[ 2 94] 6. The Primates and Metropolitam-of the Wefiern Church cannot befuppofed otherwife than by force or oHt offea,r to have fobmitted to fuch an Authority tU he doth Vfurp. · _ 7· lt is not really a P~triarchal Power, ( li~ 'that granted by the Canons and 'Princes) b~tt another fort (Jf'Power which the Pope -doth Exercife. 8. The mofl rightful Patriarch holding falfe Do· Brine, or impofing unjuft Laws, or Tyrannically abu– fing his Power fl!A;y an.d ought to berejeEled from Communion. · 9· Such a Patriarch is tobejudged by a free Sy~od if it may be'had. • · · .,· I o. If fuc h a Synod cannot be had by con{ent of , Princes , each Church may free it (elf from the mifchiefs induced by hh· perverfe Doctrine and Pra– clice. ~ I!· No Ecclefiaflical Power can interpofe in the manag.ement of any Affairj within the Territory of¥rny Prince without his Conceffion. I 2. By the Laws of God, and according to ancient 'PraElice,Princes may model the Bou;tds of Eccleftafti-– cal 'JurifdiElion, ereCJ; Bijhoprick!, enlarge, diminijh or -transfer them as they pleafe. · · · I 3· Wherefore each Prince having Supream Power in his own Dominion and equal t@ the Emperors in his, may exclude any Foreign Prelate from ]urifdiElion in ~ . . ~ . . ... . ~1qrnw~ ~ ' - . 14.· It is e:~pedie_nt for the-publick peace and goo4 that he jhould do thus. · .·· · 15. Such Prelate according to the Rules of Chrifti 4 r[tniry, ought tobecontent wit-h -his doing{a. · 16. Any Prelate Exercifing l?ower in the Dominio~ of any Prin,:e, iseatenus hii SubjeEl ; as the Popes and ;:!:fl Bi]hops were to theRoman ;Einpcrori > · :;: - - ... ; I .,···_, ,· - - .17! -Thofo : . > :_./
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