· . [_ ·z,83 ) when ever his Holinefs pleafe : And long ~nough may you Petition him for thefe Church Parlia– ments, when to call them, is to furrender part of his Power. · , :Anfw. 3. But what if all thefe Church Councils as 'ruch have no Governing Power at all over any of the particular Bilhops, any more than a Synod , of Schoolmafrers have over each others Perfons · and Schools,but meet only by Chrifi's general Ob– ligation to do all their work with greatefi Pru– dence for Mutual Help and Concord?. He bath · been told on both Ears oft enough that this is not · only ~1is Adverfaries Judgment; .but fuch great Bifhops as l have oft named : yea, and of Grotius his Friend, when he wrote de Imp. {um. Potejf. And where do you find this Difputant ·once at– tempt in all this begging prefuming Volume to prove any Regent Power in fuch Councils (but what the Magifirate giveth them.) . Monftra mihi, inquit Hieron. quifnam lmperatorum celebrari id -Concilium jujferit? faith Grotim, (ib. P. 168.) Non ideo convocari Synodum quod in ea pars fit Imperii, fatis jam demonftratum arbitror: Finu ergo, ut Epifcopus Wintonienfis reCle notat, hie e/1, ut· ad veritatis & Pietatis amplificationem Confilittm Prin– cipi prttbeant; hoc eft,~Pu,eant ipjijudicio direElivo– & ut per Synodum ftabiliri teftataq; fieri pojfit Con· fenfio Eccleji£.-Omnium autem horum finium nul/us eff neceffari$t.r fimplic'iier. Neq; Synodm fimpliciter ad illos fines necejfaria. This he goeth on to prove, and more than fo, that Synods are oft hurtful (as well as unnetefiary ·, Cum potim, ·faith .Auguft. 1·ari/Jimtt imJeniantur httrefes propter quas damnandtU necejfitas talis ex{titerit.) I will not repeat, faith protius, ~he C~mpl'!}f_lt of ~lmoft iell ,Ages; tza::i,!J"'-
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