A discourse of conscience wherein is set down the nature, properties, and differences thereofA discourse of conscience wherein is set downe the nature, properties, and differences thereof

Arg. 8. 1. Tim. 3. Paul made a law that none having two wives should be ordained a Bishop: now this law is positive and Ecclesiastical and binds conscience. Answ. Paul is not the maker of this law, but God himself, who ordained ⟨p. 49⟩that in marriage not three but two alone should be one flesh: and that they which serve at the altar of the Lord, should be holy. And to grant that this law were a new law beside the written word of God, yet doeth it not follow that Paul was the maker of it: because he used not to deliver any doctrine to the Churches but that which he received of the Lord.

Arg. 8. 1. Tim. 3. Paul made a law that none hauing two wiues should be ordained a Bishop: now this law is positiue and Ecclesiasticall and bindes conscience. Answ. Paul is not the maker of this law, but God himselfe, who ordained ⟨p. 49⟩that in mariage not three but two alone should be one flesh: and that they which serue at the altar of the Lord, should be holy. And to graunt that this law were a new law beside the written word of God, yet doeth it not follow that Paul was the maker of it: because he used not to deliuer any doctrine to the Churches but that which he receiued of the Lord.

Argum. 9. Luc. 10. He which heareth you, heareth me. Answ. These words properly concern the Apostles, and do not in like manner belong to pastors & teachers of the Church. And the end of these words is not to confirm any Apostolical authority in making laws to the conscience; but to signify the privilege which he had vouchsafed them above all others, that he would so far forth assist them with his spirit, that they should not err or be deceived in teaching & publishing the doctrine of salvation, though otherwise they were sinful men: according to