(169) of7ule or Canon making for the Unity of the Church was that which at length ruined all Churches in their. State, Order, and Woríhip ; if fuck a Ruine be ac- knowledged to have befallen them in the Roman Apo ítafie. He therefore Objets out of my Difcourfe,. pag. 17 t. Let the lpoftles Rule beproduced with any probability of Proof to be his and we are all ready tofxbfcribe and con- formunto it. Towhich he replies ; This is the Apoflles Rule to go asfar as they can, and if they cango no farther, to lit down quietly and wait forfurther Inflrutlion, and not to break the Peaceof the Church, uponprefint dif%ätisfaction, nor togather new Churches out ofothers,, upon fuppofition of higher attainments. nfw. I. Upon a fuppofition that thole who make and impofe thefe new unfiriptual Orders, are the Church, that as the Church they have. Authority fo to make and impofe them ; ifthis be not theRuleof the .ffpo:le,I believe fome men judge it ought fo to have been. But 2. The Apoltle's Rule is not, that we fhould.ga. as fan aswe can, as though there were any thing of Difpute and Difficulty in the Matter ; but thatfofar as we have . attainedwe fhouldwalk according to thefame Rule: 3. He doth not intimate any thing aboutbreaking the Peace of the Church, but only what would do fo,. by an Impo(ition on one another, in differences of leffer Mo- ment, whilft the general Rule of Faith. and Love is at- tended unto. 4. To be quiet and wait fir f rther In.ftruc`lion,. is the Direction given unto both Parties, whil(l,the. Differences did:
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