[2t)] And are there any Words that Meri carinot ~if.: underHand? Why hath [Filioque] continued fuch a Difiradion in the Churches, and ~ouncils" yet etld it not? To fay nothing of ·e~Gro!G@-, and other fuch : Have we a necefficy of a Soveraigd /Judicature, to be to all Men in fiead of aSchool– mafier, to tell them what is the meaning ofGreek and Hebrew Words ? And could not oneOrigen or ]erom tdl that be~ter than aGeneral Council of Men that underfia:nd not thofe Tongues ? I mutt. tonfefs that what uhderfiandihg of the Wotds bf · Creed or Scripture , I have received ; was more : from Parents, Tutors, Teach~rs and Books, .than from Soveraign Councils, or Colledge of Bii110ps; (though Dr. Holden fay he is no true Believer and Catholick that believeth an Article of Faith, be– caufe his Reafon findeth it in Scripture, and not rather betaufe all the Chrifiian World believeth it.) There is rtl.bre skill in Cofmography, Arith– rnecick, and Hifiory neceffary to fuch a Faith, than I have attained, ot can attain. I can tell E. g~ by Leiicons and other Books what Jcht~ fignifieth itt' the,Creed, better than how all the BiJ11ops in the .Woi'ld interpret it by an Authoritative Sen-. tence. §~ Ill. Your third Work of this Soveraigri' Power is, [Authoritd'tively to declare what Gbvern~ ment of the Church WtU delivered by the Apoftles. ]. I. As I faid ofScripture,we know fuch 1V1atter of Faet better .by Univerfal Confent ofall Chriftiansl and true H1ftory; than by fuch a Judicature of ' all the Bia1ops of the VVorld. 2. But Proteftanrs do fo fi:rongly prove that the S. Scripture is the entire Regulating VVord of God, without defect ot fupplemen€ by Unwritten Tradition; as that Q no~ •
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