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(6 ) indifpenfable Duty to chufe that method of Prac%ice, which tends moll to the happinefs of that Society to which we belong ; provi- ded it be confijtent with that Duty we owe to God, and with our own eternal Salvation. IV. Thisbeing a certain and undoubt- ed Maxim, it follows from hence, That it is your indifpenfable Duty to praaife Confiant Conformity to the eftablifbell Church, as long as you acknowledge, that nothing is required of you in it, which is Linful, or unlawful ; for this lies within your Province ; and you cannot poffibly a& a better part, towards the reuniting the divided Hearts of this Na- tion. You muff either conform or Sepa- rate: And if your choice be to be deter- mined by the Maxim now laid down, it is impoffible you íhould refufe to Conform. For all the World knows, and we daily feel, the miferable Confe- quences of Religious Diflinaions and Divifïons. It being therefore fo evi- dent, that your Conformity would tend to the removing there Evils, and to the `Unity ofthis Nation, I (hall not labour to prove to you, what you mutt be al- ready fully convinced of. But tho' this be

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