qfh fmcfn; 4 HOW, "of: 7AW,hAich

with max? and hmhmmApasé’%sdsAhanAdsfo A V

wiit17’wash.sn<iAt.Ainths AP0‘;.Pf1¢5:?5iI11¢s:-;;AA:A;ahhafi¥I1Wlﬁfame  

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in the b.cginning: for Tiécrim waswzhcn the
head ofthe Chxﬁtians, but thecnvemy of Chrim
zﬁian Religion. 80 ithemain 6»'rov'u9:»«'mrcmaining A
7 is, whé"therAthe King having power to chuii:-2

fubordinate Aiofﬁccrs and Counfellors in the
Church, mayAor ought to chuf: Vfuch as are

' $ *mccrlyfpirituallor4mecrIytcmpo¢ra1l,ora mi“-«

  xture of Aboth. T:IiePapiﬁs hold%no Gover-+  

 pnours ov=er-the Clergy competent, neither fun
A Apréme, norfubordinate, but fuch as are meerbr
AA 4 fpiritualh  The Promﬂzants  cvery where al-L

  Amdﬂbut in Englmd,   inclineto iai mixogovernu

wment invthe Chur%cVh, thouglm they e”xc1udci:he
King qmztezzm King ; in themcanwhile, we in
Ezzgllwd admit ofthc ‘King for our fuprcmc go;
4vq;;?;;3*q%u,r,VAbutA dciubti‘ Aof« any% fubordinate mix:
gov'c:1: ” ’ '   A A ' ‘ : t-thi8~1=«r4e£I*z»nt

todifpufe "the ‘convgniency of a mixt govcm...; A
A meat, and an a_FI'oc1a‘t1on of Sp1xitua1landLa~
A‘ ruIers*:A,butIth1nk the%Pr;esbytcr1ans havefu .’

ﬁciént;lyaﬂ"erte3; ‘though “to another purpofd

‘And it feems to the, that the Apdﬂzolicall form
4of_govAernmenr, as to the fupremacy ofir, is not

nowinforcc, b"ecaufcthc4rIeis not the fame ream

fon,th*’at'hca*d”bLcin’gA@%thn%=wanting»;in thcChurch  

V . which is ﬁnge 1' upjplieg but asto any conﬁitua  
A»tionAinthe«fubordi;nat¢ wheels ofgovcrnmcnt, 
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9 ~"thAere'in;,Ithinktheﬁ1n1c reafon ﬂill rcmaines,‘ A

A wane! thé"fame“forrn‘ ought ﬁill ‘tobéin force.

%%InV&the 7fecond “branch :‘3!? the   fubordinata

  goveraours °f?‘fh°C13H¥¢h $35?  ¢ﬁmp1e,‘%

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  :c:ithcr accordingm the Pepiﬂa or P4resbytcr}i:zzn

 tduce *thcfea.dditions of

%difcip1in_e ; ,th;eUqueﬂion is, whetlwr%orno,fuc4h
vﬁccleﬁaﬂicall Agoverneurs ought to bae:xrc+ﬂc¥cI,
and digniﬁed4wi#th ;tiemp‘ral:l honours abcwcthc:

judges ofchc Land,%andeq~ual1 with the Pea-mes A

W cf the Rcalmc,   and whether or n,atheyoL1gl:x.t%_

I20 enjoy tem~pom'Il Vrevenues proportwiomlmlc m A‘

that Honour; and power infccular aVﬂhirsAc0rrc«» V
Vfpondent to thofcrevcnues 5 and iffo, whe4c~lmr

i»by:divine or hun*1zmc conﬁitution. Aifo ifrheié  

'd~ifTcrenc~esV were adcd 3( asﬂifhop Biifaza ac...
1:no\vl€dgeth%) rather for t:h:c% %h0no#u.r mffthe
=calling, thcn for any necrcfﬁty of Gods Law,
if: is next to bcqueFcio;ned,wl1ethcr  or mo 22 jP’ar~
hamcnt hath not now péowq andca11fe«Vtore.;

 

¢ modmﬂ:V“;imi:a5,~%~4Vfor  AA :mat:from <.4Iw’am
4 *t1llChr1{’r., no futshgrandour and fplcndor was

in Churc?h..me;n,nor from Chriﬁizo Cwg/famﬁnc,

A and from Coﬂﬁantine "tothe Reformation, we
know howthcmy were abufed to the Amifchiefof  

  thﬁ Ch1Jrch,’”7and d+ecay%.oFRnligionA.;[44A}‘:2dinwuhc
  A reformation, f]W%€: kn4bw-MI  bc‘ﬁc:Ies“u5

did utterly remove them :  and. we kr_xovv‘%tha»t
the Church in England is nowmuchnnpovca

