Of CONFORMITY. 89 the number of the Eje£fed, but had thought the Terms large enough, You would, I doubt not, have pleaded ano- ther Caufe ; and have argued, That fuch a Defertion, for the fake of the peace and quiet of the Church, is neither Inhumane nor Barbarous; and perhaps farther, that toflick to the EjeFled Miniflers, and car- ry on,with them,a Formal Separation from a good and found Church, is, in it's con- fequences, and ill effects upon the World, a much greater inftance of Barbarity, and Inhumanity. This is really as if you Mould fay, If the Terms had been such as to take in Us, then the People might have Conformed without Inhumanity, or Barbarity, notwithstanding the Ejedion of many others would have been un- avoidable': But fince they. were framed fo, that We could not come up to them, the People juilly feared the guilt of Inhu- manity in deferting us. And, whether it be reafonable to argue at this rate, I leave you to judge. Betides, I rnuft obferve that this Ar- gument fignifies very little to our prefent Times, unless you will fay, That, when- ever any Pcrions have prepared them felves for the 1l4iniflry, and cannot come up
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