1s it not our own Salvation that ii.eth on our actions? And if a- nother fay, you areunfit to judge, what Food to eat, what Phyficr to take, what Wife to choofe, and fo what Pallor, to choofe for the <conduít of your Souls ; will any man, not diffracted, therefore make a Princeor Patron the abfolutechoofer, and truftee for his Soul ? Or doth it follow that Ineed rot, or may not choofe a skillfuller Paftor than many thoufandParifhes in England have, becaufe the Patron is by Law enabled to choofe the-.Parifh- Prieft? Let him choofe who fhall have his Tithes and Temple, but he Ihall not makeme craft an unfit man with thepastoral care ofmy Soul. 24. Ifa Wife or Son fay, MyHusband, or my Father corn- tnandeth me to take this man andnot thatfor my Pall-or. And you .fay ( The Prince or Patron choofeth you another, and will imprifon you ifyou fubmit not to his choice, ) which do you think the Law of Nature, and the fifth Commandment will juftify ? Hath Godmade the King ofFrance, Spain, Port.stgal, &c. the choofer of a Pallor for all their Subjects? And confequently the choofer whether they fhalI be faved or damned, according toGod's ordi- nary courfe of VVorking by the aptitude ofmeans. If this power extend not to Infidels, Heathens, PapiIts, Hereticks, &c. how ¡bail theSubjects know towhom it extendeth ? Muft all Subjects be made judges whether Princes and Patrons are Orthodox and fit to choofe ? Is not this more arrogancy, than to judge who is fit tobe my Pastor or Phyfician ? Is it not fufficient that the Prince and Patrons fo provide for Teachers ( and Phyficians) that none maywant, nor neglect inftruction in the effentials of Reli- gion ; but as many as need and are able,may ufe better than the unskilful at their own charges? , O. 25. VVhereas fotne pretend that we ought to be filenced for preaching without the Bifhops Licence, is that the true cáufe, when fuch are filenced and excommunicated that have Licences ? Mr. Tho. Gouge was excommunicated for preaching even in Wales,where he laboured in fuch eminent works ofchari- ty, notwithftanding his Univerfity Licence not-forfeited : For though he :informed not,he never refufcd Conformnity,and fo fell not under the Canon makethvoid theLicences ofRefufers. And I that have the Bifhop of London's (Sheldon's) Licence, aai hindered with the firtt. The fame I fayof Epifcopal Ordinati- on, which was no proteClion tohim or me, or many others. 9. .x; 26.
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