[ 205 J - called) and fome againfi it ; fome for the ithputa~ tion of Chrift's righteoufnefs, and forne againlt it ; fome for free Prayer in the Pulpit , ?rid foJDe againfi: it, &c-. For on both fides their differing Pafi:ors plead the Authority of the Church : Few · Chrifiians·can thus agree in any tliing but Chrifi's 1 plain Laws, which I ihewed are the terms of Concord. lf we mufi appeal fi·om particular Pafiors , to whom is it? If to Councils, to whom muit we appeal from difagreeing Councils? ·If to the whole Church on Earth,' how fhall we hear from them and know their mind? I never faw, nor knew any Man that faw any lit eras format".u fubfcribed by all , Biihops fcatter'ed through the Earth. . 5. You that are Zealous againfi Popery~ I pre– fume would not have me be a Papifi : But I cannot avoid·it if I receive your DoCtrine (that there is aChurch-Power in aCouncil or College ofPafi:ors, to Govern the Univerfal Church : and that none are in the Church, nor have the Spiri t thar obey · nGtthis Univerfal Church of Paltors, and th~t to obey them is the only means, or terms of Con· cord.] · - For, I. I then yield them the fundamental dif– ference1 That there is 'one Univerfal fumma Pote– ft as, or Vifible Head (Colleetive) under Chrift. 2. And if fo, I cannot deny it to be the Pope as the PrincipiHm Vnitatis, and the Chief Executor of the Laws, and the .tirfi Bifhop in Councils. •For Councils are rare , and the Church is a Church when there are no Councils: And the Pope is a known.Perfon, and Rome a known Place, and ac-. ceffible, and no other pretendeth to this Power that I know of : And the Executive Power mufl:' . . ~ · ' ..-
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