l '[ 2)) J as all Church-Canons agree to be neceiTary, in a Congregat~on that h~d npt Three Thoufand 'Souls, · and was unable for It wtth the affillance of Three Presbyters, when one Pariih about London ·bath Thirty Thoufand, and Forty Thoufand, ifnot Six– , ty Thou'fand Souls, and mofi, or many, far lefs Governable. , XVII. The Effentials of the Sacred Office are, r. Power or Right; 2. Obligation to; 3. The Work. . r. The WorK, you fay, is to Rule the Church Univerfal on all the Earth, not only fe– parately per partes, but as Vnum Collegittm, which is Vna Perfona Politica. 2. The Power is 'Jus Re.– gendi. 3. The Obligation maketh it their Duty. The Apofiles were fent firfi to Preach the Go– fpel to·every Creature, or all Mankind, ·and make them Chrillians; and after to Teach them all Chrifis DoCtrine and Law, and to Rule them by Pafioral Guidance thereby. 2. If the College ofBilbops be their Succelfors, are they bound to that Work in uno Collegio, wh,ich the Apollles did each one apart? That is, deliver Chrills Cornmands,and guide the Churches. If,yea, · are they not bound in uno Collegio, to Preach to all the Heathen World ? And then, are they not guilty of the Damnation ofmoil of the Wodd fo~: not fo P~eaching to them ? ' l 3. If you fay that it is onlyaRegiment that they mufi do in uno Collegio, or per LitertU formattU, do you not make the whole Pafioral Church guilty of perfidious Negligence, (as a Pafior would be; that never guided his Flock) for not at all performing any fuch Government ? What one Att of Go– vernment bath the College performed in our Age? 91: in the f\ge foregoing ~ or i~ any {\ge acdc~r- , • . mg .
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