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of C ONFÒRMITY. I mall add two things more upon this Head. One is this, That thofe People who fcruple the TermsofCommunion here men? tioned, do fcruple alfo, generally (peak- ing, many other things in Conformity, not mentioned ; and you cannot name any ofthem whowould Conform, were thefè Terms altered, unlefs at the fame time both Epifcopacy,andLiturgieswere thrown off too. And God forbid that their Con- formity Mould be purchafed at fo dear a rate ! And the Other is this, That you acknowledge thefe things tobe lawful in themfelves ; and confequently, acknow- ledge that the Separation of thofe, who feparate only becaufe thefe things are unlawful in themfelves, is founded upon a miftake, and a falfe judgment. And upon this account, you muff alfo ac- knowledge that the EJtablifhed Church is rather unhappy than blameable ; becaufe it requires nothing of the People, but what they may lawfully fubmit to ;and becaufe you cannot your (elves contrive anyCon- flitution, but that there will be forne weak Perfons offended at fomething in It ; fuch as will judge it unit/iv/ on forne account, or other, to conform to it, and will ever be forming and encreafing Par-. tica T I11

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