~ [ )42 ] pirc; the :ATame of aGeneral Council figriified but ~n Imperial· or Nation'rzl Co~ncil. They beiag 'alled by the Emperors who had.no further pow– er, and only out of the Imperial Provinces, unlefs any odd Perfon came voluntarily ·in for help and ~clvantage ; which was rare. .This I have at large proved in my two Books· againft W. Jahnfon alias Terret.) And, Ecclefia Vniverfalis u{ualty figni~ fied no more than Vniverfal, National or Imperial. Leo meant ·n.o more whenhe .called hinifelf(,apett Eccle[14 Univerfalis, nor Phoc'tu when he gave Bo– ?'Jiface the Title of Univerfal Bitbop: 'And when the Empire was divided it was the Treafonable preetion of Popery to feign· that Otbis Romanf4! · , Was Orb.is Univerfalis, and that Concilia Generalia, · ~n.d Ecclefia Vniverfalis, mearlt extra Imperial and · Vniverfal Over-foreigner!, and 'all the W~rld: 'And this is frill as the Foundation of Popery, fo ' the common Cheat that ·pleadeth for Foreign Ju- ;rifdi?tion. t • · VIII. ThoughRome was a meet Seat for Impe· , ~ 'rial Church Pritna€y while·Emperors would have it fo ; as it bath no juft pretence .to · the Govern· ment ofForeigners, fo it isof all others moft un– fit for aPrimacy or Pr.efid~ndhip in the Councils -pf Foreign Confederate Princes and Churches ; becaufe it claimeth fo much more, even Foreign and Univerfal Regiment : Nor are Councils· of fttch lliiliops .or Princes to be trufced with .Gene– ral Contrad·s, who claim.fuch Jurifdietion. : ·A Primacy· in Lawful Councils 'of Confede– rates would ftrengthen their·claim of an· Univer· falJqrifdietion till th~y openly renounce it. ~ i. Attd fo would the ufe ofa Senate or Couno! that precendech to the like power. · ~ ·h· - . • • • c - • - . ·--- • IX. Patr1a~' ~~ - . - . - ~ . '
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