227 fent, unlefs hebe allowed to enter his Proteftation, as gainft thofe things which he diflikes, and of the fènfè wherein he doth fo affent and confent, which by Law is allowed unto none, the hid Afent and Conf'nt is his publick Profeffion, that all thfe things, and all contained in them, are according to the MindofChrift, and that the Ordering ofthem as fuch,is part of theirpro - feffed Snbjec -lion unto his Gofpel. Bleffed be God, molt Miniffers are too wife and honeft, to delude their Con- fciences with Diftin&ions, Equivocations, and Refòr- vations, anddo thereon rather choofe to fuller Penury and Penalty, then to make the leaft entrenchment upon their ownConsciences, or the honour of the Gofpel in their Profeffion. What they do and declare of this Nature, they mutt do it in Sincerity, as in the fight of God, as approving what they do, not only as pardona- ble effeíts of Neceffity, but as that which is the belt they have or can do in the Worthip ofGod ; with a folemneRenunciation ofwhatever is contrary unto what they do foapprove. And whether this be a meet Impo% tion on the Confluences ofe%l1inifiers, with reference unto a great Book or Volume ofa various compofition, unto things almoft without number, wherein exceptions have beengiven ofold and lately, not anfwered, nor anfwer- able, with Rules, Laws, Orders, not pretending to be Scriptural Prefcriptions, is left unto the Judgment of all, who have due thoughts of their approaching Ac- count before the Judgment Seat ofJefus Chrift. 2. The Conformity that is required of others, being precifely, and without Power ofDifpenfation in them by whom it is required, to anfwer the Rule or Law of it before declared , every Man by his fo conforming, F f 2 loth
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