,[ 284 '] chief Dife4[es were brought into the Ch~trch J Sa~ cer.dotibus : citing _N az..ian:z:.en , he addeth, Neq; agit de Arianis .duntaxat Synodis ~ fed de omni~ bfU fuorum temporum,pr<£cipue ql4ibt.-u ipfe ime~fuit (Mr. Morrice might eafily know this )--Nee - pauca referri pojJunt fi opus fit infwliciontm conci– iiorum exempla , q1tale fuit fitb ·Confiantino Antio– cbenum , Cte[arienfe & Tyriu~. , cujus convent m ...Epifcopis fcribens Con[t anti'nus , nihil ait ab illis fieri, nifi quod ad odia & diffenjiones ferendas, ad perni– ciem deniq; humani generis faciat.-.-Zanchy's way cited by him, is oft better-thanCouncil~, that the Magiftratecomma,nd Mini{ters in Controverfies, I.Vti ·?ton fou fed Scriptur.e vocibus, 2. Et apublicd damna– tione ab(tinere. AnaPag. 2c9. faith Grotim, The Church hath no Legijlative Powe'l' by D_ivine Right-What was written in :iynods before Chri[tian Emperors for Order and Ornament, are not' called Laws but Canons, andhave either only the force of advice, as in things rvh;ch ra– ther belong to fingular perfons than ·to all ; or they ob– lige by wa31 of Agreement, &t. But fome Legiflative Power may be given by humane Laws.- But perhaps fome will fay that ~Mr. Dodwell fpraketh only of NationaL, or Provincial, orDio– cef~me Councils, and not of General ones, and therefore by the fixed Prefident, meaneth not the ·Pope. · .tlnfw. I. I would he were '\Vi lling and able to tell what be meanerb. But he felt \vhat a fine adv.antage he had under the NJmeof B ijhops Preji– dency to plea[e a Party, and i'Jy more than ·every one of them !hall at firfi -perceive. But he ex– prefly maintaineth that che UniveJ:{al Church is one Potitirat Society, 4nd hath a vijib'ty S1tpr~rne hf!:. ~ • · · · _mane ' .
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