A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded…

Therefore by reason of the danger of that which is called Clavis erra••, or a wrong Key; and that it may not be permitted to particular Churches to err or sin licentiously, and ⟨p. 14⟩lest any mans cause be overthrown and perish, who in a particular Church had perhaps the same men both his adversaries and his judges; Also that common businesses which do belong to many Churches, together with the more weighty and difficult controversies (the deciding whereof in the Consistories of particular Churches is not safe to be adventured upon) may be handled and determined by a common council of Presbyteries. Finally, that the Governors of particular Churches, may impart help mutually one to another against the cunning and subtle enemies of the truth, and may join their strength together (such as it is) by an holy combination, and that the Church may be as a camp of an Army well ordered; lest while every one striveth singly, all of them be subdued and overcome; or lest by reason of the scarcity of prudent and godly counsellors (in the multitude of whom is safety) the Affairs of the Church be undone: For all those considerations particular Churches must be subordinate to Classical Presbyteries and Synods.

Therefore by reason of the danger of that which is called Clavis erra••, or a wrong Key; and that it may not be permitted to particular Churches to erre or sin licentiously, and ⟨p. 14⟩