of Gàdre<tuiri3.g it apt,: the ab(oltìte Necefsity of the Being of a, Church ' what hinderances (never m zy interpofe ) but a Divine inf itrarion warranting it Inhere it is, and rèquirïng it where it may be h,d. Every Church therefore which is capable of thisform of Government, both may and ought to ajget1 it but thole particular Chu' ches to. whom this power andfaculty is denyed, lore n-'thi g ofthe true F (fence of a Church,though they mils fame thing of their glory and perefeaion ----- e.^áni page 3 2. [ Our form of Government differs littlefrom their own, lave in the perpetuity oftheir (arsxcixor) Moderatorflsip,and the exclu- f an ofthat Lay-Presbyterie which never till this age hadfooting in the Chrifrian Chutch . ] --° And Page .q. i 42. [ Alas ;y Brethren, while ,aye dofully agree in allthefe, and all other Doelrinal and Pra5lical points of Religion, why will you be (à uncharitable, as by there frivolous andeaufelefs Divilons to rend thefeamlefs coat of Chrifi ? It it a Title, or a Retinue, or aCe- remony , a Garment, or a Colour, or an Organ Pipe, that canmake us adifferent Churnb,whiles we preach andprofefs thefamePaving truth whiles we defire (as you profefs to do) to walk confciona- bywith,our Godaccording to that one Rule of the Royall Law of our MIker whiles we oppofe one and thefame common enemy , whiles we,unfeignedly endeavour to hold the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of Peace? °-- For us, we male no difference at all (in the right and interefl of the Church ) betwixt Clergy and Laity, betwixt the Clergy and Laityof one part and of another : weare allyo:or true Brethren ; we are one with you, both in heart and brain , and'hope to meet you in thefameheaven : but if ye will needs be otherwifeminded, we canbut bewail the Churches mi- fery and yourfin. ----j You hear how this good Bifhop was far from a fepsration. §. 6. How contrary to this,is the forefaid writing of Dr. Hide ( which T inflancein, becaufe it iscome new to my hand) uho ftigmatizeth the front of his book with the brand of feparacion, and that of one of the molt rigidand unreafonable kinds.. Thus he begins, [ " When Confcienrious Minifiers cannot a ociate in " the Church,andConfcientious Chrìflians cannot go toChurch ;and " Cufiamary Chrifliansgo thither, .either to little purpofe, becaufe "to no true worfhip, or togreat. fhame, becaufe to no true eMini- "flers, tis fit the church Amidcome to private beufes ]--- Dotb
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