tojoyn themfelve.r in Church.Order. 5 to yield fincere anduniverfal obedience unto all his com- mands , and to be conformed untohim, in all things fol- lowing his example, having for thefe ends received of his Spirit; though all the Churches in the world [hould reje ± him , yet he [hall undoubtedly be faved. If any [hall hence infer, that then it is all oneofwhat Church any one is : I anfwer, (a.) That although the being of this or that, or any particular Church in the world, will not fe- cure the salvation of any men ; yet the adherence unto force Churches , or fuch as are fo called, in their conftitu- tion and worfhip, may prejudice, yea, ruine the Salvation of any that [hall fodo. (2.) Thechoice ofwhat C hunch we will joyn unto, belongs unto the choice andufe of the means for our Edification. And he that makes no Con- fcience hereof, but merely with refpeet unto the event of being Caved at la[t , will probably come thorn there - of. 2. On this Suppofition , that therebe no infuperable difficulties lying in the way of the dilcharge of this du- ty, as that a perfon be caft by the providence of God in- to fuch a place or feafon , as wherein there is no Church that he can pofí'ibly joynhimfelfunto, or that he be un- juftly refuted Communion, by unwarrantable conditions of it, as it was with many during the prevalency of the Papacy in all the Wefiern Empire; it is the indifpenfible duty ofevery Difciple of Chrift , ie order unto his edifi- cation and Salvation, voluntarily, and of his own choice, to joynhimfelf in and unto tomeparticular Congregation, for the Celebrationof DivineWorfhip , and the due ob- fervation of all the Inftitutions and commands of Clirift ; which we thall now farther confirm. a. The foundationof this duty,as was before declared, loth lye in the law and light of Nature. Man cannot exercife the principal Powers and Faculties of his Soul , X 2 with
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