Hath the Magijlrate only the Extemal golemmmt of the Church? Qpelt. 6t. bz 1vhat Jenfe io it true that fome Jay, th,tt the Magillrate only hath the External Gowmment of the Church, and the Paftors tbe Internal? '.AnfrP• I• NOc as External and Internal arc: oppofcd in the naturt of tht Attio11. For theVuicr of the Paftor in Preaching is External, as well as the ICingJ. 2· Not as they arc oppofed in the manner 4'Reception. For the E..zrs ofthc Auditors arc cxtema/l{c~ dpients from the Preacher as well as from the King. 3· Not as dil\ing,ui01jng thepar11 that are to obey, the du!_ieJ command.ed, and the fins forbidden, as it the King ruled the Body only and the Pa!l~rthe fiml. r or the fo:el ts bc,und to obey the Kin~; or elfe the Body could not be bound to obey hun; unlefs by cords. And the B,dy mull obey the Preacher as well as the foul. Murder, drunkennefs, fwearing, lying, and fuch other cxccrnal Vices; are under the Pafiors power to forbid in Chrjfis name, as well as the King... 4· Not as if all the rxttrnaJpfilrtJ or anioHI of Religion w~rc exempted frotn the Pdlors power.. F:or preaching, p,aying, reading, Sacraments, Church-affcmbhes, are external parts of Religion, and .:.tJheitr the Paltors care. · 'i!'ut in two refped's the External power is only the Kings or Civil Magillrates. r. As it is dcno~ minated from theJword or nzu/{JJ or Corporal prnaltia, which is the external means of cxecutirm: .Though in this refpec.t the diilinc.tion were far more intelligibly expreft by ['the Govmtmtlll by the 1~:::J~!&."ilfword, and by the facred wqrd. ] ufi h flli to 2· Buc the principal fenfe of their d-iflinC,Jio11 is the fam!! withConfta11tinu, who dillinguifhed of a d 1 J!: 11 ,.·u:lh 'l3i(h1Jpwitho1d~nd ntithin; or of our common difiinetion of lntrjnficlt and Extrinfic~ Government : them: with And lhough Internal and External have the fame fignification, ufe rnaketh lntrinficJt and Extrinfick;. •mnvothers: more intelligible. And by Internal .is rnea..nt that power whi~h Imrin{tcally belongcth to tbe Pajfors ~J!·i~~~~i~~. 1jfict as Injlituted by Chrij1; and fo IS Intrmflcal to tht Pajlorjhzp and the Church (as preaching, pray- .CO jng, facuments, the Keyes of Admiffion and Ex:clufion, Ordination, &c. ) And by External is meanr, that which is ExtrinfeciJl to the Pajforjhip and the Churcb; which Princes h1ve fomctimcs gnnted them; but ChriH hath made no part of their otlice. In this fenfe the affcrtion is good and clear and nccdfiry; that the difpofal of all things Circa Sqcra atl accident/ and circumftancu wha1foevcr, which by Chrills lnfiitution are not Intrin{ecal to the Pal\orfhip and Church, but cxtrin{tc.;l, do belong to the power of Kings and M•giftratcs• .Qge!t. 61. Is t/;e try~!, it1dge111ent,,or confent of tbe Laity necejfmy to the ad1nita · tance cf amember into' tbe Unl-verfal or particular Qmrcb ~ . .Anfw. t. IT is the Pallors flffice to bt.:J.r and exercife the Ke)'tl of Chrifis Church : Therefore by _ oif!ce he is to Rt,eive thofe that come in ; and confequently to be lhe tryet and Judge of their hmds. 2. It peiongcth to th£ fame .~fficc which is to Baptize, to Judge wbo H to be b.1ptizcd: Otherwife Miniitcrs fhould not be rational Judges of thtlr own aaionr, but the extcrttionerJ ot Q(her mens judgt:"• mcnt. It is more the Judl!.;,,g who is to be baptized, which the Mislifien office confifieth in, than in thebare doing of the outward act of Baptizing. 3· He that mufi be the ordinary Judge in Church·admillions, is fuppofed to have both Abilizy and Leijirre to make him fit ; and AuthBTi<y and ObljzaJi.n to do the work. 4· The ordinary body of the L>ity have none of a\1 thefe four qualifications ; much lefs all. r. They are not ordinarily Able:, fo tocx1mine a mans faith and refolution with judg-ement and skill, as maY neither tend to the wrong of him{elf nor of the Church. For it is great skill that is required thereunto. 2. They have not ordinarily Lri[ure from their proper caPingJ and labottrr, to wait on fuch a work as it mull be waited OR; efpccially in populous places. 3• They are not lherefore obliged to do that which they cannot be fuppofed to have Ability or Ldfure for. 4• And where they have not the other three, they can have no Author;ty to do it. 5· It is therefore as great a crime for the Laity to ufurp the Pafiors office in this matter) as in preach~ ing, blptizing or other puts of it. . 6. And though Pride often blind men (bothpeople and Pajlors) fo as to make them overlook the b14rdr1) a,nd look only at the Amhority and honour; yet is it indeed an intolerable injury to the Laity, If any would lay fuch a burden on thetn which they C!nnot bear, and confc:quently would make them refponlible for the omiaions or mifdoing of it, to Chrifi their Judge. 7· There is not fo much as any fair pretence for the Laily having power to judge who fhall be received into the Vnivtrfal Churcb : !-'or who of the Laity £hould have this power ? Not AU, nor the MajorVote ot the Church ; f'or who ever fought the Votes of all the Chrifiians in the World, before . ~
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