' . ' [ 206] ' ' ture and Obligation of Covenants in general : " and the particu'lar Solemnities ·of Eccleliafiical " Covenants» And of this how any Man can be (b) T .h M r . '' ,uncapable, who . is but en a 01(1:0Vtan " bl f d fl d' Prieit may ferve, or fuch ,, capa e0 un er L~n mg ' as Optandv~ Biihop of Gethe common Dealmgs of neva was , illiterar ~ : and " the World-(b) one may be taken from any Shopor Cart that unded~ands the Dealings ofthe World. But how much more requireth Paul to Timothy, and Chryfo– fiom, &c. 2. Ano yet I, and all of my Degree, yea, all the Minifters or the Reformed Churches that difown hisLeviathan, are unoopable of Miniftry or Chrifhan Communion by our ignorance. 3· But is the Nature, of the Covenant-Benefits, Duties, &c. lo eafily known as he talks ? Andyet muft we Perifh for not knowing them. Pag. 72. "He tbeweth that Immoralities of tc Life are not futlicient to deprive them of this ~' High Powet. · · And of the Power it felfhe faith, Pq,g. 8o, Si; ~' It is not fiated in Scripture, but to be meafured_ <;t by the Intention of the Ordainers, and that the '' Hypothefts (of God's fetling in Scripture) is ir- ' ~' reconcileable with Government in this Life, by " permitting Men to appeal toWritings againft all (c) Note here, that tho' his Priefihood have the l(ower of faving or damn– jogMen ; yet he confelfeth the very office in Specie is pot of(Jod's making. For if it he not fiated in Scrip– ture, it is 'not in the meer Law of Nature; And our Church-Changers are no Prophets: And ifGod made not Jb~o-:.1i:::e,then thearro· • gated P ".V er is not his Gift. ' ' the vifible Authority of . '' this Life. (c) On the contrary (faith he) "Our " Hypothefis obliging in– ,, feriour Governours to ''prove their Title to their- · " office , and the extent . '' of it from the intention " of their Superiour 'Go· cc vernours, cloth obligeall ~ ': eo a firiet dependanc~ ~~on
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