( ISJJ I ' 'prove them for it,. and then there u no rea/on why ' one Man jhoM/d be c.enfured and many go free ; and ·, 'crmfequentlyour Saviovtrhath eftablijhed the Autho- . 'rityofhu Church over all Chriftians, a.r well parti- ,, 'cular Churches M private Men. ' , Anf F. Let us try this Argument by the like. ·( God hatk.commanded obedience to Kings 1 and faid,- He that will not hear the King and Judge, ]hall be put to death. But Kings and their Kingdoms may be,Criminal: And ifprivate men multobey Authority, or be put ·to death, {o mull: Kings and Kingdoms ? Why fuould they efqpe? Therefore all Kings and Kingdoms muft obey One Univer– fal Humane. King or Kingdom under Chrifi.] Do you think this is true ? No ; There is no fuch Univerfal Humane Empire, Monarchi~al or Ari– ftocratical. No Mortal Men are capable of it, any more than of Ruling theWorld in the Moon, or the Filb in the Sea, (but of a part only.) So there is no fuch Univerfal Church Power ; · but rarticular there is. , As to your reafon, I anfwer, God is the Uni- ' verfal King, and he only is the puniilier of all So– veraign Powers, whether Monarchs, ·Ariftocra– cies or Mixt. ( whichI have ever aiferted, though rheLying Spirit bath feigned the contrary. ) God' hath feverJl ·ways to Rule and Judge -rhem here, . and his final Judgment is at hand. And the cafe is like with National Churches, fave that their own ' Princes may puni(hoffending Clergy-men. · 2. ·one Perfon or. Nation may renounce Com– munion with another as Heretical, without any Ruling Pow~r over them : And lthe other may do the fame by them~G deferving it) Am I a Governor or Legil1atorover everyone that I may K 3 · cfefu{e •
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