-.-.o-6-"------.,--:::of-;:-th;-e-;:R:-=ig-;h-t-an-d 7 P;:-o-w-e.- r------ :Agrccableto This is the Lawof God; and that~o judicial/Larv, peculiartothatpeo e 1 - the u"' •f but agreeable tO the Law if Nat11re andNati011s; (two Lawcs offorccth~r a O!le, Rll•"· whole ~o~!d.) For evc;n i~ t~e little,9m(Jire of the body naturall,Pri11cipi~m~:~~~e the ~lgimungof all motton,lun, and from,tbehead,_ There, all theknots or(astl ' .cilll them) all theco11jugations of linewes,hav~ th_m head, b~ which alithe bod lek Ta.thc La.. moved. Andas theL.cwof Natt~re,by fecrctmlhnct bythe!JghtoftheCmtio Y. I{NIItim. nexeth the organ.to thechiefefipameven fo d~th th~ La1v ofNatiom,by the light~f Jleafon, to the_chiefeft Per(on: itAnd bot~ fall Jufi.wtth the La1v herewritten, wlicxe (byBrunt Tthi) the fame~rg.rn andpower IS commttted_toMofes, theprincipall Per– fon,in that Common-wealth. The L~•v of ~t1ons mth1s point (both bcfore.t~e Law written,andfiflce, whe~e the_Law wrtttenwas not knowne) mioht eaflly appeare, if time would futfer, both ID theu genera~! Order for CODVentions ?o to beca//ed, and 'rhrtr.!litt orufe·of thit ltniPtr,,tl/1111, tftitWCI. P<~r, .1· ~·: in theirgenetall oppoling to all convenudes called otherwife. · ' VcrJ!y,t~e Heathen !awesmadeall fuch AlfeJOblies unlawfi11I, whichthe ] 1 igheft authority d1dnotcaof~to '_Ue~t, }'Cl~ ~ho_ugh they were;,~~-, 'on;~, '"<;<··fay ~0(0111 Lawes: yea,though [~11pr~texts keltgtonn, fay the 'iiomane Lawe>. Neitherdid ibe C!Jrljlian ~mpmHrsthinke good,to aba:e.any thing of that Right. Nay, they too~e more ftretght order: For,belides the exllmgofthe perfon,which was thebwbefore they profcribed theplace,where,undcr pretence of. Religion,any fuc_hmeeririg [hpuld be. But I let them palfe,and fiand only on the trmtten Law, the L~•• ofGo\1... , Wenave Law th~n~or us,ThatMo(uis ever to c~/t the Congregation. Butthopgh w~ have Law,Mos 'lllfl&tt Legem ;_C~flome ovci'-rultth Law. And the cujlome,orpta– dicemay goe another way; and Jt 1spr.rfhce that ever bell bewrayerhaPower. Hq1v then harh thepratlict gone~ It is a necelf.uy quellion this, andperrineor to,rhe Text it felfe. For,there is a Powergranted: andin 'llaine is that Power rhar nevercommeth intoafl. Came then this·Powerintoatl? Itis aPowtr to callthecongregation togetlt~r; Were .the CongregationscaUedtogether by ,it~ Agrant there is,That Brunt Tibi$$C> it lhould be:Didirrakeplace :' wasitfo ;ErJntne illi? Had he it~ !'}id he enjoy it~. let uslook ·imo~hat another while,what became of this Grant; what place it too~. And we lball not olfendMofes infodciing'. Iris his advice, and delireboth;that we lbouldenquireitw thedayesplljf,that were before us,andaske,even.fromonund of hea. ventotheother; rofeehowmatters have beene carried. So thar,as our S A.v x o U.R C li R 1 s ., fendethus to the Law, byHis InLegequid fcritt"""ft l fo doth.Mofos direct us to the ufoandpratlirf, by His Interroga de diebNJ antiquit, 'I doe aske then, Thefe TrH1npets here given,this power tD calltogtther the {ongngation, how hath.it beene ufed :' ~ath the Congregatim beenecAfltdaccordingly, in this, and no orher - manner~ bythts,andno otherPower! It bath (as lball appeare:) and I wdl deale With noA/fembties,but only for matrers of Rtligion. . ,. - lly Mofi'· - '. Of Mofes, firft there is no que!Hon: iris yeelded that he ·called them, and difrniJ1./~~- . fed them. Ane) even fo did Iofllaafterhim,no leffe t.ha~ he;_and they obeJ:'ed him in that P0wer, no lelfe thanMifes. And as forthat whtchJs objected Co!lcermngMo(u, that he for artme dealt in matters of the Priefls Office,it hath no co.lour in!ojiM,al!d thofe that fucceeded him. , . , ' The Covenam,al'ld .the renewing ofthe Covemnt,arc matters meerely fpirituaJI; yer,in that cafe did Iofua (lofr•a,not Eleazar) alfemble all rhe Tribes,Levi and all,ro Iort~;,s. Skhem (Io(.XXliii.) called theAlfembty at thejrft ver. diffolved itatthe XXVIII• . For,if Iojilamax call,hemay dilfolve, too: Law, Reafon, s·ence, teach, Th•r Cn;ns , ejlnolle,ejus efl & vefk. That c• .tling,and difc!Mrging,belong both to onetOJ•er.Nay, . Demerritu's alfembly, though they had come rogerher diforderly, yet when the ' To•vm.Cl<~rke\that iliould have called them together) did difcharge rhem; rhey ~dded uor one fault to another, but wem their wayes, every man quietly, Demetrt~s, · 11\mfelfc and all :that, theyareworfethanDemetriiiJ, that deny this, . , . · Bur,I paffetothe Kings(that efiate firtethus better.)ThercdothDavJdcall togc. J:Jauid. ' ther the Priefls and otherperfons Eccleliafiical, and that, even withi~efe Trllmpedts~ • Ch,on.• 5 • 'And for what matters ~- SefHloir i' Nay : buclirfl when theArlte w~t~t~h mr;ove. · ...... ,. · ·· ·· ' . ' And
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