I'Yaptifiñ orthe taclharifl' .urtd`to bea member of the Church as l'uch, against his will. For none but defirousconfentersare capable ofthe gifts;fo that the -fame Min i1er may be the coin_ mon Teacher of all the Parish , and yet the Church- Pastor only of fit confetìters. And when Sacraments are free and no Minifier court-rained to deliver them againft his Confcî- eace, nor any unwilling man to receive them, : who is by this (nfloved ? 6. And if a Church-Paltor do di'pleafe the Church, and< the main body of them withdrawtheir eonfent, we would' not have any man continue their. Pallor while they content trot, but difelaim him. Though in cafe of need the Rulers may continue him in his Benefice as the publick Preacher ,,. if the people be grolly and obftinately culpable in refuting him. 7. And we would have that-Parifb Paftor tohave no _ pow- er to hinder any other Minifter from giving anyone the Sa- crament whom hedenyeth it to, or that refufeth it from him : Thoughhe that for a common caufe is cafeout of our Church, should not be received byothers,. till he repentetir,_yçt that holds not in all private causes, between the particular Paftor and hint; nor in cafe ofunjust excommunication. And other /Unifiers mull judge óf their own afions, whom to receive; and an injuring Minifter may not hinder any other; nor the injured perfon.f°om communicating elsewhere. 8. And we would have Parifh Churches beas largeas per- fï>nal communion Both require or allow,.and every Church to have divers i inifters; and ifone be chief or Bishop, and the raft afliftants, and ifthree or four (mall Parifhes makeone fùch communicating Church, ,we refift not. 9. And we de ,fire frequent meeting ar Synods of neighbour Pastors ; and that there every fingle Pastor be ready to give an account ofhis Miniftry, and toanswer any thing that (hall be alledged againft him : And that the voteof the Synod ob- ligeth all.againft unneceflary fingularity, > a. We refute not that one in every Inch Synod be the mo- derator; and if as ofold every City (won,;) or Corporati- on had a Bifhop fo. if but every Corporation or market Town, or.every circuit that bath a$ many Communicants as ca:
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