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             An answer to some queries concerning schism, toleration, &c. in a letter to a friend ...
             Gandy, Henry, 1649-1734.
          
           [3], 57 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             1700.
          
           
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           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           SOME
           QUERIES
           ,
           CONCERNING
           SCHISM
           ,
           TOLERATION
           ,
           &c.
           
           IN
           A
           LETTER
           
             To
             a
             Friend
          
           .
        
         
           
             It
             was
             not
             long
             since
             ,
             that
             the
             Sins
             of
             Rebellion
             and
             Sacrilege
             were
             so
             Successful
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             not
             only
             cast
             off
             their
             old
             Names
             ,
             but
             commenc'd
             Vertues
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             dangerous
             to
             discourse
             ,
             whether
             there
             were
             such
             Sins
             or
             no
             :
             Prosperous
             Wickedness
             has
             never
             wanted
             its
             Apologists
             ,
             who
             know
             how
             to
             call
             Evil
             Good
             ,
             and
             Good
             Evil.
             The
             case
             is
             almost
             the
             same
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Sin
             of
             Schism
             and
             Separation
             .
          
           
             
             Long
             's
             Epist
             .
             to
             the
             Brethren
             ,
             before
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             Separatist
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             
               Vniversal
               Toleration
            
             is
             that
             
               Trojan
               Horse
            
             ,
             which
             brings
             in
             our
             Enemies
             without
             being
             seen
             ,
             and
             which
             after
             a
             long
             Seige
             ,
             they
             hope
             to
             bring
             in
             at
             last
             ,
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             setting
             our
             Gates
             wide
             enough
             open
             to
             let
             in
             all
             our
             Friends
             .
          
           
             
               Still
               .
               Misch
               .
               of
               Separation
               .
            
             p.
             58.
             
          
        
         
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             mark
             them
             who
             cause
             Divisions
             and
             Offences
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             ye
             have
             learned
             ,
             and
             avoid
             them
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             16.
             17.
             
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCC
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           SOME
           QUERIES
           ,
           CONCERNING
           
             SCHISM
             ,
             TOLERATION
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           In
           a
           LETTER
           to
           a
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Receiv'd
           your
           Letter
           with
           some
           Queries
           ,
           but
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           what
           made
           you
           pitch
           upon
           me
           (
           when
           you
           are
           acquainted
           with
           so
           many
           Learned
           men
           )
           to
           Answer
           '
           em
           .
           But
           to
           let
           you
           see
           how
           willing
           I
           am
           to
           give
           you
           the
           best
           Satisfaction
           that
           I
           can
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           sent
           you
           the
           Opinions
           of
           some
           of
           our
           most
           Celebrated
           Episcopal
           Divines
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           them
           you
           may
           frame
           Answers
           to
           all
           your
           Queries
           ;
           And
           if
           you
           are
           not
           Satisfied
           with
           what
           I
           have
           Collected
           out
           of
           'em
           ,
           you
           may
           have
           recourse
           to
           their
           Books
           your self
           .
           
           If
           you
           say
           that
           the
           Authors
           I
           have
           quoted
           are
           but
           Private
           men
           .
           and
           their
           Writings
           of
           no
           Authority
           ;
           I
           must
           Answer
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           their
           Books
           have
           past
           an
           Imprimatur
           ,
           or
           ,
           which
           by
           some
           is
           look'd
           upon
           as
           Tantamont
           ,
           The
           Approbation
           of
           the
           London
           Divines
           .
           If
           you
           say
           further
           That
           their
           Practices
           have
           in
           some
           Cases
           contradicted
           their
           Principles
           ,
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           that
           is
           nothing
           to
           me
           ,
           Let
           them
           look
           to
           that
           .
           If
           their
           Principles
           be
           Sound
           and
           Orthodox
           that
           's
           all
           that
           I
           desire
           ,
           let
           them
           Answer
           for
           their
           Practices
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Preliminary
           Questions
           ,
           I
           have
           likewise
           taken
           the
           Answers
           to
           them
           out
           of
           the
           same
           Writers
           ,
           as
           you
           'll
           find
           upon
           the
           perusal
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Question
           that
           you
           propose
           is
           this
           ,
           
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             the
             Church
             ?
          
           But
           before
           a
           distinct
           Answer
           can
           be
           given
           ,
           you
           must
           know
           that
           the
           word
           Church
           has
           various
           significations
           ;
           Sometimes
           't
           is
           taken
           for
           the
           Place
           where
           people
           Assemble
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           for
           the
           
             People
             assembled
          
           ;
           Sometimes
           for
           the
           
             Whole
             Church
          
           including
           the
           Church
           Triumphant
           which
           is
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Church
           
           Militant
           ,
           or
           the
           Visible
           Church
           here
           on
           Earth
           ;
           Sometimes
           for
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           Representative
           ,
           or
           a
           
             General
             Council
          
           ;
           Sometimes
           for
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           Diffusive
           or
           the
           Whole
           Body
           of
           Christians
           ;
           Sometimes
           for
           the
           Church
           Vniversal
           ;
           Sometimes
           for
           a
           Particular
           Church
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           Church
           in
           General
           or
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ?
        
         
           A.
           The
           Church
           [
           Ecclesia
           ]
           among
           Christians
           in
           the
           largest
           use
           
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           is
           the
           whole
           Multitude
           of
           Believers
           joyn'd
           together
           in
           One
           Body
           ,
           or
           Society
           under
           One
           Head
           ,
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
        
         
           The
           Catholick
           Church
           is
           the
           Whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           spread
           
           abroad
           thro'
           the
           whole
           World.
           
        
         
           Or
           ,
        
         
           The
           Vniversal
           Church
           is
           the
           Company
           of
           Christians
           Knit
           together
           ,
           
           by
           the
           Profession
           of
           the
           same
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           same
           Sacraments
           ,
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           Lawful
           Pastors
           .
        
         
         
           By
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           is
           meant
           the
           whole
           number
           of
           Christians
           
           in
           all
           Ages
           and
           Places
           ,
           admitted
           into
           the
           Church
           by
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           gather'd
           into
           Particular
           Churches
           under
           their
           respective
           Pastors
           ,
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           United
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           to
           Christ
           their
           Head
           ,
           by
           the
           Profession
           of
           one
           Faith
           or
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           a
           Particular
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           By
           a
           Particular
           Church
           is
           meant
           a
           Number
           of
           Men
           professing
           
           Christianity
           ,
           form'd
           into
           a
           Society
           under
           Lawful
           Governours
           ,
           and
           govern'd
           by
           such
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Rules
           ,
           as
           are
           not
           different
           from
           but
           Agreable
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           a
           National
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           The
           whole
           Body
           of
           Christians
           in
           a
           Nation
           consisting
           of
           
           the
           Pastors
           ,
           and
           People
           ,
           agreeing
           in
           that
           Faith
           ,
           Government
           ,
           and
           Worship
           ,
           which
           are
           Establisht
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Realm
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           a
           
             Representative
             National
          
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           The
           Representative
           Church
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           is
           the
           Bishops
           and
           
           Presbyters
           of
           the
           Church
           meeting
           together
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           to
           consult
           and
           advise
           about
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ?
        
         
           A.
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           a
           Society
           of
           People
           ,
           which
           in
           
           this
           Nation
           are
           united
           under
           the
           same
           Profession
           of
           Faith
           ,
           the
           same
           Laws
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           Rules
           of
           Divine
           worship
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
        
         
           By
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           I
           understand
           that
           Body
           of
           Men
           ,
           
           who
           ,
           as
           to
           Church
           Affairs
           ,
           are
           united
           together
           ,
           under
           the
           same
           Principal
           Church
           Officers
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           Priests
           and
           Deacons
           ;
           and
           Communicate
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           in
           all
           Religious
           Offices
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Liturgy
           ,
           and
           Orders
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           Profess
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           according
           to
           the
           Ancient
           Creeds
           ,
           and
           the
           39
           Articles
           ,
           and
           are
           govern'd
           according
           to
           the
           Canons
           and
           Laws
           of
           this
           Church
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
        
         
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           a
           Community
           consisting
           of
           profess'd
           
           Christians
           ,
           united
           in
           the
           same
           Government
           ,
           Doctrin
           ,
           and
           Worship
           according
           to
           the
           39
           Articles
           and
           Homilies
           ;
           Her
           Liturgy
           ,
           Canons
           and
           Laws
           ,
           and
           divided
           into
           Parochial
           Assemblies
           ,
           for
           the
           more
           Convenient
           worshipping
           of
           God.
           
        
         
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           a
           Diocesan
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           The
           Notion
           of
           a
           Church
           (
           by
           the
           ancient
           Canons
           )
           was
           
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           a
           Diocess
           ,
           or
           such
           a
           number
           of
           Christians
           as
           were
           under
           the
           Inspection
           of
           a
           Bishop
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
        
         
           A
           Church
           is
           the
           Body
           of
           Christians
           contain'd
           in
           a
           City
           ,
           and
           
           the
           Territory
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           Government
           of
           such
           a
           one
           the
           respective
           Authority
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           convey'd
           by
           the
           Overt
           Act
           of
           their
           Ordination
           ,
           was
           visibly
           vested
           in
           a
           Bishop
           ;
           in
           a
           number
           of
           Presbyters
           ,
           for
           his
           advice
           and
           assistance
           :
           and
           in
           Deacons
           attending
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           executing
           their
           Orders
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           a
           Parochial
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           A
           Parochial
           Church
           is
           a
           Company
           of
           Christians
           united
           under
           the
           care
           of
           a
           Pastor
           ,
           in
           subordination
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Wherein
           consists
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Ecclesiastical
           Unity
           consists
           in
           preserving
           all
           those
           Relations
           ,
           
           wherein
           each
           member
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           is
           concern'd
           one
           towards
           another
           ;
           and
           this
           Unity
           is
           either
           of
           Subordination
           or
           Equality
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Wherein
           consists
           the
           Vnity
           of
           Subordination
           ?
        
         
           A.
           The
           Unity
           of
           those
           Members
           that
           are
           Subordinate
           one
           to
           
           the
           other
           consists
           ,
           in
           the
           constant
           due
           subjection
           and
           Obedience
           of
           all
           Inferiors
           to
           their
           Lawful
           Superiors
           ;
           and
           in
           due
           exercise
           of
           Authority
           in
           the
           Superiors
           towards
           all
           committed
           to
           their
           Charge
           .
           
             Heb.
             13.
             17.
             1
             
             Pet.
          
           5.
           2.
           
        
         
           Q.
           Wherein
           consists
           the
           Vnity
           of
           
             Equality
             ,
             or
          
           fellow
           Members
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Unity
           of
           fellow
           Brethren
           consists
           in
           the
           preformance
           of
           all
           
           Mutual
           duties
           of
           Justice
           and
           Charity
           towards
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           Communion
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Communion
           superadds
           nothing
           to
           Unity
           but
           the
           Relation
           
           of
           external
           Association
           ,
           whether
           by
           Assembling
           for
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           where
           the
           matter
           is
           capable
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           whether
           by
           Letters
           Communicatory
           by
           which
           we
           maintain
           external
           Communion
           with
           those
           who
           are
           far
           distant
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
        
         
           Communion
           with
           a
           Church
           is
           joyning
           with
           a
           Church
           as
           a
           
           member
           of
           that
           Church
           .
        
         
         
           Q.
           What
           destroys
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Schism
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           Schism
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Schism
           is
           a
           Division
           in
           or
           from
           a
           Church
           .
           
        
         
           Or
           ,
        
         
           Schism
           is
           a
           Voluntary
           dividing
           or
           a
           Separating
           ,
           or
           receding
           
           of
           any
           Member
           from
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
        
         
           Schism
           is
           a
           Causeless
           Separation
           from
           a
           true
           Church
           .
           
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           Schism
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ?
           
        
         
           A.
           Schism
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           a
           sinful
           dividing
           from
           ,
           or
           dissolving
           our
           Union
           and
           Communion
           with
           her
           ,
           in
           her
           Governours
           ,
           Members
           ,
           Worship
           or
           Assemblies
           .
           This
           is
           the
           least
           we
           can
           mean
           by
           Schism
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           is
           called
           Separation
           Negative
           ;
           which
           is
           made
           Positive
           and
           more
           formally
           such
           ,
           when
           those
           that
           have
           separated
           ,
           set
           up
           their
           Altars
           against
           Hers
           ,
           and
           erect
           other
           Congregations
           in
           Opposition
           to
           Hers.
           
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           Negative
           Separation
           or
           Schism
           ?
        
