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But
if
they truly
unierftood the
cafe
,
they
would
fee
the
shame
of
this
deriding
obje&-ion.
I.
A
Pope
is
a Monarch
or Governour
of
the
worìd
,
and
a
Dioce-
fan
of
a
multitude
of
Parifhes.
And
fure he ufurpeth
not
fo much,
who will
be
but the Church- guide
of
one ?
A man
is
abler
to
guide one
School,
Colledge, Hofpital,
or
Family,
than
a
hundred
or
thoufand,
without any true
Matter
of
a
Fa-
mily, School, Colledge,
Fi`
e.
unler
him.
a.
Why
is
not
this
foolith
fcorne ufed againft there
forefàiid
.relations alfo
?
Why
fay
they,
not every
Mafter maketh him-
felt
a
Pope
or
Bithop
to
his
own
houfe,
and every
School
-
Maftcr
to
his
School, whereas
one
Mafter
over
a
thoufand
would
do better with
bare Teaching
ufhers, that
had no
Go-
vernment.
P.
Let
it
be remembred
that
we
would
have
no
Parifh
Paftcr
to
have
any
.
forceing
power
,
by
Fines
, Mulcts,
Imprifon-
ments,
&c.
But only
to
prevaile
fo
farr
as
his
management
of
Divine authority
on
mens
Confciences can
prevail:
And
we
would not
have Magiftrates punifh men
meetly
becaufe
they
Rand excommunicate,
or
becaufe
they tell not
the Clergy
that
they 'repent.
True
excommunication
is a
heavy punithment
fitted
to its
proper
ufe,
and
not
to
be corrupted by the
force
of
the Sword, but
to
operate by
it
felt
; And
valeat
geanturis
valere
pott.
He that
defpifeth
it
will
not
fay
he
is
en1laved
by
it. But
is
this all
that
the
Bithops delire
?
4.
We would
have
no
man become
the Paftor
of
a
Church
without
the peoples
content
(if
not choice)
no
more than a
Phyfician fhould be forced
on the
lick.
And
as
the
Servant
that
confenteth
to
be a
Servant, confenteth
to
his Matters
Au,
thority,
and he
that
confenteth
to
a
Phylcian,confenteth to
be
ruled by
him
for
his
health, and neither
take
this
for
a
flavery
:
So
he
that
confenteth
to
a
Paftor
confenteth
to
his
Paftoral
conduct
:
And
if
he
think it to
his
injury,
he may choofe.
5.
And
yet
we believe that
the Magiftrate
may
conflrein
Atheifts, Infidels,
and
fúch
as
rcfafe all
proper
Church Com-
munion,
to
hear Gods
word
Preached, and make
all
the Par
-
ifh allow
the
Teacher
his
tythes
and maintenance due
by
Law
:
But he
may
force
no
man-to
Receive the
great
gift
of
the
Body
and
Blood
of
Chrift,
or
a
pardon
delivered, and
fealed
-by
B
Baptifnt-