The doctrine of instituted churches explained and proved from the word of God

Answ. 1. To have one National Officer over the •le, is not essential to the being of a National Church; Israel was a National Church, when they had no such National Officers, while the first Born did Exercise the Office of the Priests, before the separation of the Levites to that work. There be several sorts of civil Government, none of which are essential to a Republic. The being of a National Church doth not necessitate this or that form of Government: ⟨p. 28⟩If there be a National Church, it follows that there must be some to Rule over the whole, but that this Power should reside either solely, or principally in one Man, doth not follow at all. It was suitable to the State of the Jewish Church, that there should be one supreme Officer to be a Type of Christ; but now there being no such occasion, the Church may be governed witho• any such.

Answ. 1. To have one National Officer over the •le, is not essential to the being of a National Church; Israel was a National Church, when they had no such National Officers, while the first Born did Exercise the Office of the Priests, before the separation of the Levites to that work. There be several sorts of civil Government, none of which are essential to a Republick. The being of a National Church doth not necessitate this or that form of Government: ⟨p. 28⟩If there be a National Church, it follows that there must be some to Rule over the whole, but that this Power should reside either solely, or principally in one Man, doth not follow at all. It was suteable to the State of the Jewish Church, that there should be one supream Officer to be a Type of Christ; but now there being no such occasion, the Church may be governed witho• any such.