Baxter - BX1765 B39 1691

.; ( 160 J ' A Law fl1ould not be..confounded with a Contra[f or amicable Agreement ; nor .a Soveraign Govern– n>ent with a Peace-making Ajfembly ofEqua,ls; nor apoffible Council of thofe within reach with an im– polfible Council out of all the World. , Neither the King of France or of England were SubjeCts to the J\ffembly at Nimeguen. · . , , §. I 2. P. 35' I. He faith, he could gi·ve number– le If .fj(uotations of Protejlants, Melanchthon, Buce'l', Calvin , Bifi1op Andrews , K. 1ames, Spalatenfis , _ C'!faubon, BiiliopWhite, Bifl1op Mountague, Arch– h1fi1op Dr. Hamond, Dailee, &c. Anfw. I cannot anfwer what you cando, but waat you do. But the Reader may know how far , to believe you , that will but feat:ch thefe few. 1. Read what I have cited out of Melanchthon to Bifi1op Guning , or rather his own ·Epifile of the Conference at Ratisbone, and that to King Henry the 8th. 2. Read Bucer de Regno Dei., and,the reft of his Qpera Anp). and judge as you fee caufe. 3. lam afh~med to ·cite any words of c alvin, to confute our Drs. intimation~ . 4· Whether Spalatenfis was a Protefiant I di– fpute not, but read his own words cited by me in my Treatife of Epifcopacy~ and then read him of Councils, and judge. . 5. Bifhop Vjher, as I have oft faid , told me himfelf, That [Councils are not for Government of the abfent or the particular Bijhops, bm for Con· .cord.] . . . VVhat Mind Dr. Hamond was of! determine not : But of the refi you may judge by thefe. The Matter is , All Protefiants hold that we mull Serve God in as much Concord as we can : . And

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