Epifcopaczy «inm zmmre A

riﬂ1cdA byjmany im3propniationsVand.~:cmmcn-e
¢1mns,&c.mw%*%deteinVed§yﬁiﬂaops and'Cachc-   

raIs,!be‘ﬁdesAthatfwhich it fuffcrssby ‘-La4y.me'ng

4 and it fecms ‘ftrsmgc    t1:1at the’ %PaPm;rs ofthc:

4 Vfl0a4I«r4s%ﬂ1ouI~*bc  V

  

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beheld we necellarytlxen the pr'oL1d pomp of
unul"el'ul1 A ( may as lame 7tl11l}k);m1l.7Cl1l<:VU us do---;
minw:ors.l _ A  ” 1  » A _ M

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" palcy(asl Biﬂwp Bzwm holds) be t_o prevent the.
eonfuﬁoh of parity in the Church, We are ﬁrllz“

to queﬂion, whether (Drdlmation by irxupoﬁtion

ofhands, and’ guiding ofthe keyes be neceﬂfatry

to Epifcopacy, and fo neceffary, as that confw

ﬁonlcannot be prelventecl vvitlmut them: All
lwifemenwill allowfomea§utl101*1tyl requAi{’ite,;
wherebylx/Ixnxflers, may “be duly elefﬁced, miolh

their true qualiﬁcations'of learning and integrﬁ.

A ty tried, . and that being rightly eleéted, they;

may be further confecrated bypmyer and the
folemnity of ha.nds,and being confecra’ted,'thet:

f mnml : .l "ii1fi:icltzte'cT;‘”:Ir:rdl”i‘I?e.*ft~‘1g1Ieclto
fome part1cL1lar°cha1*gell;l A The Presbyterians do A

not diﬂike fuch authority, nor are negligent in
the fame: .t1hel quleﬂion 4 islthexefore onely, V to»
whomwthlisauthority;%may.becomm'itted,‘whe~»-
there to Bilhopé onelyiormto fomelll:chMjuclielai:e-a‘
ryqash ,.theI Presbyterians ufe,” ore‘ fome other of
humane inflirution. Y:;As for example, ihfthe Vml

verﬁties,; or fame fele€c3Cbmmitteelrmerein, ‘I

be ll1lZ1"l:lﬂ€d to«.<:try7 A iihel fuﬂieieneyl UfSél1l0lars,5,
andth;.hgive,Orders,éV and upon theesvacémcyll of 1:2
Reétory fo p 1fel"ent«th+ree5, &c;.. to’ the King,l and

A the King loutof tl1ol"e three to prefeml«two,&t;
A imhe parifh, andltlae palrifh nut olf7Vt5i7<roll to ch!3fé'  

Omfortheirl Pafleur,~1:hle'quei’cilon onelyl i"§"3

fwhether fuch¢1§¢l;§pn5q;;d§natlon5p'1*elentat3lerl;  

     A and ;:=

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and._indus5t%i0z1,bc n0ta:a1c:g,;¢11i,V2znAd rciigiouegas if

it w‘€rc':": by Bilelmpsﬁand be I101: Afar 5;:r:;-are poﬁtike

in preventing ﬁtnoxgy, ‘and’ in batten: ﬂéxtisiying
the ugh‘: of the ﬂock, whoie fbuics mtezngiinly
c0nccrned,and whofetithesarc tothatpurpofe   %

icontributed. Ami nawwit fee111.es S..Ic’r0gm* aL

.loweAAs no further ufc oFBi{hops to have been of

V dd: far he fay;-:5 ‘plainly, that a Bifhop diﬁcmis

from a Prcsbyter inno aéi: exceptzifi ordzmtiom:

and aAsAfor’thc power ofthc keyes,tI1at has been A

 alwaies held vcommonto the whole Clergimbut

wt; Wil not ﬁand upon this,we will freely grant:

.

