[i 5 6] the Church to know whom we muff obey, that jt is not to be thought that any way is made nece1Tary by Chrift, which he hath not made in- telligible and certain to be indeed his will : Efpecially vt hen the Apoftles Itrove who fhould be the chief, and two of themmade it their re- queft ; and =when the Corinthians and others were ready to fet up one before another, and fay I am ofCpha,, &c. t 5. Yea Chrift on this occafion exprefly forbad them. ; to leek to be one above another, and told them that though Kings exercife autho- rity, and have magnifying Titles, with them it Mould not be fb, but their preeminence fhould confift as that ofa fervant.in humilit:vand fervice unto others Lek, 22. which will not Rand (as we fuppofe ) with eftablifiing the Jewifh order. 16. And Pauls reproof of their making a Çhut h head ofCephas, Faul, or zpo11o, or taking them to be other than baps of their faith, ( and not Lords of it) and Minifters by whom they believed , even then when Schifms made it neceflary to have known to whom they muff appeal and adhere, if that had been the way,doth further confirmwhat we fay. § 17. The argument that fameworthy perfons bring, from the Prophéfies that Nations should be converted unto Chrift; and that the Kingdom fhould be taken from the Jews, and given to a Nation alit would bring forth the fruits of it . aft-4. ai. 43, and that the Kingdomes of the world are mide the Kingdoms of Chrift, and that Egypt and Affyria fhould be converted and equalled with the Jews, &c. do ineeed fhew that there fhould be Chriftian Kings and Kingdoms; which
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