OfCONFORMITY. of other Men, and toanfwer to God for their weaknelles : Yet at the fame time you do the very thing you avoid, and communicate with Churches in which there are many who think them foperfèlt as to need no Amendments ; and, by this means, confirm them in ;his as much as you could thefe Church-men by your Conformity ; and hinder the farther Reformation, and Perfec7ion of thofe Churches, as much as you could that of the Church of England, by your confiant Communion with it. For my part, It is my opinion, that there never was, is, or will be, a National Conflitution foperfeEt,but that fomething may beadded to it, and fomething necef_ fary to a moregeneral reaching thegreat ends of Religion. But yet, on the one hand, I shall never think any ObjeEion ftrong enough against fuch Additions, or Altera- tions, as may contribute to the farther perfusion of it and, on theother hand, I íhall never think Separation fo trifling, and inconfiderable a thing, as that the want of fuch Alterations, as, inmy pri- vate judgment, I thinkAmendments, can make it neceífary, or juftify it. I have Peen, and heard too much of the nature and 137
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