         
           
             A.
             Negative
          
           Schism
           is
           when
           men
           do
           peaceably
           and
           quietly
           withdraw
           their
           Communion
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           part
           or
           in
           whole
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Consciences
           in
           a
           private
           way
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           Positive
           Separation
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Positive
           Separation
           is
           when
           persons
           ,
           thus
           withdrawn
           ,
           do
           
           gather
           into
           a
           Distinct
           and
           Opposite
           Body
           ,
           setting
           up
           a
           Church
           against
           a
           Church
           ,
           to
           worship
           God
           in
           a
           separated
           way
           themselves
           ;
           which
           St.
           Austin
           calls
           setting
           up
           Altar
           against
           Altar
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           a
           Schismatick
           ?
        
         
           A.
           A
           Schismatick
           is
           he
           that
           divides
           himself
           from
           the
           Church
           
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           that
           goes
           out
           ,
           or
           withdraws
           ,
           or
           recedes
           of
           his
           own
           accord
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           an
           Excommunicate
           person
           ?
        
         
           A.
           An
           ▪
           Excommunicate
           person
           is
           one
           that
           is
           cut
           off
           or
           separated
           ,
           
           and
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           the
           Governours
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Definitions
           ,
           I
           think
           these
           Conclusions
           or
           Propositions
           will
           naturally
           follow
           .
           viz.
           
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               the
               Christian
               Church
               is
               a
               Society
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               Church
               is
               but
               one
               Body
               ,
               '
               tho
               it
               consists
               of
               many
               particular
               Churches
               and
               Diocesses
               as
               Members
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
               3.
               
               That
               the
               Church
               is
               govern'd
               by
               one
               Supreme
               Head.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               the
               Supreme
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
               is
               Christ
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               That
               under
               this
               Supreme
               Head
               there
               have
               been
               always
               subordinate
               Governors
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               those
               Subordinate
               Governors
               were
               first
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               constituted
               immediately
               by
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               over
               the
               whole
               Church
               ,
               and
               after
               them
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               as
               Successors
               to
               them
               ,
               in
               particular
               Churches
               or
               Diocesses
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               That
               all
               Bishops
               in
               their
               several
               Districts
               or
               Diocesses
               have
               full
               power
               ,
               as
               to
               Spirituals
               ,
               over
               the
               whole
               Flock
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               That
               all
               the
               Members
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               within
               such
               Districts
               ,
               owe
               subjection
               to
               their
               Lawful
               Bishops
               ,
               as
               to
               those
               Commission'd
               by
               Christ
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               That
               as
               Christ
               did
               ordain
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               the
               Apostles
               Bishops
               ,
               for
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               Church
               ;
               so
               the
               Bishops
               have
               ever
               since
               ordain'd
               Priests
               ,
               and
               Deacons
               ,
               to
               take
               care
               of
               ,
               and
               instruct
               the
               Church
               in
               subordination
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               That
               all
               Christians
               are
               oblig'd
               to
               become
               Members
               of
               some
               particular
               Church
               ,
               where
               the
               Sacraments
               are
               administred
               ,
               and
               Communion
               enjoy'd
               under
               the
               Authority
               of
               some
               Canonical
               Bishop
               ,
               or
               in
               Communion
               with
               some
               Priest
               ,
               owning
               and
               submitting
               to
               some
               Bishop
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               That
               all
               those
               ,
               who
               break
               the
               Vnity
               of
               the
               Church
               by
               actual
               Separation
               from
               the
               Communion
               of
               their
               Lawful
               Bishop
               ,
               and
               fellow
               Christians
               ,
               are
               Schismaticks
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               That
               all
               those
               ,
               that
               are
               united
               to
               ,
               and
               in
               Communion
               with
               Canonical
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               adhere
               to
               the
               Doctrin
               and
               worship
               establisht
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               as
               contain'd
               in
               the
               39
               Articles
               ,
               Homilies
               ,
               Liturgy
               ,
               Canons
               and
               Laws
               ,
               are
               the
               true
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               their
               Assemblies
               are
               true
               Churches
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               That
               all
               those
               who
               separate
               themselves
               ,
               as
               Schismaticks
               ,
               and
               all
               those
               that
               are
               Separated
               ,
               as
               Excommunicate
               persons
               ,
               by
               the
               Governors
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               are
               out
               of
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
        
         
           Q.
           Is
           all
           Separation
           Schismatical
           ?
           
        
         
           A.
           Tho'
           Schism
           be
           always
           a
           Sin
           ,
           yet
           there
           may
           be
           such
           Circumstances
           which
           may
           make
           a
           Separation
           not
           to
           be
           a
           Schism
           .
        
         
           That
           you
           may
           know
           when
           Separation
           is
           Schismatical
           and
           when
           
           not
           ,
           you
           must
           understand
           that
           there
           are
           three
           great
           Bonds
           of
           Communion
           ,
           
             viz.
             Faith
             ,
             Worship
          
           and
           Government
           ;
           and
           whosoever
           shall
           separate
           from
           any
           Church
           ,
           whereof
           he
           is
           a
           member
           in
           any
           
           of
           these
           ,
           he
           or
           they
           so
           doing
           cannot
           be
           acquitted
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           Schism
           ,
           unless
           the
           Corruption
           in
           some
           one
           ,
           or
           more
           of
           these
           be
           so
           great
           as
           to
           render
           the
           Communion
           sinful
           to
           him
           who
           knows
           it
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           first
           Bond
           ,
           Faith
           ?
        
         
           A.
           If
           a
           Church
           hold
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           (
           tho'
           her
           Members
           
           may
           differ
           in
           some
           controverted
           Points
           )
           pure
           and
           undefil'd
           ,
           and
           impose
           no
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           as
           terms
           of
           her
           Communion
           ,
           't
           is
           Schism
           to
           break
           Communion
           with
           that
           Church
           ;
           but
           if
           she
           does
           impose
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           a
           Separation
           from
           such
           a
           Church
           is
           not
           only
           justifiable
           ,
           but
           a
           Duty
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           second
           Bond
           ,
           Worship
           ?
        
         
           A.
           If
           a
           Church
           have
           a
           pure
           Worship
           ,
           as
           to
           its
           substance
           ,
           tho'
           
           cloath'd
           with
           some
           accidental
           Modes
           ,
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           to
           Separate
           from
           such
           a
           Church
           is
           downright
           Schism
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           all
           Ceremonies
           and
           Modes
           of
           Worship
           ,
           being
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           Indifferent
           ,
           cannot
           by
           being
           impos'd
           become
           sinful
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           sinful
           ,
           can
           never
           justify
           a
           Separation
           .
           But
           if
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           Worship
           be
           polluted
           by
           Idolatry
           ,
           or
           profane
           and
           immoral
           mixtures
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           way
           be
           made
           such
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           cannot
           Communicate
           without
           sin
           ;
           Separation
           from
           such
           a
           Church
           is
           not
           only
           warrantable
           ,
           but
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           and
           the
           Schism
           must
           lie
           at
           the
           door
           of
           the
           Imposers
           .
        
         
           Q.
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           third
           Bond
           ,
           Government
           ?
        
         
           A.
           If
           the
           Church
           of
           which
           we
           are
           Members
           ,
           be
           governed
           by
           Lawful
           and
           Canonical
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           they
           act
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           then
           to
           separate
           from
           them
           is
           a
           damnable
           Sin
           ,
           and
           a
           pernicious
           Schism
           ;
           'T
           is
           a
           denying
           of
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           who
           appointed
           them
           to
           rule
           the
           Church
           in
           his
           stead
           :
           But
           if
           they
           are
           ,
           either
           not
           Lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           but
           Intruders
           ,
           or
           not
           Orthodox
           but
           Heritical
           ,
           then
           they
           that
           Separate
           are
           not
           only
           not
           Schismaticks
           ,
           but
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           cause
           the
           Separation
           the
           Schismaticks
           .
        
         
           To
           confirm
           what
           is
           said
           ,
           I
           have
           subjoyned
           some
           few
           Testimonies
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           will
           plainly
           appear
           .
           
             
               1st
               ,
               That
               ,
               tho'
               Seperation
               he
               sometimes
               a
               duty
               ,
               yet
               if
               the
               Faith
               be
               sound
               ,
               and
               the
               Worship
               pure
               and
               uncorrupt
               ,
               Separation
               is
               sinful
               .
            
             
               2ly
               ,
               That
               Separation
               from
               the
               Communion
               of
               Lawful
               and
               Canonical
               Bishops
               ,
               is
               Schismatical
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           1st
           .
           That
           (
           tho'
           Separation
           be
           sometimes
           a
           duty
           ,
           yet
           )
           if
           the
           Faith
           be
           sound
           ,
           and
           the
           Worship
           pure
           and
           uncorrupt
           ,
           Separation
           is
           sinful
           .
        
         
           Violation
           of
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           sufficient
           
           reason
           to
           justifie
           it
           ,
           is
           a
           sin
           as
           much
           as
           Murder
           is
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           plainly
           forbidden
           .
        
         
           My
           Judgment
           being
           ,
           that
           a
           causeless
           breaking
           the
           peace
           of
           
           the
           Church
           we
           live
           in
           ,
           is
           really
           as
           great
           and
           as
           dangerous
           a
           sin
           as
           Murder
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           cases
           aggravated
           beyond
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           Separate
           ,
           where
           no
           sinful
           terms
           of
           Communion
           are
           impos'd
           ,
           is
           a
           causeless
           Separation
           .
        
         
           Separation
           is
           unwarrantable
           ,
           if
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           may
           be
           without
           Sin.
           
        
         
           Renouncing
           Communion
           ,
           or
           denying
           to
           Communicate
           with
           any
           Church
           ,
           upon
           any
           dislike
           ,
           or
           for
           any
           cause
           ,
           
             except
             sin
          
           ,
           is
           properly
           Separation
           and
           Schism
           :
           it
           is
           not
           actually
           not
           communicating
           with
           a
           True
           Chruch
           ,
           but
           renouncing
           Communion
           ,
           that
           we
           think
           makes
           the
           Schismatick
           .
        
         
           Schism
           is
           directly
           a
           Breach
           of
           Unity
           ;
           as
           that
           is
           a
           Breach
           of
           
           Charity
           .
           Refusing
           to
           Communicate
           with
           a
           true
           Church
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           opportunity
           ,
           especially
           my
           own
           Church
           ,
           is
           a
           plain
           breach
           of
           both
           ,
           whatever
           my
           reason
           be
           ,
           short
           of
           Sin.
           
        
         
           There
           may
           be
           an
           Actual
           Criminous
           separation
           of
           Churches
           ,
           
           which
           formerly
           did
           joyn
           in
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Communion
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           separaters
           be
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           the
           persons
           from
           whom
           the
           Separation
           is
           made
           be
           Nocent
           and
           Guilty
           of
           Schism
           ;
           because
           they
           gave
           just
           Cause
           of
           Separation
           from
           them
           :
           it
           is
           not
           the
           separation
           but
           the
           Cause
           that
           makes
           the
           Schism
           .
        
         
           Wherever
           —
           there
           is
           no
           necessity
           of
           Separating
           ,
           there
           the
           
           Church
           has
           a
           Right
           to
           Communion
           ,
           which
           to
           withold
           from
           her
           is
           Schism
           ,
           or
           else
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           Schism
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           A
           part
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           may
           have
           so
           many
           errors
           
           and
           corruptions
           mix'd
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           may
           make
           it
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           to
           leave
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           three
           Cases
           wherein
           the
           Scripture
           allows
           of
           Separation
           .
           
           1st
           ,
           In
           Case
           of
           Idolatrous
           worship
           .
           2ly
           .
           In
           Case
           of
           false
           Doctrine
           impos'd
           instead
           of
           true
           .
           3ly
           .
           In
           Case
           men
           make
           things
           indifferent
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           divide
           the
           Church
           upon
           that
           account
           .
        
         
         
           I
           do
           not
           charge
           those
           with
           Separation
           ,
           who
           under
           Idolatrous
           
           or
           Arian
           Princes
           ,
           did
           keep
           up
           the
           exercise
           of
           true
           Religion
           against
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           many
           false
           Teachers
           ,
           that
           
             transform
             themselves
             into
          
           
           
             Angels
             of
             Light
          
           —
           But
           if
           they
           teach
           any
           thing
           for
           Doctrine
           contrary
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           any
           Doctrine
           that
           tends
           to
           
             Impiety
             ,
             Disobedience
          
           or
           Divisions
           ,
           it
           is
           our
           duty
           to
           reject
           and
           withhold
           Communion
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           beyond
           question
           that
           there
           may
           be
           such
           Corruptions
           in
           
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           such
           Idolatrous
           practices
           requir'd
           in
           Worship
           ,
           as
           may
           justifie
           a
           Separation
           .
        
