( .Anfw. i. If we did offer fuch things, let the world judge what we fought by them. z. There is moil of that about Rural Deanries put in ( I fuppofe by the Bithops confentwho were to word it) after it went from us, and after theKing had done with it, on-OOober22 í66o.3. Whoever motionedor de- fired it, by this it appeareth that his Majefly and thole that counfelied`him, did not then think the work of Jurifdiiion, Excommunication, Abfalùti- on, no nor Ordination, to be aliene to or above the office of the Presbyter. And if that beno part of his Paíloral work, they would not haveappointed it him. Yet finally let the Readernote, that thoughmy proofshave reached as high as the power of Canon making, Júrifdidion, Court-excömmunications and Ordination ; Yet it is no morethan the power of Paftoral Guidance of particular Parifh Churches, andnot to be forced to adminifter all holy things. ( Sacraments, Abfolutions,&c.) contrary to our confciences, atother mens will who know not our people, and not to thofethat we know to be utterly Igno- rant, Infidels, Scandalous, and In,pcnitcur,chacI am here pleading for. I conclude therefore boldly after all this proof, that the Presbyters, ogee which war inffítuted'by God, and titled by the ancient Churches, contained an-ob- ligation and Authority not only to Teach and Worfhip, but alfo the re of the Power of the Keys, to Kale the Churches committed to their care, (not by the fword orforce, but) by a paforal perfwafive power, judging who is to be taken in and put out, and what perfons are fit objells for the refpelfiveexercifes of their own Mini(terial ally : ( which was the thing I was engaged tomake good.) CHAP. XV,:: Whether this Government belonging to the o ce of >Pref byters, be in. foroEcclefix & exteriore, or only in foro Confcientix & interiore., THè laf iiiift'that Come Pielatifls have, is to diflinguiflí between theforum internum Confcientie, pcenitentiale, and the forum externem Eccleftafticum, and to tell us that indeedPresbyters have the Power oftheKeys in private orin the firflfenfe, but notin Publickor in the fecond. Anfw a. Note that the queflion is not whether theyhave the foiepower, . or the chief power, pr with what limitations it is .fit for them to exercife it, nor what appeals there (hould be from them ; But whether the power ofthe Keys be part oftheiroffice. 2. That
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