858 / 1054
480
ia%
of
the Point Schifm the
cattle
of
brealjng
peace.
authority of
Bishops
I
fay,
fuppofe the State had allowed
this,
had there men
been
Schitmaticks
?
As
fu
ipo e
X311
o::r
Brethren of
Scotland
that were
in
England
in
former time
;,why
aboundance of them
that
lava
in
Parithes,they
could not
kneel
at Sacrament,
now
if this
li betty
had
been
given them,
that
all
of the
Kingdom
of
Scotland, that
liv'd
in
the
City of
Lrndon,
that
they
should
have fome
particular place in the City
,
and
fhould
enjoy what they would
there.
I
you
will
fay,
If
the
Stare had allowed
them, then they
were not.
But
now
confider
of
this, 'Schifine
-is
a
Church
fin, and
if
any
thing
be
Schifine 4efore
the State
allow
ir,
ir is
after the
State
allowes
it
:
When it
comes
to
break
any
order in the
State, then
it
is
a
fin
of
another nature, but
when
we
fpeak:of
Schifme
properly
fo
called,
it
is
only
An
of
the
Church,
now
if
it
be
a
Schuine
before the State allowes
it,
it
will be a
fin
when
the
State
allowes
it,
that's certain, the
allowance or
not
allowance
of the State,doth
not change
the nature
of
the thing,
and I am
confi-dent
that there's
fcarce
any
of
you
that
are
Godly;butwould
have
thought it
in
former times
a
great
mer-
cy,
if
thofe
that were Non-
conformifls
had had
fo
much favour
from the
State,
as
to
have
liberty
to
have joyned
together
in
fuch and
fuch
places
appointed
for
them,
that
fo
long
as
they
are orthodox in
their
opinions, fo long
as
they
liv'd Godly
and
eaceable, they fhould have
had
liberty,
if
this
had
been,
T
beleeve not
one
of
you
would have accounted
them
Scia
ana-
ticks,
now
if
there
be
other Godly
men
in
the
Kingdom
whole
confcience
"s
cannot
be fatisfied
in
frnne
other
things,
and
vet
you know
their
lives are
Godly,
you know
they
are
orthodox
in
all
Fundamentals ofReligion, they joynwith you,
they
de-
fire
to
communicate with
you
in
heaì
ing
the
Wo°d,anclprayel.,
and all
wayes
wherein they
can,
now-if
should
have
a
de-
:
fire'to
enjoy
the
ordinances of
Chrill
in-that
waF
Wherein
they
--may
do.
it with
p
e
le
of
confcience,whÿ
they are
eryed
out
of
asiSchifmaticks,
-,Taina
the Covenanr,and
-must
not be
fuf
feed,
here
lyesa
millake,
and
were
there
a
righitündëïf£an-
ding of
things,
there
might
be wayes for
Brethren to
livèioer-
ther