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of the
point
Schifm
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Chriíl,they hold all the foundations
of
this
church,yea they ac-
count
them
brethren,they
look
upon them
as
Godly,&
in
thofe
Ordinances
wherein they can,they wil
joyn with
theiv,but
they
cannot in fuch
and fuch,& they
muft
either
joyn
in
fume
other
fellowship or
they mull
be without thofe Ordinances
all
their
dayes.
Now
iftheie
men
dull
in
their
lives appear
Godly,
andwalk
peaceably towards
others,
fo
far
as
they
can fee
the
mind
of
Cod
:
Do
you
think
in
your
coniciences
that
this
is
th;
Schifine
that
is
fpoken againft
in
Scripture that
we are
to
oil-
pcfe, and
that
thàt
men
fo
oppofe now which
they
call
Schifm
:
I
would
put the
case
thus,
In
the
Bishops
time
there
were
a
company you know
that
were accounted Nan
Con
formlis
which
were very Godly men, they could
not
con
-
forme
to
kneeling,
fuppofe, or
in any o
:her ceremony,eicher in
Baptifme, or
the
Supper
of the Lord,
and fo
they could not
joyn
with
the
Congregations in
the
Supper
of the
Lord,
upon
this
the
Bithops called
them
Schifmaticks, and
it
was
upon no
other
ground
they
faid.
Now there
are many
of
our
brethren
at
this day,
yea
I
beleeve moil of the
Godly
Miniflers in
Englandwithin
a
few
years
did
account thofe men
t
could
not joyn at Sacraments becaufe of kneeling, and
the
croif
to
be
in an
error
;
I
fay;
the moil Godly men
in
the kingdom
did
beleeve ir,
and
I beleeve
many
do
fo
ftill.
But
you
will
fay,
Though with-drawing from
a
congregati-
on
indeed,
which they"
could not
joyner'vtthall
withoutfin,thac
was
not
Schifm,
yet if
they.had,gathered into another
Congre-
gation,that had been Schifni,then this
farisfies.
Fi:,ft,
In
the
point
of
negative Schifine, but for pofitive
Schifm,
to
that
I put
this consideration
to
you,
onely
that
we
might
a little
mollifie.mens fpirits
:
Supoofe
thefe men
might
have
had
leave
from
the
State
;
As fuppofe this
Law
had
been
made,that
all
men
whofe
confciences cannot
be brought to
{16-
mit
to
kneeling
at
Sacrament
,
and the croife
in
Baptifine,
and
cannot
acknowledge
the
Authority of
Prelats, that they
!hall
have
in fuch places in
the City,
fuch meetings,,
and,,
fuclr
Congregations, where they íhall injoy
the
Sacrament
without
thole
Cetei
ornes, and
without the acknowledgement
of
the
autho