of CONFORMITY. 55 That a feparate way mull neceffarily be fet up on this account, that is, that there are not in the Eltablifhed Church, within the reach of the People, any Minifters qualified to guide and in.d-uft their confciencies ? Have You never ob- ferved how ready the generality of the People are to prefer the worft Preachers before the belt , and how univerfally they leave the molt qualified guides, as well as the moil 'Unqualified? And did it not pity You to obferve it, and move You to think that fuch a general, and loofe encouragement as this, ought not to be given to that fpreading humour ? No flop can ever be put to feparation, if it may be lawfully built upon fuch found- ations as this ; and therefore , this Principle is not what Good Chriflians fhould ufe in defence of their Pra&ice. But that your People may not be wholly at a lofs to know how the exercife of this Right bath been reflrained upon force occafions, and that they may be fenfible how very few of themfelves this Argument will defend , I ob- rerve, That
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