Baxter - BX1765 B39 1691

·[ 47 J "of the Church, ordained only by Man-s Autho– ~' rity, fo that all things be done to edifying.] And if fo, they that may abolifh the Rites or– dained by General Councils , or Popes , are not their SubjeCts: nor is this Power of making and abolifl1iog Rites referved to them , nor can· rhe'y deprive any National or Particular Church of~is , their own Power. , . ·The 36th Article faith, That [" The Book of "Confecration ofArcl>l-Bi{hops, Bifhops, and Or– " daining of Priefl:s, &c. cloth [Contain all things " necejfary thereto.] - .But nothing in that Book cloth make it neceffa~ · ry that Englifh Bifhops or Priefl:s receive their Power or Office from any Foreigners , Pope , Council or Bifhops; which yet muft be nece!Iary if they be their SubjeCts. . lhe 37th Article· faith, That [" Tbough the "-0!:.een hath not the Power of adminiftring the "Word and Sacraments, yet {he is not, nor ought nor "to .befubje{f to any foreign 'JurifdiCfion; .And that " the Bijhop of Rome hath no 'Jurifdillion in this " Realm of England:] And if fo, then he hath no Patriarchal Jurifdictiori here; nor have foreign Councils any. IV. King Edw. 6. lnjunet,ions fay, That[" No "manner ofObedience or Subjection is due to the " Bifhop of Rome within this Realm.] Therefore not as to a Patriarch, Pre!ident or Principium Vni– tatis. V. Qgeen Eliz:.abeth's Injunctions fay, [' No , " manner of Obedience or Subjet!ion is due to "any fuch foreign Power-----And Admonit. [No " other foreign Power fhall or ought to have any ~c AuthoritJ over them.] ~ VI. The

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