'[ 546 ] /o _u the Poliv:y, Society and Snprcmaty: Ea6h u StJ· preme in fua fpecie. . · · · An[. I . So then you would have two·. National c hurchesandSoveraigns : ·Ifyou'll extend rhe Con– troverfie but to the Name; it may be rhe better ' .born :.But· then acknow}edge the Equivocation, and give us the definition of each Church, and u(e not the Name of the Church of England for y'our own Form only. - · · · 2.. But a Subjeil Policy is not the Supreme and de– nominating Policy : It's private and fubordinate as .to National. The Phyficions, the Soldiers, the<M_!! rriners, r:!rc. though they are i?! hoc fit to over-rule tht: King and Parliament, are not there– fore the Soveraign Power of th'e National Body Po.., litick. . '- . - § 6. Obj. Bt~t theirs .are matters of[mall moment-; but the Clergy are Rulers in'matters of Salvation. : _An[.. Unhappy dividingRulers they have been here and in moft of the Churches. But, I. I , have pro\red that Kings are Rulers alfo in matters ofSalvation as great as .theirs, and over them :, 2·. Was not Mpfe.s, and David, and Solomon, and Jepojhapha,t, and Heuki,ah, and 1ofiah, .&c. the Soveraign Rulers of Church and · Priefis, though an V;:.~iab might not offer Sacrifice or Incenfe ? , 3! The ,proper Governing power ofBiibops is but, over their .own Flock!, and rhey may not Rule in other Mens Dioceifes.,. much lefs over King, Par– liament and Kingdom, further than the Soveraign givetb them Political Power. · § 7· Obj. 'fhe.y 1!1tZY command Kings and King- · doms in Chrifts N~me too_bey_ God and f orbePZr Sin. ' , .. An(. .l:tue; fo did every,Propbet ; fo may any .one; ~1inifier_ : . Yea a Foreigner, aSatvi.1.n, ~ .Lu- ;.· . , . t her, I
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