at-age but u' fling Confenters to the Covenant ofGod, can have any right to them : There fore no unwilling perfors Ihould beforced to Raptifm or the Lord's Supper, andfo- to profane Gods holy Ordinance, and corrupt the Church But in each Par/h the meer Auditors or Catechied, molt be diflinguifhedfrom thee Communicants ; as meer Cate, chifng and Teaching isfrom Palloral Ovefght, and Church Conduct. X. The Kingdom confilleth ofMiners andPeople Approvablye, Tolerable and Intolerable ; though the ,publick Temples and Maintenance be at the Difpofe of the Sovereign Power and Magi(lrates, yet are not all Laymen that can but Buy or Inherit a Patronage, Advowfon, or Prefentation, either 4uthorivd by God, or aualffyed with fufficient W f om and Piety, to .cboofefilch as Pailors, to whom (though Ordained by a Bi/hop) all men are bound to commit the Pafloral care andconduct oftheir Souls (as is aforefaid). Therefore to this Relation, the Peoples Choice or Content is necefLary : And becaufe Parifh Churches are byfixed .Neighbourhood, the moll convenient Order, the Xulers fhould either make thofe the Publick Teachers, whom the People can takefor their Paf ors, or the People after take thole for their Pa{ors who are truly Capable, whom the rulers ftrfl choofe for the Publick Teachers But in ;cafe they cannotfo agree, each man mull be To= :legated to choofe and join with Lorne other (Parochial or ,more repri'ate) Mini / erfor Pallor; fo be it, r.. They profefJ
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