[ 424] . ' 1awfu! ~poffihle terms with Papifis and all others; · Nor was it becaufe they were malicioufly bent to ve cruel to the Papifis, bydenying them the com– mon Loye which is due to -Mankind, or any Bene– fits or Peace which ·was confiftent With the Na– rions Peace and .Safety. .. But ·it wa~ on fuch, ,Reaforis as tpefe follow ing. · · · · · ·- · · : § 2: L They·took the defign to be a real refio~ ring of P9pe~y under the Name of Reconciliation and Peace; ·And they had ari' excufeable Opinioq that if Pop~ry were fet up, it was not laying by ~he Name ,' and calling it Reforrnat~on , or the Church of England, that would deliver u·s from the Sin or Suffering. ·They were not of the newQpi. nion, that 11one are Papifis but thofe that would have the Pope Abfolute above General Councils, and Govern Arbitrarily againfi: the Canons: They took the foundation· of Popery to· be the Herdie that the w'hole Clm~ch on.Edrth muff have one Sove.:. i·aigJ? w Supream Go-z;irnment, wit'h Univerfal Le.gijla– 'tiv~ 'and'J'udicial and Executive Power under Chriff~ ~h which it muft 'be VniieJ or made One Chftrch. This tpey · rook w be Antichriftian, the intolerabl~ TteJfonable· Ufurpation ~f aB Tmpoffible thing, rending to the Confufiori ofMankiqd. But whei ther this TraiterousSoveraignty fhould be Monat:~ chical or Arifio"craticaT,in Pope or Councils feig·n– ~d ·to ~e G~n~r~l, qr ip both Conjuntt, and wheq Conjunct whether the Pope fhould be aqove the Council, o~ the Council above the Pope, ·or each hctve'aNegative Voice, or he have·but ~he Calllng · ~nq Prefiding Po\Yer; ·-They took thefe to be but feveral fot; ts -of Popery, or differences arpong rh~ J>a.pi!h rhern fe lves; · An·d they· took it for a· ridi~ · tubusabfurdiry ·chat a Council ·of meq dead an '., · ,.. . · . · · .H d d li.v?· ·.··« ,.· .•• ··.: " ,. '". ·• ' un re i .. !. •. ,. :; d
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