g ' Chap. Commen orievpon (lance ofgouernement all agree,but for the manner ofexecu- tionandadminiftration, they doc not. That Chrift is prcfent in the Eucharill,& that hisbody and blood is theretobe eaten anddrunken, all our churches agree : and the difference is on- ly touching themanner of his pretence; namely, whether it be fpirituall or locali. And this is the mercy of God that in all our differences the foundationofrehgon is not rated . Let vs pray for the continuance,and incrsafe ofthis content. Thus muchofthe perlons that write:now follow the chur- ches to which the Epiftle is Pent [to the chs rched ofGalati4]. At t o this time theGalatians had made a reuolte, and were fallen from iufbfication by the obedience ofChrifl : fo as Paul was affraidofthem,Chap. ¢. and yet he called them churches fuill vfing great meekenes 8c moderatió.His examplemull wefol- low in giuing iudgement ofchurches ofour time . And that 5 wemay the better doe thisand the better relceuc our confci- ences : marke three rules. The firft is , that we mull rightly confiderofthe faultes ofchurches . Some are faultes in man- ners, Come indolrine. Ifthe faults of the Church be in man- ners, and three faults appeareboth in the huesofminiflers and 20 people,Co long as truc religion is taught, it is a church, & fo to bee!lcemed:and the minillers mull bcheard:Math. 23. r. Yet may we feperate from the privat company ofbad men in the church. i. Cor. 5. t t. and, ifit be in our liberty and choice, ioyne to churches beuer ordered. Ifthe errour be in doctrine, 2 we mutt fitti confider, whether the whole church erre,or Ionic few therein. Iftheerrour heist fame andnot in all, it rcmaines a church {till, as Corinth did, where forne denied the refur- retion, becaufe a church is namedof thebetter part. Second- ly,wemull confider whether the church erre in the foundati- , o, on or no. If the crrour or errours be betide the foundation of rcligion,Paul hath giuen the fentence that they which build vpon thefoundation haie and flubblc oferronious opinion, may be faued. t. Cor. 3. i 5. Thirdly, inquiry mull be made whether the churcherre ofhumane frailtyor ofobflinacie. If 5 it erreoffrailty,though the error bein the foundation, yet it is fbl a church,as appears by the exampleofthe Galatiiis, Yet if achurch fluff erre in the foundation openly, and obftinately, it feperates fromChrft and cealeth to be a church, and we way feperate fret' it &may;iue judgement that it is nochurch. When Wary-
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