( 267 )' Tag. 170. rie proceeds unto his lait Enquiry which indeed is alone pertinent unto his Purpofe ; namely , Bow this Rule bath an Influence on our Cafe. What this irle is, concerning which this Enquiry is made, he doth not declare. Either the precifegnifrea- tion of the *le in this Place, or the Direilion given with refpeet unto that Rule, may be intended that is, thegeneral Rule of our Walking in our Profeffion of the Gofpel, or the efpecial Rule given by the Apoftle with refpe6t thereunto, in the cafe under confederation, may be fo intended. Ifby the Rule in the firfr fenfe, he underfiands a Rule, Canon, or Command, Eflablifhinga Church fate, with Rites and Modes of Worthip, with Ceremonies, Orders, and Government, no where ap- pointed in the Scripture or of divine Revelation, it is openly evident that there was nofuch 'Rule then, that no fuch is here intended ; but that only whereunto the Grace of the Gofpel in Mercy and `Peace is annex- ed, as Gal. 6. 16. which is not filch a Rule. If he in- tend by it, a Direïlion, that where there are different Apprehenfions in Matters offers importance, not break- ing in on the Analogy of Faith, accompanied with diffe- rent Pra&ifes, Co far as they are neceflàry from thofe dif- ferent Apprehenfions, the Major Tart of thole among whom the Differences are, fhould compel the Minor, to forbear their Pra&ife according unto their Ap- prehenfions, and comply with them in all things, on all forts of Penalties, if they refute fo to do, it will be hard to find fuch a Diretlion in there Words. Yet this muß be the Iule, and this the Direaion that can give any countenance unto the Do&or's Caule. But if by this Rule, the Analogie of Faith, as before defcribed, L 1 2 be.
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