SECT. XVI. the Aijunisandother Mattersag '.eed on which affright the Nonconformifts, LS there are fume fins far greater,and more terrible to confcience than others, fo ag- gravating Ad junc`ts oft make them fuch : And thefe here kern very frightful. Weare not now charging any others with fin, nor proving the unlawfulnefs ofwhat we fear, but exp=efliig the Matter of Fait agreed on,which doth affright us. I. Both fides agree, thatit is a great aggrava- tion of fin to be done by a Minifter of C.hrift, a períòu conIt cratéd to holy work , roe preach truth acid holinefs, and ferve at the Altar : For our Doctrine will be the lefi regarded, and men will be tempted to follow our bad example, who are bound to be to them patterns of purity and obedience to God AndChriftian and Proteftant Religion is molt injured by .Minìfers fins. II. It is agreed that our Monfteriaifins,which we do as if they were part of our Office in the publick Affemblies, have a fpecial aggravation differing frommensfecrt perfönal crimes. III. It is agreed that Lying and Perjury are fins of fo heinous a nature, as that they tend to overthrow humane truit and converte, and all Societies, and deprivt Princes of parr of the fe- curity due to them for their lives and Crowns And that in a Preacher of the Gofpel they are intolletable, tending to tempt thehearers to be- lieve nothing that we fày.. IV. It
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