Chap. 1. the. 7. Diuision.
To these reasons of the Admonition, may be added that whych the Admonition hath in the. 230. page, that the regiment of the Church is spirituall, and respecteth the conscience, and therefore hath not to doe wyth ciuill offices, which respect properly the common wealth, and the outwarde, godly, honest, and quiec behauiour. And therfore their meanyng is, that as the ciuill gouernour dothe vse suche kynde of punishmente as may brydle the outwarde man, and holde hym that he dare not of∣fende in the open breache of that godlynesse, honestie, and quietnesse which S. Paule commendeth* 1.1 vnto vs: so the ecclesiasticall regiment dothe vse that kynde of discipline, whereby the conscience and inwarde man may be kepte in that wylling obedience vnto Gods commaundement, touching a godly, honest, and quiet lyfe.
The gouernment of the Church in the respect of Christ, whiche by his holy spirite ruleth in the heart and conscience of man, is onely spirituall: but it is not so in the respect of the visible Churche, and earthly members, and ministers of the same: for then must you of necessitie shut out the ciuill Magistrate from all kind of gouernmēt in the Church, which is the matter you shoote at, cloake it as muche as you can. But of the regiment of the Churche, and of the vntruthe of this your assertion I haue spo∣ken before: and speake of it also in that which followeth.