, (16i] , Arid that the Meeting .of Pafiors is a ·means of Concord : And that it' was the true Chrifiian Faith which theCouricils which he nameth owned; . and we are qf~lw fame faith : and therefore theY: teverence tlYe,_f'e Counc1ls : .And they hold that fiill Concord being much of the Strength and Beauty ofthe Churches, when there is any fpecial reafon for it, ( as feveral Princes affemDle by_ themfelves or Meffengers at /Wunjfer, Ratisbone, Francfort, Nimeguw) fo Pafiors even of feveral Kingdoms, not too difiant, may for mutual help and Concord meet in Councils : And none lhould needlefly break their jufi Agreement~, -becaufe ofthe general Command ofConcord: But i. Thev· hold tnat thefe Councils be no reprefentets ofall the Chrifiian World ; 2.' Nor have any_Univer– fal Jurifdidion. .3· Nor any true Gnvetning ,Power at all over the abfeht or .diifenters, out an– Agreeing Power. 4· And if they pretend any\ fuch Power, they turn Ufurpers. 5. And if on pretence of Concord they make Snares, or Decree things that are againfi the Churches Edification~ Peace or Order , or againfi' the Word <Of God,; none are bound to fiand to fuch Agreements.' Thefe being the Judgment of Protefiants;what do thefe Men but abufe their -words ofReverence to Com.1cils, and Submiffion to their ContraCts; ·as if they were for their Univerfal Soveraign Ju. rifdi6l:ion? · §. 13. And next he faith, [" Whereai Mr. B.i " doth ujher in his Difcour[e with an intimation that ~'this was only a Doflrine ofthe Ga!lican Church; he " cannot, but kztow that this was the fence of the "Church Gf England in the beginning rJj ~enEli- ~.' zabethsReign.] · ·M . t1n[w. ' (t
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