Of CONFORMITY. 141 prudence tohave begun it, or to continue to purfue it ; and that the End ptopofed can lay no obligation upon you, to ofe filch means as are fo far from leading to it, that they contradict, and oppofe ir. Lafily, Since I have fhewn, that if this Argument in defence of your Separation from the Church of England, be a good one , the Confequence will be, That there will be al ways a neceffity for Sepa. ration, becaufe we can have no hopes of a Church fo completelyperfect, that afarm ther Reformation (hall not be neceffary to the more general reaching the great ends of Re- ligion ; and lince I have obferved, That your own Amendments would not make the Church fo perfect ; that if fome few Alterations had been made, you would have Conformed, and have thought your felves obliged fo to do, and yet, that fí:11 a farther Reformation would have been wanting ; it appears from hence, that the want of this farther Reformation is not a fufficient ground for afeparation ; and that, in your own accounts, you may be obliged to Communicate with --a Church which is not foperfect as toneed no Amendments. If I have advanced, under tbefe Heads, any thing of Rea/bn, and Truth,
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