[ !88 ] Governing Head of the Church Univerfa1; or Soveraign Power~ Perfonal or ColleCtive, having Supream,Univerfal,Legi!lative, Judicial and Exe– cutive Power under Chrift , ·which all Chrifiians are bound~ to pe SubjeCts of, and to obey. • 2. That Obedience to fuch an Univerfal Church– Soveraign or Power is not,the neceffary mdns or rerrns of Univerfal Concord or Communion : I. Becau[e there is no fuch Power. · 2 ., Ifthere be, it cannot be Univerfally known by Chrifiians, I. That it is, 2. What it is, 3. And in whorn it is. \ ·, 3. .Nor can the Meafure of Obedience to fuch Power neceffary to Concord and Communion of · all, be Univerfally known. 4· And de f4Eto~ there is no fuch Concord or Communion Univer· fal in the \Vorld, nor ever was, at leaft fince the Apofiles days. Of chefe in order. I. If there be any Vicarious Univerfal Supream ~Power that all' muft obey that will beMembers of ,. , · ~the Church, the Infiitution of it is to be found in ' flcripture, or in fome other Divine Record : But no firth thing is found in either, we have no other Divine Record that notifyeth this : and Scripture . doth not. It is the Apofiles Power that is the thing hence alledged. · But, I. While they ·were near the wbole Church in its Infancy' or frr all Number, ~v1en could have fent 'to them for their Judgment : But fo they ~ould not, had they lived to fee rhe Church in its prefent extent : If the twelve Apo!tles were now at 1erufalem, and we doubted of the Nefiorian, EutJichian·, Monorhe– lite Controveriies, and the relt in EpiphaniU! and Philajfrim Caralogue.. Could all the Chrillians in fi:merica, Africa, Afi4 and Europe know tbau.he , maJor
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