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. Humility to God may well stand with authority to men. The 24. Elders (who represent the grown heirs of the Church of the new Testament) they are said in Church-assemblies to sit upon thrones with crowns on their heads, Rev. 4.4. yet when they fall down to worship God and the Lamb, they cast down their crowns at his feet, v. 10.

Answ. Humility to God may well stand with authority to men. The 24. Elders (who represent the growne heyres of the Church of the new Testament) they are said in Church-assemblies to sit upon thrones with crownes on their heads, Rev. 4.4. yet when they fall down to worship God and the Lamb, they cast down their crownes at his feet, v. 10.

Object. 7. In the church of a particular Congregation, a woman may not speak: but in this Church here spoken of, they may speak; for they may be offenders, and offenders must give an account of their offences.

Answ. When the Apostle forbiddeth women to speak in the church, he meaneth, speaking partly by way of authority, as in public praying or prophesying in the Church, (1 Tim. 2.12.) partly by way of bold inquiry, in asking questions publicly of the Prophets in the face of the Church, 1 Cor. 14.34. But to answer it: If the whole Congregation have taken just offence at the open sin of a woman, she is bound as much to give satisfaction to the whole Congregation, as well as to the Presbytery.