Ought tobe joined ithal. 179 Religion is almofi loft in the World. It requires there- fore great Wifdom to deport our felves aright among thefe Divifions,fo as to contribute nothing unto the Ends ofMalice defigned by satan in them. 4. In this fiate ofthings until it maybe cured, which it will never be, by anyof the wayes yet propofed and inlfied on ; the Enquiry is concerning the Duty of any one who takes care ofhis own Soul, as unto a Conjun- c'ion with fome Church or other. And on the Nega- tive Part I fay, I. Such an one is bound not tojoyn with any Church or Society where any fundamental Article of Faith is re- je&ed or corrupted. There may be a fundamental Er- ror in a true Church for a feafon, when the Church erreth not Fundamentally ; r Cor. 15. 2 Tim. 2. 18. But I fuppofe the Error in or againft the Foundation, is part of the `Profeon of the Church or Society to be joyned unto. For thereby the Nature ofthe Church is cleflroyed ; it doth not hold the Head, nor abide on the Foundation, nor is the Ground and Pillar of Truth. Wherefore although the Sacinians under a Pretence of Love, Forbearance, and Mutual Toleration, do offer us the Communion of their Churches, wherein there is fomewhat ofOrderand Difcipline commendable ; yet it isunlawful to joyn in Church Fellowship or Communi- on with them. For their Errors about the Trinity, the Incarnation ofChris'', and his Satisfatlion, are deftru Live of the Foundation of the Prophets and Apoftles ; and Idolatry, in the divine Worfhip of a meer Creature, is introducedby them. 2. Where
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