The Application ofit. 377 believed, I will not mention the confequences that will hence follow. And yet on the other fide I confidered ; Firíi, That it was poCfible that a holy man might be miftaken by fear and fcrupulot ty , and take that for an Angels apparition which was but a dream: Secondly, That his avoiding Communion with the Biíhops might be only a prudential a&; fit- ted to that time and place , upon accidental or circumftantial reasons which will not fuit with another time and place : Thirdly, It is dange- rous making the alions ofany men, upon pre- tenfe of any Revelations and Miracles, to be inftead ofScripture, the rule of our faith or du- ty ; much more to prefer them before the Scrip- ture when there is a contrariety between them, Fourthly, And his feparation was but tempora- ry, not from the Order, nor from any of the o. Cher P4lors , or from the people; but only from thofe individual perfons , whom he fuppofed to be fcandalous. And teefe confederations I judge fufficient to relft that temptation. Whoever underfiandeth what a man is, and what a Chriflian is, and what the office and work of.a Pallor is, will makeno doubt, but that his Guidance mull be paternal, and that as Love is the 'tea to be produced in the people, fo Love in him muff be themeans of caufing it;& that he mutt ex. pea that the fuccefs ofhis preaching & difcipline, ihould not exeeed the meafure ofLove, which is manifetled therin; further thanas Godmay extra- ordinarilywork beyond the aptitudeof the means. Andwhenhe bath complained of the people as harply as he will , he íhall find that whatfoever it is
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