404 DISCOURSE' ON THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH. They are furnished with no arms beside the "divine panoply;" they bear no " sword" but that " of the Spirit, which is the word of God," Eph. vi. 17; ... they may teach, reprove, .... they cannot compel. They are not to be entangled in the cares of this life3 -2 Tim. ii. 4. But supposing the church was designed to be one in this man- ner of political regiment, it must be quite another thing, nearly resembling a worldly state, yea, in effect soon resolving itself into such an one. Supposing, as is now pretended, that its manage- ment is committed to an ecclesiastical monarch, it must become a worldly kingdom; for such a polity could not be upheld with- out applying the same means and engines, without practising the same methods and arts, whereby secular governments are main- tained.' Its majesty must be supported by conspicuous pomp and phan- tastry [fantasy]. Its dignity and power must be supported by wealth; which it must corrade [scrape together] and accumulate by large incomes, by exaction of tributes and taxes. It must exert authority in enacting of laws for keeping its state in order and securing its interests, backed with rewards and pains; especially considering, its title being so dark, and grounded on no clear warrant, many always will contest it. It must apply constraint and force, for procuring obedience and correcting transgression. It must have guards, topreserve its safety and authority. It must be engaged in wars, to defend itself and make good its interests. It must use subtlety and artifice, for promoting its interests, and [to] countermine the policies of adversaries. It must erect judicatories, and must decide causes with formality of legal process; whence tedious suits, crafty pleadings, quirks of law and pettifoggeries, fees and charges, extortion and barratry, &c., will necessarily creep in.' All which things much disagree from the original constitution and design of the Christian church, which is averse from pomp, re- jects domination, does not require craft, wealth, or force, to main- ' 'Avalia5, mi7r 9ravavr).íar ea.Eph. vi. 18. 2 Moixl,'ma yáp i<xávma,v Xpivmravo7 aim ipsílrai vrph alar E9raY0pAo , ma vmr 61-"Tra'6v`r*r sraíOp:a1.a, &o.Chrys. de Sacerd. ü. 'E,,- bAa ob a1461,ErOr, ¿,X.Xei 9rEMOS,14 9rway r<tooívo, 1.4 mo,or,mov. Ibid. 3 "E1.Epár mi vrapá 1.ác vroXprixáç Awls of ilmovroc._Arist. Pol. IV. 15. 4 Is modus qui frequentatur execrabilis plane, et qui non dico ecclesiam, sed nee forum deceret, &c. Bern. de Consid. i. 9. Attendens itaque S. synodus, quod spiri- tualia sine carnalibus sustineri nequeant. Syn. Bas. secs. xlii. p. 108.
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