[ ~64 ~ Xl. And we cannot be informed how theit Formof Government differeth from the French, 'lnd tpat the French are no Papifis. And that they that ftnce L.aud,s ~ime. have fiudied\a Coa– ljtion~ v\rorild not receive thet!l to om· coft. I. XII. Nor YC~t how the · N~uou and Clergy mall be faved from Perjury that are all Swor~ againft ~11 Foreign JurifdiCl:ion. "· For it is a vainArgument that faith, The Oath ,Qf Supremacy renounceth no Jurifdietion bu.t what theKingowneth : But the King difownetQ Eccleliafiical Spir,itt1al Jurifdiet:iori. · .{ For, r. Ecc,~fiafiical and Spir~tual Jurifdi.4tio~ q.r~ exprefly 'named. ~. The Oath renounceth \t a$ Fareig11, becaufe it is agaiofi the King tobe un... der the Power of Foreigners. The King choofech · hi.s own Pafiors, and Ruleth them by the Sword, (as he doth his Phyfitians) though he profe[s no~ t<f be a Pafior hiinfelf, nor to. Adminifier th~ ~Word, 'Sacraments 'or Keys. ·· · · , · : And the new Oath, called the .Tefr, exprefly tipjureth the Foreign Jurifdietion of any Prince, J:>relate, &c. Spiritual and Eccle(iafiical. ' It's ·ludicrous jefiing with Oaths J'or any to. fay, by [Prelate] is not excluded [Many Prelates i1l 'aCollege or Cott:nCit, but fame one]: If 011e, mucl"\ ' more inany ; ·as · Prince and Potentate excludetl1, n1any.. And all our prefent Clergy that are in the · Parliament and Convocation, have taken this Oath brTefi:ana ·they calLthemfelves the Church~ r~ptefentativ,e : And ifafter this ·they ibould ~e . f<;)t a F9teign J~rifdietfon (and f~ecially Univer~ , ~V ·i(l a College,. or a Council, or a Pope, qr ~. C:ount,il ~md College unger the Pope·as Prefidenr, f~~~r .~~~fc~i~t~o~, ~9 9?~ n,r~~des, ~,;_1~ ~h~ir. gfa~t. ... - t" ~ l :' , .· f • .., ·~ '• ..
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