[ 466 'J againft the contrary judgment ofall the reil ~n the Nation, and fo forfake the National Concord. III. Ifone or more Bifhops be known to revolt to aForeign Soveraign, aMinifier is .not bound therefore to renounce Communion with all the Cbrifiians or C,hui!ches 'in his Diocefs, who ar~ innocent ·: No nor withall that renounce ·notCom– rnunion with 'him: For we know not whether they know his c·afe, anci have had means to un– derfiand ana do t:heir ·Duty. IV. So far as aBi{bop exer~ifeth the Power, of theSword as an Officer -of the~ King, ·we mull: ob~y him ~~hough he be .a Papifi:; ·in a!·l~ things \~h~ch he bath true powet~ td command. · · V. One that was Ordained by him before his revolt, may·go·on with 'his·work and live peace– ably, and not openly renounce the revolting Bi– ihop , till he .have a particular Call , for the ~hurches fafety or the prefervation of -his own mnocc:ncy. . VI. If aman be neceffitated to live where no other Minifiry or Cbrifiian Comrtmnion can be had, one that nmounceth the Bi(hops Subje6tion to an l1niverfal Ufurper, may y~~be fubjeet to him, and receive Baptifm from "liim, or admini– il'er it and other Ordinances of God in his Dio– cefs, an~ acknowledge his Office [o far as it is de– fcribed by Chrift . and conveyed by ju!l: means, and hath th~ confent of the Church. · .. Aman may have two Commiffions to one Of· fice, of which one is currant and the other null: Ifone that hath Chrifls .Commiffion, fhall alfo take one from a Forreign Ufurper, the latter is void, and ihe taking of it is his heinous fin; but it cloth not null ifie all his Adminifirations to the. Church ;
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