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Seeing then there are so many and so great differences of both Offices, and seeing also, that the function of Ministers and Elders of the Church, is not at all contained in the office of the Magistrate; neither on the other part, this is comprehended within that; Magistrates shal no less sin in usurping Eccle∣siastical power, ministring holy things, ordaining Ministers, or exercising Discipline Ecclesiasticall, then Ministers should
sin in rushing into the borders of the Magistrate, and in thru∣sting themselves into his calling.