The 'Refit?. 35 who lived in Exile abroad, differed among themfelves in their Judgments and Apprehenfions about thole things, which are now under conteft; Whereas they perfe&ly agreed in all Do&rines of Faith and Gofpel Obedience. The Publick Records of thefe Differences, do fo remain as that they cannot modeftly be denied, nor handfomly covered. And this mutt needs weaken the Influence of their Authority in the Settlement of the Church, which was an A& only of the prevalent `Party among them. 4. They differed in thefe things from all other Re- formed Churches, withwhom they did abfolutely agree in Doárine, and had the f}riEteft Communion in Faith andLove. For it is knc that their Dot-trine which they owned and ettablithed, was the fame with that of the Churches abr, -- I called particularly'ZReformed in di- ftin&ion from t`'=' Lutherans. But as unto the State, Rule, and Ordet"ofthe Church they differed from them all. I prefss not this confideration unto the difadvantage of what they attained unto and eftablithed in the way of Reformation, or in a way of preferring other Chur- ches above them ; but only toEvidence that we have reafon enough not to efteem our felves abfolutely obliged unto what they didand determined, as unto all Endea- vours after any farther Reformation. 5. In their Reformation they avowedly propofed a Rule and aleafure unto themfelves, which was both un- certain, and in many things apparently various from the original Rule of thefe things givenby Chrift and his A- poftles,with the Praaiceof the firft Churches. And this was the Rate and Exampleof the Church under thefill F 2 ' Chri-
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