Ç' 195 general nature hath refpe&onlyuntodivine Inftitutions this which refpe teth only the Laws, Rules, and Determi- nations ofmen, can have no alliance thereunto. Yet is it not only charged as fuch, without the lealt countenance from Scripture or Antiquity fo far as it may be allowed ofAuthority with us, but the fappofition ofit, is accu- mulated with another Evil, namely, that thofe who are fo guilty (of it) in the Judgment ofthemwho arc inte- refted with fecular Power, though Peaceable and Or- thodox,ought tobepuniJhed with variors Penalties,gradu- ally coming unto the lofs of Goods, Liberty,and in force Cafes ofLife it felf AnOpinion Ignominior-s untoChriflian 2eligion, however vapoured withal by young Men, whole Wit flies above all ferious Confideration ofthings and their Circumfiances; and countenanced by others, from an influenceofIntereft, who otherwife would not be impofed on, by fuch an Anti-EvangelicalPrefizmption. I (hall therefore at the utmoft diftance from Intereft or Pafiion, briefly confider the Cafe propofed, and give an account ofmy Thoughtsconcerning it. z. One or two things are ufually premifed unto the confideration ofthiscafe ; as namely, (t.) That thofe who refrain from that Communion with the Church of England which we infift upon, do yet agree therewith in all important Igo&vines of Faith, which is the Foundation, the Life and Soul ofChurch Union and Communion. This I freely grant, but with this Limitation ; that this Agreement refpeEts the Do- &rine as declared at the firft Reformation, and explain- ed in the Age next enfuing thereon. If there be a change made in or of thefe Do&rines, or any of them, by any in or of the Church ofEngland, we profefs our B b 2 diGigree-
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