Elements of policy civil and ecclesiastical : in a mathematical method . ot indilferenti ior boththe Politick and Society mullbe inverted wirii fuch Powers, as may pre-ferve each from Corruption, by Ax. 4. K 2 Such (68) Such Powers muft be inverted in par-ticular Perfonii and if any foreign orufurping Power can fufpend the Actionsoi either one or the other, they are de-flroyd as to Effect. The State changesits ancient Form of Government, and thePales of the Church are call down, andChriftianity lofcs its Power as a Society,and retains its broken Empire only overthe Minds
Elements of policy civil and ecclesiastical : in a mathematical method . ot indilferenti ior boththe Politick and Society mullbe inverted wirii fuch Powers, as may pre-ferve each from Corruption, by Ax. 4. K 2 Such (68) Such Powers muft be inverted in par-ticular Perfonii and if any foreign orufurping Power can fufpend the Actionsoi either one or the other, they are de-flroyd as to Effect. The State changesits ancient Form of Government, and thePales of the Church are call down, andChriftianity lofcs its Power as a Society,and retains its broken Empire only overthe Minds of Men. I conclude, that thofe particular Powersgranted by our BlelTed Saviour, ziz. Ab-folution, Excommunication, Penance, Ad-miniftring the Sacraments, cannot be ofan indifferent Nature, becaufe they arefounded upon a Divine Command. Neither can the appointing the Perfonsto exercife thefe Powers be of an indif-ferent Nature, any more than the Choice ofthe Civil Magiftrate can be fo; for Power,and Perfons inverted with that Power^ asI obfervd before, are Prop. •K vt iT* H^ w* X*j Uf iT? li If * •* v* ^ •• -•- **•^(**?^*«*?^*****•:•**?>•^•^•^•^?•^*•^?^?^•^•^<•«•c•« * » W W W W w % % W^ t? ^^ W ij? * Prop. XXL i^i6^;/ rZ^^y^ Powers in theChurch are diftiirVd,Schijm as neceffarUy fol-lovosy as Rebellion whenthe CimI Powers are in-vaded or ujiirpd. IF the Chriftian Society is broke intoPieces by that Means, the Propofitionis ahnoft fclf-evidcnt ,• for Power is anAbility to obtain fome End ; if fuchPower is fufpcnded, the fame Confequen-czs flow from fuch Violence in the Churclias in the States in one the Places of Pro-fit and Truft are ufurpd, and in the o-ther the Sacred Offices of Religion are in-vaded. CoYolL The Prince cannot fufpcnd ordeprive an Ecclcfiaftical Governour, orBilhop \ for, as 1 obfervd in the laft Pro-pofition^ and Hkewife in fome of the pre-ceding C -o ) ceoing ones, tliofc Powers excrcisd byHcclci
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