fanauthority neceffary A as well to :ﬁ1pe rintend

0Ver1\/Iinifters in their c11arges,as'to place them
the1‘c~:in,and whcsn Bﬂilﬁanappropriates toABi-A 
ﬂlops the guiding ofthe keyes, we wiI1A undemw
ﬂancIAnott1ac meere poxvrér Oftllem-but thf-‘g%0«~ A
4ver‘mnetic%orf.AthAar%power.: vc*e*“W“II‘”zi'é1miraIfo4un¢§  
A der this izermeof guiding the kc.-yes to be comg

% Afprehended % A  

1,. "[116 power of making’ ’EccIc:ﬁai’cicaIl Caé
nonsﬁ.’ H V 4  .   A A 
’  2; Ofgiving jjudgemetit,’;md;executingac; ”
cordingthereto%.%           
3. Of iffuing the fcntctnccof’ excommuni-5
mtmn. 4 ‘V  A   “ 2   
  Of decidimg’c0ntroverﬁcs.I 4 A

 V M And tlmqueﬁimi noWis,whc%~iihert4~ e keyé-'5

A “may notbe fo¢‘guided by fame! other Ecclcﬁ. “
A hﬁicall judgesar1d,magiﬂratés beﬁdes%Biﬂ1Qps,

AifthﬁfiingthiﬂkﬂﬁtAroA%d€ﬁgﬂ¢th¢m»f0rd"”  
”° f Pirﬂr, th¢,ALd:giﬂative power fthc Church A 

  W3$ﬁ¢V¢r- Y¢‘f¢n1YC03nmittcd'».f9Biﬂ30F’5a'th‘-”

Bafz    A A Whole

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wﬁale C1ergie,and~tIie King were mever4ycn

  Vexcludedfrom Synods, and Counccl*s, neithen

are the ar5‘cs ofSyno,ds-andI¢Ceunccls-%bindingto.

any Nation» unA%lcf1”c: the fecular Ptatesz ratiﬁe

t;hem.; AAn d* I ‘think, %i:11:s'.rc is no q..ucﬂEion§ 0fAth9e--

  validity of fuch Canons. as arenow made in

thofe Proteﬁant Countries , where: Biﬂxops»

  havcno commanchorbcing at all“.   % A A
A  And fecondly, fpirituall jurifdiﬂioén is not:
only appropriamd I20 Bifhops, butto Laymmem

‘sander Biﬂ1ops,.C“anoniﬁs4and Civiliansax-.e helﬁéa

m"ei1cab1¢;and*1<nowingAherein than Biﬂiopsy
A a‘7t7*1dA Biﬂmps are held*1effc-ﬁtby reafon. oftheiir’

m1%oVre~facrcd imploymentsz fogthe quefcion here

will be only this, VVhe%'the1:Lor‘no»theVj%u4rifdi&im A

-   pm cfLawy¢rS,:and‘ fuchlVVike:,_Vas%11c»3w exc:cLite2~

 %  q 7% e;_fpimt‘113!%! Q :»Qj1xwtg_,.#%%%..1 0p$%.
willbe as campctent under AtheAKin5g without!
«ifhops as itrisrnow under Biﬂmpsiimmediatclya.
Some fay,rI1at Chanccllowursi&c.aren01:m¢e1:e A
»~Lay~Vmen,  tmmattcr: For by the: famereafom~.
any otwhcrsto‘ whom fuch ’EcacIeﬁaPcic»a1I‘ juriﬂ-»

_ iﬁion ﬂJaI%lbccO1nxnitVte%d by the King {hall be“
    held {am-ed,and if they are not mecre Lay~mcn$,,

yettvheya1re%no'tVmeerc Biﬂiopsgif they a:e;Mpr¢‘;~~
  fcrrcd% to~{'ome equaIitywi4t;hV$thc«%:Clergie, yet

they  nQi:.*NprcVferfcd4 ‘a"BoVevthe*CIergic, anw

’tl1is' .prcﬁ:-rmcntris» 110 then‘, but ﬁich asarnay 13¢‘ ~~

V beﬁoweéiyuponé :—myADthr:r Lay.~.n1an_.;ﬂ fthacéis notst

  yra{rEher§2vife'Linfn;ﬂ’1:Ci¢ni“.¢And cvcn‘~gav.rro1gg{t Pref;
byierxans thcrc is aforme QF Iurifdiétiong. and 

 wénzincafes of%hmﬁicmbIafghcnuc.4&c. which 

$hiﬁR%VntA .heI3¢vain¢gorA:%un1awfuiIlby any:‘ and?  

am:

if! the Churcth, and beg {till ox;dex§:d% and;

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awarded by others "Wu and nothin butanihlafii.

