VIII.
Neither Bishops, nor Officials, nor Arch-Deacons, such as they are at present, have by right, any Jurisdiction, Ecclesiastical nor Civil; Nevertheless because Believers are sometimes constrain'd to appear before them to gain their Right, which otherwise were not to be obtain'd, they may thither make their address, being referr'd by the Magistrate, to whom they are first to apply themselves.
One may and ought also submit to all the Juris∣dictions Established in a Country by Consent and Au∣thority of the Sovereign, especially when one is appoin∣ted so to do by Order of the Magistrate, under this con∣dition nevertheless, That the Service of God be not thereby injur'd, nor the Conscience concern'd.