TJ7ho may make Church.[anons. 6· In the antient Churches the particular Churches had one BiChop and Come Presbyters and Dc.~cons, ufually of much lower parts, who lived all together ( tingle or cha(le ) in the Bifhops or Church-houf<, which was as a Colledge , whCie he daily cditied them by DoCtrine and Example. . 7 . The Controvedie about c3ilfc:rent Order~ by Divi~e lnfiitution, b.e~ongcth not io me here to meddle with : But as to the NJtHral andAcqutr~d Impartt} of age and gths, and the unCpcakablc be– nefit to the Juniors and the Churches that it is ddlrable that there were fuch a way of their edUcation .and edification, I take to bedifcernab1e to any that is imp~rtial and judicious. Arnbro{t was at once a Teacher and a Learner : BtdtJ Eccl. Hift. mentioneth one in Enr,land that was at once a Pallor and a Difciple. And in Scotland fome that became Bi!hops were fiill w be ~ndet 1 he Government of the Abbot of their Monaficries according to their lirfi devotion, though the Abbot was but aPresbyter. s. whether a[tried privateChurch~member,may not ~t on~e C?ntinue his very formal Rclarion, eo the Pafior of that Church, and yet be of the fame Order With h1m 1~ anolhtr Ch~rcb, as their PaO:or, at the fame t·ime ( As he may in cafe of neccffiry continue his Apprcntlfhip, or civil Ccrvice,) is a cafe that I will not determine. But he that deoyeth it, mufi prove his opinion, ( or affirm.,tion of its nn• Jawfulnefs) by fufficient evidence from Scripure or Nature; which is hard. Qgell:. 31. Who batb tl1e power of maki1tg, (hurcb Ct1W11s ~ THis is fufficiently refolve~ before. I · The Magijlratt only hath the ·power of making fuch , Canons or Lawsfor Church matters as !hall be enforced by rh'e Sword. 2· EveryPaftor hath power to.make Canons for.his own GOngregation; that is, to determine what hour and at what place they !hall meet; what Tranfiation ofScripture, or Verfion of Pfalms !hall be ufed in his Church : what Chapttr lhall be read : what l'falm lhall be fung, &c. Except the Ma– giftratc contradict him , and determine it mherwife, in fuch points as are not proper to the MiniHerial Office• . 3 • Councils or AIT'emblies of Paftors have the power of making fuch Canons for many churcbu, as !hall be Laws to the pwpk, and Agreements to thcmfdves. 4 . N'one have power to make Church Laws or Canons, about any thing, fave 1. To put Gods own Laws in execution, ::a. To determine to that e~d, of fuch Circumfiances as God hath left unde.. termincd in his Word. 5· Canon-making under pretmce of Order and Concord, hath done a great deal of mifchief to the Churches : whildl Clergy men havegrown up from Agreement!, to Tyrannical Ufurpations and Impofitions, and from Concord about needful Accident~ of Worjhip, to frame new Wor!hip Ordi. nances, and to force them on all others; but efpecially 1. By en"oaching on the power of Kings. and telling t·hem that they are bound in Confcicmce to put all their Canons into execution by force : 2 • And by laying the Union of the Churches, and th~ Communion of Chrifiians upon things needlelS ~nd doubtful, yea, and at lafion many jiNfrtl things; whereby the Churches have been moft effectu– ally divided, and the Chriflian world fet together by the Eats; and Schifms, yea, and Wars have been raiCed : And thefe maladies cannot potlibly be healed, till the tormenting tearing Engines be broken and caft away, and theVoluminous Canons of numerous Councils, ( which themfclves alfo are matter of undeterminable ~ontroverfie ) be turned into the primitive fimplicity; and a firP nt– uJJary things made the terms. ?f Concord. Doubtlefs if. ev~ry Pafior were le~t wholly to himfelf for the orderingof WorfiupCJrcumfiances and Acctdcnts m hts own Church, w1thout any Common ,_Canons, fave the Scriptures, and the Laws of the Land, there would have bec:n ri\uch lefs divifi.on, than that is, which thefe numerous Canons of all the Councils, obtruded on theChurch, have made. QgeA:,32. 1Joth ryJapti[m as fuch enter tiJe IJ3aptized into tlie Univerf~l Cburch; or i11to a partiwlar (/JtirciJ, .or botb ~ And u IJ3apt!fm tlie Particul11r•Cimr,fi Co'Vmant as [ncl1~ ';&nfw. I. BApti[rn as foch duth rnter Ill into tht Vloivrr~l.Cbtirch, anJ into it ~lont ; a~d is no P"ticular Church-Covenant, but the folemmztng of the gtcat Chrtfiran Covenant of Gr.ace, bctwetnGod and a believer and hiS feed. For, I. There is not effcntially anymention of a particular Church in it. 2. Am•n may be baptized by a general unfixed Minifier, who is not the Pallor of any pattiKkkkk 2 c$t
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