[ 236 J " College ~Q obey? I deny the {ubjeCl: of yout . Queftion, and you largely prove the Predicate. lf you would fpend many hours to tell me, I muft · obey Gabriel the Angel as the Ruler of this King– dom, I only beg of you to prove that he is fuch aRuler, and then to tell me how I ihal'Iknowhis Mind ; will your Exhortation to Obedience profume? ) . VI.YoQr Copious infcances ofdifficult Texts of Scripture that need a fure E-xpofition , are no Proof eo t11e, ·that Ergo There is aCollege of all . the Bi{l~ops 9n Earth that rimft be the Expofitor. I told you the Eunuch, AEf. 8. was not fore– folved of the fence of Ifai. 53· It was not the Ancient way. A fingle Teacher may refolve a Doubter by Expofitory Evidence. An agreeing Pro– vincial or National Council may do more without knowing the Mind of all the World; And many Texts ·will be difficult when all the World have done their belt. VII. But you urge that no Scripture is ofprivate Interpretation. . A. I. All is not Private Interpretation , which is made by Perfons , Pafiors or Councils , which are not a College authorized to Rule all the Chri– tlian World (or Church.) Ifit be, I. I confefs I never received one Article·ofmy Faith, or Ex~ pofition of one Text of Scripture aright: For I n~ver believed one of them upon [the Authori– tative~Ruling-Judicial-Vniverfal Power of all Bijhops on Earth tU an authoriz..edCollege.] 2. And I know not one Man living then that expoundeth not Scripture by Private Interpretation ; 3· And 'I know not that any .one thefe ·Fifteen hundr-ed ,·y e~rs haye po~ d9ne the- fame~
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