200 ) trufied with the Adminiftration of Church Power or juriRlic`tion ; for the Difcipline ofthe Church it cannot be called. Suppofè a Man would comply withall other things, only he efteems the ufe ofone Rite or Ceremo- ny, as the Grof in Baptifine, or the like, to be unlaw- ful ; ifhe forbear the ufe of it, or to tender his Child unto Baptifme where it is ufed, he is to be cut off as a Schifnzaticl¿ from the Communion ofthe Church, no lets then ifhe had abfolutely refuted a Compliance with the whole Rule. And therefore whatever Condefcenfion and Forbearance in fome things is pretended, He that doth not in all things obferve the whole Rule, is in Mi- fèricordia Concellarii ; which oft proves an uneafie Po- fture. If-any men think that the Lord Chrift hath given them fuch a Power and Authority over the Souls and Confciences ofhis Difciples, as that they can bind them unto the Religious Obfervance ofevery Rite and Cere- mony that they are pleated to appoint, on the Penalty of Excifion from all Church Communion, and the Guilt ofSchifane, I thall only fay, that I amnot of their Mind, nor ever {hall be fo. 4. This Communion contains a virtual ..Ipprobation of all that is contained in the Rule ofit, as Good for the Edification ofthe Church. It is certain that nothing is to be appointed in the Churchbut what is fo : even Order itfelf, which thefe things it is faid are framed for, is Good only with refpe6t thereunto. Now it is to be judged that whatever a Man pra&ifeth in Religion, that he approveth of; for ifhe do not, he is a vile Hypo- crite. Nor is he worthy the Name of a Chriftian, who will praiIife any thing in Religion, but what he ap- _proveth. The Difputes that have been amongft us a- bout
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