The rule of building the house of God, and of the reformation of Religion,1. The Rule of Reformation. is the same and perpetuall: the commandment of God, and not the commandment of man one or moe, whether they be Civill or Eccle∣siasticall persons. It is their part to provide according to their places and callings, to command and direct that the Commandment of God be obeyed. This King commandeth not that his will be done, but what God hath commanded. Neither King nor Parliament can command otherwise. Civill powers have great au∣thoritie, not onely in things civill, but in matters of Religion; and they sin against God, if they use not the authority which God hath put in their hands, for the good of Religion. To them belongeth Inspection and watching over, not onely Ecclesiastics, but Ecclesia∣stica. Ecclesiasticall persons are subject to Civill authoritie no lesse then others; and in respect of things Ecclesiasticall or matters of Religion, Eu∣sebius brings in Constantine the great, saying: Vos Episcopi in Ecclesia, ego extra Ecclesiam seu templum Episcopus a Deo constitutus sum: Not that any mortall man whether Pope or Prince, can be properly Head of the Church, or Vice-gerent unto Christ the Medi∣ator in his speciall and oeconomicall Kingdom of Grace: for Princes are Vice-gerents to God, and to his Son Jesus Christ as he is God, in his universall Kingdom of Providence; and this watching and inspe∣ction of Princes and Magistrates, is objective Ecclesiasti∣ca, but formaliter civili, it is about matters of Religi∣on in a civill manner, and in a way sutable to the nature and qualitie of their place and power. The faithfull custody and preservation of Religion, is a part of their 0