A congregational church is a catholike visible church, or, An examination of M. Hudson his vindication concerning the integrality of the catholike visible church wherein also satisfaction is given to what M. Cawdrey writes touching that subject, in his review of M. Hooker's Survey of church discipline / by Samuel Stone ...

REASON. VI.

Singular parts, bearing the name of the whole, are Species:

Socrates and Plato are singular parts, bearing the name of their whole; Therefore Socrates and Plato are species.

A member not having the Entire nature of the Integrum, is never called by the name of the Integrum, as we have heard. But the species having the whole essence, and definition of the Genus in it, is called by the name of the Genus.

A foot not having the Entire nature of Homo in it, is not called Homo: But Socrates having the Entire nature of humanity in him, is called Homo. He hath integram naturam hominis in se. There is nothing in humanity, which is not to be found in him: and therefore the name of man may well be given to him; he is an intire man. Qui habet humanitatem in se integram, est homo; Socrates habet humanitatem in se integram, Ergo Socrates est homo.

The second thing to be observed concerning species specialissima, is this conclusion which followeth.

Although species specialissima cannot be divided into other species, yet it may be divided into members.

Socrates who is species specialissima may also be considered as an Inte∣grum, & so be divided into members. An individuall Vine cannot be divided into more species: but as it containeth root, body, and branches, it may be divided into members.

Divers respects may fall upon the same things or may concrescere and grow together upon the same subject. Dialectica concrescit cum seipsâ, & cum al••is omnibus concresoentibus. A singular vine, as it beareth grapes, is causa: as it exists from its principles or causes it is an effect: as it stands in the vineyard it is an adju••ct: as it containeth root▪ body and branches, there are integrum & membra: As it respects a vine in gener••, it is species. The definition, rule and notion of species and integrum are different; integrum and species are di∣verse and various Logical respects, which cannot be the same one with ano∣ther; yet the same thing which is integrum, may also be sp••cies. Suppose a man should reason thus, that vine which hath root, body, and branches, is an in∣tegrum:

this individual vine hath root, body, and branches; therefore this individual vine is an integrum. It may appear from hence, that which is spe∣cies specialissima, may be also integrum. And this may serve to make one of our former principles appear with greater clearness and evidence, viz. that the entire nature of the genus is in the species: the entire nature of a vine is in this individual vine. In like manner every individual church hath the entire nature of a church in it. An individual church is a species, as it respects a church in general, under which it is comprehended; yet as it containeth members, it is an integral. Hence it is that every individual church containeth members, because it is an integrum; and yet is a species as it stands in reference to a Church in genere. Hence also a Church in genere may be said to have members and officers in it, not considered under the nature of Genus (The Arguments of Genus and Integrum cannot be the same: Genus and integrum cannot be the same in Actu signato) but because the species speci••lissima con∣taineth members as it is Integrum; And this species specialissima is compre∣hended under the genus. In this sense a Genus may be truely said to have of∣ficers in it. This Mr Hudson p. 2. denieth, his words are, A Genus is not ca∣pable of officers. A. It is true in actu signato, but that which is Genus, com∣prehending the species and individualls which containe members▪ may in that respect be said to comprehend members and officers. This may appear by ob∣serving some formes of reasoning which may be propounded. Ex. gr. Every entire Ecclesiastical body politick containeth officers & other members: Boston Church is an entire, Ecclesiasticall body politick; Therefore Boston Church containeth officers and members. This Argumentation is a genere ad speciem: An entire Ecclesiastical body politick is the Genus, and Boston Church the species. This may serve to answer that Argument which Mr Hudson p. 84. 85, 86. useth, to prove that the Church Catholike is an integral, taken from the se∣veral appellations which are given to the Church Catholike in scripture. It is called a body, a kingdom, a tabernacle, a city, an army, a sheepfold, a wheat field, a barn-floor, a drag-net, a loaf of bread. Now all these (saith M. Hudson p. 86.) and many more appellations have no analogie to a genus, but to an Integrum.

I answer, that those and such appellations are firstly and properly appella∣tions of an integrum, having Analogie to Totum integrale. But this totum in∣tegrale is species specialissima; or every individuall Church being species spe∣cialissima, is also an integrum, and containeth members: and the genus com∣prehending all his species under him, it comprehends the individualls with all their members under it, or within it self. Hence those appellations which are given to an individual Church, are given to the Church in General. Quic∣quid affirmatur & negatur de specie, etiam affirmatur & negatur de genere particulariter: Et quicquid essentiale affirmatur & negatur de genere, affirma∣tur etiam & negatur de specie.

If a Church be a body, then this or that individual Church is a body and all the members, of it are 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 one and the same body, of one and the same Corporation.

A Church is a bodie:

Boston corgregation is a Church;

Therefore Boston congregat on is a bodie.

Mr. Husdon p. 84. saith that a Genus ••s no body.

Ans. Yet a body or Integrum considered in G••nere, is Genus. Mr Hooker p. 85. doth not say that a Genus is a body, and the particular species are ••tly joyned together and compacted, by that which every joynt supplyeth; as Mr Hudson insinuates: But Mr Hooker p. 268. affirmeth that the particular members of a congregation are compacted together, and where there are many particular Churches there is Totum genericum existens.

I might say the like of the other appellations;

A Church is a Kingdom, Tabernacle, Temple, City, &c.

Boston corgregation is a Church;

Therefore Boston cong••egation is a Kingdom, Tabernacle, Tem∣ple, Citie &c.

We have heard of the rules concerning Genus; we now proceed to the application of those rules to the question in hand, where we shall first re∣turn answer to Mr Hudson his Arguments. Secondly propound reasons ten∣ding to prove that a congregational Church is a Catholike Church.