An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches

The Parents are Judges in cases about their Wives and Children, proper to Family-Government

But every reasonable Creature being a Governor of himself, is necessarily the Discerner of his own Duty. And God being the Highest Ruler, and there being no Power but of Him, and none against Him, no Man must obey any against him: and all must use their Reason to judge whether Mens Laws be against God or not: If this were not so, 1. Men were governed as mere Brutes: 2. And must curse God or Christ, or murder, or do any Evil that Rulers bid them. 3. And then God should for this punish none but Sovereigns. 4. And then all Nations must be of the King's Religion. 5. And then men must not judge whether it be the Just Prince or the Usurper that they must obey. In short, this overthroweth all Religion and Humanity.

But every reasonable Creature being a Governour of himself, is necessarily the Discerner of his own Duty. And God being the Highest Ruler, and there being no Power but of Him, and none against Him, no Man must obey any against him: and all must use their Reason to judge whether Mens Laws be against God or not: If this were not so, 1. Men were governed as meer Bruites: 2. And must curse God or Christ, or murder, or do any Evil that Rulers bid them. 3. And then God should for this punish none but Soveraigns. 4. And then all Nations must be of the King's Religion. 5. And then men must not judge whether it be the Just Prince or the Usurper that they must obey. In short, this overthroweth all Religion and Humanity.

C. IX. No men have Power to Judge in partem utramlibet, or against any Article of Faith or Divine Obedience; the Thing is True or False before they judge of it: and if they judge against Truth, their Judgment is void: God binds as not to believe ⟨p. 12⟩