[ 45'9 ] Sin be commanded us by a Council , or by the I)ope ? or by him ~s .~bfQ~t.e ~r as Patriarch of the.VV'efi, and PrmctptumVmtatu? · ' XI. What can a · Principium Unitatis fignifie in . the Univerfal Church,but fome Governing Power and Unifying Prerogative? Who but the King can be Principiu'm VnitatiS in the Kingdom ? The :Quefiion will not be whether the Pope lhall be the Univerfal Monarch , but only whether this ·.Monarch's Power be Abfolute ,and Total, or Li· mited and Partial with his Council. And Church– Monarchs that have tbefe Thoufand Years conque~ red Church-Parliaments already may do fo Hill. XII. If the Pope have·not the Univerfal Su- ' prerr.e Goyernment in the Intervals ofCouncils there \vill be none. And if there have been none ·thefe Thoufand Years· (which mu i1 follow theit· Opinion that end it as the Sixth Council) \v.hy 11Jould it be newmade now ? · ' XIII. We know al ready that Grotius and his Party are for' the Popes Gove'rnmenr in chief in the Intervals of Councils ; but not Arbitrarily, but by the Canons. ·. And I have after named you ·amultitude ofCanons already, whieh we cannot lawfully obey. ~ X[V. It will make an endle[s ConrroverGe in t?e World, vd1~tCouncils i11all be approved and ·obeyed, and wh1ch not. · XV. If the Pope mufi preude, he will have it near him : He will not Travel to SJwia or Arme~ nia, &c. but ~hey mufr come to him : And where- . ever the Council is called,rheneareHBiiliops will ' carry it by numbers agaipfl the remote, who t.vill be few. · ' XVI. None can exped that the Pop-as Pa- . · ' · · ·· criarch
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