'I ,, I ( I 9-Z j . ' r. ·Becaufe there is no fuch thing in the Creed, . though the Catholick Church and Communion of Saints be there. But it would be there were it of fuch .neceffity to Chrifiianity. z. Becaufe there is no fuch thing faid in all the Scripture~ · which would not omit fo neceffiu.'y a point. What is faid from AClt 15. is anfwered be– fore;it was no General Council: AGeneral Coun~ cil was not then the neceifary means of Concord or Communion. - - - ' 3. There never was one General Council re.;. , prefenting the Univerfal Church in- the World. I have fully proved in my fecond Book againfl: Johnfon, that the Councils called General were fo only as to the Roman Empire, (and few, if any fo General,) and that the Emperor called all the ChiefCouncils who had·no Power without his Em~ pire, nor called any that were without. · 4· I have oft proved the unlawfulnefs ofcaliing G~neral Councils now, as the Church is difperfed at fuch difiances over the Earth, and under Prin~ , ces of fo contrary Interefis and Minds. 5. I have oft proved the Impoffibifity of fuch a Councils meetipg to attain the ends of Govern– ment in queftion ; being to pafs by Sea and Land from all quarters of the World, by the Confemt of Enemies that rule t!hem, and through Enemies Countreys, and Men ofAge, chat muft have fo long time going, and fitting and returning, and of diver? Languages uncapable of underfianding one another, and a number uncapable ofprefent Con~ verfe, with other fuch infuperable difficulties. . 6. If fuch Councils be neceffary to .the Being ofChriflianity, Church ;or Concord, at lea!t d!e Church bath feldom hadaBeing, O!' Concord ; It feldom
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