[ 4)4 .J . make.any Man :ieng for an Univerfal ChurchCo· vernqur ofKings and Kingdoms. . .· 4· ~hofe r:oreigrier~ that thin'kKings and King-. _doms H~rettcal, and prove ir, may renounc~ ~ommunion with them "vithout pretending to be their Governors. · . · . } I have thpu-ght m~et here briefly to repeat our Contl'overfie,, \Vith the Reafons and Deceit~ of the l1furpers) our own Judgment is~ for true Ca· tholicifrp, evenone CatholickHead, Jefu_s Chrifi:, · pne Catholick Church having no other Head or Soveraign, One Spirit, One Faith, One Baptifm, 09e Hope ofGlory, and One God and Father of all : And that all Chrifiians fl1ould live in Love to -others as· themfelves, and iri their feveral · Churches under rhe )ufi condutt of thei.r fevel'al Pafiors, keep the Vnity of the Spirit in the boncl ~f peace, Eph..4· 3. That ~.hey- fhould all ~orv th()ft that labour among them,and are over them in the Lord, and high.ly e{leem·· them in love for their 'worb,fak~, and be at peace among themfelves, I Th~C 5· 12, I3~ That the Kingdom of God is not lt1eat and Drink~ bu~ .Righteoufnefs and Peace, and 'Joy in ihe Holy Ghojf: And he that . in thefe things. (erverh Chrifl, is acceptable to God and approved of men, . ( who"'judge' as God \)\'Ould have the!h judge.) · Rorn. I4· 17. But if God be forfaking the Welt as far as he hq.th done the Eafl, and cementation ' ~rogt1o11icate perdidon, the Kingdom above lhall hever be forfakc:n~ · And we look_for a new Hea't;t!J · and a i1ew Earth, wherein dwelleth Righteoufnefs~ _Andfeeing all theft thingJ .(hall be dijfolved, whatm~n-: ver of Perfons ought Wl,' to be in all holy Converfanon and Godlinefs, lookjng for and hafting to the Coming ofthe d4y~cGod?2 Pet. 3· rr, ~2. ' · 1 i ;. · . --- • • • - · . : , ' ·• •. : , • Chap. ·~). -~ .
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