t 3)-3 J ' -"' I . Greek elthet) And few .-Abaffines ; f\imenians ; Syrians, Mofcovites, &c. underfi'and either. 1£ Chrift hath been fo defeCtive a Legiflator as to leave us ro a neceffity of Univerfal Humane Le– gifiation,O le~ us not have them made by fuch Ba.-. bel Builders. Let us have thofe that can meet to– gether in lefs than ~ an Age (whether their Princes · will or no) and can learn in an Age to fpeak to one anothQ". · , · Or if you firft prove that Mortal Men are capa-' hie of fuch an Univerfal Governmeqt, try it firft on Kings, and fettle one King, or Senate of.Kings to Rule all the World by Legi1lation and Judg– ment: For verily 'more of Sword-Government m:1y be done per alios-than of Priell:ly' G·overn.i:. ment (elfe you may appoint Presbyters ' to Or– dain , at:Id Lay~men to celebrate the Sacraments.) And if we mull: have a Vice.Chrifi, let him be a Monarch that we may know where to find- him~ and not a Chimera called a Collective Plrfon, or. , College of Bifhops : Or at leafl: if it mull be Pa-· · triarchs, lee us know who lhall make them, and · 1 where they)are, and wha~ w.e {hall now do, when of five fo cailed Four are ·called Schifm.aticks and are under the Turk: Chrift hath intlitqted Natio• pal Church Politie.: Prove more ifyou can.. · - A . J VI. A'nd I ihould rejoyce if you could p'rove what you affirm,that the l\1ajor partof the Church, even in Rites and Difcipline , is guided by the Spirit of God. I. It was..not fo in neceffilry Do– thine in the ·Arians reign. · 2. If it be' fo at this day, Et(glAnd is Schifmatical. 3· If it &e notal– ways fo in General Councils (as the Articles of()Ur &9P.~F~~ fay) . -~~~}y ffi~lCh. 4 1e. fs in ~h~ g~[~fi¥' ~od~f· . ~-~ ~ - . 0 ' . --
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