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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
# Folio 214, page id 1030877386:0214
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(214)
and ihe Divine touse no mord in preachine. but such as his Audi-
tors, nor in voriring. but such as a common Peader may under-
stand; And all this not for the pleasine of my Palare, but for the
promotion of truth.
(i) T. FI. Hlach Forgorren what he said in his Booh De Cive,
Cap. 12. thac ic is a sedirions opinion to reach tlat the bnomledee
of c0od and evil belones to privare persons. And C aP. 17. ChAE
in questions of Faith, the civill Macistrates oncht to consult
miththe Ecclestastical Doctors, 10 mhom Cods blessine is derived
by imposition of bands, so as not to be deceived in necessary
truths, ec. There he acrributes t0o muchtothem, herehe
actriburech coolicele, bochchere and here he cakes roo mucti
upon him. The Spirits ot ehe Prophees are subiect coche
ProDhets. J Fle rhintes he bath a creat advantase acainst me from
my oun mords in my Boole de Cive, which he mould noc have
thouche is he had understood them. The hnolease of c00d and
evill, is Iudicature, mhich in Latin is cosnitio caularum not
Sciencia. Fvery privare man may de his best ro atrain a lenoirledee
of ihat is cood and evill in the action he is to do; but to indee of
hac is eood and cvill in orhers betones not to him, but tothose
ihom the Soveraien Pomer appointeth thereanto. But the Bi.
Bop not understandins. or forcettins that Cosnolcere is to judq
as Adam did of Cods commandement, hath cired this place to licile
purpose. And for the infallibiliey of the Ecclestastical Doctors
byme artributed rothem, it is not thas they cannot be deceaved,
buc that a subjeet cannot he deceived in obegine them mben they
are our lamfully constiented Doctors. For the supreme Lcclesta-
stival Doctor is he that hath ehe supreme Pomer; and in oberine
himno subject ean be deceived; because thy are by God rimself
commanded ro ober him. And rhat the Lcclestastical Doctors
lanfullus constimted do tell us to be necessary in point of Relicion,
the same is told us by the Soveraien Porver. And therefore,
chouch e may be deceaved by chem in the beleef of an opinion,
We can not be deceived by them inthe dury ofour Actions. And
ehis is all that Y aseribe ro the Fcclepasticat Doctors. I they
ehinte it too much, let ihem tahe upon them lesse. F00 lirile rbey
eannot say it is, Who tabe it, asit is. for a Barthen. And for
ehem who sect it as a mordly preferment, it is reo mueh. L tale (he