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A treatise of liturgies, power of the keys, and of matter of the visible…A treatise of liturgies, power of the keyes, and of matter of the visible…
A treatise of liturgies, power of the keys, and of matter of the visible church. In answer to the reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Ball. By Thomas Shepherd, sometimes fellow of Emanuel-College in Cambridge, and late pastor of Cambridge in New-England.A treatise of liturgies, power of the keyes, and of matter of the visible church. In answer to the reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Ball. By Thomas Shephard, sometimes fellow of Emanuel-Colledge in Cambridge, and late pastour of Cambridge in New-England.
London: printed by E. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1652
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Reply. If the community of the faithful have to do in all matters of the body, to admit members cast out, make and depose Ministers, &c. by authority from Christ, we cannot see how in your judgement the execution of the power of the Keys is concredited to the Ministers.
Reply. If the communitie of the faithfull have to doe in all matters of the body, to admit members cast out, make and depose Ministers, &c. by authority from Christ, wee cannot see how in your judgement the execution of the power of the Keys is concredited to the Ministers.
Answ. If the power, privilege and liberty of the people be rightly distinguished from the authority of the officers as it ought, a dim sight may easily perceive how the execution of the Keys by the officers authoritatively may stand with the liberties of the people in their place obedientially following and concurring with their guides, so long as they go along with Christ their King and his Laws, and cleaving in their obedience to Christ dissenting from their guides, when they forsake Christ in their ministrations; if there need an ocular demonstration hereof, it is at hand in all civill administrations wherein the execution of Laws and of justice in the hands of the Judges and the privilege power or liberty of the people in the hands of the Jurors. Both sweetly concur in every case both civill & criminal; neither is the use of a Jury only to find the fact done, or not done, (as some answer this instance) but also the nature and degree of the fact in reference to the Law that awards answerable punishments; as whether the fact be simple theft, or burglary, murder or manslaughter, &c. and so in cases of damages, costs in civill cases; whereby it appears, that although the power and privilege of the people be great, yet the execution authoritatively may be wholly in the Officers.
Answ. If the power, priviledge and liberty of the people be rightly distinguished from the authority of the officers as it ought, a dim sight may easily perceive how the execution of the Keys by the officers authoritatively may stand with the liberties of the people in their place obedientially following and concurring with their guides, so long as they goe along with Christ their King and his Lawes, and cleaving in their obedience to Christ dissenting from their guides, when they forsake Christ in their ministrations; if there need an ocular demonstration hereof, it is at hand in all civill administrations wherein the execution of Laws and of justice in the hands of the Judges and the priviledge power or liberty of the people in the hands of the Jurours. Both sweetly concurre in every case both civill & criminall; neither is the use of a Jury onely to finde the fact done, or not done, (as some answer this instance) but also the nature and degree of the fact in reference to the Law that awards answerable punishments; as whether the fact be simple theft, or burglary, murder or manslaughter, &c. and so in cases of dammages, costs in civill cases; whereby it appeares, that although the power and priviledge of the people be great, yet the execution authoritatively may bee wholly in the Officers.