~ 5' 18 ] . ,Cation, Depofition arid Damnation 5 And that if [hey do not the Pope may execute this penaltyof ~xcommunicating and Depofing them, and giving rbeir D.ominion toothers, and may Abfolve their Subjects from their Oaths o.f Allegiance. Conci!. Later. fub. _Innoc. ~· Can. I, 2,3, , §. I 7. VVe mu!l: S\\'ear pever to eJ;pound the Scppture but according to· the Concordant fenf;! of thf Ancient Fathers, who never ·expounded J!1uch at all ; much lefs ever agreed in any Expo– !nionof them all. · · § ··r 8. VVe m~ll beli~ve that God bath give~ ~he Church, ( that is,- the Pope and Councils ) fl Pov.rer to Expound bard Scriptures, and to end· Controverfies, and that tbis is a great Bleffing to us; VVhen ye~ neither Pope nor CoutKils will -give us a Commentary on the Bible, or expofition pf hard Texts ~ nor wiH derehnine mo{f of the Controverfies tnat now trouble us. - · § 19. VVt muH believe that the Governing· part of the Church is to be obeyed, and Gods · VVotd received bur by their Propofal, when yet it is n'ot knpwn vrbo i?, rhe Governing parr, Pop~ or Council, ~1or which Councils be rrue and · which but faHe Conventions; nor can they aifure, ps how R~ IflaY ~ver come to knpw ir. . ·§. 2q . VVe mufi'bdieve tbofe Councils to be true and credible, which contradiCt and con9emq each othet~ : and that both are ip the right. · § 2 r. VVe mull: believe both th(J.t all Gods VVord in the Sacred Scripture is true, and that ~ounc!l~ and f.op~s fay Truth wheq fh~y ~orn~auict:ir. · , , · · 1 § 2 2. VVe mtin· believe that thofG Pope~ were t.: ue Po};'ts ~rd comiiv.tq1 [he vilid fuccdiion, ·anq 't _, · '· · '· · • - · · ' · / •• · · , \Ver~ ( . .; ... ; ~
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