Apostles, but by God. And so of S. Paul, chosen an Apostle, not by men, nor of men, but of God. How then can the Pope challenge vndependant Ecclesiasti∣call Iurisdiction, when he is chosen and made Pope, & also vnpoped by men, much inferiour to the Apostles? If the Pope alone haue vndependant Church gouern∣ment, to giue and take Ecclesiasticall Iurisdiction, to, and from whom he please; how was the Patriarch of Alexandria made equall vnto him in the first Nicen Councell, Can. 6? And why was the Archbishop of Constantinople, equalled with him in authority, and in all things, except in Seniority; in the first Councell of Constantinople, cap. 3. and in the Councell of Chalce∣don, Can. 28?
Certainly, this vndependant supreme gouernment, was not acknowledged to be in Anicetus Bishoppe of Rome, by Polycarpus, who gain-saied Anicetus in the ce∣lebration of Easter. See Euseb. l. 5. ca. 26. Nor in Vic∣tor, who vsurping authoritie ouer the Bishops of Asia, was countermaunded, withstood, and sharply rebuked by Irenaeus, Polycrates, and others, Bishops in France, Asia, &c. See Euseb. l. 5. cap. 25.
Touching the Iesuits argument, drawen from the Kings supreme gouermment ciuill, to conclude there∣by his power to exercise all acts pertaining to ciuill Iu∣risdiction. I reply and say, that true it is, the fountaine of all ciuill Iustice vnder God in this Kingdome, is in his Maiestic: That hee alone hath power to constitute ciuill Iudges, and accordingly doth so. But our most learned Lawyers, and reuerent Iudges, will teach the Iesuit, that when the Iudges be so constituted; by the lawes and customes of this kingdome, it pertaineth to