Mare moﬂ fpirituall, if nonccan fo rightly judge “
what is hereﬁo,blafphcmy,&c. as fpirituallvkgog A
vernours, yet: this» praoves not; any on~cce‘Iﬁcyo’of 
o%»Boi£’hops,for the flaét may betryoed, 8.: cxoccurion

; ﬁance ofCouncc1lﬁ'om fpiritAua%Iomen.wi11b?e A  

mecdfull. Imhe thirdplace’ alfgoif Excommofz-s   A

mica'tion~be ﬂillo held ofnecolﬁtygoat1%d;"2t1l orhgr
tcmporallauthorityr odefeéliveo without oir,;if"i& 1:5}:
moncluoded robepcrperu;a115onotWith{’canodingthe
decay of Prophecy, and? the fuppoly" of othgr

Choriﬁian jurifdiéﬁon, and if it be ‘to be cxten»  

dad alfootoallperfor1sin~a§ll'cafesooas our Chri...

ﬂian Court now extends it(whioh fecmc4s tome
aﬁrange, obfcurc, unprovedf thing)% yet the 

only queﬁion is,.Wh~ethcro it may not continue

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thcncver the Fathers were before the Law A or

%md,m..ci1Ao LaW::;and* yet‘notwith£?:anding5,t1iV¢ir= 4

wautldorjtyof uﬂitugooigiis not eziéeptcd againﬁ ‘by’

thed¢:c1fion~ofcontrove1;ﬁ_§s,and thodctcrgliim
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as h they are not sxcommg. ”

%r;heiremmoieg.. Andvfourothly, if it be ranted? .  

that Biﬂuops were ﬁrﬁ introﬂduﬁed 503?? ¢.p‘r€~j--o
fV¢nt'mgA of fohifme 3 andfa6tionsinVtheJChuré“h5.
as beirr‘ ikholdstzho ﬁ;tw{tvmoaoneos« for: to procuror

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“‘ fiffpum asoomenxenrw  

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kghority   for it fc'ernest11efe‘ js great disﬁbrencc

 ,";mr Ecplgﬁdm ooze/%‘itwtam,anr%13;c'c!”£jZ.m2 ¢%ozg/ii»
 tueﬂdrm:s,and bcrtwtetx a ChL1rcn.wnc;_;fe iu§>1*mne

govemox; is ill zgmffecied to 1t,& 22 Church ‘whofc

 Prince is anindL1"l'gm:%..vEather to it: {'0 ¢thatVEpi-—
fgopacy’ cannot be now oftlae ﬁzrne ufe*,as.i.t?was
V atﬁrﬁVi11tAh-eiinfancyofthe perfszcuted Cimrth.
: And it feemes that V% amongﬁ .al1}%%othc;: I?%1'c5_te,.

ﬁanfts both Calwnijfs and,LafbeMn: Iwhere Bi-~

Jhops rule-not,controvaerﬁes are notfa manig.
iold, normnov-atxons m Rehgxon fo eaﬂe to be

induced;n0r~Afa¢‘ti0nsinif,11*= Church fo dange~
rouﬂy maintaxms-d,as theyarefxn Engl.md‘un%dcr

the fway 9fBiﬂaops.. It fcemcs alfo in an great

‘emergent occaﬁonsofdiviﬁon and diﬂéntiom

[in points of%do€trine,*tha.t if our two famous
A’ VniverﬁtiﬁﬁW€?r€conful1:ed, and in cafe ofdxf-A

 “ Lnmdom? aaf 01211.‘f_Ll1ifdM§’i:éiEI.e
ﬂaoulduarbxtrateby a Junto ofall her D1v1nes,
the deciﬁqn would be fzgrrc more honorable
and fatisfyxpgto aIl,¢thani 1f any¢o,ne4Bi{hop, or

.[§:empfjtQ&%givethelil<e..~ And to conclude this
Apoint.,the folcmn ufc of Synods,Coun<:cIs,and

 Parliaments does not at a11depcndupon4Epi«~

fcopacy, ft) that it fcemes as ta this*p.urpofcno
neceiﬁtycan be allcdgedfor thegO,Vérnmcnt of
Biﬂ1o;:>s,z#;sVBiﬂ1QpSearc now qualified in Eng-
1and;.AA . A   W 4 ’  

  i ,~TI1efebranChES*iffhéy were th§:1s;~or.derIy

Adifcgffed by1fx1<jderai:e5 confcionab1e,%*& Vlearncd
D1W1€S,many iﬁhC0mP3.T3-’.b1€3dVaI;1t3g€S in pro-

