All The Reasons Which Require The Subjection

The Functions Of These Elders, Therefore, Determine The Power Of The People; For A Representative Is One Chosen By Others To Do In Their Name What They Are Entitled To Do In Their Own Persons; Or Rather To Exercise The Powers Which Radically Inhere In Those For Whom They Act.

The Church, However, Is A Self-governing Society, Distinct From The State, Having Its Officers And Laws, And, Therefore, An Administrative Government Of Its Own.

It Is Because God Is Infinitely Great And Good That His Glory Is The End Of All Things; And His Good Pleasure The Highest Reason For Whatever Comes To Pass. What Is Man That He Should Contend With God, Or Presume That His Interests Rather Than God's Glory Should Be Made The Final End?

That The Apostolic Office Is Temporary, Is A Plain Historical Fact.

Romanists Tell Us That The Pope Is The Vicar Of Christ; That He Is His Successor As The Universal Head And Ruler Of The Church On Earth. If This Is So, He Must Be A Christ.