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I speak not this, as if I thought it either convenient, or necessary, that the Clergy should concern themselves in matters of civil Judicature: (Pity it were that so active and learned a Gentry as this Nation is wont to produce, should betwixt doing nothing, and doing ill (which would be the certain consequent of that other design) degenerate from the worth and lustre of their Ancestors! ) that NONLATINALPHABET or power of self-Government, which the Primitive Church did exercise (and for which, some men of late did so much struggle and contend, ) though it cannot be denied to be lawful, yet was it cumbersome, and in many cases uneffectual. |
I speak not this, as if I Thought it either convenient, or necessary, that the Clergy should concern themselves in matters of civil Judicature: (Pity it were that so active and learned a Gentry as this nation is wont to produce, should betwixt doing nothing, and doing ill (which would be the certain consequent of that other Design) degenerate from the worth and lustre of their Ancestors!) that or power of self-Government, which the Primitive Church did exercise (and for which, Some men of late did so much struggle and contend,) though it cannot be denied to be lawful, yet was it cumbersome, and in many cases uneffectual. |
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