[ 547 ] ther, &c: But 1 this'is Gods Go.vernme~t Nun~iative, and not Political : And fo if the Merrop'olir2ns, Diocefans, Convocation or a General Council command as in Chrifis Name, and prove their Commiffio~1 as Mejfengers from bim, we will obey Chrifi in 'rhem : But if one Man bring better prooffrom Scripture that he fpeaketh fromChrifi, he is to be obeyed before a Council that proveth no fuch thing. This.JOtt of Divine 4Mthority Jy~ eth .in Evidence (which moft Bia1ops on Earth now have not) o( the truth of their Meilige, and is but Ntmciative, and·worketh only on vobtl}tary Believers and Confenurs! · _ · _ . . And ifthe Comroverfie de nomine be whether a Chriftian Kingdoin as fuch may ·be called A CHURCH wbat pretence have the deniers? -Noc d notatione nominis: TheChurch i;J the Wildernefl is a Scripture Name : And fure · the Jews Church was not denominated from the Priefts only: Mo– fi'.s is ofrer named as its Head than Aaro11. · § 8. Obj. But are not- 7udp,es and Bijhops "P•·1rt of the Pars Imperans M well as the <:)overaign. · Anf. Only fubordinate in their Provinces; They are but 45 the Kings·Hands and Tongt1e. Th~yare Subjects rhemfelves , and hav-e no Political Power but what he giveth them. . . 2. If you might .fg far·'difiingui!h of them as Imperam under the King and as Subjects, ~s' to fay that Judges and Bi01ops are a-;· the vflije in rhe FJ– rnil.y that hath a Governing pO\~:er over Children · ·and Servants ~ thJt maketh her not the denomin4- . · tt'ng He/td 1 ofche FJmily, but• a· Subject of the high· . , e{f Ran!z § 9· . Qu_What if a Chrif!ian Kingdom had no– Pajlor.s? 0 .Anf. . N n 2
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