The keys of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…

Answ. 2. The Church is never put for the Presbytery alone (throughout the new Testament) though sometime it be put expressly for the Fraternity alone, as they are distinguished from the Elders and Officers, Act. 15.22. and therefore Tell the Church, cannot be meant Tell the Presbytery alone.

Answ. 2. The Church is never put for the Presbyterie alone (throughout the new Testament) though sometime it be put expresly for the Fraternity alone, as they are distinguished from the Elders and Officers, Act. 15.22. and therefore Tell the Church, cannot be meant Tell the Presbyterie alone.

Object. In the old Testament, the Congregation is often put for the Elders and Rulers of the Congregation.

Answ. Let all the places alleged be examined, and it will appear, that in matters of judgement, where the Congregation is put for the Elders and Rulers, it is never meant (for ought we can find) of the Elders and Rulers alone, sitting apart, and retired from the Congregation; but sitting in the presence of the Congregation, and hearing and judging causes before them: In which case, if a sentence have passed from a Ruler, with the dislike of the Congregation, they have not stuck to show their dislike, sometime by protesting openly against it (as 1 Sam. 14.44, 45.) sometime by refusing ⟨p. 42⟩to execute it. (1 Sam. 22.16, 17