(9-86) pleafe the tea. And their ignorance makes them unfit to rule. g. 7. Reaf. 4. Móreover, difobedience in matters of Circum- fiance, will exclude andoverthrow thefub(iance of the worfhip it Pelf. Godcommandeth us to pray : Ifonepart ofthe :Church will not joyn witha flinted form ofPrayer , and theother +part will not joyn without it, both parties cannot be pleated, andfo one part mutt caft off Prayer it fell, or feparate from the reft. God conantandeth the reading and preaching, and hearing of the Scripture, and the fingingof Pfalms : but he hath left it to Oran tomakeor choofe the ..bellTranflation of Scripture, or verfionofthe Pfalms. Now ifthe.Paftor appoint one vcrfion, andTranflation, and theChurch joyn in the ufe of it if any members will fcruple joyning:in this Tranflation orverfion,they mutt needs forbear the whole duty of Hearing the Scripture, and finging Pfalms in that - Congregation. If they pretend a fcruple againfi the appointed time or Place of worfhip, they will thereby raft offthe worfhip it felf. For if they avoidour rime or Place, they cannot meet with us, nor worfhip with us. g. $. Reaf. 5. Andwhen they are thus carryed to feparate, from theCongregation, upon fuch grounds as thefe, they will beno wherefixt, but may be (till fubdividing, and feparating frouoneanother,till they are refolved into individuals,and have left no filch thing as a Church among them. For they can baveno affuranceor probability, that fome of themfelves will not diffent from the ref in one Circum{fance or other, as they did from their Paftors and the Church that they wereof be- fore. g. 9. Reaf. 6. By this means thewicked that are difobedient Ito their ,Teachers, and rejeet the worfhipof God it felt, will be hardened in,their,fin, and-taught by profeffors to defend their ungotjlintfs : For the very fame courfe that you take will fervg thcir turns. Theyneed not deny any Duty in the fub- ftançe,, but deny the circumftance, and'fo put off the fubftance of theDuty. Ifa wicked man will not hear the word preach- c4 he ,may fay C1 am not againfi preaching but 1 am toe- fittit.fietiof the lawfulnefs ofyour Time er Place, I am in judge- ment
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