480 114iftake of the Point Schifm, the, cootie of breaking peace, authority of Bishops : I fay, fuppofe the State had allowed this, had these men been Schifnaaticks ? As fu ,po e . +ii o -:r Brethren of Scotland that, were in England in former time >,why aboundance of them that liv'd in Parrthes,they could not kneel at Sacrament, now if this li berty had b een given them, that all of the Kingdom of Scotland, that liv'd in the City of London, that they should have form particular place in the City , and fhould envoy what they would there. I you will fay, If the State had allowed them, then they were not: But now confider of this, 'Schifine is a Church fin, and if any thing be Sch fine.6efore the Stare allow ir, it is after the State allowes it c When it comes to break any order in the State, then it is a fin ofanother nature, but .when we fpeak'of Schifine properly fo called, it is only ;tin of the Church, now if it be a Schiine before the State allówes ir, it will be a fin when the State allowes ir, that's certain, the allowance or loot 'allowance of the State,doth not change the nature of the thing, and I am confident that there's fcarce any of you that are Godly;butwould have thought it in former tines a great mer- cy, if thofe that were Non- conformifis 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 peaceable, they ihoorld have had liberty, if this had been, 1 beleeve not one of you would have accounted them Schifrna- ticks, now if there be other Godly men in the Kingdom whofe confciences catulotbe fatisfied -in Tome other things, - nc t you know their lives are'Codly, you know they are orthodox all Fundamentals of Religion, they joyn with you, they_d- fire to communicate with you in hearing the yo.,-d,-ati-d-pr-Avi., and all wayes wherein they can, now,if they should have a dd- fire to enjoy the ordinances of Chris} in.that way wherein they may do: is with y e ice of confcience,why they are cryed out of a- siSchifmatieks, it'sagainfl the Covenant ?and -mutt not be fuf- fered, here -lyes a mistake, and were there a fight iiidei7ftañ- din; of things, there might be wayes for Brethren to lip etoee- ther
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