Clinr.;.Y. 550 Deutd7a8, Magiliracie & mini}erie feruc oneanother as the left hand dotti the right. Harmon. of Confetffcft.ry. cap.as. a.Chr.aça.19. a.Chr.aó.s.r6. fí Commentarie vpon the them the keepers; but it is to afcribe unto them filch foueraigntie vnder Godouer all caufes andperfousEccleuia(licall and Ciuíll, as that they may not depofe the care of Church or Common-wealth, as a thing wherein they will not be wearied;but mull prouide that fincerc and r.n- corrupt do&tine bepublifhed in all their Churches;that the Sacraments be duely & feafonably adminidred according to Chrids inditution;that the whole worfhip ofGod be purged from humane traditions , and fu- per(litions; that the Church difcipliue be executed according to the wordofGod; that not onely thefts , murchers, adulteries, forceries, (which even heathen kings hauerooted out of their countries) be pu- nifhed;but alto blafphemies, curfrngs,atheifine,herefie,drunkennes,Sa- baoth- breaking,&c.In a word,weyeeld veto the foueraigne power,fo- ueraigne authoritie todriue all forts ofmen Ecclefiaflicall and Ciuill,to all thofe duties religious or fecular, which God hach laid vpon them, andaccording to.their care herein haue theybeen commended or difal- lowed in the Scriptures. Now that Princes (hotild nor command,but according vntoGod, the Lord hash appointed themmeanes : as, r. The book! of the lame to be by themcontinually,to iudge ofall matters according to the mouth of theLord,and to frame and execute their lawes according to the fame. s. The mini/ierie to explane and layopen and put themin mind oftheir duty out of that booke. For thcfe two,Magidracieand Miniflery,ferue one another, as the left hand the right. But here Minigers mull take heede, that they take no more vpon them , then to aduife and aduerrife from the Lord; feeiug this is oneminedifference between Magi(}racy and Miniflery, that alth !ugh one haue an eye to theother, in that Ma- gidracie muddablìth the Minidery; and theMinidery dire&Magidra. cie; yet neither of them may execute the other. Mofes andAaron mud communicatetheir counfels and labours, but both mug know! their owne (landing. After them Iofuah mug ioyncwithEleazer : Dauid the king mug take aduifeofNathan , andGad the Prophets : Iofiah with Huidas : fo long as Iehoidah thePried liueth todire& loas,he prooueth well, but after his death he waxeth worfe. And Vzziah will recite the Lord in the dayes ofZachariah thePried, but afterward degenerateth, and growethvery naught,and unlike unto himflfe. Thus as formerly we haue flablifhed the regal power ouer all perlons Ecclefiadicalas wet as others; fo nowhaue we alto ouer all caufes Ecclefiadicall as well as Ciuill,with this only exception,vnder Chrid;whemud dill beacknow- ledged the foueraigne Lord &Kingofhis Church, to role it byhis own word and lawes; according to which dire&ion, while they fquare their gouernement (as Mofes did all in the temple by the patterne (hewed in the
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