Therearefewthingsthatareincapableofbeingrepresentedbyfiction。Inanimatethings，asachurch，ahospital，abridge，maybepersonatedbyarector，master，oroverseer。Butthingsinanimatecannotbeauthors，northereforegiveauthoritytotheiractors：yettheactorsmayhaveauthoritytoprocuretheirmaintenance，giventhembythosethatareownersorgovernorsofthosethings。Andthereforesuchthingscannotbepersonatedbeforetherebesomestateofcivilgovernment。
Likewisechildren，fools，andmadmenthathavenouseofreasonmaybepersonatedbyguardians，orcurators，butcanbenoauthorsduringthattimeofanyactiondonebythem，longerthanwhentheyshallrecovertheuseofreasontheyshalljudgethesamereasonable。
Yetduringthefollyhethathathrightofgoverningthemmaygiveauthoritytotheguardian。Butthisagainhasnoplacebutinastatecivil，becausebeforesuchestatethereisnodominionofpersons。
Anidol，ormerefigmentofthebrain，maybepersonated，aswerethegodsoftheheathen，which，bysuchofficersasthestateappointed，werepersonated，andheldpossessions，andothergoods，andrights，whichmenfromtimetotimededicatedandconsecrateduntothem。Butidolscannotbeauthors：foranidolisnothing。Theauthorityproceededfromthestate，andthereforebeforeintroductionofcivilgovernmentthegodsoftheheathencouldnotbepersonated。
ThetrueGodmaybepersonated。AsHewas：first，Moses，whogovernedtheIsraelites，thatwerethatwerenothis，butGod’speople；notinhisownname，withhocdicitMoses，butinGod’sname，withhocdicitDominus。Secondly，bytheSonofMan，HisownSon，ourblessedSaviourJesusChrist，thatcametoreducetheJewsandinduceallnationsintothekingdomofhisFather；notasofhimself，butassentfromhisFather。Andthirdly，bytheHolyGhost，orComforter，speakingandworkingintheApostles；whichHolyGhostwasaComforterthatcamenotofhimself，butwassentandproceededfromthemboth。