[ 200 ] II. But you teU me ofanother Church Power which all rnuft obey that will have·Communion and Concord, which you call Collegium Pa{forum. If none be Church Members or Chrifiians that underfiand 'not what this is (much lefs do obey it) I doubt the Church is· ftill a little"Flock indeed : For I underftand it not, nor know one ~1an that I think do~b. · r. Is this College of l'aftors to Rule while Ge– neral Councils fit , or but in the intervals? If[e.. deme Concilio, which of them is Supream? Ifonly between Councils; have theya Legijlative Power, or only the 'judicial and Executiv~? If the former, ·where are their Laws to be found.? that all the Church may know them? And I ask all the Que– fcions before askt of the Laws of Councils: How f.ball \Ve know which be Current? and nece!Tary? and \vhich are not-? .. Ifnot,' then they are no Supream Rulers that 1 · have no Legiflative PO\ver? ' · ~. Who be thefe Men that make this College ? we cannot obey thel1il till we know them ; Are they all the Biiliops in the World , or but part ? If but part, which part, and who, and where !hall we find them ? I know you will not fay they are the upllart College of Cardinals, nor the Rom~ Clergy only: And I never heard of any others be– fides C9uncils that pretended fO it : viz.. To be Univerfal Governours. ·. If it beAll ~he B1fhops of th{: WorId ; r. Do they_meet to Conf~nt; or do they not ? Ifthey do _ and rimH, when , where, how? was there ever, filCh ? meeting which was no ~ounci . No, you · ' r-~1y, It isp~r 'liter tU f~rmatas. · · ~. Are ' ' ' '
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