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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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es che supreme Jude and meare not roobey menrather than God
Isehere any Christian m.N, sbat does nor actenomledse that me ar
1obe judecdby Christ, or that me ourl. + not to obey him rather thex
any man, that Ball be his Lieurenant upon carth: The question
therefore is, not of nhoistobe obered, but of What behis com
mands. If thc Scripeure contain his commands, then may every
Christian enom by them nhat theyare: and mhar has the Bistop
to do nirh what iod say-to me When Treadthem more then Yhave
r0 do ich wta Ccds scys ro him Whenhe rcads tbem. anlesse he have
Authorier siven him by bim mhom Christ hath constitetedhis
Lientenant? This Lieutena t upon carth L sar is the supreme ci-
vil Macistrate, tomlom belone ihthe care and charee of sceine
that no Doctrine muybe rio ehi the pcoplec bat such as may co.-
sist with rhe senrut Peace of them all, and viththe obedience
that is due to the civil Foveraign. In rhom Would the Bistop have
the Authoriey reside os prohibitins sedicions opieions, nhen they are
tanghe (as chey are often) in Diviniey Booles, and from the Pul
pit? Lcoula haraly suesse, but that lremember that there have
ibeen Bools Writtenta intitle the Bistors ro a Divine rixhe. unde-
rived fromthe civil Sovernign. Bur because he malethit so hay-
nons a matter, thatthe supreme civil Masistrate Bould be Christs
Tientenant upon carth. let us suppose rhat a Bisop, or a Synode ot
Bisops Bould beser p Crrhich T bope. never Ball) for our ervil
Soveraien; thon thac hich he objecterh here; T contd ole, cet in
thesame mords acainst himsels. For Lcould say in his onn moras
This is lite ecerrial co know theonely erue God, and Telus
Christ, Foh. 27. 3. Pure Relision andundetiled BetoreCod
is this, eo visie che Facherle(s, dc. Fames 1. 27. Fear 60d. and
hee his Commandmenis. Eccles. L2. 13. Batthe Bist op hach
found a more compendicus may to Fleaven, namely. that crue Reli-
cion consisteth in obedience ro C. hrist st.. Fientenants that is, (nom hy
supposition) 10 the Distrops; Fhat is tofay, that everu Christian
of mhat nation soever, comins inro the Coentry Which the l’istops
coverne, Bouldbecf their P elision le vould mahe the civit
Macistrere ro be Christs Lieucenant upon carth for mattrers of. Re-
lirion and supreme Fudre in alt contro versies, and say chey onchtita
beobercdby al horr strance socver and unconthit seem ro hin nor
the Soveraisnitu beins in others. And Lmar say robim, erhat