more then are proved to have been members of that Cirurcla, may hear one man preach at thefame time. I have noneof the loudelt voices, and yet when I have preached to a Congregation judgedby judicious men tobe at leaft tenthoufand,thofe fartheft off laid they could well hear ( as I was certainly informed. ) 7. That its certainby many paffages hiftoricall in tripture that men did then fpeak to greater multitudes, andwere heard at far greater diftance then now they can orderly be : which I con. }efturewas becaufe their voices were louder, as in molt dryer bodies ( which dryer Countreys have ) is commonly feen,when moiler bodies have ofter hoarier voices;andother reafons might concur. g: That it is confeffed or yielded that the Church at fe- rofalemmight all hear at once, though not all receive theLords Supper together. And if fo, then they were no more then might at once have perfonal communion in tome holy Ordinan. ces and that the Teachers might at once make known their minds to. 9. And then the reafon ofreceiving theSupper in fe- veral places feems to be but becaufe they had not a room fo fitto receive all in, as to hear in. And fo we have now in many Pa- rifhes Affemblies fübordinate to the chiefAffembly t For divers families at once may meet at one houfe,ànddiversat another,for repetition, prayer or other duties.; and fome may be at ( hap- pels of cafe that cannot come to the full affembly. o. They that are for PresbyrerialChurcbes ofmany Cor gregations,do not fay, that Theresnnfi be nsf.any, tomake the firft political c. hutch, but only than, Thee may be mazy ? If then there be no Nece{ fit e of it, t. Should it not be forbc=rn when it appeareih to pru- derce molt irconvenient (as frequently it will no doubt.) z..And when it is Neceffire for a ,peaceable Accommodation; becaufe others think it a fin , fit_uid not a May be give place ro a M<fi not be ; in, p.,cihcarory con(ultations, catcrsr paribus a a. It is granted alto by them, that the Paflots of one Congre- gation have not a chargeof Goverhing.:other neighbour Con gregarion, in Confiltory, (one rather thenanother, which they governnot, though perhaps as neer them) but byeonrent.And therefore as there is but a liccr,not an oportet , of Inch ren(e, pleaded for : fo while noinch confent is given, we have nofncb ch urge of Governing neighbour Congregations ; and none may forceus tafuch confent. a z..And i altly, that ifa firgle Cora gregation
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