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§ 10. p. 36. We have all explained by an odd supposition, viz. Suppose the whole World were one Family, or one Kingdom, in which every man, according to his rank and station, enjoys equal Privileges, the necessity of Affairs would require that Men should live in distinct Houses and Countries —But yet if every Man enjoyed the same Liberty and Privileges wherever he went, as he now does in his own House and Country, the whole World would be but one great Family, or universal Kingdom.

§ 10. p. 36. We have all explained by an odd supposition, viz. Suppose the whole World were one Family, or one Kingdom, in which every man, according to his rank and station, enjoys equal Priviledges, the necessity of Affairs would require that Men should live in distinct Houses and Countries —But yet if every Man enjoyed the same Liberty and Priviledges wherever he went, as he now does in his own House and Countrey, the whole World would be but one great Family, or universal Kingdom.

Ans. 1. The whole World is one great Kingdom of God, as verily as the Church is the Church of Christ: And yet we Non-Conformists think that every Man in it (no, nor every Saint) hath not right to be King of England, nor a Judg in our Courts, nor Lord Mayor of London, nor so much as a Freeman in any City. And we think that the Church hath no more one subordinate universal Sovereign, than the World. And that therefore the case, in point of universal privilege, is not by this similitude well explained.

Ans. 1. The whole World is one great Kingdom of God, as verily as the Church is the Church of Christ: And yet we Non-Conformists think that every Man in it (no, nor every Saint) hath not right to be King of England, nor a Judg in our Courts, nor Lord Mayor of London, nor so much as a Freeman in any City. And we think that the Church hath no more one subordinate universal Soveraign, than the World. And that therefore the case, in point of universal priviledg, is not by this similitude well explained.