OfCONFORMITY. they will follow Mr. Baxter's judgment, ought to attend upon Him,and ought not to alert their Right to chufe their own Paflour..Nowwhich of your People will be judged by this Rule ? And where is that {Ingle Perfon amongft them all, that bath a&ed upon thefe Principles, and left his Parifb-Minifler, and chofen ano- ther for his Paflour, only on thefe ac- counts ? Hardly to be found, I dare fay, throughout the Land : For it is too ma- nifeft, that they run, without diflinaion, from all as well as fame ; nay, that mul- titudes of them have never fo much as endeavour'd to hear their Eftablifhed Minifler, or to fatisfy themfelves whe- ther He be qualified, or not. And fo it appears, that the Prac`lice of your People is fuch as cannot be defended by this Argument ; and therefore, that this Argu- ment lignifies nothing to their Vindication, Efpecially, confidering that it is their Separation, their providing for themfelves in a way diílinEt from the Eftablifbed way, you are nowdefending. For I ask, Sup- pofing that they may upon thefe ac- counts, or any other, leave their Parifh- Minifter, yet where is the neceffity of leaving the Church of England? How cloth 157
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