[ 4)1 J I by the taw : But to know the fence of the Lq\v~ antecedently as our Ru'e, which is required iri one that Sweareth and Subfctibeth to it, tan be by no ones Expofition but'the makers. of the Law. Elfe the Jpdges were the onl'y Law~mftkers: For the fence is the Law: And he inaketh the Law that maketh the fence,· and not th~y that make t~e ~vords alone, which other men mufi: put che lence on. . · . And ifPopes; ot Councils, Prelates or Ptiefis; could on pretence of a Judicial: Expofitory Au.. thority be Judges to all the Earth in what fenc~ every word of Scripture mull: be .underfrood, ·ii is fhey and not God that make th~ Law :.-For God made b~t the words, if this be true, and rhe . -~ilhops tl]ake the fe:nce by pretence of judgi.ng of It. To g1ve an Umverfal Antecedent. Obhgato– ty Expofition, is an ACt: ofLegiflation, and none but the Law-maker himfftlf can do ic. But to judge by this Law who' !hall be received, and . who £hut out of their feveral Churches, the Pa..:. fiors .mufi do that. x.Another great deceit is;by confounding C017J-:- . munion and Concord, with G;overnment and SubjeEfi.;. . on : And arguing that becaufe all ChriHians mufii have Con~ord and Communion, ·therefore they, rnufi: be under· one _Supreme Humane Govern– ment : As if Chrifiian Princes were not as much hound to Concord as any men on Earth ? Or as i( thac Concord mull: be kept by one Supreme Uni– v~rf~l Senate or Monarch, .and mutual Confultati..t: , on and voluntary Agreement would not ferve. . Obj. B?tt if Godbindm to do all things in Concord 1 and General Councils and Patriarchs determine the matter of our Concord~ · it comes all to one, in pui.nt of Obligation f Gg 1; · • 'Anf;
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