short, it is a blind story, a true Canterbury tale, dear Isaac!
[Of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity]
Pref. c. iii. 7. p. 182.
The next thing hereunto is, to impute all faults and corruptions, wherewith the world aboundeth, unto the kind of ecclesiastical government established.
readily would this, and indeed all the disputes respecting the powers and constitution of Church government have been settled, or perhaps prevented, had there been an insight into the distinct nature and origin of the National Church and the Church under Christ!