( 9) obliged to effablifh that particular Form, which to your felves íhould Teem moft agreeable to the nature of the Gofpel, and the endof Publick Affemblies. Now you muff be fenfible that an Eflablifb- ment can lgnifie nothing, nor be of a- ny ufe, unlefs it be fuppofed, either that it is fo apparently perfect, and fo fuita- ble to the Wifhes of all Perfons, that none can find fault with ir, or d;fco- ver any thing amifs in the Conffitution of it : Or, that there is an obligation lying upon every Chriiiian to have fo much regard to publick Peace and Decen, cy, as to conform himfelf to what is eíla- blifhed, if nothing be required of him but what he acknowledges lawful. As to theformer of thefe Suppofitions, It is undeniably beyond the power of Man to frame any Conífitution,or draw up any Perm, or Directory for ¡t orfhip, that Mall be agreeable to all Perfons concerned, or free from Defe&s and lm- perfeaions. And therefore, were the Eflablifhed Form exactly fuch as you could with, there is no Argument you could urge to prefs others to Conformity to it, but what concludes now for the ne' o 4. 4 I1:t:;
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