         
           The
           Divines
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           first
           prov'd
           that
           the
           
           Communion
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           was
           not
           Pure
           and
           Apostolical
           ,
           and
           thence
           justifi'd
           the
           Separation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           necessary
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           on
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           They
           have
           prov'd
           that
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           Pure
           and
           Apostolical
           ,
           and
           thence
           condemn
           the
           Separation
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           Needless
           .
        
         
           God
           only
           bids
           me
           obey
           the
           Church
           in
           such
           Cases
           as
           are
           not
           
           defin'd
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           doth
           not
           give
           the
           Church
           leave
           to
           Command
           any
           thing
           contrary
           to
           God's
           Law
           ,
           nor
           oblige
           me
           to
           attend
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           Obey
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           so
           Command
           .
        
         
           We
           do
           still
           hold
           and
           teach
           ,
           that
           the
           Condition
           of
           our
           Communion
           [
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ]
           was
           made
           sinful
           ,
           by
           professing
           False
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             Believing
             Lyes
          
           ,
           and
           joyning
           in
           
             Idolatrous
             Worship
          
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           was
           unlawful
           and
           intolerable
           ;
           and
           they
           who
           practise
           such
           things
           themselves
           ,
           and
           would
           impose
           them
           on
           others
           ,
           are
           actually
           in
           Separation
           from
           the
           true
           Church
           .
        
         
           Schism
           indeed
           we
           do
           say
           is
           a
           Damning
           Sin
           ,
           but
           there
           may
           be
           
           Divisions
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           not
           always
           the
           guilt
           and
           formality
           of
           Schism
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           principal
           Acts
           of
           Christian
           Communion
           ,
           consist
           in
           Christian
           Worship
           ;
           and
           ,
           if
           any
           Church
           have
           so
           corrupted
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           that
           a
           good
           Christian
           must
           not
           joyn
           in
           it
           ,
           we
           must
           of
           necessity
           abstain
           from
           their
           Communion
           .
        
         
           No
           Church
           can
           oblige
           a
           man
           to
           believe
           what
           is
           False
           ,
           or
           do
           
           what
           is
           Vnlawful
           ;
           and
           rather
           than
           do
           either
           he
           must
           forsake
           the
           Communion
           of
           that
           Church
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           ask
           ,
           
             by
             what
             Authority
             we
             Separate
          
           ?
           [
           from
           the
           R.
           C.
           ]
           
           I
           answer
           by
           the
           same
           Authority
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           Unlawful
           for
           
           us
           to
           Profess
           what
           we
           do
           not
           believe
           ,
           and
           to
           Practise
           what
           we
           believe
           God
           has
           forbidden
           .
        
         
           Neither
           abroad
           nor
           at
           home
           can
           we
           purchase
           Unity
           of
           Communion
           
           at
           so
           dear
           a
           rate
           ,
           as
           to
           break
           God's
           Commandments
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           do
           Unanimously
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           Church
           makes
           
           the
           Profession
           of
           false
           Doctrine
           ,
           or
           the
           breaking
           of
           God's
           Commandments
           a
           condition
           of
           her
           Communion
           ,
           They
           that
           upon
           this
           account
           Separate
           from
           her
           Communion
           ,
           are
           before
           God
           clear
           of
           the
           guilt
           of
           Schism
           ,
           in
           so
           doing
           .
        
         
           When
           it
           is
           a
           Sin
           to
           Communicate
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           a
           Sin
           to
           Separate
           .
           
        
         
           Separation
           from
           a
           true
           Church
           is
           sometimes
           Lawful
           ,
           if
           one
           cannot
           remain
           in
           its
           Communion
           without
           Communicating
           in
           her
           Sins
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           a
           particular
           Church
           ,
           tho'
           Lawfully
           Constituted
           and
           
           Establisht
           under
           Lawful
           Governours
           ,
           should
           make
           the
           Terms
           of
           her
           Communion
           such
           as
           Her
           Neighbour
           Churches
           ,
           could
           not
           without
           Sin
           and
           Danger
           ,
           hold
           Communion
           with
           her
           ;
           would
           Separation
           in
           this
           case
           be
           adjudg'd
           a
           Schism
           ?
           Or
           would
           it
           not
           rather
           be
           lookt
           upon
           as
           their
           Duty
           and
           Interest
           to
           withdraw
           from
           her
           ?
        
         
           If
           Schism
           be
           consider'd
           as
           a
           Separation
           from
           the
           Communion
           
           of
           some
           particular
           Church
           ,
           then
           't
           is
           imply'd
           ,
           that
           possibly
           there
           may
           be
           such
           cause
           given
           as
           may
           justifie
           the
           Separation
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           then
           the
           guilt
           of
           Schism
           will
           lie
           at
           the
           door
           of
           the
           Church
           which
           gives
           such
           cause
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           his
           or
           theirs
           who
           Separate
           there
           from
           —
           No
           cause
           can
           justifie
           a
           Separation
           save
           only
           this
           ,
           when
           a
           Church
           makes
           the
           Terms
           of
           her
           Communion
           such
           as
           cannot
           be
           comply'd
           withal
           without
           Sin.
           And
           in
           this
           Case
           me
           thinks
           it
           is
           very
           plain
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           Sin
           to
           Separate
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           Sin
           to
           Communicate
           ,
           for
           no
           Laws
           of
           Men
           can
           abrogate
           or
           dissolve
           the
           obligation
           of
           the
           express
           Laws
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           When
           we
           cannot
           obey
           our
           Spiritual
           Rulers
           ,
           without
           disobeying
           the
           express
           Laws
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           reason
           of
           our
           Communion
           
           with
           such
           a
           Church
           ceaseth
           ,
           because
           it
           does
           not
           answer
           ,
           (
           nay
           contradicts
           )
           the
           end
           of
           Christian
           Society
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           have
           fellowship
           with
           the
           Father
           and
           his
           Son
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           1
           Jo.
           1.
           3.
           
        
         
           If
           any
           Patriarch
           ,
           Prelate
           ,
           Church
           or
           Churches
           shall
           enjoyn
           Sinfull
           
           Duties
           to
           their
           Subjects
           —
           it
           is
           very
           Lawful
           for
           their
           Subjects
           
           to
           disobey
           them
           ,
           and
           for
           strangers
           to
           separate
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           Usurpation
           ,
           the
           owning
           of
           the
           Lawful
           King
           
           is
           a
           Voluntary
           Act
           ,
           but
           if
           an
           Usurper
           threatens
           to
           banish
           him
           ,
           if
           de
           does
           not
           abjure
           him
           ;
           upon
           whom
           must
           the
           blame
           be
           laid
           ,
           upon
           the
           Mans
           voluntary
           Act
           ,
           or
           the
           Usurpers
           
             Voluntary
             Imposing
          
           such
           a
           Penalty
           on
           those
           who
           do
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           Just
           ?
           —
           The
           making
           such
           Terms
           of
           Communion
           is
           a
           voluntary
           Act
           too
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           thing
           Vnreasonable
           and
           Vnjust
           ,
           it
           leaves
           the
           blame
           on
           the
           Imposers
           .
        
         
           I
           held
           it
           better
           to
           seem
           undevout
           ,
           and
           to
           hear
           no
           mens
           
           Prayers
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           forc'd
           ,
           or
           seem
           to
           comply
           with
           those
           Petitions
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Heart
           cannot
           consent
           ,
           nor
           the
           Tongue
           say
           Amen
           ,
           without
           contradicting
           a
           mans
           own
           Understanding
           ,
           or
           belying
           his
           own
           Soul.
           
        
         
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           condemn'd
           to
           the
           Wo
           of
           
             Vae
             Soli
          
           ,
           then
           to
           that
           
           of
           
             Vae
             Vobis
             Hypocritis
          
           ,
           by
           seeming
           to
           pray
           what
           I
           do
           not
           approve
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           Bp.
           Metropolitan
           or
           Patriarch
           ,
           with
           open
           face
           asserts
           
           manifest
           Heresy
           ,
           or
           
             false
             Doctrin
          
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           so
           declar'd
           by
           approv'd
           Councils
           ,
           the
           disowning
           all
           Communion
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           subjection
           to
           him
           ,
           even
           before
           a
           Council
           ,
           is
           commended
           by
           some
           Canons
           ,
           as
           a
           practice
           which
           deserves
           Honour
           .
           And
           it
           must
           be
           so
           ,
           where
           subjection
           must
           include
           
             Embracing
             Corruptions
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             That
             Separation
             from
             the
             Communion
             of
             Lawful
             and
             Canonical
             Bishops
             is
             Schismatical
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Gospel
           and
           the
           constant
           Profession
           of
           
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           that
           all
           Persons
           ,
           as
           well
           Clergy
           as
           Lay-men
           ,
           must
           live
           in
           Obedience
           and
           Communion
           with
           their
           own
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           profess
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           and
           uphold
           such
           a
           publick
           Worship
           ,
           wherein
           it
           is
           Lawful
           to
           joyn
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           right
           performance
           whereof
           ,
           we
           may
           obtain
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           The
           crime
           of
           Schism
           does
           manifestly
           lie
           upon
           those
           who
           refuse
           
           Obedience
           ,
           to
           their
           Lawful
           Bishops
           in
           all
           just
           Commands
           .
        
         
           Not
           only
           the
           
             Greek
             ,
             Abyssine
             ,
             Russian
          
           ,
           Churches
           ,
           but
           the
           Protestant
           
           Churches
           ,
           do
           all
           with
           one
           consent
           ,
           condemn
           them
           for
           Schismaticks
           ,
           which
           separate
           from
           the
           Lawful
           Pastors
           of
           any
           True
           Church
           (
           —
           )
           and
           set
           up
           Churches
           against
           Churches
           ,
           and
           Communion
           against
           Communion
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           It
           is
           undoubted
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           been
           the
           constant
           Doctrin
           of
           the
           
           
             Greek
             ,
             Eastern
             ,
             Northern
          
           and
           Southern
           Churches
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Roman
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           that
           Christians
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           subjection
           to
           their
           Respective
           Bishops
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           held
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           that
           did
           separate
           from
           his
           Lawful
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           was
           Excommunicated
           by
           him
           ;
           and
           no
           other
           Church
           could
           receive
           him
           ,
           till
           Repentance
           and
           Reconciliation
           to
           his
           Own
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           the
           same
           at
           this
           very
           day
           .
        
         
           I
           reckon
           my self
           bound
           to
           obey
           the
           Commands
           of
           my
           Lawful
           
           Governors
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           Peace
           and
           Order
           sake
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           Commanded
           me
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           am
           willing
           to
           forego
           my
           own
           Rights
           often
           ,
           and
           deny
           my
           own
           Profit
           ,
           rather
           than
           disobey
           ,
           or
           oppose
           a
           Command
           of
           my
           Lawful
           Governours
           ,
           where
           I
           can
           obey
           without
           Sin
           —
           God
           only
           bids
           me
           obey
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           such
           cases
           as
           are
           not
           defin'd
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           doth
           not
           give
           the
           Church
           leave
           to
           command
           any
           thing
           contrary
           to
           God's
           Law
           ,
           nor
           oblige
           me
           to
           attend
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           obey
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           so
           command
           .
        
         
           Schism
           implies
           the
           casting
           off
           a
           Lawful
           Jurisdiction
           to
           which
           
           we
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           yield
           Subjection
           and
           Obedience
           .
        
         
           Government
           and
           Discipline
           is
           necessary
           to
           preserve
           any
           Society
           ,
           and
           therefore
           obedience
           to
           Ecclesiastical
           Governors
           is
           a
           Necessary
           term
           of
           Church
           Communion
           ;
           and
           let
           a
           man
           be
           never
           so
           sound
           and
           Orthodox
           in
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           of
           a
           restless
           and
           turbulent
           Spirit
           and
           disobedient
           to
           his
           Governors
           ,
           and
           their
           orders
           and
           Constitutions
           ,
           he
           deserves
           to
           be
           flung
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           Communion
           ,
           if
           he
           do's
           not
           Separate
           himself
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           Damn'd
           for't
           too
           without
           Repentance
           .
        
         
           Communion
           with
           the
           Bishop
           is
           Essential
           to
           the
           Notion
           and
           Unity
           
           of
           an
           Episcopal
           Church
           .
        
