(i0). ofChrifi. For no Inch thing is included in what we af- fert, nor doth follow thereon. We doown that wicked Hypocrites may be joyned in true Churches, and be made Partakersofall the Priviledges ofthem. Neither is this a Caufe ofwithdrawingCommunion from any Church, much lets ofcondemning it as no true Church of ChrifÌ. But this we fay, that if fuch Hypocrites difcover them- felves, in open fcandalous fins, which upon Examina- tion will prove to be ofa larger extent then fome fup- pofe, with refpe& unto fins of Omiffion as well as of Commiffion ; if they are not dealt withal according as the Difcipline ofChrift doth require in fuch cafes, the Church wherein they are allowed, efpecially iftheNum- ber of fuchPerfons be many, or the mofi, the Genera- lity ofthe People, and their fins notorious, doth fl'and in need of Reformation; as the Church of England Both acknowledge in the Commination again Sinners. The Subflance of what is propofed under this confe- deration, may be expreffed in the enfuing Obferva- tions. (i.) The Generality of the Inhabitants of this Nati- on, are joyned and do belong unto the Church of Eng- land, in its 'Parocjial ./(ffémblies. (2.) That many walk and live, without anyvifible compliance unto the Rule of Chrift in Gofpel Obedi- ence ; Yea (3) Great notorious provoking fins do abound a- mong them, for which it ought to be feared continually that the Judgements of God will fpeedily follow, as is acknowledged in the Commination. (q..) That hereon they all ftand in need of Weft/na- tion, without which the principal Ends ofChurch Com- munion
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