[ 409 ] ) .Arg. 4· TheAffertors of this while they would .extoll the Clergy, cruelly Judge them by ·Confe– quence to Damnation , for never performing fo great a Duty as Univerfal Legiflation and Jurifdic1ion, if Gdd did oblige them to it. · · .. Arg. 5. For the diffufive Clergy or Biihops of all the Earth out of Council to Gqvern all Chri– fiians on Earth as one College or · Senate~ which all mufi obey, is a thing of fuch notorious natural Impoffibilicy, that I once thought I fhould never have heard a Man, much lefs a Chriftian, yea aDr. and Bifhop, yea, many maintain. · · 1. For muft they all agree that their acts .may be valid in Legiflation or Decifive..Judgment, or p1ufi it be a Major Voce? N·o doub~ they'l fay the latter. And who fhall propofe ana draw up the Laws? · · 2. Who fhall carry them all over the World to procure Votes ? • · · 3. Who fhall g~ther the Votes, and Judge of the Majority ? · , - · · 4: Shall they Vote and Judge without ever con– fulting· each other··, .. and hearing what be faid on every fide ? · · . · · . 5. How many Meffengers muft there be to go into all the Wat!d,/ And wbo 'fi?all bear their · Charges? · · · .. 6. How ihall we be fure when they come home that they have truly taken the Votes? Will not all our Faith be refolved into the Credit of tnefe Meffengers? · · · . -7· Muft accufed Perfons and Witneffes travel all over the World to be Judged? or muftall the Bifhops on Earrh come to them ? · 8. How many Millions of Criminals will aBi– fuop h~ve eo hea~ at" onceJor Judge ? ·· The . '· . '. ' •
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