The divine right of church-government and excommunication

Ans. I may say, as he saith to that Apostolic servant of God, holy Beza, Egregia vero ratiocinatio: The question is now touching the scope of Christ, Matth. 18. Erastus proveth repairing of civill injuries to be Christs scope, and how proveth he it? Because he that is gained to God by repentance, is a made friend, and vvill leave off to do civill wrongs: Just as if one should say, the scope of the holy Ghost, in the history of the Creation, in the two first chapters of Genesis, is to make the Reader a good Philosopher: Why? because he that understandeth the works of Creation, the Heaven, Stars, Sun, Moon, Seas, dry Land, Trees, Herbs, &c. Must not this man be an excellent Astronomer, Geographer, Physiloge, &c? So may he say, the scope of the holy Ghost, in the ten Commandments, is to make a man an excellent Citizen of London, or Paris, Why? how is that the scope of the ten Commandments? by Erastus his Argument, What better way can there be to make a good social Civilian, then if he be well versed in the Doctrine of the ten Commandments? so may I say, the scope of Paul in the first eleven Chapters of the Epistle to the Romans, is to make a man love his brother, why? Because if he know God, and free justification by faith in Christ, and our freedom from the Law, and the Doctrine of Election by Free-grace, and the like, he cannot but love his brother▪ Now how can that be Christs scope, which is neither ⟨p. 301⟩spoken In terminis? Nor so much as insinuated? Now to gain an offending brother is In terminis spoken, ver. 15. Thou hast gained thy brother: so Erastus granteth this is Christs scope, but not his last scope; and gaining of his soul he will have, but a scope for a civil end to hold off injuries: How carnal is the glos•e of Erastus? Now the scope of Erastus is never spoken, never hinted at: Erastus cannot deny our scope, only he will not have it the chief scope of the words; the best ground he hath for his scope is that, Tell the Church, is, Tell the Civill Magistrate.

Ans. I may say, as he saith to that Apostolick servant of God, holy Beza, Egregia vero ratiocinatio: The question is now touching the scope of Christ, Matth. 18. Erastus proveth repairing of civill injuries to be Christs scope, and how proveth he it? Because he that is gained to God by repentance, is a made friend, and vvill leave off to do civill vvrongs: Iust as if one should say, the scope of the holy Ghost, in the history of the Creation, in the two first chapters of Genesis, is to make the Reader a good Philosopher: Why? because he that understandeth the works of Creation, the Heaven, Stars, Sun, Moon, Seas, dry Land, Trees, Herbs, &c. Must not this man be an excellent Astronomer, Geographer, Physiloge, &c? So may he say, the scope of the holy Ghost, in the ten Commandments, is to make a man an excellent Citizen of London, or Paris, Why? how is that the scope of the ten Commandments? by Erastus his Argument, What better way can there be to make a good sociall Civilian, then if he be well versed in the Doctrine of the ten Commandments? so may I say, the scope of Paul in the first eleven Chapters of the Epistle to the Romanes, is to make a man love his brother, why? Because if he know God, and free justification by faith in Christ, and our freedom from the Law, and the Doctrine of Election by Free-grace, and the like, he cannot but love his brother Now how can that be Christs scope, which is neither