The Trefice. ginnings to contend among themfelves, about -Preherni- nence, Dignity and Power, in which conterr, the ` Bi- fbop of `kome at length remained Mafter of the Field, thereby obtaining a fecond Conqueft ofthe World. 3. That there was fuch a graduel Deviation from the Original Inftitution of Churches, their Order and Rule, is manifeft in theEvent. For thechange became at length as great as the diflance is between the Golpel and the Rule of Chrift over his Church, on the one hand, and the Canon Law with the Tope or Antichrifi fet over the Church on the other. This change was not wrought at once, not in one Age, but by an infenfi- ble Progreß even from the Days of the Apoffles unto thofe dark and evil times wherein the Topes of Rome were exalted into an abfoluteTyranny over all Church- es unto the fatietyoftheir Ambition. For 4. This Xifiery of Iniquity began to work in the days of the Apoffles themfelves, in the fuggeftions of Satan and the Lufts of Men, though in a manner latent and imperceptible unto the wifeft and belt of Men. For that this Milieu, ofthe Iniquity confifted in the effeau- al Workings of the Pride, Ambition, and other Vices of the Minds of Men, excited, enticed, and guided, by the craft ofSatan, until it iffued in the Idolatrous pet-recut- ing State of the Church ofRomc,wherein all Church Rule, Order, and WorfhipofDivine Inftitution was utterly defteoyed or corrupted, we [hail believe, until we Ge an Anfwer given unto the learned Writings ofall forts of Proteftants whereby it hath been proved. Thefe things are fufficient to Vindicate the Truth of the Affertion which the Dolor oppofe.th, and to free it from his Exceptions. But becaufe, as was obkrved C 2 before,
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