.(:hap. IX. Whether the Irjlance ofthe Apoflles Church GovernmeHi--prove an Vniverpd So– rz;eraignty in the Bijhops, further confidered. ~ I ·TH E pretence of all the Biil1ops in the · World to the Government of all the Church on Earth, as one Arifiocratical Senate, ' College or Court, is fo monHrous a fiction, that were it not for that !hadow of an Argument which they fetch from the infiance oftheApofiles and their pretended Succtffion, I iliould think it would expofe the pretenders t0 be taken for ' · difiract:ed men : And therefore ~hether this in– ftance w~ll prove them in their wits) let us fur~ ther try. § 2. The Apo(tles (:ommiffion is contained in Matth. 28. 18, 19, 20. All power h· given to me in Heaven and in Earth: Go ye therefore and teach all Nations, baptiz..ing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft: Teaching them to obferve all things whatfoever I have command– ed you; and loe I am with you alwaies even unto the ·end oj the V/orld. · ·· · Here, J. Chrift's proper Univerfal Power i~ both the caufe of their Commiffion, and the mat– ter which they muft Preach. 2. Their appointed worl~ is, 1. To make Nations Chrift's Difciples, · . r. By Teaching: 2. ByBaptizing them. 2. To Teach them when they are Difciples. That which they muft teach them whel'l they are -Difciples is, To opferv~ all Chrift's Commands. Thefe Laws 1 PF Cpm~a~d§ ~.re p~t wqa~ Cpl·-~ft hi,mfelf codmd- . · mane
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