[ 211 ] 'ittt Nice : How fuall I know which the College owned at the time of the fitting of ea·ch Council ? How few Councils were ever fo great as' that at ]Jajil f Can you tell me how to be fure whether the College be more for it or againfi: it at this dzy? . Bear with me for telling you, that if I had not found that you are a Man offlrong Paf!ions,&. full of your [elf, and of undoltbting Confidence in ~our Appre– henfions, I iliould wonder how fo Studious, Learn- · edand Sober q. Man could poffibly t_'lke either U– nion, eommunion, or Salvation, to lie upon Mens ' Belief of, and Obedience to fuch a College as all the Biiliops Oil' Earth: ·And if you take the Creed to mean this as the Holy Catholick Church, I iliaU )not wonder if you take me, [and almofr. all the Protefiapts that ever I knew or read,] for Here– ·ticks ; and having twice admoniilied me, and not convinced me, if you avoid me, and thould not only Seventeen Yeats filence me, but banilh or burn me, if you are for fuch execution upon He– reticks; or at leafi take me, and all fuch as I, to be intolerabJe, and ufe us accordingly. · XVI. I will fum up the Difference between you and me in a Similitude. · .All Power in Hea- · · ven and EarthJand all Judgment is given to Chrilt.' The Creator's Government by Civil Rulers he changeth not, but is now their Soveraign King. His Church he Governeth as a Saviour and .a Teacher, and their Heavenly High Priefi: It is his School, and we are his Difciples ; I fuppofe that G0d the Father and Chrifi: is the only Right.; ful, Univerfal, Civil and Church-Monarch , and , none elfe can give Laws, or exercife Judgment 9Y.er ~he who!e. ~ar~h ; put that !ylagifiraresfiand ~ -a ors . '
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