[ 258 ] niverfai, the more the better~ 5. Every Pa:fl:or 1s as a Cryer to proclaim Chrifi's Laws. 6. And in ·Circumftances left to Mutable Rumane Determi · nation, the more common Cdnfent (Cttterio p~rib~).the better. And this is the ufe of Councils; thts IS enough ~ But the Protefiants that I have . known and read,. domake it our firH: Controverlie with the Papifts, Whether Chrift ever Infiituted any one Head or RulingPower over all the Church, u~der himfelf? And, 2. Whether Pope or CounCil be fuch? Both which they deny. . XIX. If you have not read it, I intreat you .read in the c 11tbal-Supplement King Henry theVIH~s .Letter to the Archbifhop and Clergy of the Pro– vince of York, ·where you will find, a 1. Your ci~ed feeming ContradiCtions ofScripture, anfwer– ed by ufe .of Speech and Rea~on, without any U– -niverfal Judicature. 2. That Die Ecclefiee cannot be meant of the Church Univerfal. 3·. That the Univerfal Church bath noHead or Governor c.. but Chrifi, but the Clergy fubferve him, as Minitters by whom he g~veth Spiritual Grace, and qu~t Spi– ritu af!,untur libera funt-, & n~/la Lege affringunt11r ;– and if the Teachers do their Office with fcandal, Mag'ifirates mufi punifh them,and that it is the Ec· clefia qutt non Conffat ex bonu & malt&, which the King is not the Head of: But that in Spiri!uals, as - the word fignifieth Spiritual Perfons and t~etr Goods and Work!, and the enforcing the Obfervances of Gods Laws, the King is Head : And the reafon of the word [Head] notably vindicated, with much more. . . XX. I crave your Pardon both for the Prolixity and B0ldnefs, while I add this Qpefiion. (no~ as a"ufing you gf Popery, P~riury or pi!loy~~\~
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