         
           Those
           only
           Communicate
           with
           their
           Bishop
           ,
           who
           submit
           to
           his
           Pastoral
           Authority
           ,
           and
           partake
           with
           him
           in
           all
           Religious
           Offices
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           do
           not
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           notion
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           are
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           of
           the
           same
           Church
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           When
           men
           consent
           to
           be
           Christ's
           Disciples
           ,
           they
           consent
           to
           
           submit
           to
           that
           Authority
           Christ
           has
           instituted
           in
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           It
           has
           been
           the
           constant
           practice
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           all
           succeeding
           Ages
           ,
           to
           set
           Bishops
           and
           Pastors
           over
           particular
           Churches
           and
           to
           confine
           their
           Care
           and
           Inspection
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           Episcopacy
           has
           been
           the
           Establisht
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           and
           for
           any
           Christians
           
           to
           Separate
           from
           their
           Bishops
           ,
           was
           always
           accounted
           Schism
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           unless
           there
           were
           some
           very
           necessary
           reaons
           to
           justifie
           such
           a
           Separation
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           other
           way
           of
           submitting
           our selves
           to
           the
           Authority
           
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           regular
           subjection
           to
           the
           Discipline
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           no
           way
           of
           Judging
           whether
           any
           Man
           be
           in
           Communion
           with
           Christ
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           .
           There
           is
           no
           visible
           Communion
           with
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           visible
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Subjection
           to
           Christ
           requires
           subjection
           to
           that
           Authority
           
           which
           Christ
           has
           set
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Obedience
           to
           his
           other
           Laws
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           plain
           we
           disown
           Christs
           Authority
           when
           we
           reject
           those
           
           who
           Act
           by
           his
           Authority
           .
        
         
           An
           obstinate
           refusal
           to
           obey
           the
           Imposition
           of
           Lawful
           Bishops
           
           and
           Pastors
           makes
           Men
           Schismaticks
           .
        
         
           Whosoever
           is
           a
           Member
           of
           any
           particular
           Church
           ,
           and
           refuses
           
           all
           due
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Pastors
           and
           Governors
           thereof
           ,
           doth
           thereby
           contract
           the
           guilt
           of
           Schism
           .
        
         
           —
           As
           it
           is
           Heresy
           ,
           to
           depart
           from
           the
           Faith
           which
           they
           [
           The
           Apostles
           ]
           Preached
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           Schism
           to
           depart
           from
           the
           Authority
           which
           they
           left
           in
           the
           Church
           till
           the
           Worlds
           end
           .
        
         
           Whoever
           by
           virtue
           of
           any
           Authority
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           shall
           Usurp
           Ecclesiastical
           
           Power
           ,
           shall
           Usurp
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           from
           them
           that
           Rightfully
           stand
           possest
           of
           it
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           Governing
           the
           Church
           by
           such
           Laws
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           really
           perswaded
           ,
           but
           falsely
           ,
           to
           be
           commanded
           the
           Church
           by
           our
           Lord
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           this
           whosoever
           shall
           do
           ,
           or
           be
           accessary
           to
           ,
           is
           guilty
           of
           Schism
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           a
           Prosperous
           Usurper
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           had
           gain'd
           
           a
           considerable
           interest
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           challeng'd
           a
           Title
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           therefore
           requir'd
           of
           all
           the
           Kings
           Subjects
           within
           his
           power
           ,
           to
           own
           him
           to
           be
           Rightful
           King
           :
           Upon
           this
           many
           of
           them
           are
           forc'd
           to
           withdraw
           ,
           because
           they
           will
           not
           own
           his
           Title
           :
           Is
           this
           an
           Act
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           not
           rather
           of
           true
           .
           Loyalty
           ?
           Schism
           in
           the
           Church
           is
           like
           Rebellion
           in
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           things
           immediately
           necessary
           to
           the
           Salvation
           
           of
           particular
           Christians
           ,
           whether
           concerning
           Faith
           or
           
             Good
             Manners
          
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           other
           things
           necessary
           to
           the
           publick
           Order
           and
           
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           by
           it
           Christians
           may
           be
           edify'd
           in
           all
           matters
           of
           the
           first
           kind
           .
           The
           denying
           any
           point
           of
           the
           first
           kind
           ,
           may
           ,
           for
           distinction
           sake
           ,
           be
           call'd
           Heresie
           ,
           when
           a
           man
           is
           resolute
           and
           obstinate
           in
           it
           :
           But
           in
           the
           other
           kind
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           false
           opinion
           that
           makes
           a
           man
           a
           Schismatick
           ,
           till
           he
           agree
           to
           destroy
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           for
           it
           .
           It
           can
           scarce
           fall
           out
           indeed
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           proceed
           to
           destroy
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           without
           some
           false
           opinion
           in
           Christianity
           :
           Yet
           it
           is
           not
           the
           opinion
           ,
           but
           the
           Destroying
           of
           a
           true
           ,
           or
           erecting
           of
           a
           
             false
             Power
          
           in
           the
           Church
           that
           makes
           Schism
           .
        
         
           Whatever
           discouragments
           the
           Clergy
           have
           found
           ,
           they
           still
           
           Preach
           up
           ,
           and
           perswade
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           to
           Temporal
           Authority
           ,
           keep
           People
           from
           Rebellion
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           have
           been
           so
           often
           jeer'd
           and
           abus'd
           with
           it
           :
           But
           yet
           out
           of
           modesty
           seldom
           insist
           on
           the
           Obedience
           that
           is
           due
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           ,
           tho'
           there
           is
           as
           much
           obedience
           due
           to
           Her
           ,
           as
           even
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           from
           her
           members
           .
           
        
         
           As
           the
           Faith
           which
           we
           have
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           Christian
           Graces
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           the
           inner
           dispensation
           of
           Eternal
           life
           ;
           so
           is
           Episcopacy
           the
           Foundation
           of
           all
           visible
           Union
           and
           Government
           in
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Body
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           were
           there
           no
           one
           Bishop
           left
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           Integrity
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           very
           Essence
           of
           the
           Church
           would
           be
           destroy'd
           .
        
         
           The
           summ
           of
           what
           has
           been
           cited
           upon
           this
           Query
           amounts
           to
           this
           ,
           
             viz.
             1st
          
           ,
           That
           if
           any
           Church
           makes
           the
           terms
           of
           Her
           Communion
           sinful
           ,
           by
           framing
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           or
           by
           imposing
           false
           Doctrines
           for
           true
           ;
           or
           by
           corrupting
           Divine
           Worship
           by
           Wicked
           ,
           Idolatrous
           or
           Blasphemous
           Prayers
           ,
           then
           she
           is
           Schismatical
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           Separate
           from
           her
           truly
           Catholick
           :
           But
           if
           she
           imposes
           no
           false
           Doctrines
           ,
           nor
           no
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           enjoyns
           nothing
           in
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           innocent
           ,
           decent
           ,
           and
           tending
           to
           Edification
           ,
           then
           those
           that
           Separate
           from
           her
           are
           a
           Schismatical
           ,
           and
           she
           a
           Catholick
           Church
           .
        
         
           2ly
           ,
           If
           any
           Church
           disobey
           the
           Lawful
           Commands
           of
           their
           Spiritual
           Governors
           ,
           or
           throw
           off
           their
           Rightful
           and
           Canonical
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           Communicate
           with
           the
           Vsurpers
           and
           Intruders
           into
           their
           Sees
           ,
           they
           are
           Schismaticks
           .
        
         
           3ly
           ,
           If
           any
           wholly
           reject
           Episcopacy
           ,
           they
           destroy
           the
           very
           
             Foundation
             of
             Christian
             Vnity
          
           .
        
         
         
           Q.
           Suppose
           there
           be
           more
           Bishops
           than
           one
           in
           a
           Diocess
           ,
           with
           which
           of
           them
           must
           the
           People
           Communicate
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Almost
           all
           Heresies
           and
           Schisms
           ,
           that
           have
           distracted
           the
           
           Church
           ,
           have
           been
           no
           other
           than
           so
           many
           Defections
           of
           the
           discontented
           part
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           Pragmatical
           part
           of
           the
           Layety
           from
           their
           Rightful
           Bishop
           .
           
             Non
             aliunde
             Haereses
             obortae
          
           
           
             sunt
             ,
             aut
             nata
             sunt
             Schismata
             quam
             inde
             quod
             Sacerdoti
             non
             obtemperatur
          
           ;
           Schisms
           and
           Heresies
           spring
           from
           no
           other
           cause
           than
           Disobedience
           to
           the
           Bishop
           :
           
             Inde
             Haereses
             obortae
             sunt
             ,
             dum
             Episcopus
          
           
           
             qui
             unus
             est
             ,
             Contemnitur
          
           :
           All
           the
           disturbance
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           purely
           for
           want
           of
           observing
           that
           Precept
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           
             Obey
             them
             that
             have
             the
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             and
             submit
             your selves
             ,
             for
             they
             watch
             for
             your
             Souls
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             must
             give
             account
             :
          
           i.
           e.
           Obey
           those
           that
           are
           Rightfully
           over
           you
           ,
           and
           submit
           to
           them
           ,
           not
           choosing
           your selves
           new
           Teachers
           ,
           and
           running
           after
           your
           own
           fancy
           :
           which
           Ignatius
           seems
           to
           paraphrase
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           cited
           by
           Antiochus
           .
           
             Let
             
             the
             People
             assemble
             where
             the
             Bishop
             is
             present
             ;
             the
             Sheep
             ought
             not
             to
             go
             wandring
             whither
             they
             please
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             Shepherd
             leads
             them
             .
             The
             People
             ought
             to
             follow
             the
             Directions
             of
             their
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             conclude
             what
             he
             orders
             to
             be
             most
             pleasing
             to
             God.
             
          
        
         
           No
           City
           ,
           how
           great
           soever
           ,
           had
           more
           than
           one
           Bishop
           :
           This
           
           is
           so
           well
           known
           that
           it
           would
           be
           great
           impertinence
           to
           go
           about
           to
           prove
           it
           by
           Instances
           —
           and
           besides
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           of
           most
           Cities
           if
           not
           all
           ,
           had
           a
           considerable
           Territory
           belonging
           to
           their
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           which
           was
           commonly
           the
           Country
           lying
           round
           about
           their
           City
           .
        
         
           In
           great
           Cities
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           chief
           Ecclesiastical
           Governor
           called
           
           Bishop
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           both
           Priests
           and
           People
           were
           subject
           and
           't
           was
           Schism
           and
           no
           Communion
           ,
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           without
           his
           Allowance
           and
           Direction
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           an
           
             inviolable
             Rule
          
           among
           them
           ,
           [
           the
           
             Africans
             ]
             that
          
           
           
             there
             was
             to
             be
             but
             one
             Bishop
             in
             a
             City
             ,
          
           tho'
           the
           City
           were
           never
           so
           large
           ,
           or
           the
           Christians
           never
           so
           many
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           pernicious
           Schisms
           that
           ever
           
           happen'd
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           prevented
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           yielded
           to
           more
           Bishops
           than
           one
           in
           a
           City
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           the
           Schism
           of
           the
           Donatists
           —
           The
           
             Novatian
             Schism
          
           began
           at
           Rome
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           .
        
         
         
           To
           set
           up
           
             one
             Bishop
          
           against
           another
           is
           to
           set
           up
           Altar
           against
           
           Altar
           ,
           as
           that
           Phrase
           is
           commonly
           us'd
           in
           St.
           Cyprian
           and
           St.
           Austin
           .
        
         
           Our
           Author
           [
           Mr.
           Hales
           ]
           proves
           the
           Donatists
           in
           two
           lines
           to
           
           be
           compleat
           Schismaticks
           .
           1st
           ,
           For
           choosing
           a
           Bishop
           in
           Opposition
           to
           a
           former
           .
           2ly
           ,
           For
           erecting
           new
           places
           for
           the
           dividing
           party
           to
           meet
           in
           publickly
           .
        
         
           He
           [
           Mr.
           Hales
           ]
           says
           truly
           that
           all
           Meetings
           upon
           unnecessary
           
           occasions
           of
           Separation
           are
           to
           be
           stil'd
           Conventicles
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           this
           sense
           a
           Conventicle
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           Congregation
           of
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           before
           determin'd
           them
           to
           be
           Schismaticks
           that
           do
           choose
           a
           Bishop
           in
           Opposition
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           that
           do
           erect
           a
           New
           Church
           and
           Oratory
           for
           the
           dividing
           party
           to
           meet
           in
           publickly
           .
        
