A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord

11. When all those Superfluities, and Foot balls of Contention, are cast out of the way, the Power of the Keys, or Pastoral Government, shall come to be better known and exercised, and the Primitive Discipline set up; which took place, before Cyril of Alexandria took up the Sword, and Pride swelled the Bishops into a Secular State, and way of Rule. Then it shall be Church-Government, to see that the People be duly taken in the Sacramental-Covenant, and learn the Creed, Lord's-Prayer, and Decalogue; and be instructed in the Word of God, and Live together in Sobriety, Righteousness, and Godliness. And the Pastors shall leave all Secular Matters to the Magistrates; and be no more troubled, nor corrupted by their use of any forcing Power: Their Government shall be a Paternal, Authoritative Exercise of Instruction, and of Love; and no more: Like that of a Tutor to his Pupils, a Physician in his Hospital, a Philosopher in his School, (supposing a Divine Commission and Rule.) The Church it self, shall be all ⟨p. 43⟩their Courts, (supposing the Magistrates) and the People the Witnesses; and the present incumbent Pastors, be the Judges, without Excommunicating and Absolving Lay-Chancellors, Surrogates, Commissaries, or Officials. And all the Materials of Contention being now gone, they shall have nothing to do in these Courts, but to try, whether the People have learnt, and understand their Catechisms, and consent to God's Covenant, and Communicate in his Worship, with the Church: And when any are accused of Wicked Living, contrary to Sobriety, Righteousness, and Godliness, to try, whether these Accusations be well proved: And if so, to persuade the Offenders to Repent; and by plain Scripture-Arguments, to convince them of the Sin; and with Tears, or Fatherly Tenderness and Love, to melt them into Remorse, and bring them to confess, and forsake the Sin. And if this cannot be done at once, to try again and again; and pray for their Repentance. And, when there is no other Remedy, [to Declare such a one openly uncapable of Church-Communion; and to require the Church, to avoid Communion with him; and him, to forbear intruding into their Communion: and to bind him over by a Ministerial Denunciation of God's Displeasure, (as against the Impenitent) to answer it at the Bar of God himself; as one that is under his Wrath, till he do Repent.]

11. When all those Superfluities, and Foot balls of Contention, are cast out of the way, the Power of the Keys, or Pastoral Government, shall come to be better known and exercised, and the Primitive Discipline set up; which took place, before Cyril of Alexandria took up the Sword, and Pride swelled the Bishops into a Secular State, and way of Rule. Then it shall be Church-Government, to see that the People be duely taken in the Sacramental-Covenant, and learn the Creed, Lord's-Prayer, and Decalogue; and be instructed in the Word of God, and Live together in Sobriety, Righteousness, and Godlyness. And the Pastors shall leave all Secular Matters to the Magistrates; and be no more troubled, nor corrupted by their use of any forcing Power: Their Government shall be a Paternal, Authoritative Exercise of Instruction, and of Love; and no more: Like that of a Tutor to his Pupils, a Physician in his Hospital, a Phylosopher in his School, (supposing a Divine Commission and Rule.) The Church it self, shall be all