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          ¶ Chap. 10. of ye power of ye church, and

              its Presbytery.

    1

      Supreame and Lordly power over all ye churches upo[n]

    earth, doth only belong unto Jesus cht, who is ye King of

    ye church and the head thereof(a), who hath ye governmt

    upon his shoulders(b), and hath all power given unto h[im]

    both in heaven & in earth(c).   (a) Eph.1.21,22. Col.1.18.

    (b) Hai.9.6.  (c) math.28.18.

    2

      A company of professed beleevers, Ecclesiastically confe[de]

    rate, as they are a church before they have officers and

    wthout them, so even in that estate subordinate chu[rch]

    power under cht delegated unto them by him do[th]

    belong unto them, in such [struck through] ^maner as is before exp[cut off]

    chap 1.5.6.2.      and as flowing from ye very nature [&]

    Essence of a church, it being naturall to all bod[ies]

    (& so unto a church body) to be furnished wth suff[ici]

    ent power for its owne preservacion & subsistence.

    3

      The Govnmt of ye church is a mixt Govnmt (an[d]

    so hath bene acknowledged long before ye terme

    of Independency was heard of.) In respect of cht

    the head and King of ye church, and that Soveraigne

    power residing in him & exercised by him, it is a M[o]

    narchie: In respect of the body, of Brotherhood of ye

    church, and power from cht granted unto them, it

    resembleth a democracy: In respect of ye Presbyt[ery]

    & power committed to them, it is an Aristocracy.

    4

      The Soveraigne power wch is peculiar to cht(a), is

    exercised, in calling ye church out of ye world

    into holy fellowshipp wth himselfe(b). 2 in insti[tu]

    ting the ordinances of his worship(c) & appointing