• •/ [ 48-o J By this we lee wha-t tlle Protefiant Church of" JS,nglantl rnuft be? or elfe be Schifmatkks in the . Judgment of rhefe Learned Men. . 1 I will here tell you why this will never Unite Us; and why the.old Church of Engl ilh Prote– fiants could not clofe with Rome on thefe inens terms. ~. §S. 1. Salmafius de EcclejiiJ S1~burbicarii! circ~ finem granteth them that by their·Imperial Confii– tutions the Bifliop of Rome was not a meer Pa'-– triarch, but more than a Patriarch, a caput Ec.; cleji£: This was not Chri!Ps Infiitution, but the· Emperours and their Clergies in one Empire. Buc: call it Patriarchal or what you will _, it contained fuch Power as (Chri~ having not given and Dead men of another Kjng3om being none of our-Ru– .lers) we are not obliged to obey; nor inde€d lawfully can do. . . I. A Patriarch and Primate hath fome degree of Governing·Power,. or elfe wherein doth his .Primacy confill: ? He callech Councils , · Prece.. deth,&c. And ifhe cannot command Archbilhops 1 how can they command Bilhops? And if they are not Commanders of Biiliops, why do our Engli{h Biiliops in their Confecration Profefs, ·Promife and Swear all due Obedience to the Archbij11ops ? And , I. We cannot yield to bring Enetand under the guilt and brand of Perjury, by fubmitting to the Foreign '.! urifdid:ion of a Roman Primate or Pa· triarch,contrary to the Oath ofSupremacy.· z.We know already how many fal fe Do6trines and Pra• dices the Roman Church and Patriarch have· efpoufed ·: And we can no more receive all thefe Erroursfrom a Patriarch than from a Pope. §Q. 11. But \Ye will freely confds to you tha-t "· \Ve
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