®f CONFORMITY. III ence. Who would not doany thing, but commit fin, to avoid any thing like thefe ? I take it to be a certain Rule, That of two evils, it is the Duty of every Man, to chufe the lea/l. Thus in the Cafe before us, Suppofing Conformity to have thefe ill Confequences you have mention'd, and Separation to have thofe I have produced ? the Duty of a Chriftian is certainly to chufe the way ofaction which hath the feweft, and molt inconfiderable incon- veniences, and the lighteff ill Confe- quences to the Chriftian Church. Since therefore, He muff either Communicate with this Church, or Separate from it, let any perlonsjudge whether it be worfe, to give occafion to fome Perlons to think an imperfe&Churchperfea,or to give oc. cafion to Diffenfion and Uncharitableneís amongft Chriflians ; to do what maypof- fibly (but not certainly) induce fume to think no Amendments in this Church to be reafonable,or todo what will certainly,and unavoidably, lead to the producingall the Hatred, Strife and Violence imaginable;to do what injudicious Men onlycan fo mil- interpret,andmake fuch an ufe of, or to do what will infallibly help to deflroyChrili- anCharity in the World. What greater Ob- ligation
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