Ought to be joined withal. 189 indifpenfible Duty to joyn in the Celebration ofall that Religious Worthip, which the Lord Chrift the only Lawgiver of the Church, and whowas faithful both in and over the Houfe ofGod, asthe Son, bath Inílituted and Commanded ; but have no fuch Warrantyor Com- mand for any thing elfe, it is their Duty to (land fall in the Liberty wherewith Chrift bath made them free. And ifby the fameBreath, in the fame Rule, Law or Canon, theyare commanded and obliged to obferve in the WorthipofGod, whatthe Lord Chritl hath appoint- ed, and what he bath not appointed, both on the fame Grounds, namely, the, AuthorityoftheChurch, andon the fame Penalties for their Omifhton, noman can be di- vinely obliged to embrace theCommunionofany Church on filch. Terms.. 3. It is required that tke e51iniI1ry ofa Churchfo to be joyned with, is not defe&ive in any ofthofe things which according to the Rule of the Gofpel are fundamentd thereunto. What thefe are, hath been declared. And becaufe Edification, which is the End of Church Com- munion, doth foeminently 'depend on the ennifiry of the `Church, there is not any thing which we ought to have a more diligent coniderationof, in the joyning Of our felves unto any fuch Communion. And where the elíniiry ofany Church, be the Church of what fort or fize it will, is incurably Ignorant or Negligent, or through a defe& in Gifts,. Grace, or confcientious at- tendance unto their Duty, is infufficient_untothe due Edification ofthe Souls of them that believe, no man . can account himfelf obligedunto the. Communionofthe Church,but he that canbe fatisfiedwith.a Shadow and the Names of things, for the Snb ance and Reality of them,. If
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