.. .. ( 148 ] ·'~· ' to former Decrees, we mull know alfo the_worlds confent to that Decree before we can be fure ifs true. And 2. VVhether the Church diffulive ,give authority to the Decrees; or only be the Promul- ,gators, whofe reception mull be our notice, it is ' 1 a con'traditl ion to fay, [I know it firft becaufe all the World of Chrifrians reteive it.] For that's all one as tQ fay, [Every .fingle Chriftian k!foweth it hecaufe all Chriftians know it firfl.] That ' is, All know it before they know it: The parts are in the whole. - · 3. Bath God laid the Salvation of all the Mil– lions ofMen and Women, Learned and \..1nlearn– ed upon fuch acquaintance with Cofmography and Hifiory as to know what Councils (pall Iooo years) all the Chrifiian World receiveth? Or vd1ether the greater part be for them or againft them ? Is there one of a hundred thoufand that knoweth it? It's like you will fay; They muff t ak§ their Teachers, or Bi(hops words. An{. If fo, thofe in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany, and ail the Papifis are bound to believe that you· and all ofyour mind are Liars, for faying, There are but fix fuch approved Councils ; for their Biiliops tell themof very many more. And then the Eafiern Chrifiians are bound to take you for Liars,whofe Bifhops tell them there were not fo many. And the Protell:ants are bound to diffent,who generally hold that there never was one fuch General Coun– cil as had a Uni\7erfal Jurifdietion over the Chri– fiian World. How then fhall the people know , what Councils as fuch are fo received ? . 4· Yea it is a thing that neither you nor the , moft
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