116 The Rea f nablene f due weight with You, becaufe I have {hewn , that Communion with the Church is not a declaration that it is perfea, and that there are very few or none who have fuck an opinion, or, if they have, who will be confirmed in it by any thing You can do or fay ; and becaufe I have proved that, fuppofing this would be the confequence of your Conflant Communion , yet the Confe- quencesofyour. Separation are far worfe, and much more pernicious to the ho- nour, and;life ofChriftianity. And confe- quently, it isnot a reafonable, or defenfible thing, to feparate from a Church in order to a farther reformation. And as I am deeply touched with thefe thoughts my felf, fo I cannot help befeeching God, that, if they have any weight in them , they may likewife affea You, and forcibly move You to do fomewhat towards the reviving Chriflian Love and ZJnity in theLand. What you have alleg'd, be- fides what I have here mention'd, con- cerning _ the finfulnefs, and ill confe- quences of Conant Communion, not- withflanding the lawfulnefs and neceffity of Occafonal Communion, I Mall very di- {{inetly confider in it's proper place. I pro-
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