;bﬂbi1ifi¢W9§1d:Vari_i§ rh¢%r¢by:g‘fQxj ﬁrPc;thcvery%

fouqdag

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femndatiozms pt Poptery w'quid%be IaidAopa:-:1 and

m:.1Iwd, the very C€£’1'ECl‘.‘ of that tyrannoufs united M

Empire whidx hasfubjugzztédtzhe World {along
under inch baf'eﬂave1‘y, wmuld be’ rip»: up, and

all .ii"Sinf€1‘ﬂ%a“ my1":cu:ies difcovcrcd to the rum

ScconclI'y,that unpolirike axionjxe, No ~32]/mp, no
King, where.-by Biﬂmps have alwayes ~-ianbaru
quad Prxncesxn their vvamts, would ap~pearILei:o%

bcfqphi[ticate,andé. nueere color without’ all '|
.ﬁrbﬁanccof1*éafom. 'I"'hi1‘d1y,manygrc4atﬁcuits V
V ofpeaceand unity   b_o’th Eccleﬁaﬂitcall amd:Cie
vi1lwou1’d redoundto our whole Nation.Thofc
V) many mifchiefs‘ which attend  Epifcopacy, [ak-

gainﬁ wI1ich” the complaints are Io grievous and

r%11niverfallVv0u1d bé1‘en1cdied. .T.hat new; njou

dulé’: wgovemment which fomanyhave’ Fe W

« L r%it1:=1ﬂI511,:q nﬁa=~rL  n  To In Hf‘. E‘ “

rcimcswould open if AfcIVf;‘a‘n4d o1"F:1“ i2:"fc:Iif'r’c*)us of

‘its own acceixrd; The patrcrn ofthe State wotxld

bu:-Afufﬁcientzto4p1~efc11rioJus*a%ﬁt 8: Iazusmonious

pattern for the Chm:ch:‘a;nd thbboidy-aimdlaead

of both Church and State wovuldhappea1:ei:é>‘:b3eA

{the felffitmc. The Iiing ﬂ1ouIt1A%beth&I%zmcAAia :

both, andco1mce1s¢%and Courts govern under

him by thefame ccmmmilﬁonin both. A power A
to ordain ﬁt MiniPrc:1‘s., and to put a ﬁnall and fa M
controverﬁcz-s and diiﬁntxons mxght be cmmmxt»  

ted tothe Vmiverﬁtics, and {came gentle inﬂu-

cnce by votes a£ﬁ.1‘mative or Vnegative mightbc A
“A alfo allowed tlierein tothe Laytie. Thepower A4 
V ofmaking Articlcsand 0rders‘fqrdecency aqd A 
pcaceinrhe Church might r¢ma19¢W1i€r’4l§“
 A 4 W.  .A  A A   1 A   Q C

  m;

A A “ l_thlc.King,4 Cllerglcggnd Parliament: Able civlll

  ,and.canon Lawyers might {kill lit in their tribuw
j mlsl taking C0glL'1iZ53.l1C€ offuch cafcs,,as are cru-ly
l ﬁEccle{iaPcicall,and lhavenot been by ufurpatiora

ofthe Hierarchy wrongfully wrcﬁedlout oftha

A Temparall Courts: and the fpirituall {word of

Excommunicaticm might llill able gently weal»

llcled in the ﬁamg hands as it has been, when it is

mceffarya Anlalliltalncelof godly Divineslinall
mfcs ofConfcicnce might be allottcclrto thft‘ 

A latpdlall his Judges and Magil’cratesup0noccaﬁm
l%-011,4 without wholly dmvving lthem froml their

A   clhalrg-es,andthis would be no leffe eﬁ“c6%ua‘lll,
then that ofthe greatcﬂ 1? relates. The inconvaw
nicnces of that Presbyterian Difciplinc 7alféo

‘   which isnot lb adequate and llconforlrhable to

  M9Wqaz§hv.wpu1dbe ge;&i~ﬁed lllllll_.Andlllamyme
blecdin Church whx lh.hadfo«great apart of

her Patrimonytom from herby  8.. by the
acldlitionof Epilbopall land Cathcdralll ilivings

&_ %jln1ight   ﬁaled up, ﬂlldlr¢ll0red?i:o~her’anticnt

lgmccand vi;go‘ur.l    

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