.. • [ 1 94 ] !he reft Would have made them, whofe Authority ts to the Church unqueftioaable. . ~· .The C9riftian W. orld is divid_ed fo much in Opm10n, that except m what Chnfrs .own word containeth plainly, ·they are in no probability of agreeing. So much ofLegi£lation. . · . II. As to Judgment. 1. To judge the fence of a Law .(Scripture or Canon) for the- common , Obligation of the Church, ispart of the Legifia– tive Power , and belongs to the Law-makers. 2. To ·judge the' Cafe Df Perfons, e. g. whether J'ohn, Peter, · Neftorius, Luther, Calv in, &c. be a Heretick, an Adulterer, a Simonift ,· &c. requi– reth that the Accufer and Accufed) and Wicneiles of both be prefent and heard {peak: .But he that would have all Herecicks., Criminals, Accufers, Witneifes, travel for a Tryal to 1erufalem, Nice, Conftantinople, Rome, even from America, Ethio~ pia, &c. will not need any Confutation. Ill. The fame I fay ofExectttive Silencing, EjeEling, ExcommJmicating, &c. · · II. .ASoveraign Power that cannot be known, is not neceffary to Chrifiianity~ or the Coni1itu– tion, Communion or Concord of the Church. But Generat Councils fo impowered cannot be known. I. I have ihewed that it cannot be known by ordinary Chriftians that there are any fuch Au~ thorized by Chrilt. I know it not, nor any that ever I was familiar with : The main Body of the Reformed Churches know it not ; for . they midi~ · narily deny· ~t as the prime point ofPopery~ They cannot prove it, who affirm it: Therefore they . know it not, as others ma.y judge. Millions are Baptized Chrifiians that never knew it. . \ ' . n. Ic
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