A68107:793
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
Treatise 1 › Section 17: §. 17. Of the relation betwixt Christ and the Church.
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Answ.
1. This distinction is without all ground or warrant of Scripture.
2. It implieth plain contradiction. For to be a ministerial head, is to be an head and a minister, which is all one as an head and a member in relation to the same thing.
2. It implieth plaine contradiction. For to be a ministeriall head, is to be an head and a minister, which is all one as an head and a member in relation to the same thing.
3. Though in these two words (Imperial, Ministerial) they may seem to advance Christ above the Pope, yet in their own interpretation of these words they make the Pope equal 1to Christ, if not advance him above Christ. For they say that Christ is an imperial head to quicken the Church inwardly: and the Pope a ministerial head to govern it outwardly. First let it be noted, how little congruity this exposition hath with the words expounded. Doth this word (imperial) intimate a quickening virtue? Doth this word (ministerial) imply a governing power? Nay, is there not great incongruity in this, that Christ should be the Imperial head, and yet the Pope an head to govern? Besides, doth not this rend asunder two of Christs offices, and leaving one to Christ, give another to the