Baxter - BX1765 B39 1691

[ 406 J World, mufl: lhew a dear Comrniffion for it : But Univerfal Councils can lhew no fuch Corn~ miffion. Arg. 1I. If an Univerfal Counc~l of ~ilJlops be the ~uprerne Gbve~nour,s of the Umverfal ' Church, they that call them opt, or they that come not together, live in rnofi .damnabie fin : For all Office con!ilteth in Obligation. to do the duty, as well as·Power to do it. And to neglect {o many hundred years a work of fuch unfpeak:. able need, mull: be more damnable thq,n ·to neg~ 1eet a particular Flock ; ·fo that this ca(ts either all the Bifhops of the World into damnation, as moll: perfidious merf, or the Pope for not calling ~hem. · · · · · · · ·.Arg. I 2. The necefiity of fuch an Univerfal Supreme Senate is feigned and falfe ; therefore none fuch is ofGod. ' ; 1. The great pretended neceffity is of Univer– fal Legiflation: .But tha.t is not neceffary. For Chrill: bath already given his Church as many Laws as are univerfally neceffary: No man can prove the neceffity of one more. .. · · ' · 2. Nor is their Uniyerf~l Judging Office n~- ceffary : For, · ' · · · ·· · · 'Arg. 13. AGeneral Council is not capable of . Univerfal Supreme Government :Therefore they were never by God appointed to it. ·. ·I. They are not capable of Univerfal .Legifl~t: tion. · · · ; · · · · ' - · · · ' · x. Becaufe Chrifr hath made perfett Univerfal Laws, and:forbidden all addition to-them ; that is~ at leafi all ofthe fame kind. · To fay tl'lat Chrilt hath left out any of univerfal nec;efficy, is _t~ fay, . th;l't he hath done his work 'by the halve~, and !. •·,. • • · - · · j ; ,.. , • - • • • ;. • • •. • • · · men . L .·;. il" , I

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