• ( ~IO j - j. ; 2. When fome Engli 01 Prelat~s andPrie!ls tell us that he is a Schifmatick that obeyeth-nor the Univerfal Church, and that Schifin is a dari1n ing Sin, do they not Preach meer defperation to all that have not ·tnore knowledge than I .have; who 'cannot poffibly find o'ut a Governing Uni.:. verfal Church, nor its Laws, though I \Vould wil-' Jingly find it and obey it ? ~ s- 3. Do they not Preach cortunon. defpera~ tion who fay that Schifm is a damnable Sin, and ·he is in that guilt 'vho fuffers himfelf to be Ex– communicated- by Prelates for not obeying thern in any unjinful condition of Communion? (as li. Dodwell fpeaketh.) Do not fuch Carnifices 4nima– r-um make it neceffary to Salvation, to know all the unftnful things in the Wotld wliich a Prelate may impofe to be tmfinful? And is.· any man on Eahh fo· Skilful ? How many indifferent things are there which the wifefr man maydoubt whether theybe indifferent : Ofold it was thought enougH toknow the few things which God made necejfa~ ry: and now thefe Tormenting Unirers make it necefTary to know the multitud~ of things indifferent to be fuch ? , 1 ·.Q'-!J 54.' Muil we needs know whit fenfe percei~ ciletb , by the credit of a General Council or aH the Bilhop~of the World ? As whether I fee d1e Light or Colours? What tafiemyMeat hath)&c? Ifnot, why may I not take Bread to be Bread, and Wine to be Wine , on the credit of my fenfd~ though the Bifhops or Council fay the contrary? ..Q:55. Mufi I have theAmhodty of a: Cou~1.ci~ 6r <-:ollege of Bi{hops to believe .that there . ~~ . a. God, and that be is moft Great and Wife· and'_ Good,- ~oft Holy')' l\1erciftfl ;· ''fra:eand Juit ? qr -· . ft~
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