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The Fourth Reason.
The Ecclesiasticall and Civill governement may not be con∣founded, or be together in one person: But to be a Cheife, or a Ruler, is a civill power, Ergo, it cannot be exercised by any Ecclesiasticall person.
Bishop Jewels Answer.
BOth these governements were confounded in Mo∣ses: Therefore, they may be confounded. And the Priests of Israel had the Judgement and governement of the people. And Saint Augustine was troubled with hearing, and determining of Causes: as appeareth by Possidonius.
And where you say, to be a Chiefe, or a Ruler, is a Civill governement: nay in Ecclesiasticall causes, it is Ecclesiasticall governement, and not civill: And these differences of governement may not so unadvi∣sedly be confounded: This is the key of Ecclesiasti∣call correction, and belongeth onely to the Ecclesiasti∣call Officer, and to none other. Hereof Saint Paul saith Seniorem ne corripueris nisi sub, &c. Tradidi illum satanae, &c. This jurisdiction is not civill, but ecclesiasticall and therefore may be exercised by any ecclesiasticall person.
I beseech you take these sudden answers in good part. As for these reasons; in my Judgement, they are not made to build up,* 1.1 and they are too weake to pull downe. Stultitia nata est in corde pueri & virgadis∣ciplinae fugabit illam. It is but wantonnesse; correction will helpe it.