andthereforethatplaceproveththatbishopsineveryChristianCommonwealthhavetheirauthorityfromthecivilsovereign；andfromthePopeinhisownterritoriesonly，andnotintheterritoriesofanyotherstate。
Thesecondargumentisfromthenatureofmonarchy，whereinallauthorityisinoneman，andinothersbyderivationfromhim。ButthegovernmentoftheChurch，hesays，ismonarchical。ThisalsomakesforChristianmonarchs。Fortheyarereallymonarchsoftheirownpeople；thatis，oftheirownChurchfortheChurchisthesamethingwithaChristianpeople；whereasthepowerofthePope，thoughhewereSt。Peter，isneithermonarchy，norhathanythingofarchicalnorcratical，butonlyofdidactical；forGodacceptethnotaforced，butawillingobedience。
ThethirdisfromthattheSeeofSt。PeteriscalledbySt。
Cyprian，thehead，thesource，theroot，thesun，fromwhencetheauthorityofbishopsisderived。Butbythelawofnature，whichisabetterprincipleofrightandwrongthanthewordofanydoctorthatisbutaman，thecivilsovereignineveryCommonwealthisthehead，thesource，theroot，andthesun，fromwhichalljurisdictionisderived。Andthereforethejurisdictionofbishopsisderivedfromthecivilsovereign。
Thefourthistakenfromtheinequalityoftheirjurisdictions：