[ j82 ] chriit, that is; the Pro-Chriff, While he makes himfelf theVice~C:hrift. And efpecially when it's confidered what men abundance of the Popes have been, and how much they have done againfi: the Doet:rine, Worihip, Difcipline, and faithful Servants of Chrifl:. , 19. They have no way to give the World any fatisfaetory certainty who is ·Pope, and who not : How then can the World be ruled by him? J. They cannot tell whether the Electors or Con· fecrators be they that nece!farily give him his Power, or make him Pope. z. If it be the Ele– Efors, they cannot tell us who thofe muit be. If ' any will ferve , the Turk may make a Pope ! And then ten fore of EleCtors may make ten Popes : If it be tied to any one fort of Men, the Papacy bath long been ~xtintt ; for in fome Ages the People of Rome chofe with the City Clergy : In foine Ages the Neighbour Bi~ fbops and People chofe : In fome the EmpeI rors : In fome Cardinals ; And fomecimes Ge– neral Councils: If God had appointed one Vnifying Head to his Church, he would have determined who fhould choofe him, and told us how to know him. I • . If it· be Confecration that maketh him Pope, God would have authorized fome to Confecrate him. If any will ferve , fome may Confecrace one, and fome another, and fome a third: Every I one may have three Bifhops. If it mufr be both a jufi: Elettioa and Confecration the uncertainty will be the greater , when neither of them is certain. . And none can give Power but they that have it to give. But Electors and Confecraters being In– f~riors have none to give. ---- - If ·- 1 ..... -··-- • -'~·· - -
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