[ ioo3 " Landdetefteth that the Judge iliould " himfelf be an Accufer ; for by Law cc no Man may be Accufer and Witnefs, " Inditer & juror, therefore much lefs cc fudge and Accufer." This is their own Reafoning againft the high Coin- million, and yet they were defirous to have Inch a 'Power lodged intheir own Confiftories. The Reader will obferve all along, that tho' they exclaim'd againft the Powers the Law had veil- ed in other Hands, yet they defign'd to get fimilar Powers into their own. We have another Inftance ofthis in the Oath ex officio. This was not only ufed in many of the Englilh Courts, but was alfo pratifed at Geneva as well as in England, and therefore ihould not be objeéted to the eftabliíhed Church, as a Pratice peculiar to that, fince it was common to both Parties, and as was argued at that Time, " tho' not re- L. Whitgifc cc quired by Ad of Parliament, yet Appen.p.137." had undoubted Grounds in the Law " Ecclefiaftical, according to which, " the Proceeding in all the Ecclefiafti- " cal Courts of this Realm have been cc ufed Time out of Mind." The molt cal. Epif.7 1. Reverend Mr. Calvin, as he is called Fareilo. b the Puritans, made Ufe of the fame ß"ád$ l'6'Ix.Oath ex officio in his Confiftory at Ge- l). j' tievai The Puritans themfelves could not
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