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Show * 1 9 2 CIYIL AND- fcCCLBSIA^ TICAL BBTENTJE. ^ ported by its laws find upheld by its authority. The ciyil government, therefore, Was wholly precautionary, and only for^ such geta-tiles as might settle among them, the power and authority of the church over its members being amply sufficient where they, alone were' concerned. In the organisation of the civil government; . nothing could be. more natural than that,- the whole people being of one faith, tbpy should chopse for functionaries to carry it into execution, those to Whom they had- been in the habit of deferring as their inspired guide*, and by whorh they had been led from a . . land, of persecution* iirto this far- off wilderness which, uttder.^ heir lead, - was already beginning 4o blossom like the' rose. Hence " . came the insensible blending' of the two authorities, the principal - functionaries of the one holding the same relative positions under the <? ther. Thus the bishop, in oase, of a' dispute between tw6 members of the church, would interpose his spiritual authority as bishop fat its acyustment, while in differences between those net subject to the spiritual jurisdiction, tad who . could " not be made amc- . noble to- church'discipline, he Would act in the magisterial- capacity conferred upon him by the constitution and civil laws of the State. Thus the control of the Affairs of the Colony remained in. the . same handa, whether under^ chnrch or ptate organization; and these • hands w^ re, in a double eapiaoity, those into Which the constituents ' hud, whether as citizens or as church- members, themselves chosen to confide it.' •• ' The revenpe of the new State seemed to partake, of the same double character; the treasures of- the church bein& freely devoted, when* necessary, to the promotion of the temporal prosperity of the body politic. These are derived from a system- of tithing, similar to that of the ancient Israelites. Each person,. upon profession'- of bis faith, » nd consequent reception into the bosdm of the chirfch, is required to pay into " the treasury of the Lord" one- tenth of . all that he possesses; after which, he pays a tenth of the yearly iporease of his goods; and in addition contributes qne^ tenth of his' time; which is. devoted tp labour on the public works, such as roads, bridges, irrigating canals^ or. such other objects as the authorities'' may direct, jthe whole amount thus collected goes into the coffers • of~ the ohUrch, and is exacted only from its members. A tax is fljso laid upon, property as with us, which is levied upon aU, both * " saint" and gentile, and which constitutes the revenue of the civH government. All goods brought into the City, pay sis this price of - a license, a duty of one per cent., except spirituous liquors,- for |