in the book of Revelation, that it will come to it's appointed state of fulness and maturity in some region or regions of the earth. But whether this shall be in Europe, or among some of the Gentile nations, (as there is reason to believe,) the benefits to mankind at large will be the same, because in either case it will be the direct medium of communication between heaven and the world. Yet, like light and heat propagated from a centre in all directions, the rays of divine light and life will be transmitted from such favoured nation to men of every religious denomination, and be received by each according to the state and quality of his life. Or again, as the vital fluid in the human bodv, which, issuing from the heart, visits the remotest parts of the frame, every where diffusing, as it passes, animation, health, and vigour, so a certain spiritual influence from the divine truths of the Holy Word, first received and cherished in their purity by the New and True Christian Church, will thence spread and circulate through all the members of the Church Universal, wherever situated, and however distant they may be from each other, or from their common centre.
XLVII. Ecclesiastic and Civil Government.
AS order cannot be preserved in the world either in things relating to the Church, or in things relating to the State, without rulers and magistrates, it is therefore necessary that some persons should be appointed, as governors, to superintend and regulate the affairs of human society; and that they should be such, as are skilled in the knowledge of the laws, full of wisdom and the fear of God. It is also necessary, that order should be maintained amongst the governors