         
           The
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           of
           all
           Churches
           do
           condemn
           it
           for
           
           Schismatical
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           to
           come
           into
           another
           Ministers
           charge
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           summ
           of
           what
           is
           cited
           on
           this
           Query
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           but
           one
           Bishop
           in
           a
           Diocess
           or
           City
           ,
           that
           they
           that
           set
           up
           a
           Bishop
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Rightful
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           make
           separate
           Meetings
           ,
           setting
           up
           Altar
           against
           Altar
           are
           Schismaticks
           ;
           and
           therefore
           those
           that
           would
           avoid
           the
           guilt
           of
           Schism
           must
           constantly
           Communicate
           ,
           with
           the
           First
           and
           Rightful
           Bishop
           ,
           but
           never
           with
           the
           Intruder
           ,
           or
           his
           Adherents
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Are
           the
           People
           that
           Communicate
           with
           
             Schismatical
             Bishops
          
           and
           Presbyters
           guilty
           of
           Schism
           ?
        
         
           A.
           A
           Schismatick
           is
           an
           impious
           Son
           ,
           which
           ,
           having
           contemn'd
           
           the
           Bishops
           and
           forsaken
           the
           Priests
           of
           God
           ,
           dares
           constitute
           another
           Altar
           .
        
         
           The
           Schismaticks
           are
           they
           ,
           that
           having
           left
           their
           Bishop
           ,
           set
           
           up
           for
           themselves
           abroad
           another
           false
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Adherents
           are
           involv'd
           in
           the
           same
           guilt
           ,
           who
           joyn
           with
           the
           Schismaticks
           against
           their
           Bishops
           .
        
         
           —
           An
           essential
           part
           of
           our
           Communion
           with
           our
           Bishop
           
           is
           to
           live
           in
           Communion
           only
           of
           those
           Presbyters
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           Communion
           of
           their
           Bishop
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           who
           officiate
           by
           his
           Authority
           ,
           and
           are
           subject
           to
           his
           Directions
           and
           Orders
           .
           This
           was
           a
           standing
           rule
           in
           Ignatius
           his
           time
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           from
           his
           Epistles
           ,
           
           that
           Presbyters
           must
           do
           nothing
           in
           the
           Church
           but
           by
           the
           Bishop's
           consent
           or
           order
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           do
           ,
           are
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           those
           people
           who
           adhere
           to
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           partake
           in
           the
           guilt
           of
           their
           Schism
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           notorious
           in
           all
           the
           Histories
           and
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           that
           never
           any
           more
           than
           One
           Bishop
           at
           a
           time
           was
           allowed
           in
           any
           of
           those
           great
           Cities
           [
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Alexandria
          
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           (
           —
           )
           And
           if
           a
           Schismatick
           did
           sometimes
           creep
           in
           ,
           as
           the
           Novatians
           and
           Donatists
           did
           in
           troublesome
           times
           ,
           they
           were
           always
           condemn'd
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           did
           constantly
           maintain
           There
           ought
           to
           be
           but
           One
           Bishop
           in
           a
           City
           or
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           all
           Priests
           and
           Lay
           Persons
           ought
           to
           be
           govern'd
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           To
           assemble
           and
           celebrate
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           besides
           the
           Bishop's
           
           appointment
           ,
           was
           then
           [
           in
           St.
           Ignatius
           his
           time
           ]
           the
           due
           mark
           of
           a
           Schismatick
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Church
           unites
           upon
           Schismatical
           Principles
           ,
           whatever
           
           the
           Bishop
           does
           in
           pursuance
           of
           such
           Principles
           is
           the
           Act
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Bishops
           be
           Schismaticks
           ,
           the
           Church
           is
           so
           too
           .
        
         
           The
           Church
           is
           by
           St.
           Cyprian
           defin'd
           to
           be
           a
           People
           united
           to
           
           their
           own
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           a
           Flock
           adhering
           to
           their
           own
           Pastor
           ,
           whence
           you
           may
           know
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           always
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           to
           go
           along
           with
           the
           Bishop
           ;
           if
           therefore
           the
           Bishop
           be
           a
           Schismatick
           ,
           so
           must
           all
           the
           Flock
           that
           Communicate
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           Presbyter
           ,
           contemning
           his
           own
           Bishop
           ,
           shall
           make
           a
           
           Separate
           Congregation
           ,
           and
           erect
           another
           Altar
           ,
           his
           own
           Bishop
           not
           being
           condemn'd
           of
           any
           Irreligion
           or
           Injustice
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           depos'd
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           is
           Ambitious
           ,
           and
           a
           Tyrannical
           person
           ,
           and
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           all
           that
           
             Adhere
             to
             him
          
           ;
           and
           let
           the
           Lay
           People
           be
           Excommunicated
           ,
           after
           the
           Bishops
           third
           Admonition
           .
        
         
           He
           who
           submits
           to
           ,
           or
           complies
           with
           the
           manager
           of
           a
           Schism
           ,
           
           in
           his
           prosecution
           thereof
           ,
           doth
           involve
           himself
           in
           the
           same
           crime
           .
        
         
           Q.
           If
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           other
           Clergy
           man
           ,
           be
           guilty
           of
           any
           Offence
           ,
           by
           whom
           is
           he
           to
           be
           Try'd
           and
           Punish'd
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Touching
           the
           Depriving
           or
           Degrading
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           Presbyters
           
           and
           Deacons
           ,
           the
           ancient
           Canon
           requires
           the
           Concurrence
           and
           consent
           of
           3
           Bishops
           for
           the
           Censuring
           and
           Depriving
           of
           a
           
           Deacon
           ;
           of
           6
           for
           the
           Depriving
           of
           a
           Presbyter
           ;
           and
           of
           12
           for
           the
           Censuring
           ,
           Judging
           and
           Deposing
           of
           a
           Bishop
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           Bishop
           be
           Convicted
           of
           Heresy
           or
           Schism
           ,
           or
           some
           great
           
           Wickedness
           and
           Injustice
           ,
           his
           Colleagues
           (
           
             that
             is
          
           )
           Bishops
           may
           Depose
           him
           ,
           and
           forbid
           his
           People
           to
           Communicate
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           Ordain
           another
           in
           his
           stead
           .
        
         
           For
           one
           particular
           Primate
           or
           Metropolitan
           to
           censure
           any
           
           Bishop
           by
           himself
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           uncapable
           of
           censure
           in
           his
           own
           Provincial
           Synods
           ,
           hath
           no
           Precedent
           in
           the
           primest
           and
           purest
           Antiquity
           .
           The
           Canon
           Apostolical
           (
           33
           )
           directing
           ,
           That
           
             every
             Bishop
             of
             every
             Nation
             give
             deference
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             is
             Chief
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             esteem
             him
             as
             their
             Head
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             nothing
             extraordinary
             without
             his
             Cognisance
             ,
             but
             every
             one
             only
             to
             do
             those
             things
             which
             are
             expedient
             to
             his
             own
             Diocess
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Country
             under
             him
             .
             And
             so
             neither
             must
             the
             Capital
             Bishop
             do
             any
             thing
             without
             the
             consent
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             for
             thus
             there
             will
             be
             an
             Vnanimity
             ,
             and
             God
             will
             be
             glorify'd
             thro'
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             .
          
        
         
           Bishops
           had
           over
           their
           Presbyters
           and
           People
           ,
           Supreme
           Power
           
           under
           Christ
           ,
           as
           to
           Church
           affairs
           ,
           and
           Accountable
           only
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           Council
           of
           their
           fellow
           Bishops
           ,
           often
           Meeting
           and
           Consulting
           together
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           A
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           Law
           in
           the
           Christian
           
           Church
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           particular
           Law
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           offence
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           Try'd
           by
           his
           Metropolitan
           and
           Suffragans
           .
        
         
           The
           Bishop
           of
           
           London's
           Council
           urged
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           
           for
           not
           suspending
           Dr.
           S.
           without
           a
           Legal
           process
           .
        
         
           That
           
             absolute
             Suspension
          
           supposes
           a
           proof
           of
           the
           Crime
           ,
           &c.
           
           and
           That
           where
           there
           is
           an
           absolute
           Suspension
           ,
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           
             Citation
             ,
             Form
             of
             Proceeding
             ,
             Judgment
          
           and
           Decree
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           Act
           otherwise
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           Nature
           ;
           of
           all
           Nations
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           was
           never
           known
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Always
               have
               ,
               and
               shall
               count
               it
               my
               duty
               to
               obey
               the
               K.
               in
               whatever
               
               he
               Commands
               me
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               in
               this
               ,
               I
               humbly
               conceive
               ,
               I
               am
               oblig'd
               to
               proceed
               according
               to
               Law
               ;
               and
               therefore
               't
               is
               impossible
               for
               me
               ,
               to
               comply
               ;
               because
               ,
               tho'
               His
               Majesty
               Commands
               me
               only
               to
               Execute
               His
               Pleasure
               ,
               yet
               in
               the
               capacity
               I
               am
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               I
               must
               Act
               as
               a
               Judge
               ;
               and
               your
               Lordship
               knows
               no
               Judge
               Condemns
               any
               Man
               before
               he
               have
               knowledge
               of
               his
               Cause
               ,
               and
               have
               cited
               the
               Party
               —
               From
               him
               that
               will
               never
               be
               Vnfaithful
               to
               the
               K.
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
         
           To
           suspend
           is
           a
           Judicial
           Act
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           done
           without
           
           hearing
           the
           Cause
           .
           When
           the
           King
           commands
           a
           Judge
           ,
           he
           commands
           him
           to
           Act
           as
           a
           Judge
           .
        
         
           The
           Ecclesiastical
           Commissioners
           would
           not
           declare
           the
           Bishop
           of
           London
           suspended
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           been
           fully
           heard
           .
        
         
           The
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           in
           his
           Declaration
           ,
           represents
           the
           proceedings
           
           against
           the
           Bishop
           of
           London
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Grievances
           he
           came
           to
           redress
           ;
           
             The
             Commissioners
             (
             says
             he
             )
             suspended
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             only
             because
             he
             refus'd
             to
             obey
             an
             Order
             that
             was
             sent
             to
             him
             to
             suspend
             a
             worthy
             Divine
             ;
             without
             so
             much
             as
             Citing
             him
             before
             him
             to
             make
             his
             own
             Defence
             ,
             or
             observing
             the
             
               Common
               forms
               of
               Process
            
             .
          
        
         
           The
           substance
           of
           what
           is
           said
           in
           answer
           to
           this
           Query
           is
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               a
               Clergyman
               cannot
               be
               
                 regularly
                 depriv'd
              
               but
               by
               Bishops
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               a
               Clergyman
               cannot
               be
               suspended
               but
               by
               a
               
                 Legal
                 Process
              
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               a
               Bishop
               cannot
               be
               try'd
               or
               depriv'd
               but
               by
               his
               Collegues
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               Bishops
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               those
               that
               are
               depriv'd
               ,
               without
               a
               Hearing
               ,
               or
               by
               Incompetent
               Judges
               ,
               cannot
               be
               so
               properly
               said
               to
               be
               Depriv'd
               as
               
                 violently
                 Thrust
              
               from
               their
               Places
               ;
               and
               therefore
               it
               will
               follow
               ,
            
             
               5.
               
               That
               a
               Bishop
               being
               not
               
                 Regularly
                 Depriv'd
              
               ,
               is
               ,
               to
               all
               intents
               and
               purposes
               ,
               the
               Canonical
               Bishop
               of
               his
               See
               ,
               and
               a
               Priest
               the
               True
               and
               Lawful
               Pastor
               of
               his
               Flock
               ;
               and
               the
               people
               consequently
               owe
               obedience
               to
               Them
               ,
               and
               cannot
               forsake
               their
               Communion
               without
               incurring
               the
               guilt
               of
               Schism
               .
            
          
        
         
           Q.
           Were
           not
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Q.
           
           Mary's
           days
           guilty
           of
           Schism
           ,
           in
           making
           
             Separate
             Meetings
          
           under
           the
           
             then
             Depriv'd
             Bishops
          
           ?
        
         
           A.
           I
           willingly
           grant
           that
           in
           times
           of
           manifest
           Corruptions
           and
           
           Persecutions
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Roman
           and
           Marian
           were
           ,
           Private
           Meetings
           are
           Lawful
           and
           Necessary
           Duties
           ;
           because
           if
           men
           do
           forbid
           what
           God
           has
           Commanded
           ,
           
             it
             is
             better
             to
             obey
             God
             than
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           plain
           that
           the
           Schism
           is
           on
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           who
           upon
           pretence
           of
           Papal
           Authority
           ,
           did
           withdraw
           themselves
           from
           the
           Communion
           of
           their
           own
           Bishops
           ,
           [
           after
           an
           Universal
           agreement
           and
           concurrence
           in
           the
           Communion
           ,
           of
           the
           Church
           
           of
           England
           for
           ten
           or
           eleven
           years
           together
           ]
           and
           make
           a
           formal
           division
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           was
           before
           united
           in
           Peace
           and
           Truth
           .
        
