199 ) Worfhip and Order, as is bef} for its own Edificati- on , whereof it felt is the moll: competent Judge. But as for a Church of another fort, inverted with Au- thority to make a Rule, not only as unto the outward Circumfiances of thofe At-ions wherein Church Order andWorfhip do_confit, but as unto fundry Religious Rites and Obfervances which thereby are added unto it, and impofe the Obfervance of it, on a great Multi- tudeofother Congregations,without their content, whe- ther they judge the things enjoyned, to be for their E- dification or otherwife, it is apparently not from Hea- ven, but. of Men. Wherefore leave Chriftians and Churches at that Liberty which Chrift hath purchafed' for them, wherewith he hath made them free, and then let thofe who firft break Union and Order, bear the. Charge of Schifine, which they cannot avoid._ 3. The Church Communion required by vertue of this Rule is confant and compleat, exclufive untoany O. ther Church Order, or means of publick Edification. It doth not command or appoint that men fhould commu- nicate in Parochial Affemblies, when there is Occafion, when it is for their Edification, when fèandalwouldarife if they fhould refufe it; but a1 f lately and compleati» And whereas there are many things relating unto Church Order and Divine Worfhip enjoyned in that Ride, there is no Difiin&ion made between them, that Tome things are always neceffary, that is in the feafons ofthem, and . fóme things wherein men may forbear a Compliance,but they are all equally required in their places and feafons.; though perhaps on dierent Penalties. And whoever fails in the Obfervation ofany Ceremony, time or place, appointed therein, is in the Power of themwho are .en- trufted
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