( 18o ]. words. [The Laws and Orders ~f the Cht-erch Vni~ verfal] .t0 which every Provincial Church muft fub– mit.] What the Scots mean by [a General A!fem– bly] l know, and what the . old Emperors and Councils tneant by [ an Vniverfal Council ] Viz. Univerfal as to that one Empire. Buti ,know no Vniverfal Law-givers to the whole Church on Earth, but Jefus Chrill:; neither Pope nor Coun– cil. If I am mill:aken in this, I fhould be glad to · be convinced : for it is of great moment: And is the hinge of our Controverlie with Rome. IV. He cloth. (to me) after alt give up the ,whole Caufe, and abfolve me and all that l plead for-from the guilt of Schifm, and lay it on your Lordihip , and fuch as you, ' if I can under. fiand him when he faith, Pag. 363. ["It is clear _ " that in the Church of England, there is no finful " Condition of Communion required, nor nothing " impofed but what is. according to the Order " and PraCtice of the Catholick Church , there ~'can be no pret(:nce for any Toleration, &c.] · And Pag. 360. ['' There is no Quefiion to be " made but where there is an interruption in the . " Churches Communion, there is caufed a Schifm: " and it mufl: be charged on them that make the ,;; breach which will ])le at' their Doors, 'A ho by " making their Communion unlawful, do unjufi:- , '' ly drive away good Chrifi:ians from it ; neither "doth fuch aPerfon that is driven away atprefent ''from the external ~orrimunion ,, ceafe .to be a " Member of that Church , but is a much truer "Member thereof than that Pallor that doth un– " jufily drive him from his Communion. This "fully fatisfieth me ; and if you will read 111y late ., fmal~ Book, 'all@d 1 The Nonconformifls Plea for , . 1 · . Peace,
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