0j' the 1'1imj}erfal Fu11flio1!. " and princes; and we o~e n1cre honour " unto pridls then unto parents themfclvcs: " for they have begotten 11s of blood, Jnd , ·------ ... " of the will of the fidh; but _ thcfe are "the allthors of tbat nativity ·which \Ye '' bave from God; that adoption, \vhercby, '' through grace, \VC become the children " of the Moft High." And, again the fame father, fpeaking of the facerdotal power, e:xpreffes it in thcfe tern1s: §2!ti /errant in– colunt, atque ht ea ·verj(mfur, his commijfitm ejt, ut ea qu,z in uelii font dijpenfint, &cw " Men that live en earth, do difpenfe the " things tb:H are in heaven; and are in– " truficd with a power that neither ar.1gels " nor archangels can pretend unto: for to " none of thefe \vas it faid, lf7hat ye bind " Olt earth, ]hall be boU1td in heave11. Eanh– " ly princes l1ave the power of binding, " but it is only the bodies of men. 'rhefe " bands that I fpeak of take hold of the " fouls of n1en, and reach unto the very " heavens: fo that God doth ratify above, "' wl1at the priefl: detennines below j and " his fervants decrees are ratified by th<;ir " Lord. The Father hath gi1;en all judg– " ment to the Son: but now, it feems, the " Son does deliver it to the paftors of tbe '' church. P1nd fo eu1inent is this autho- ~' rity,
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