340 selfifoi reproof of separation. DIRECT. V. Difiingal foi between thole who feparate from the Univerfal Church, or from all the Or- thodox or purl andReformedparts of it, and thole who only forfake the Mini(lery of fame, one perfon, orfort ofperfuns, without refufing Communion with the reft. r A S many occafons may warrant a removal from a particular Church, but nothing can excufe a fèparation from the Vniverfal Church, fo he that feparateth only from fome particular Churches, and yet is a member of the Vniverfal Church, may alto be a member of Chrifi and be Paved. He Tray be a ChriJ1ian who is no member ofyourpck, yea or of any particular Church But he is no Chrifiian who is no member of the Vriverfal Chúrch. 'Paul and Barnalga may in theheat of a difference part from one another, and ye, neither of them part fromChri /t or the Church- Univerfal. I do not excufe the fault of them who fin a -- pi.nff any one Church .or Pallor : But I wouldnot have the Paflors therefore fin as much, bymaking . their fault greater than it is; nor to finer their oNn interef't partially to call men Schifmaticks or ,et arar ,1? s, in a fenfe for which they have no ound. If they can learn more by another Mi nib? ,r than by me , what reafon have I to be of- fended-at edificatisn' though perhaps forre in irmity
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