•' '[ 4jf: ] grief to this day·. Thofe that were ready .to re: . ceive any Law fi·om Chrifr by his Apofiles,would I)evet: all agree in Humane pretended Univerfal Jurifdittion, ncr in the ' Laws which fuch pre.. tenders make: Mutable, Local and Temporary ' cieterminations of ufeful Circnmftances; by their feveral Guides, fuited to the time and place for Edification, they fubmit to. But Univerfal Law– makers they will never ' all ac;knowledge and ewn, And their Canons are fwell'd to fo-great a bulk, and are fo ' confounded with contra– diCtions and uncertainties, that they are Racks and Engines to tear the Church (but utterly uncapable of being· the Rule of Unity and Univerfal Con~ cord.) · § 4. The thing which Paul feared hath been · our Ruine. The Serpent which beguiled E~·e (by pretence of advancement and gr~acer knowledge) hath turned us from the fimplicity that i~ in Chrilt. T he primitive Ur.ity is overthrown by departing from the primitive Purity, Simplicity, and Love of all. And they that will ever hope for– Univerfal Concord, mufi: endeavour the refiora– rion of tbe Univerfal Terms and Temper. No– thing next to flefbly and \vorldly luils, bath done fo much to ·cm-the Church into all the Setts which now remain as in a Religious War, as this (ame pretended Univerfal Jurifdiction, vvhich our new · Church-men rniilake for the only cure: Which I have fully proved in my Breviate of the Hifiory of Bifhops and Councils, and in the Vindicationof ' it ag~infi: the Accufatiollls of Mr . Morri~e. · , · § 5. Obj. The Scripttlre g-iveth but gem:·ral Rules, -(thnt all be done to. edific-ation, ,dccemly and in order) but there mufl be Laws of Difcipline tG · ' deter-
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