VI. And yet the decision of the Judge is not the decision of the Assistant Judge, and the decision of the Assistant Judge is not the decision of the Law Secretary.
VII. For like as we are compelled by the law of libel to say, the Judge is incorruptible, the Assistant Judge is incorruptible, and the Law Secretary is incorruptible.
VIII. So are we forbidden by the law of common sense to say, the Judge is infallible, the Assistant Judge is infallible, and the Law Secretary is infallible.
IX. And the doctrine of the Judge is this—That he was appointed for the sins of the people, and the hardness of heart of the Consuls.
X. The doctrine of the Assistant Judge is this: Equal to the Judge as touching the sign manual, but inferior to the Judge as touching beetle hunting.
XI. The doctrine of the Law Secretary is this—That he was neither made, created, nor appointed, but proceeding.
XII. Confusion to the Judge, and to the Assistant Judge, and to the Law Secretary.
XIII. As it was in the Levant, so shall it be in China, and (if they can find them) in Worlds without end.
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The Popular Creed.