Chap. V. ~Vhat a Foreign 7u.rifdiflion, b~' Cfiun· cils or the Cglie~e of'IJ3ijhops is, tbe !rfask be- • ing t~ken off. · MEthinks Princes and Sr/ates, and Cimrch~s, , fhould not be cheated intoa fiate of Sub.,. jection without ever confidering or examining · what it is : And methinks no honefl: Bin1ops fhould be.UnYYilhng that it be truelyUnaerfiood. I. Confider what afl., Univerfal · Legifl.ative Power includeth. It plaioly implyeth the infuffi– ciency of Gods \Vords ' and Laws .to thofe EndS, for which this power is pretended. Whereas this is the very point of the Proteftant Cau[e as differenced from Popery, that God bemg the o'nly Ruler of tbe whole World none elfe can make Laws 'for the whole, but orilyfuch By Laws for their particular Provinces ( as Corporations · do under the King ) for undetermined Circum– fiances, in whieh Kingdoms and Churches may freely differ. , II. By this the Peace of the Cbrifiian \Vorld \vili be laid on the[e variable Circurnfl:anc~s: As if all theWorld were bound . to wear fuch Gar- , I rnents as France or England wear, &c. Ill. By this the Leg"i!1ative Power of ~very Kingdom is taken away in all matters of Religion f which are our greatefi thi.ngs: ) For it is the fupzma poteftas only that hath th~ Legii1ative Pow– er: At leail no.Ir1ferior bath anybm from and un– der the Supreme; nor may c6ntraditt them. VVbere~s even the Decrees of our National ~ g 4 • Clergy
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