         
           The
           Popish
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           were
           set
           aside
           in
           Q.
           
           Elizabeth's
           Reign
           ,
           
           did
           possess
           the
           places
           of
           Lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           yet
           living
           ,
           or
           United
           themselves
           to
           such
           as
           did
           possess
           them
           ,
           therefore
           they
           were
           Schismatical
           ,
           and
           no
           Lawful
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           For
           as
           soon
           as
           these
           Lawful
           Bishops
           were
           turn'd
           out
           ,
           others
           were
           put
           into
           their
           places
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           contrary
           to
           all
           rule
           and
           orderly
           Government
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           the
           most
           certain
           fundamental
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           all
           Ages
           ;
           and
           the
           constant
           Order
           of
           all
           Societies
           (
           which
           is
           always
           tacitly
           suppos'd
           ,
           tho'
           not
           formally
           observ'd
           )
           is
           
             That
             while
             Particular
             Churches
             keep
             to
             the
             Faith
             and
             Vnity
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
          
           as
           ours
           had
           done
           ,
           
             all
             things
             ought
             to
             be
             managed
             by
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             and
             Bishops
             of
             the
             Province
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             the
             Chief
             Governors
             and
             main
             Body
             of
             the
             Society
             ,
             or
             else
             things
             cannot
             regularly
             be
             done
             .
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           confess'd
           that
           14
           or
           15
           Bishops
           were
           turn'd
           out
           ,
           or
           went
           
           away
           in
           Q.
           
           Elizabeth's
           days
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           our
           Author
           's
           own
           Argument
           ,
           they
           were
           Schismaticks
           and
           no
           Lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           because
           they
           came
           into
           the
           places
           of
           Lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           while
           they
           were
           alive
           ,
           or
           else
           were
           Ordain'd
           by
           ,
           and
           Communicated
           with
           such
           Schismaticks
           .
           I
           add
           they
           Vsurp'd
           their
           places
           by
           turning
           out
           the
           Metropolitans
           ,
           and
           Major
           part
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           each
           Province
           ,
           and
           so
           could
           have
           no
           Lawful
           Authority
           ,
           or
           Jurisdiction
           .
        
         
           The
           true
           Right
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           in
           those
           
           Lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           were
           made
           in
           K.
           
           Edward's
           days
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           the
           True
           Church
           of
           England
           which
           did
           adhere
           to
           their
           Constitutions
           .
        
         
           They
           [
           Q.
           
           Mary's
           Bps.
           ]
           were
           no
           Lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           because
           they
           
           either
           did
           Schismatically
           invade
           the
           places
           of
           the
           Lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           or
           else
           were
           willingly
           Consecrated
           ,
           and
           did
           joyn
           in
           Communion
           with
           those
           Schismatical
           Bishops
           :
           When
           the
           Queen
           [
           Eliz.
           ]
           therefore
           did
           set
           them
           aside
           ,
           she
           did
           but
           dispossess
           men
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           
             just
             Right
          
           ,
           and
           remove
           those
           by
           her
           Civil
           Authority
           ,
           who
           had
           
             no
             Power
          
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           had
           by
           Force
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Secular
             Constitution
          
           .
        
         
           All
           else
           but
           Thirlby
           ,
           were
           ordain'd
           by
           ,
           or
           Communicated
           with
           
           them
           during
           their
           Schism
           and
           Usurpation
           ,
           and
           therefore
           neither
           
           the
           Ordainers
           ,
           nor
           Ordained
           had
           any
           Right
           or
           Jurisdiction
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           is
           Essential
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           and
           Power
           to
           execute
           
           the
           sacred
           office
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           Priest
           in
           their
           respective
           Charges
           ,
           is
           deriv'd
           from
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Province
           ;
           and
           after
           great
           violence
           and
           disorder
           ,
           from
           as
           many
           ,
           or
           the
           major
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           survive
           .
        
         
           Every
           Bishop
           and
           Priest
           orderly
           constituted
           in
           his
           place
           ,
           do's
           
           act
           by
           the
           Power
           and
           appointment
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           and
           they
           contemn
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           that
           desert
           and
           disturb
           them
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           their
           Office.
           Hence
           we
           may
           understand
           our
           Saviours
           meaning
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           ,
           
             If
             he
             neglects
             to
             hear
             the
             Church
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             unto
             thee
             as
             an
             Heathen
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             Publican
             :
          
           which
           in
           the
           first
           place
           do's
           require
           us
           to
           hear
           our
           
             own
             particular
             Parish
             Priest
             ,
             and
             Bishop
             ,
          
           whilst
           they
           are
           constituted
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           principally
           it
           does
           oblige
           us
           to
           hearken
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
           So
           that
           if
           our
           own
           Pastors
           turn
           
             Hereticks
             ,
             or
             set
             themselves
             up
             by
             undue
             means
             ,
             and
             not
             according
             to
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           hearkned
           to
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           according
           to
           our
           Saviour's
           Command
           ,
           
             Hear
             the
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           not
           those
           Pastors
           that
           will
           not
           themselves
           
             Hear
             and
             Obey
             the
             Church
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Popes
           Usurp'd
           Authority
           ,
           and
           his
           Prohibition
           of
           joyning
           
           with
           our
           English
           Bishops
           ,
           made
           the
           first
           Schism
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           hindrance
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           now
           joyning
           in
           Communion
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           10
           years
           of
           Q.
           Elizabeth
           ,
           the
           Papists
           did
           Communicate
           
           with
           us
           ,
           till
           the
           Bull
           of
           Pope
           Pius
           IV.
           An.
           1569
           /
           70.
           tho'
           our
           Reformation
           was
           then
           fully
           setled
           .
           So
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           answer
           it
           ,
           why
           they
           joyn
           not
           still
           in
           Communion
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           We
           can
           say
           ,
           the
           Pope
           never
           had
           any
           setled
           and
           quiet
           Possession
           ,
           
           and
           exercise
           of
           Power
           here
           ,
           at
           least
           for
           any
           considerable
           time
           together
           ,
           as
           is
           at
           large
           evident
           from
           what
           Mr.
           Prynn
           and
           others
           have
           Collected
           ;
           and
           all
           our
           Statutes
           of
           Provisors
           ,
           and
           Premunire's
           do
           show
           how
           little
           hold
           here
           the
           Pope
           was
           by
           our
           Government
           allow'd
           ,
           or
           own'd
           to
           have
           .
           And
           tho'
           many
           did
           Appeal
           to
           Rome
           ,
           it
           was
           against
           Law
           ;
           and
           therefore
           that
           gives
           the
           Pope
           no
           more
           Right
           here
           ,
           than
           many
           Peoples
           being
           Traiterous
           ,
           and
           paying
           Homage
           to
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           doth
           annul
           the
           Right
           and
           Title
           of
           the
           Lawful
           Prince
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           Bishops
           are
           guilty
           of
           no
           Schism
           ,
           
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           ;
           their
           order
           is
           undoubted
           ,
           and
           their
           Succession
           
           uninterrupted
           ,
           and
           so
           their
           Title
           and
           Authority
           is
           as
           firm
           and
           unquestionable
           as
           any
           upon
           earth
           ;
           and
           they
           must
           be
           Schismaticks
           before
           God
           and
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           that
           do
           not
           submit
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           joyn
           in
           their
           Communion
           in
           all
           Lawful
           things
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           over
           the
           ancient
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           two
           things
           very
           plain
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           1
           That
           the
           Notion
           of
           a
           Church
           was
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           a
           
           Diocess
           ;
           or
           such
           a
           Number
           of
           Christians
           as
           were
           under
           the
           Inspection
           of
           a
           Bishop
           .
           Or
           ,
           2ly
           .
           That
           those
           Presbyters
           who
           rejected
           the
           Authority
           of
           their
           Bishop
           or
           affected
           
             Separate
             Meetings
          
           ,
           where
           no
           fault
           could
           be
           found
           with
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           were
           condemn'd
           of
           Schism
           .
           So
           the
           followers
           of
           
             Eustathius
             Sebastenus
          
           ,
           who
           withdrew
           from
           the
           publick
           Congregations
           on
           pretence
           of
           greater
           Sanctity
           and
           Purity
           ,
           in
           Paphlagonia
           ,
           were
           condemn'd
           by
           the
           Council
           at
           Gangrae
           ;
           So
           were
           those
           who
           Separated
           from
           their
           Bishops
           ,
           tho'
           otherwise
           never
           so
           Orthodox
           ,
           by
           the
           Council
           at
           Constantinople
           ,
           and
           the
           Council
           at
           Carthage
           ;
           wherein
           before
           S.
           Cyprian
           had
           so
           justly
           Complain'd
           of
           the
           Schism
           of
           Felicissimus
           and
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           ,
           on
           pretence
           of
           some
           disorders
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Carthage
           ,
           had
           withdrawn
           to
           the
           Mountains
           ;
           and
           there
           laid
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           Novatian
           Schism
           .
           But
           when
           false
           Doctrine
           was
           imposed
           on
           Churches
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           Arian
           Bishops
           at
           Antioch
           ,
           then
           the
           people
           were
           excused
           in
           their
           Separation
           ;
           So
           at
           Rome
           when
           Felix
           was
           made
           Bishop
           ;
           and
           at
           Sirmium
           when
           Photinus
           publish'd
           his
           Heresie
           ;
           but
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           one
           instance
           in
           Antiquity
           ,
           wherein
           Separation
           from
           
             Orthodox
             Bishops
          
           and
           setting
           up
           Meetings
           without
           their
           Authority
           and
           against
           their
           consent
           was
           acquitted
           from
           the
           Sin
           of
           Schism
           .
        
         
           The
           substance
           of
           what
           is
           contain'd
           in
           the
           Answer
           to
           this
           Query
           amounts
           to
           this
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           K.
           
           Edward's
           Bishops
           were
           True
           and
           Canonical
           Bishops
           .
           And
           the
           Popish
           Bishops
           in
           Q.
           
           Mary's
           days
           Intruders
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           those
           that
           adhered
           to
           K.
           
           Edward's
           Bishops
           in
           Queen
           
           Mary's
           days
           ,
           altho'
           depriv'd
           ,
           were
           the
           True
           Church
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           those
           that
           forsook
           their
           Communion
           were
           the
           Schismaticks
           .
        
         
         
           Q.
           Whether
           a
           Particular
           Church
           ,
           (
           suppose
           the
           Roman
           )
           being
           Schismatical
           ,
           yet
           keeping
           possession
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           Separate
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Yes
           .
           For
           Private
           Meetings
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           commence
           Churches
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Churches
           become
           Conventicles
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Definition
           given
           of
           a
           Conventicle
           above
           .
           viz.
           That
           a
           
             Conventicle
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             Congregation
             of
             Schismaticks
             .
          
        
         
           If
           Rome
           has
           ,
           by
           the
           many
           Additions
           ,
           &c.
           err'd
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           said
           
           to
           have
           left
           ,
           and
           gone
           from
           ,
           or
           be
           separated
           from
           that
           First
           ,
           Holy
           ,
           Catholick
           and
           Apostolick
           Church
           ,
           without
           making
           an
           open
           Schism
           or
           Schismatical
           Separation
           .
           —
           So
           far
           then
           as
           any
           Church
           now
           in
           being
           shall
           depart
           from
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Ancient
           ,
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           and
           profess
           great
           and
           many
           errors
           ,
           and
           broach
           new
           Doctrines
           ,
           unknown
           to
           the
           Primitive
           Churches
           ,
           and
           lay
           mighty
           stresses
           upon
           them
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           make
           them
           necessary
           for
           Communion
           here
           ,
           and
           to
           Salvation
           hereafter
           ,
           such
           a
           Church
           may
           be
           said
           to
           Depart
           or
           Separate
           it self
           ,
           from
           that
           
             Ancient
             ,
             One
             ,
             Holy
             ,
             Catholick
          
           and
           
             Apostolick
             Church
          
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           That
           they
           who
           first
           desert
           and
           forsake
           the
           Communion
           
           of
           their
           Christian
           Brethren
           ,
           are
           Schismaticks
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           a
           Moral
           Defection
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Local
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           he
           that
           forsakes
           the
           Assemblies
           of
           Catholick
           Christians
           is
           a
           Schismatick
           ,
           not
           he
           that
           goes
           not
           to
           a
           Church
           :
           for
           where-ever
           Christians
           ,
           tho'
           in
           a
           Den
           or
           Cave
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           worship
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Q.
           Are
           the
           Dissenters
           Schismaticks
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Yes
           doubtless
           ,
           For
           they
           not
           only
           set
           up
           separate
           Meetings
           in
           opposition
           to
           Bishops
           ,
           but
           renounce
           all
           Episcopal
           Authority
           ,
           and
           Usurp
           the
           Power
           of
           Ordination
           ,
           which
           did
           always
           belong
           to
           the
           Order
           of
           Bishops
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           we
           are
           assur'd
           partly
           
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           partly
           from
           the
           
             Earliest
             Antiquity
          
           ,
           That
           the
           Order
           of
           Bishops
           and
           Metropolitans
           ,
           rests
           upon
           
             Apostolical
             Institution
          
           .
           Both
           Timothy
           and
           Titus
           ,
           in
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           most
           Learned
           Presbyterians
           ,
           were
           Superiour
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           within
           their
           Districts
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           if
           not
           Order
           .
        
