Elements of policy civil and ecclesiastical : in a mathematical method . oy,whicha Biihop has not, or which has noc mani-feftly been ufurpd from Bifliops ? A Billiop ordains, baptizes, confirms, in-Aids Penance, and excommunicates. APope can do no more. Biihops in the Pri-mitive Times in a Synod judgd their Fcl-low-Biihops. The Pope ftole the Privilegeof Appeals, and forgd the Nicene Canonsfor that Purpofe. How well is this provd,beyond all Poifibility of Anfvver ? The fifth Nicene Qnon^ nbkh treats of , ni:hout any Exception of ihc Pope^ )r/?j ^.tjj Nor r V 85 ) Nor can
Elements of policy civil and ecclesiastical : in a mathematical method . oy,whicha Biihop has not, or which has noc mani-feftly been ufurpd from Bifliops ? A Billiop ordains, baptizes, confirms, in-Aids Penance, and excommunicates. APope can do no more. Biihops in the Pri-mitive Times in a Synod judgd their Fcl-low-Biihops. The Pope ftole the Privilegeof Appeals, and forgd the Nicene Canonsfor that Purpofe. How well is this provd,beyond all Poifibility of Anfvver ? The fifth Nicene Qnon^ nbkh treats of , ni:hout any Exception of ihc Pope^ )r/?j ^.tjj Nor r V 85 ) Nor can any pretend that calling Coun-cils was his Elicntial Prerogative ; the Ea^never acknowledgd any Council, eventhat of Sardis caiid by him j and theWe^i^ till very late, were ignorant of anyfuch Power. Intel) for his y^ppcals from a Proviacial Synod. Bnt Tozi-nius vyotid have palmd upon the Eaft, the Sar-dican Canons jor theNictnc ones j but the Cheat was foundotit, exposd. The African Church ahfohtcly rejcUed y^ppeah to Rome,ia the Cafe of CONCZU CONCLUSION. TH E Reader, after a due and feriousConiideration, will find that Hydrahad never a more numerous OfF-lpringmonftrous Heads, than the Notion of theDependency of the Church on the Statehas Contradidions. But the IfTue is doubledupon us^ if we purfue the Iflj-g Schemesadvanced of late ; that ail Government isfrom the People, or that Conqueft or Pof-fcffion give a Right to a King De Fa6io^ tomake him a Lawful King. For, ifi^ If all Power is from the People, andthe Church depends upon the State, thenthe Church is fuSjc^^ to the People; confe-quently, every Individual is invcftcd Ori-ginally with all Church-Powers. 2^/y, This Original Power in every Indi-vidual, places the Power of the Keys in e-very one, to open and fliut the Kingdom ofMeaven for himfcif, to forgive his own Slxi^;which is highly abfurd. ?^dly^ As Penance in a Spiritual Society,is as nccclTary as Puniihmcnts arc in the State, C 88) S
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