t I 47 j _. And whether any Council be Generai which cari tieth it but by aMajor Vote, where a few turri · the Scales,and the reft dilfent. But, 2. Ifthere be in this decilion of this great point oneword that fhould fntisfie any Mans Con(dence which will not be fatisfied with meer noife, 6~ the YVriters Authority, I confefs I cannot find · ,. 1~ . . . ' I. Eitfuer the Decrees of the faid Councils are obligatory by their Soveraignty before the diffufed Church receiveth them, or not. If yea, then that obligation muft be firft known 5yea and it is known aQd the Council known by thofe that are neareft, before all the Church o~ ·Earth can know it. . . If nor, · then it is not the Council hut the Re.:. ) ceiving-Church which hath the obliging Soveraigti · power : And this is indeed to make Soveraigri and SubjeCts to be the fame. This is like Mr. Hookgr's .Principles ( and many Politicians ), that the Legillative Power is really in the people by Natural right, and it~s no Law which bath not common confent. And if fo; no Mart can tell how to date your Church Laws : They diq not begin to be Laws when the Council made rhem; but when all the Church on Earth cohfented £ But we have need of the Decree of a General Council, (for no,Dr. is ftlfficient) to tell us when all the Chrifiian VVorld confenteth, for if eve– ry Chrifiian mull: travel all over the VVotld td know, it will be a vagrant Church: And if he muft fend, he cannot be fure that his Me.ffenger faith true : .And a thoufand Meffengers may ali differ 2 And who can bear their Charges ? Ai1d ifa Council tell us"when the VVorld ~onfen tetli L ~ . • ~& • I '
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