['273] nor theDoctrine of Luther, Cranmer, or fuch ~s the . Church of Enp./and bath beld. .V. Yet · being forced to confute himfelf, he faith, p. ~P· ["I~ u fufficient for_ my purpofe that Ec– " clejiaftical Fower be no otherwi{e from Cod, than "th~tt is of every Supreme Civil Mugiftrate. It u not "1t[ualjor Kings to bdnvefted in their Offices by other ' "Kings, but by their ,S1tbjeEts. · Yet when they are in– " vefted, that doth not in the leaft prejudice the Abfo– " lutenefs of their Monarchy, .where the fimdamemal " Conftitutions'ofthe refpeUi7Je places allow to them.] (And bath not God's fundamental Law as rnucli Power?) much lefs doth it give any Power over them to the perfons by whom they are invefted. · 1. " If the Power of Epifcopacy be Divine, and a<l ''that men can do in the cafe be only to determine the "Perfon, not to confine h£5 Power, &c. (what ke?.t "' the man from feeing how great apart of his Book he here confuteeh ?) Doeh he not confefs now that God's Law may give the Power, which meti . may not alrer,but only determine of the Perfon to receive it ? In the cafe of the Presbyters Office he will have it otherwife, besaufe the Bifhops are, forfooth, not only the lrtvellers, but the Donors, who give jufl: what they pleafe ; and he proveth it fully, by faying it confidently and copioufly: Be– ttu-sfe God giveth it not immediately: Yes, he imme.o: diately .by his Spirit in the Apofiles, infiicuted thefpecies, though he do not immediately chufe the Receiver: . But who giveth the Bifhops their Power ? The Council i3 above them : Do tbey - give them their Power? Who giveth them theirs? And whb giveth the Pope his Power? . If his may he given by Divine Charter ' without a Humane Donor, but ameer Invefier,why may not~ byters ? _ · T VJ. But • ' '
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