[.117] ~ -cafions of the Church did require the fame ~ 'Thefe Letters they called Lit eras format M & 'Communicatorias. · Anfrv. Thus Bi{hop Gunning and others. But, I. St. Paut's Apofiolick Power enabled him to do · · the ·work of an Apofl:le ( which is , to plant Churches in as much of tke World as they could, and deliver them Chri{fs DoCtrine and Laws in– fallibly as receiving them by fight.and bearing or miraculous revelation. ) And this Power each Apoftle could exercife lingty, and not only by Voting as part of a College ; the Spirit of CbriH: teaching them all the fame Doetrine. But Bifho'ps have no fuch Office or Power. 2. There are feveral ways of expreffing a ~Care ofall the Churches. · . Every Chriftian muft do it by prhrate Endeavours. Every Official Preacherby Preaching where he is called. Every Pallor by guiding his Flock in Concord with all true Chri– ftians, in. the things which Chrift bath made ne– cefiary to their Concord:And ifArchbilhops have right to a larger Province, they mufl: do it in their properProvince,per partes,& not asoneArifiocracy. 3· .It is granted, that as all Chrifl:ians and Bi- · ibovs mull: have a Love to all the Chut·ches, and a Care to do them good in their feveral Places, fo- Concord in things necelfary is a great means of that good , and the ancient Pafiors endeavou– red it by Mdfages , Letters and Synods ; and fo mulf: we. But what Univerfal Laws were made by Liter£ formatte ? What formal Judgments were pail: by them ? Where did the Wrirers meet firft to hear the Accufed and examine \Vtt– neifes ? Or muO: all .-believe the report of every fingle Pafior? And was it all the Bifhops on Earth, · I 3 or •
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