C 2 2.6 . J' r,ai heal Communion, with , the Liturgy = Churches, as t wool do with ftrangers were I in foreign lands. VI. Where I can have no better, without more hurt than,. good, I Communicate conftantly and only with the pariíh- Church wherel live, as to Local-Communion. L. But how can'yóia do tither of theft without ,guilt, when they: are as bad as you have de[cribed? . M. a . I have not charged the parifh-Churches with that which` I have charged the Diocefans &their Courtswith; many hone& Minifters, never troubled nor excommunicated a true Servant of Chrift, nor ever owned intentionally the doing it by others. They lament the impofitions, and would be glad we were uni- tedby their removal They would fain have good men refto- red; and they do their belt to promote godlinefs. And the Ordinary Lords-Day part of the Liturgy tho' not fauklefs, containeth things true and good, and it was a very great and ex- cellent degree of Reformation, to make that Book And `the moil ofall its faults are in the By-Offices, Baptifm, Confirma- tion,and Buri 1 & the Rubricks,which the Lords-Day comtmon Worship is not concerned in,nor do the Congregation approve. 2. Sin hath brought woeful faultinefs into all the churches onEarth : And there arevery fewon Earth that havenot worfe Dottrineand a worfe Liturgy than ours What then ? Muff we either o av n or hide all their faults, or elfe difown and renounce them all ? Noneither, but difown what is evil, and own what isgood a and feparatefrom noneofthem further than they fepa-' .rate from Chrift. 3. But l pray you anfwer me a fewqueftions I. Doyou think anyChurch onEarth to be faultlefs ? L. No : For dll,ìnenare faulty, but the difference is M. No doubt it isgreat: But, z. Do you think that you are guilty, ofall the faults of the Church that you join with ? L. Theyfay, no, not ofthe fecret Faults : But of the open they faywe are partakers by our preface. you think there is anyChurch on Earth that bath no open NN3ilts ? Andwill you join withnone L. Bus they fay, It is not Faults of Converfation that they :mean, but in Miniftry, Dottrine, and Worlhip. M. 1 am lure Converfation Faults are oft alledged for feparati.- on : But isthere any. Minster or Church that bath ßío.. open &wits ill Mini /ry and Worfhip?, L. They
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