[ 444] . ' Civil GrJvernment and Church Government , that ' though no man in his wits pleads for one Humane · ~ing (or Senate) to Govern the whole Earth by .the Sword ; yet it is our Religion to be for and ;under One Soveraign Church Governour (Pope or Senate) of all the Earth : whereas he is unfit to Govern one Church, who knoweth not that It is mor:e impoffibJe· for the whole .Earth to be Go– vern~d by One Church Soveraign (Pope or Council) than by one King or Parliament by the Sword. IV. By <;onfounding the Univerfal Roman Empire 4tld Church, and t:l;leVniver(al World, and dreaming - ~hat what is fai{f"of the firfi was faid of the lafi: : -· and wh~n the Church is caUed Catholick or L1ni- . v:erfal, and Councils General, only as to the Roman Empire, theywould perf"vade men that it's·me-ant of all the w ·orld. . .· . · · V. By plea:dinKthat Poffeffion which Pope and Patriarchs, and CounCils had in the Empire 1 as if it obliged che fame Countries to them when they are fallen under other Princes. And by pleading to the fame Ends. all the Poffeffion which Popes, er Patriarch~, or Councils have got ·by deceiving any Nations of the World:. "' ~. · VI. By millaking the Nat~re andExtem of the . Fafioral Office ; becaufe as every,Chrifi:ian,fo e.ve· 1yr Paftor is related to the Univerfal C:hurch,there... .fore they gather that there is one College or Coun– cil con!iH:ing of all Bia1ops ·in the World (the Pope being Prdident) who.as an Arifl:ocracy muft (overajgnly Govern all the Chriftian World , by L~gi Oation and · Judgment : As if becaufe Phyfi. cinns are Licenfed to Pract ice ariy where in the J.,a1,1d, as they ~re called , the~~fore , they might ' gather
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