[231·] Coi}fiderate Man can believe it. Pighius· wen tells us of the Novelty and Vanity of Headin~ :ill the · Churches by General Councils. ' 7· And if the French, and th~ Councils of C,on– Jfance, anp Bafil, and Cajfander, and Grotius, and fuch Papifis as . fet Councils over the _Pope, had not taken in .the Pope as the'ordinary Governing, Executive Head, to Rule by the Councils Laws, they had been far more gtofs and ~ncredi ble than. the Italian Papifis, who prefer the Pope. , 8. And that Civil Government may fo much eaGer be exercifed by Officials than the Spiritual, that a Civil l'v1onarch of all the Earth is far more congruous · and ·poffible, than a Humane·Vifible Church-Head underChrifi, Perfonal or Coilective~ 9· That if this was the Principle from which you difputed at the Savoy, and in the Convocation, and from ·which our late Changes, and the lilen– cingofTwo Thoufand MiniHers have been made, it's no wonder that the EffeCts were fuch : But if ever we be healed, it mui1 be by other Termsand Hands. · · . , I· R. JJ. · r:Jan. 12. ' 1679~ This Feb. I 3. Being with the Bil11o,p again, he difclaimeth tbe Names of Supreme, S1tmma Po~ tejfMVicaria, as Invidious, and chufeth the Name , of [a Ruling Collegium 'Paftorum Minifl-erialium, who are the Church, which is the Mother which all · · rnufi receive their Faith from and obey, and Jo mufi know their Confent. · . ~HA P. ,I
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