) . I I , [ 31° J 6. lt is contrary to the fubfcdbed 39 Artides; · that tell us of the Errors and Fallibility of Coun;o ~~ ' 7· It is contrary to the Cano11.s,. efpecially thofe of 1~40. that determined Kingfy Power to be of God's Infiicution. ' 8. It is contrary to all theWriters and Fighters . that were againfi Parliaments refilling the King. Michael Hudfon hath mofl Hrongly wrote againft it. Dr. Hammond ~gainll: 1ohn Goodwin h~th pro– ved that the People have neither ruling Authori-- ty to Vfe nor to Give1 How far then were Bi.;. ibop iWorley and fuch others from your Mind;who write that the Parliament themfelves have no · Eifential part in Legiflation, but only to prepare Matter which the King only rnakech to be a: Law ? All the Clergy have fubfcribed to the King,s un• refifiible Power, and a Law made to that purpofe by the Parliament that fetled your Conformity , and 'Church. · . 9· Do you take the Major part of your Con-· gregation to be your Goyernours ? Or the Major part of the Diocefs to Rule the Diocefane ? Or are thefe no Societies ? 10. ls it not contrary to the,Oath ofCanonical Obedience ? · . x 1. Are out Univerfities of this Minq ; when Oxford burnt my olitical Aphorifms , and . Dr.Whitbye's Book,. and Mr. J. Hlmfrey's, as de– rog4ting from the Regal Power , when ·yet I ab.;. . bord fuch a derogation as your Majority of the · Society·? . .12. In aword, it is defiructive of all Covet~.. ment : For the truth.is, that Democracy in alarge Kingdom is an !mpoffibility : The People qttmot • • ' . - -· - - . • .. .. .. •- I· - • 1" . ·;a ~ •
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