AHd  fo,  k  kftrongly to  far  fe^Ntied,  thattbofetw
<hk^tf»;MC0Maint(  theAicce&rf  their  btifinefr  tt>
ChrilPs  power  alone,  but  will  call  in  fceuiar  power,  M
*ndabove,*tohdp  d»ttnl  fey,  k  is  more  dun  pfobabfe,
thit  they  have  vndernto^  femefe^^
poww  alone  it  fully  foficient  to  do  *11  things  that  art  n*
defl^andprofitafekfor  hisk^

Befides,  Ais  woridiy  powttr*  never  works  peaot;  but  it
ways  dabirbwcw  in  the  church*  puttafgjU  things  p**f
G^tajr'and  method*  jm*  man's*  and  woridng  itatf
will  rather  than  God*)  yta,  man's  willag*lnft<Jo*et«d
ftie  whoHy  contrary  to  the  ^oyiiature  of  the efafftbi
tod  hd^thm  can  kafcree  with  it  fat-any  thing?- .w^i  ^

ff  arty  (hail  rtqfo  flat  woridiy  power  doth  ^UMy#»
ehtach,  becaafe  it  keeps  down  ifeiaay  profane  pmfcrti  ^
wowlAnotbekept^downby  tho^ofd. aa ■.**  ^

linfwer;  Thkt  fo.faras&eh  pftfv*  ones  amgavMt
ed  by  worldly  power,  they  are  of  tho  world,  and  not  of
the  church  ;  and  worldly  power  had  better  govern  them  in
the  world,  its  own  proper  fphere,  than  in  the  church,
which  is  beyond  their  line;  efpecially  feeing  the  church
hath  power  enough  in  itfelf,  to  govern  thofe  that  are  of
k;  aed  they  that  will  not  be  governed  willingly  io  the
church,  as  chriftians,  let  them  be  governed  againft  their
wills,  in  the  commonwealth,  as  men. For  the  govern-
ment of  the  church  isomer  man,  *s  chriftians,  asfpiritual;
but -the  government  of  the  ftate  is  over  men*  as  men,  is
natural  and  carn&L. The  firft  of  thefe  governments  befohp
toChrift,  and  the  latter  to  the  magiftrate;  and  if  the-sna*
gifttft*  be  faithful  in  hi*  office  and  headlhip,  thew  *»
ctoubt  to  be  made  of  ChF'rft- $  feithfulne&inhk. *9i|t  wm
if  the  magistrate  will  not  content  himfelf  ^ich  hi*0M
kingdom  and  powir,  bus  Will  needs  intrude  on  Chrittt
aUb;  and  not  reckoning  it  enough  to  govern  men,  9*  tan*
by  his  worldly  power*  will  alfo  by  the  fame  power,  be
-...-•  tampering


IN  THE  CHURCH  OF  CHRIST. 227

tampering  with  the  very  church:  this  both  renders  him
troublefom  to  the  faithful*  and  the  faithful  to  him:  Him
troublefom  to  the  faithful,  in  that  he  ufcs  a  power  over
them,  that  is  neither  fuitable  to  them,  nor  their  affairs ;
and  them  troublefom  to  him,  becaufc  in  God's  kingdom,
as  they  hear  not  the  voice,  fo  neither  do  they  obey  the
command  of  a  ftranger. 