' ' ' • ( I 16 ] An{w. This is a grofs Slar.de~ of the P~·esbyte·· rians and Independents. Did ever the Presbyte• l'ians or Independents fay, that All Chrifiians on Earth mufl: Govern the whole Church in one Meeting, or by Delegates? where be the Laws that any of th@m pretend all Chrifl:ians made ?Or the Judgments they,pafl: on any Perfons after ex– ploration ? The Presbyterians are for an Arifio– cratical Government of National Churches, and fome few Independents are for popular Govern– ment in fingle Congregations ; but no further. 2. Is the Church now Governed by One Ari.. fiocracy,that is,per Optimares that are One Perfona Politica by Vote ruling all the Chrifiian World? Where is-their Meeting? What be their Laws? Whom do they fo try and judge ? An Univerfal Governing Arifiocracy' is more impoffible and ir– rational than an Univerfal Monarchy Civil or Ecclefia{l:ical. Every Bifhop and Preshytery.Go– verning his own Church, and rhefe keeping Con- ,cord by juft Correfpondency, is no liker an Un~verfal Arifiocracy, than an Aifembly of Pripces for·Concordant Government of their Dominions,. or than all the Mayors and Jufiices' ruling their feveral Corporations and Provinces make the Go· -vernrnent of England Arifiocratical. · Pag-409. Saith he,[' Every Bifhop,where-ever 'he be fixt and refident, hach like St. 'paul an ·' univerfal Care over all the Churches , which ' ftnce they could not exercife by perfonal Confe– ' rences, they did it in the Primitive times, be– ~ fore they had the benefit of General Councils~ ' by Letters,tv1e£fengers, and Agents for theCon:– ' municating of their Counfel, and imparting cheu· ~Advice one to ariother as the emergent Oc- . · · ~ ~afion~
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