1°31 fent him not to Bapt iz,e, but to Preach. the Go(pel. And can any man prove then, That if the Parifh Minifter cannot or will not Baptize his Children he muff get another to do it,yea a prohibitedMi- nifter rather then they fhould be unbaptized; and yet that if the ParifhChurch cannot receive him, or the Pallor cannot or will not do the Office of a Paftor for him, he muff be without Preaching, Worfhipping God, and Paftoral overfight? L X I V. Yet here we mutt declare i. That fuck neceffity people mutt ceteris paribus, firft Peek their fupply in that way that is molt for peace, and molt for publick good, and leaft fcandalousor dividing, and that is molt agreable to the Rulerswill and honour. 2. That for Tome fhort feafon in which his foul is not apparently hazarded; as alfb in the tolerable lofs, of Come meafures ofPaftoral help, a man mull fubmit his own perfonal advantage to publick intereft. and may hope that God will make it up. As alto when it tendeth to his pro- bable greater advantage afterward, by putting by force prefent form : But not ftatediy, to be without Chrifs infituted ordinances and helps; e. g. Parifh Order is defireable and is the Rulers will If therefore fupply can be had in a neighbour Parifh for them that want it in their own, and by an allowed Minifter rather than a difallovted, it fhould be chofen, unlefs the difparity be fo great as to, weigh down the contrary inconveniences. And if for a time any be conftrained to another way, they fhould do it but as an extroardinary neceffity for the prefent time, till they can be fupplied in the allowed Parochial way; and avoid as much as poffibly H 4 they
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