         
           —
           The
           Bishop
           presided
           over
           a
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           adjacent
           Villages
           
           and
           Territories
           ;
           where
           a
           Temporal
           Magistrate
           was
           likewise
           plac'd
           .
           
           As
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           every
           Province
           had
           its
           Proconsul
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           so
           it
           had
           its
           Archbishop
           or
           Metropolitan
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Government
           of
           Patriarchs
           prevail'd
           ,
           it
           was
           form'd
           after
           the
           same
           Model
           ,
           either
           in
           Imitation
           of
           the
           Vicars
           or
           Lieutenants
           that
           presided
           over
           a
           Diocess
           ,
           composed
           of
           several
           Provinces
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           in
           Imitation
           of
           the
           Praetorian
           Prefects
           that
           had
           several
           Dioceses
           under
           their
           Jurisdiction
           .
        
         
           All
           those
           that
           set
           up
           Altar
           against
           Altar
           ,
           and
           hold
           Separate
           
           Congregations
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           held
           as
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           were
           condemn'd
           for
           such
           by
           the
           ancient
           General
           and
           Particular
           Councils
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Catholick
           Fathers
           and
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           thought
           not
           sit
           to
           be
           receiv'd
           into
           Christian
           Communion
           ,
           or
           accounted
           lively
           members
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
        
         
           As
           't
           is
           a
           high
           crime
           to
           Affront
           a
           Judge
           duly
           Commissionated
           ,
           
           so
           it
           is
           no
           less
           than
           Rebellion
           for
           an
           able
           Lawyer
           ,
           without
           a
           Commission
           ,
           to
           assume
           to
           himself
           the
           Office
           and
           Authority
           of
           a
           Judge
           .
           And
           why
           it
           should
           be
           in
           Temporal
           Judges
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           Spiritual
           appointed
           by
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Bishops
           are
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           this
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           ,
           [
           Hales
           ]
           I
           cannot
           see
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           was
           ever
           thought
           so
           by
           all
           sober
           Christians
           ,
           till
           our
           unhappy
           Rebellion
           nurs'd
           People
           up
           in
           Schism
           and
           Disobedience
           .
        
         
           Were
           it
           [
           Episcopacy
           ]
           but
           an
           Human
           Ordinance
           of
           yesterday
           ,
           
           establish'd
           by
           due
           course
           of
           right
           ,
           let
           me
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           Aerius
           withdrew
           his
           Submission
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           must
           come
           within
           
           Epiphanius's
           list
           of
           Hereticks
           :
           not
           understanding
           an
           Heretick
           in
           St.
           
           Augustin's
           sense
           ,
           to
           be
           none
           but
           he
           that
           will
           not
           believe
           some
           point
           of
           Doctrine
           necessary
           ,
           as
           the
           means
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           to
           be
           believ'd
           :
           but
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           latitude
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           taking
           all
           to
           be
           Hereticks
           that
           make
           Sects
           ,
           and
           Assemble
           themselves
           a
           part
           besides
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           Lawfully
           Settled
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Episcopal
           Ordination
           that
           was
           accounted
           as
           necessary
           ,
           in
           the
           primitive
           Church
           ,
           to
           the
           making
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           Priest
           or
           Deacon
           ,
           as
           Baptism
           to
           make
           a
           Christian
           :
           And
           unless
           the
           Dissenters
           can
           produce
           a
           better
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           more
           ancient
           Charter
           than
           the
           Bishops
           have
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           can
           never
           do
           ,
           the
           sole
           power
           of
           Ordination
           must
           be
           still
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           pretend
           to
           it
           must
           be
           Vsurpers
           ,
           and
           Consequently
           Schismaticks
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           says
           ,
           but
           by
           what
           Authority
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           That
           the
           
           Church
           of
           England
           does
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           case
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           the
           Ordinations
           of
           Presbyters
           may
           be
           Valid
           .
           —
           But
           he
           says
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           that
           the
           case
           of
           Schism
           is
           a
           different
           
           thing
           —
           and
           I
           believe
           ,
           
             says
             he
          
           ,
           Our
           Author
           himself
           will
           not
           say
           that
           Schismatical
           Presbyters
           may
           take
           this
           power
           ,
           or
           that
           their
           Ordinations
           are
           valid
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Case
           between
           us
           and
           the
           Dissenters
           :
           They
           ordain
           in
           a
           Schism
           ;
           and
           tho'
           necessity
           may
           make
           an
           irregular
           Act
           valid
           ,
           yet
           Schism
           will
           not
           .
        
         
           The
           Novatians
           
             were
             Episcopal
             and
             so
             were
             the
          
           Donatists
           (
           says
           Mr.
           
           
             Baxter
             )
             and
             yet
             how
             have
             they
             been
             judged
             of
             for
             their
             Schism
             I
             need
             not
             tell
             :
          
           They
           are
           very
           much
           to
           blame
           that
           say
           the
           Presbyterians
           or
           Independents
           troubled
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           :
           It
           was
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           be
           troublesome
           before
           they
           were
           at
           all
           :
           It
           seems
           all
           the
           Sects
           and
           Schisms
           of
           that
           time
           thought
           they
           had
           no
           right
           to
           pretend
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           ,
           unless
           they
           had
           Bishops
           :
           But
           these
           
             Anti-Episcopal
             Separatists
          
           were
           reserv'd
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           for
           the
           last
           times
           ,
           as
           the
           severest
           Curse
           ,
           and
           Judgment
           that
           could
           befall
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Those
           Episcopal
           Schismaticks
           indeed
           divided
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           These
           quite
           Dissolve
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           has
           been
           the
           Tradition
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Christian
           
           Church
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           Apostles
           time
           to
           this
           very
           day
           ,
           that
           no
           Ordinations
           are
           valid
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           but
           by
           Bishops
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           greatest
           Authority
           of
           governing
           the
           Church
           is
           committed
           .
        
         
           I
           admire
           this
           [
           Episcopal
           ]
           Government
           and
           Institution
           ,
           because
           
           under
           it
           I
           am
           in
           no
           doubt
           of
           the
           Validity
           of
           the
           Ordinations
           of
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           Or
           of
           the
           Validity
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           by
           them
           Administred
           :
           For
           we
           have
           our
           Orders
           by
           a
           continu'd
           Succession
           from
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           and
           so
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           ordinary
           way
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           Commissionated
           to
           act
           in
           Christ's
           Name
           .
        
         
           I
           suppose
           no
           man
           will
           deny
           that
           all
           Ordinations
           in
           Schism
           ,
           
           are
           Meer
           Nullities
           ,
           tho'
           made
           by
           persons
           rightly
           Ordain'd
           ,
           because
           against
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           We
           believe
           with
           St.
           Jerom
           ,
           that
           the
           power
           of
           Ordaining
           belongs
           only
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           your
           [
           Dissenters
           ]
           Ordinations
           made
           by
           Presbyters
           are
           all
           Void
           and
           Null
           ;
           and
           ,
           till
           you
           can
           prove
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           we
           take
           you
           for
           no
           more
           but
           a
           parcel
           of
           Lay-intruders
           into
           those
           holy
           Functions
           to
           which
           you
           have
           no
           right
           ,
           (
           those
           of
           you
           only
           excepted
           who
           have
           been
           Episcopally
           Ordain'd
           .
           )
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           I
           must
           put
           him
           in
           mind
           ,
           That
           as
           no
           Man
           
           is
           to
           meddle
           with
           the
           Sacred
           Offices
           (
           
             Except
             he
             be
             called
             of
             God
          
           )
           no
           Man
           to
           preach
           except
           
             he
             be
             sent
          
           :
           So
           no
           Man
           is
           to
           call
           or
           send
           
           as
           from
           God
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           is
           authoriz'd
           by
           him
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           Neither
           can
           I
           see
           any
           Reason
           ,
           why
           a
           Man
           may
           not
           as
           well
           be
           a
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           without
           any
           Mission
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           Mission
           of
           those
           persons
           who
           never
           were
           sent
           themselves
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           there
           never
           was
           any
           case
           of
           
             Absolute
             Necessity
          
           for
           Lay-Ordinations
           ;
           
           but
           if
           possibly
           such
           should
           happen
           as
           the
           Gentleman
           mentions
           ,
           [
           of
           a
           Company
           of
           Lay-men
           being
           cast
           upon
           an
           Island
           ,
           or
           remaining
           in
           some
           Country
           ,
           when
           their
           Pastors
           are
           all
           kill'd
           ,
           or
           turn'd
           Hereticks
           ]
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           that
           
             Bishops
             and
             Ministers
             duly
             ordain'd
          
           might
           be
           had
           from
           other
           Countries
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           ,
           methinks
           it
           would
           be
           reasonable
           and
           fit
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           first
           see
           what
           God
           would
           do
           in
           such
           Cases
           ,
           before
           we
           presume
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           of
           our selves
           ,
           for
           which
           we
           have
           no
           Scripture
           warrant
           .
        
         
           Basil
           is
           so
           resolute
           upon
           his
           prerogative
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           endure
           
           they
           [
           Chorepiscopi
           ]
           should
           ordain
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Inferiour
           Clergy
           ,
           as
           Deacons
           ,
           Sub-deacons
           ,
           Readers
           ,
           and
           several
           others
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           that
           time
           reckon'd
           among
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           without
           his
           consent
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           do
           ,
           let
           them
           know
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             That
             whosoever
             is
             admitted
             without
             our
             Consent
             ,
             shall
             be
             reputed
             but
             a
             Lay-man
             :
          
           What
           would
           he
           have
           said
           if
           they
           had
           pretended
           to
           ordain
           Presbyters
           or
           Bishops
           in
           opposition
           to
           them
           ?
           The
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           desire
           no
           more
           than
           St.
           Basil
           assum'd
           ,
           That
           none
           should
           be
           reputed
           Priests
           or
           Deacons
           that
           were
           ordain'd
           in
           their
           Dioceses
           without
           their
           Consent
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           simple
           Presbyters
           ,
           who
           were
           never
           Chorepiscopi
           ,
           or
           had
           any
           Character
           to
           distinguish
           them
           from
           other
           Presbyters
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Case
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           reckon'd
           so
           hard
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           Commonly
           represented
           by
           the
           more
           moderate
           Nonconformists
           ,
           who
           pretend
           this
           point
           of
           Re-ordination
           the
           only
           Bar
           that
           keeps
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           since
           there
           was
           never
           any
           other
           Church
           ,
           not
           any
           in
           Ancient
           times
           would
           have
           received
           them
           upon
           any
           other
           terms
           :
           And
           they
           must
           have
           remain'd
           Nonconformists
           under
           
             Basil
             ,
             Athanasius
          
           and
           all
           the
           Ancient
           Bishops
           ,
           whose
           names
           are
           ,
           and
           always
           have
           been
           had
           in
           Veneration
           with
           all
           Christians
           ;
           not
           one
           of
           these
           would
           have
           ever
           been
           perswaded
           to
           own
           a
           Pastor
           that
           his
           Presbyters
           had
           ordain'd
           in
           opposition
           to
           him
           ,
           nay
           hardly
           could
           they
           have
           been
           prevail'd
           with
           to
           admit
           such
           as
           any
           other
           Bishop
           should
           ordain
           within
           their
           Diocess
           ;
           So
           extream
           punctilious
           they
           were
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           hardly
           any
           one
           thing
           that
           caus'd
           so
           frequent
           and
           dangerous
           contentions
           between
           them
           as
           the
           point
           of
           Ordination
           .
        
