(ii8) exercifè as the unfearchable depthsthat are in the Scrip- ture not to be fathomed at once by any Church, or any fort ofPerfons whatever, and our knowing the belt ofus, but in part, with the difference of mens Capaci- ties and LInderflandings, in and about things not abfo- lutely neceffary unto Edification, mull be allowed in Churches and their Miniftry. But I fpeak ofthat Varie- tyofDo&rines, which is ofgreater importance. Such it is, as will let men at liberty tomake their own Choice in the ufe ofmeans for their Edification. And if fuch Novel Opinions, about the Perlon, Grace, Satisfa&ion and Righteoufnefs of Chrift, about the Work of the Holy Spirit ofGod in Regeneration or the Renovation ofour Nature into the Image ofGod, as abound in Come Churches, fhould at any time by theoffrage ofthe Ma- jor Part ofthem who by Law are entrufted with its çondu&, be declared as the fenfe of the Church, it is and would be fufficient to abfolve any man from an Ob- ligation unto its Communion, by vertue of its firft In- flitution and Eflablifhment. 5. Evangelical Dif ipline is neither obferved, nor at- tainable in thefe Parochial Affemblies ; nor is there any Releif provided by any other means for that Defect. This hath in general been fpoken unto before ; but be- eaufe it belongs in an efpecial manner unto the Argument now in hand, I (hall yet farther fpeak unto it. For to declare my Mind freely, I do not judge that any man can incur the Guilt of Schifine, who refrains from the Communion of the Church, wherein the Difipline of the Gofpel is either whollywanting, or is perverted into Rule and Domination which hath no countenancegiven unto it in the Wordof Truth. And we may Obferve. z. The
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