r )4~· J .fo~mins long called Rebellious, mull now become ·· againft fuch Churchmen the defenders of the So– veraigns Power. But fuch is thecafe of this blind; giddy, faetious World. · . § 3. According to my ufual ( defpifed) method, . I will diitinguilh the Controverfiede re, from that de nomine : And I ·may fay. ' That de re all men are agreed of all thefe following things. . 1. That Civil Powerin genere is of Gods infiitu... tion: and his Laws made their fupreme Law, and . his Will and Glory their ultimate end. . . 2. That as all are thus bound, fo Chrifiian So· veraigns are both bound anti qualified as from God, and for God; and therefore are facred perfons. / · 3. That the forcing power of the Sword is on• ly committed to Magi{h;ates;to be e;xercifed FOR .and UNDERGOD,and by Chrifiiansfor&under Je[us Chriil: ; And tl·: erefore fuch Chriil:ian Prin.. ces are not to be·called Civil, as exclufive of Re– ligious or Spiritual work, but as ·exercifing their p0wer pro ci·vib~u, for the good of their Kingdoms, even religious. · . 4· That God is the Author or infiitutor alfo of the Sacerdotal Office .; and hath fpecify' d it in his Wm·d : And,.r:hat the Magifirate · or the facred Minifiry; can neither of them put down each o- . ther, nor alter any part ofeither Office which God :harh infiituted. 5'. That it belongeth to the .Sacerdotal Office ( or Cler-gy ) to be the official Preachers of the Go{pel, and to judgeby-the Po()wer of the Keys, who is fir, or unfit, for Chuf·ch entrance by Eap– tifm, and forChurch Communion~ and to Bap– fiz :, and adn1iniiler tlie Lords SuH~r, . admoni{h, fufpend
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