( /260 ] '': proper Government ofMen as their SubjeCl:s. the Apofiles Cornmiffion in that was extraorainary, and yet they Ruled Doctorally none but Volun– tary Confenters. 2. Th~ La\V, Oath, Canon and Articles difclaim fuch Power as the Pope clairnech here: But the Pope claimeth proper Ecclefiafiical Government, and mofi Englifh and French Pa~ pifis (and half the reft I think) claim for him on~ ly the' power of the Word and Keys, and not any forcing Pow'er by the Sword. ' XXI. As hence, I wonder not that Mr· Thorn– dike threateneth England, unlefs we right the Pa– pifis by altering the Oath ofSupremacy; fo I con- - elude with another Requefr, That feeing Dr. Hey– /in, and many others of you, honour Melanchthon~ you will read his Epifile to King Henry the VIII. Epiffolanun Vol. I. per Pencer. Edit. .Anno, I 570. pag. 59· 6o. &c. ·But efpecially Ep. de Ratf.;b. all. · p. 188. &c. & qe Wormat. Co!Joq. p. 201. &c. where he fpeaketh againft Eccim and other Papifis over– valuing Councils, and making them Legi{.lator-s and Judges to us, and tying the Church to the or– dinary fucce:ffion of Bitbops, and Obedience to their Law'S, and imagining the Church to be like Civil Polities, Pag. 191. [ I. Hu,mano more Con– Jl-ituit in E~clefia Potejfatem, interpretationis, prope– modum ut d~ pratoria potefiate interpretandarum Le– gum ']ttriftonfltlti Loquuntur. 2. Addit amplius non ticere privath· , non paucioribm reprehendere judicii$ Majoru partis feu. dijfentire· a fu 1 fragiis plurimorum. g. Majorum Synodorum fententii.s & decretu pdren– dum effe, c!l"c.- In Ecclefia longe a!ia res eft.- In hoc cmt;t non potejla.s alligata eft certis perfonis aut cer~_ ttt muLtitudin' 1 fed donum eft aliquorum piorum: Id eft, lumen di7Jin.um, quo inte/liguntfapiemiam in£van_::: . - · - . · gelt~
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