Maddox - BX9329 M3 1740

r s2 J " and the fame to teflify, by fubfcrib- " ing thereto, if they can write. And that no Man might ever deviate from the Dottrine and Difcipline of the Church, after he was admitted, they appointed the followingMethod of En- quiry; "And that every Member of the Congregation do not refute to render a Declaration of their Faith, before " theMiniftersandElders, whenfoever " they fhall by them be thereunto re- " quired." TheHolyDifcipline, &c. en- joins ; Let them only be admitted to the Communion, that have made Confeon of their Faith, andfubsnittedthemfelves to theJifcipline, unlefs theybring Let- tersTeflimonial, &c.What a largeField for Reflation is here ? But the Reader fhall be left to his own Thoughts upon the Topicks fo often employ'd in the Caufe of this Holy Difcipline, Unwar- rantable Impofitions, Scripture the only Rule, Chriltian Liberty, &c. Every un- prejudic'd Perfon will eafily determine whether hewould rather be obliged to commemorate, kneeling, thedyingLove of his Saviour, which was a nece,jfary Means to keep many weak Brethren in a Proteftant Church, or be compell'd to fubfcribe to their Doc`irine and Difci- pline, in order to partake of the Holy Sacrament, and be alto equallyobliged to

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