Baxter - BX1765 B39 1691

[ IO 5 ] 'or one fo General a,s can be Convocated. 'fe) And la{tly, Suppo- ' Ggthat fome things from . (e) That was well put: - , m a-. m. But by whom Conwhence onence bath been vocated? ' ' either given or raken- . ' I fay in cafe thefe three things were accorded– ' whethev Chrifiians might not live in an Holy ' ' Cornmunion,and.come in the fame publickWor– ' !bip ofGod, free from all Schifmatical Separa– ' tion of themfelves one from another, & c. 'We have nQ ControverGe with the Church of 'J(ome ~bout a Primacy of Order, but a Supre– ' macy of Power. (f) I ' {hall declare my fence in (f) Over Councils. ' four Conclufions. r. That . 'St. Peter had a fixed Chair at A ntioch, and afrer 'at Romeis a truth which no Man who giveth any · · ' credit to the Ancient Fathers and Councils can 'either deny or well doubt o£ · · :2. 'That St. Peter .had a Primacy of Order a– ' rnong th~ Apofiles is the unanimous voice 1 &c. 3·'Some,Fachers and School-men who were no 'Sworn Vaffals to 'the Roman Biibops affirm that ' this Primacy ofOrder is affixed eo the Chair of ' St. Peters Succeffors for ever, &c. Page 107. 'They whd made the Bifi1op ofRome, ' a Patriarch were the Primitive Fathers, not ex– ' eluding the Apoll1es· and Chrifiian Emperors· 'and Oecumenical Councils: What Laws they ' made in this cafe we are bound to obey for 'Confcience fake( till they · ' be repealed lawfully) by (~) Did ~J}riCt make the 'virtue of rhe , Law of SubJeCts cfmeRoman Em- ' Ch · fl ( ) perorspen:erual Law- ma· · · flu. g. kers to other Princes and all the World? Or to that Empire when it'sdiflolved? · Page ..

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