That form of government, wherein one by sole and singular Doct. 1 authority doth govern the Church specially many Churches and most of all, all Churches doth spring from the Earth and savoureth of the Earth, for so it appeareth to be from the Text, for all these Angels poured out their Vials upon the Earth: Verse 1. Not as Earth is opposed to other elements, but as it is opposed to Heaven: so that as their Earth is earthly, so is their Sea, and their Rivers, and Fountains, and their Sun: and this throne is but an earthly throne, you see no such throne in the Tabernacle of the Testimony opened in Heaven: so far as Churches are Heavenly, these thrones are not set up in them: for this is it which John reproveth (3. Jo. 9.) in Diotrephes, that he loveth to be a primate and would not regard a letter from John himself though an Apostle; & for the brethren he would not receive them himself, and forbade them that would, and cast them out of the Church, the true spirit of an earthly Primate, for they savour of earthly ambition and covetousness, love Balaam's wages, they stick not to buy their places for silver, care not what they give for them, but having gotten them with buying, they must maintain them by selling, they must sell Ordinations and Absolutions, and Dispensations, and must be maintained by the benevolences of their obedient Clergy, and in truth the sum of the matter is, quid mihi dabis? and what is all this but earthly bravery, if ever you have been at their thrones (though it were but the thrones of their chancellors ⟨p. 8⟩and Officials) you shall see nothing but that which savoureth of the Earth, earthly pride, or pleasure or Covetousness, I am, (and have less cause then many others from my last Diocesan, who being more learned, was more ingenuous and favourable then many others) not wont to speak these things, yet when the necessity of clearing my Text leadeth me to them, I may not without unfaithfulness to God and his Church, keep silence, we came not hither to speak hardly of other Churches: but when the Word of God calleth for it, we should be wickedly silent if we should not let the people know, what the mercy and blessing is, which we do enjoy, and what we are delivered from.
That forme of government, wherein one by sole and singular Doct. 1 authority doth govern the Church specially many Churches and most of all, all Churches doth spring from the Earth and savoureth of the Earth, for so it appeareth to be from the Text, for all these Angels powred out their Vialls upon the Earth: Verse 1. Not as Earth is opposed to other elements, but as it is opposed to Heaven: so that as their Earth is earthly, so is their Sea, and their Rivers, and Fountaines, and their Sunne: and this throne is but an earthly throne, you see no such throne in the Tabernacle of the Testimony opened in Heaven: so farre as Churches are Heavenly, these thrones are not set up in them: for this is it which Iohn reprooveth (3. Io. 9.) in Diotrephes, that he loveth to be a primate and would not regard a letter from Iohn himselfe though an Apostle; & for the brethren he would not receive them himself, and forbad them that would, and cast them out of the Church, the true spirit of an earthly Primate, for they savour of earthly ambition and covetousnesse, love Balaams wages, they stick not to buy their places for silver, care not what they give for them, but having gotten them with buying, they must maintaine them by selling, they must sell Ordinations and Absolutions, and Dispensations, and must be maintained by the benevolences of their obedient Clergy, and in truth the summe of the matter is, quid mihi dabis? and what is all this but earthly bravery, if ever you have beene at their thrones (though it were but the thrones of their chauncellors ⟨p. 8⟩and Officialls) you shall see nothing but that which savoureth of the Earth, earthly pride, or pleasure or Covetousnesse, I am, (and have lesse cause then many others from my last Diocesan, who being more learned, was more ingenuous and favourable then many others) not wont to speake these things, yet when the necessity of clearing my Text leadeth me to them, I may not without unfaithfullnesse to God and his Church, keepe silence, we came not hither to speake hardly of other Churches: but when the Word of God calleth for it, we should be wickedly silent if we should not let the people know, what the mercy and blessing is, which we doe enjoy, and what we are delivered from.
