t1f7] c ont~afl.or s-ih Mutual ·Self-Obligation ; is alid: ther. · · Accordingly they hold, I. That there is no one Univerfal Head, Gove.ri10ur, or Summ4 Poteft;u Ec-; c!ejiaftica, to Rule the whole by Legijlatian or 1udgmen't, Perfonal or Coll'!ffive, but Chrifh . 2. That there is no one Perfon, Natural or Po~ Iitical, that is bound or authorized to be the Teacher of the whole World or Church ; but that all Pafiors mu11 Teach and Guide In their feveral Provinces. ·3. That the larger artd more utlcontrouled the Tell:imony is, the greater is the Credibility and Authority of the Wimeffes : And therefore ifall the Churches in the World, as far as we can learn:i agree~ de faCI-o, that thefe are the Books, Do– Ctrines, and praetife.d Ordinances which they re– ceived; and eJpecially when Hereticks or Infi. dels, and Enemies that would gainfay it, cantmt with any probability , we thus receive the faid Books and Practi~es, (as Baptifm; &c.) ex Amho– ritate Teftium, and.not ex Atuboritate 1udicu R~-' "gemu ; or elfe Lay-Men~ (fuch as Orige1:1, when ' he was a more-credible Witnefs of the Text thati an Hundred unlearned Biiliops, and fuch as Hierom~· that was no Bifhop, ofwhom I {ay the farue) yea; and Women, yea Herericks and Infidels, (fucb as Pliny, &c.) would be Church-Rulers. . 4· AJJ. Pafiors being by Office 'to Preach Chrilrs Word, and Minifierially Officiate accordingly~ are thereby efpecially intrufied with the keepingt of thefe Sacred Records, as Lawyers ,while ther. · daily ufe them, are with the J..!tws, and .the Llni_. verfal Tefiimony of fuch Office:rs is the moft ere:; dible pare of the WicoeffesWork ; or 'if_not U.:. · S I ni.rfal~ · I ' .
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