(3°I) g, a6. Objeá. Bitt ( fame will fay) yourMinoryet if to be denyed ; for this isnot a way to Reconciliation. A flated erefidency will notpleafe the Prelates that have been sled to the foie yurisdiai- on of a whole County,iend to foie Ordination. Anfw. < I. We know that the moderate will confent. 2. And forne furtheraccommo- dation null be offered anon; which may fatisfie all that will thew themfelves the Sons of Peace. 3. If we doour duty, the guilt will no longer lie on us , but on the refufers of Peace : but till then, itsas well on us as on them. g. 17. 7. That which is lawfullyprattifedalready by a Con- currence of judgements, may lawfully be agreed on : But the Prefidency (or more) of one man inthe Affemblies of Mini- fiers, is in moll places praâifed ( and that lawfully) already : therefore, &c. There is fewAffociations, but fome one man is fo far earned of by all, that they give himan aâual or virtual Prefidency, or more : why then maythey not agree exprefly fo to do i' g. 18. S. Lafllÿ, The fo common and foantient praáice of the Churches, fhouldmoveus to an inclination to reverence and imitation, as faras Goddot') not forbid us, and we have no fuf ficient reafon to deter us :of which more anon. g. 19. Yet are notthey tobe ¡unified that raifé contentions for fuchaPrefidency, and lay theChurches Peace upgn it. I, fee not yet but that iris a thing in it felt indifferent, whether a man be Pre(ident amoneth;a year,or for his life: and therefore I plead only for condefcending in a cafe indifferent, for the Churches peace : though accidentally order may make it more defirable in one place : and jealoufies, and prejudice, or danger of ufurpati- on, may make it lefs defirable in another place. But none Ii òüld judge it necefary or finful of it felf. g. 20. If you ask, What Power fball theft Bated Prefidests have ,? I anfiver,_; 1. None can deny, but that it is fir that in every Affociation of Churches,there fhould be a certain way of Communication agreed on And therefore thatfomeone.flïáuld be chofen'to'receive. fucks Letters or other naattet's tl at are tóbe Communicated, and to fend` them, or noticeaf'ihem unto all. This is afervice, and thepower of doing fucha fervice cannot be ayuenionablewhile the fervice is unqueftionable. g. 2r. 2. It is meet that force beappointed toacquaint the QA 3 ' rests
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