The difference between the power of magistrates and church-pastors and the Roman kingdom &…

And as to Lay-Elders, or Lay-Chancellors, I am no more for them than you are; that is, as the Magistrates Officers, or as the Churches Sub-Officers circa sacra & non in sacris: But sure those of them who are introduced on a mistaken conceit of Divine right, and do no more than the Pastors do, are no Usurpers of Coercive power.

You see by the late Acts of King and Parliament in Scotland, that all External Church power is declared to be in the King: And what would you have more? No doubt the meaning is not, All power about external things: For the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lords Supper, and the persons baptized, &c. are external objects: Nor can it be all power that is exercised by the external parts of the body. For the Tongue of the Preacher, and the Hand of the Baptizer, as well as the Ear of the Hearer is an external part. But in these two senses it is true, and commonly consented to, by all that I remember of my acquaintance that are Christians. 1. That all the power of the Sword, or of forcing by Mulcts or bodily punishments, as distinct from the power of the Word, that worketh directly upon the soul alone (by the senses) is in the King, and not in any of the Clergy, though it be about the matters of Religion. 2. And that all power in Church matters and Religion. Extrinsical to the Pastoral Office as instituted by Christ, is of right the Kings, and his inferior Magistrates. And what would you or any man have more?

You see by the late Acts of King and Parliament in Scotland, that all External Church power is declared to be in the King: And what would you have more? No doubt the meaning is not, All power about external things: For the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lords Supper, and the persons baptized, &c. are external objects: Nor can it be all power that is exercised by the external parts of the body. For the Tongue of the Preacher, and the Hand of the Baptizer, as well as the Ear of the Hearer is an external part. But in these two senses it is true, and commonly consented to, by all that I remember of my acquaintance that are Christians. 1. That all the power of the Sword, or of forcing by Mulcts or bodily punishments, as distinct from the power of the Word, that worketh directly upon the soul alone (by the senses) is in the King, and not in any of the Clergy, though it be about the matters of Religion. 2. And that all power in Church matters and Religion. Extrinsecal to the Pastoral Office as instituted by Christ, is of right the Kings, and his inferiour Magistrates. And what would you or any man have more?