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§. 22. And some called Presbyterians distinguish between a Worshipping Church, and a Governed Church, and tell us that the lowest Governed Church should consist of divers worshipping Churches. It may sometime contain divers subordinate by meetings as Chapels for them that must needs be oft absent from the full assembly: But that it must have many such, or that it must or may have many full settled worshipping Churches, that personally communicate still distantly only in their several Parishes, is contrary to Scripture, antiquity and reason; and denieth the first instituted Church form.

§. 22. And some called Presbyterians distinguish between a Worshipping Church, and a Governed Church, and tell us that the lowest Governed Church should consist of divers worshipping Churches. It may sometime contein divers subordinate bymeetings as Chapels for them that must needs be oft absent from the full assembly: But that it must have many such, or that it must or may have many full settled worshipping Churches, that personally communicate still distantly only in their several Parishes, is contrary to Scripture, antiquity and reason; and denyeth the first instituted Church form.

Thorndikes first books which fetch the reason of Church Government from Assemblies, were far truer than his later, in which he seemed to dream of a humane universal Policy.

§. 23. Either a Bishop as distinct (in Order or Degree) from Presbyters is necessary to the Being of a Church of Divine institution, or not: If not, then it may be a Church without such a Bishop, and have accordingly the rights of a Church (in the proper political sense now intended by the word [Church.]) And then the old sayings would not be true, 1. Of Ignatius that [to every Church there is one Altar, and one Bishop with his fellow Presbyters and Deacons] 2. Of Cyprian, that ubi Episcopus ibi Ecclesia: 3. Of Hierome and others, Ecclesia eft plbs adunat a Episcopo.