         
         
           Q.
           May
           Orders
           given
           in
           a
           Schism
           be
           made
           afterwards
           valid
           ?
        
         
           A.
           Tho
           ,
           as
           was
           said
           above
           ,
           all
           Ordinations
           in
           Schism
           are
           
           meer
           Nullities
           ,
           and
           tho
           made
           by
           persons
           rightly
           Ordain'd
           ,
           yet
           we
           find
           such
           Ordinations
           made
           valid
           ,
           by
           the
           meer
           decree
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           without
           Ordaining
           a
           new
           ,
           as
           the
           Meletians
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           by
           the
           Council
           of
           Nice
           ,
           in
           Epiphanius
           and
           the
           Church
           Histories
           ;
           and
           as
           Pope
           Melchiades
           ,
           much
           commended
           for
           it
           by
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           offer'd
           ,
           to
           receive
           all
           the
           Donatists
           in
           their
           own
           ranks
           ,
           besides
           divers
           others
           that
           might
           be
           produc'd
           .
        
         
           The
           only
           reason
           why
           some
           things
           ,
           tho
           they
           be
           ill
           done
           ,
           yet
           
           are
           to
           stand
           good
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           the
           power
           that
           doth
           them
           extends
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           is
           ill
           us'd
           .
           So
           when
           the
           power
           is
           Usurp'd
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           Schism
           ,
           or
           when
           that
           is
           done
           ,
           which
           the
           Law
           makes
           void
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           to
           no
           effect
           .
           Therefore
           when
           the
           Act
           of
           Schism
           is
           made
           valid
           ,
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           the
           Order
           of
           Bishop
           and
           Presbyter
           ,
           is
           conferr'd
           in
           point
           of
           Right
           ,
           by
           the
           meer
           consent
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           precedent
           Ordination
           was
           Conferr'd
           only
           in
           point
           of
           Fact
           ,
           being
           a
           meer
           Nullity
           in
           point
           of
           Right
           .
        
         
           —
           It
           hath
           been
           often
           practis'd
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           receive
           ,
           
           not
           only
           Schismaticks
           ,
           but
           even
           Hereticks
           also
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           Such
           as
           had
           receiv'd
           orders
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           parted
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           upon
           an
           Error
           of
           Faith
           )
           in
           their
           respective
           Orders
           .
           But
           always
           upon
           Condition
           of
           Renouncing
           the
           Cause
           of
           their
           Division
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           were
           to
           receive
           the
           
             Blessing
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             by
             prayer
             with
             Imposition
             of
             hands
             .
          
           The
           reason
           was
           because
           neither
           is
           Baptism
           in
           Schism
           effectual
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           nor
           Ordination
           in
           Schism
           effectual
           to
           Grace
           ,
           by
           Ministry
           of
           any
           Office
           in
           Schism
           .
           But
           being
           Renounc'd
           ,
           there
           remains
           no
           cause
           ,
           why
           their
           Ministry
           should
           not
           be
           effectual
           to
           their
           People
           ;
           Their
           Baptism
           and
           their
           Ministry
           to
           their
           own
           Salvation
           ;
           supposing
           it
           sincerely
           renounc'd
           .
           Therefore
           the
           reason
           why
           they
           who
           are
           Ordain'd
           by
           Presbyters
           cannot
           be
           receiv'd
           in
           their
           respective
           Orders
           ,
           is
           peremptory
           ;
           Because
           the
           Schism
           ,
           Consisting
           in
           ordaining
           against
           Authority
           ,
           cannot
           be
           renounc'd
           ,
           unless
           the
           Ordination
           be
           voided
           .
           For
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Ministry
           may
           be
           
           Usurp'd
           upon
           such
           Ordination
           ,
           so
           long
           is
           the
           Schism
           on
           foot
           .
        
         
           I
           can
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           the
           line
           of
           Ordination
           may
           not
           pass
           thro
           a
           
             Schismatical
             Church
          
           ;
           for
           altho
           by
           Schism
           people
           are
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           while
           they
           Continue
           so
           ,
           cannot
           enjoy
           the
           benefit
           either
           of
           Ordination
           or
           Sacraments
           ;
           yet
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           both
           are
           absolutely
           destroy'd
           ,
           and
           Nullifi'd
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           Schismatick
           loses
           the
           Chracters
           ,
           and
           can
           neither
           be
           a
           Christian
           nor
           a
           Bishop
           
           (
           
             i
             e
          
           )
           not
           the
           subject
           of
           Apostolical
           power
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           again
           Baptiz'd
           and
           Ordain'd
           ,
           is
           an
           Assertion
           beyond
           all
           that
           I
           could
           ever
           yet
           meet
           with
           .
           The
           Meletians
           were
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           yet
           those
           ordain'd
           by
           Meletius
           were
           receiv'd
           into
           places
           where
           others
           dyed
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           think
           that
           Orders
           and
           Regularity
           of
           Episcopal
           Succession
           
           will
           suffice
           to
           make
           them
           Lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           who
           for
           corrupting
           the
           Doctrin
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           shall
           not
           be
           allow'd
           to
           be
           Good
           ones
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           Toleration
           will
           excuse
           from
           Schism
           ?
        
         
           A.
           An
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           would
           deliver
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           
           Temporal
           Punishments
           ,
           and
           might
           deliver
           them
           from
           the
           Sin
           of
           Disobedience
           to
           Civil
           Governours
           ;
           But
           the
           guilt
           of
           Schism
           will
           remain
           still
           ,
           unless
           he
           [
           Mr.
           H.
           ]
           thinks
           the
           Donatists
           were
           not
           Schismaticks
           ,
           when
           Julian
           the
           Apostate
           with
           an
           uniting
           design
           ,
           granted
           a
           
             General
             Toleration
          
           .
           So
           that
           this
           project
           may
           secure
           the
           Estates
           ,
           but
           cannot
           secure
           the
           Souls
           of
           Dissenters
           ;
           Schism
           will
           damn
           men
           ,
           tho
           they
           should
           get
           it
           establisht
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           more
           or
           less
           in
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           than
           a
           Suspensiou
           
           of
           the
           Penal
           part
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           This
           is
           all
           that
           it
           Can
           do
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           more
           than
           it
           ought
           .
           For
           I
           believe
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           is
           more
           than
           either
           the
           Church
           or
           State
           can
           Rightfully
           grant
           .
        
         
           We
           do
           not
           derive
           the
           Grounds
           of
           Obligation
           to
           Ecclesiastick
           
           Communion
           from
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           
             Civil
             Law
          
           ,
           (
           tho'
           that
           must
           be
           allow'd
           to
           add
           a
           considerable
           weight
           to
           the
           Obligation
           )
           but
           also
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Divine
           Law
           ;
           which
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           as
           positive
           and
           express
           in
           requiring
           Unity
           and
           Conformity
           of
           Worship
           ,
           as
           in
           requiring
           any
           Religious
           Worship
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           No
           License
           given
           ,
           no
           Toleration
           granted
           ,
           no
           Exemption
           from
           
           Temporal
           Penalties
           in
           case
           of
           Separation
           allow'd
           by
           men
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           to
           excuse
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           Schism
           those
           that
           Separate
           from
           the
           
             True
             Christian
             Church
          
           ,
           whereof
           they
           were
           Members
           ,
           or
           to
           render
           their
           Schism
           no
           sin
           .
        
         
           Human
           Lawgivers
           may
           give
           leave
           to
           their
           Subjects
           to
           be
           of
           any
           
           Religion
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           of
           no
           Religion
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           do
           ,
           they
           can't
           make
           it
           Lawful
           in
           it self
           ,
           either
           to
           be
           Atheists
           or
           to
           profess
           
             a
             false
          
           Religion
           ,
           or
           to
           forsake
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           
             True
             Church
          
           ;
           for
           to
           believe
           a
           God
           and
           to
           worship
           publickly
           ,
           and
           to
           worship
           him
           in
           the
           
           Assemblies
           of
           the
           Faithful
           ,
           are
           Duties
           that
           are
           laid
           upon
           us
           by
           a
           higher
           than
           any
           humane
           Authority
           ;
           and
           therefore
           no
           humane
           Authority
           can
           discharge
           us
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Law
           can
           take
           away
           and
           discharge
           us
           from
           no
           Obligation
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           its
           self
           laid
           on
           us
           ;
           so
           that
           all
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           largest
           and
           most
           unlimited
           Toleration
           that
           the
           Law
           can
           grant
           ,
           is
           no
           more
           than
           this
           viz
           ,
           a
           Declaration
           that
           Men
           shall
           not
           be
           liable
           to
           any
           Temporal
           Mulcts
           or
           Penalties
           ,
           or
           be
           any
           ways
           punish'd
           by
           the
           Civil
           Power
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           any
           Differences
           in
           Religion
           ,
           or
           for
           being
           of
           no
           Religion
           at
           all
           ;
           but
           if
           antecedently
           to
           the
           establishment
           of
           any
           Church
           by
           the
           
             Civil
             Power
          
           ,
           and
           if
           antecedently
           to
           the
           enacting
           any
           Penal
           Laws
           to
           oblige
           men
           to
           hold
           its
           Communion
           ,
           it
           was
           Schism
           to
           separate
           without
           cause
           ,
           from
           that
           
             Christian
             Church
          
           ,
           whereof
           we
           were
           Members
           ,
           and
           such
           Schismatical
           Separation
           was
           a
           Sin
           before
           God
           ,
           then
           so
           it
           will
           be
           still
           ,
           notwithstanding
           any
           License
           or
           Toleration
           that
           can
           be
           granted
           by
           the
           Secular
           Power
           .
        
         
           Toleration
           is
           not
           only
           a
           means
           to
           encourage
           those
           that
           are
           already
           
           engag'd
           in
           Schism
           ,
           to
           continue
           so
           ,
           but
           by
           experience
           is
           found
           the
           most
           effectual
           way
           to
           multiply
           new
           Swarms
           of
           Schismaticks
           &c.
           
        
         
           When
           a
           particular
           Church
           enjoys
           a
           
             Civil
             Establishment
          
           ,
           it
           receives
           ,
           
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           a
           new
           Authority
           ;
           in
           as
           much
           as
           it
           becomes
           a
           
             Civil
             Right
          
           or
           Property
           :
           So
           that
           unless
           its
           Constitution
           is
           Materially
           vicious
           and
           sinful
           ,
           it
           s
           a
           high
           piece
           of
           Injustice
           to
           destroy
           or
           infringe
           any
           of
           its
           
             Establish'd
             Rights
          
           or
           Immunities
           .
           But
           yet
           since
           the
           Magistrate
           is
           only
           the
           Guardian
           ,
           not
           the
           Founder
           of
           a
           National
           Church
           ,
           (
           its
           Original
           Authority
           resting
           on
           certain
           positive
           Laws
           and
           Sanctions
           enjoyn'd
           by
           a
           Power
           Superior
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           even
           that
           of
           God
           Himself
           )
           wherever
           a
           Church
           in
           any
           Province
           or
           Nation
           ,
           professeth
           the
           True
           Religion
           by
           an
           Orthodox
           Faith
           ,
           and
           a
           pure
           worship
           under
           
             Lawful
             Church
             Governours
          
           and
           Pastors
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           
             True
             National
             Church
          
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           all
           Dissenting
           Sects
           and
           Parties
           ;
           tho'
           it
           wants
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           
             Civil
             Establishment
          
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           indisputably
           evident
           that
           the
           
             Christian
             Church
          
           is
           one
           Society
           ,
           
           or
           Body
           of
           Men
           united
           to
           CHRIST
           ,
           and
           
             each
             other
          
           in
           certain
           External
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Internal
           and
           Spiritual
           Bonds
           of
           Union
           .
        
         
           It
           s
           certain
           one
           great
           design
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           is
           Vnity
           ;
           or
           to
           range
           
           all
           the
           Parts
           and
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           CHRIST
           into
           an
           
             Holy
             Building
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           if
           the
           Magistrate
           is
           Constituted
           a
           Guardian
           of
           the
           True
           Religion
           ,
           all
           his
           offices
           of
           Succour
           and
           Protection
           must
           be
           directed
           to
           this
           end
           ;
           I
           mean
           the
           Bonds
           of
           
             Catholick
             Vnity
          
           ,
           
           throughout
           his
           whole
           Dominions
           .
           Without
           this
           ,
           the
           Great
           ends
           ,
           and
           Proposals
           of
           so
           pure
           and
           holy
           a
           Religion
           ,
           cannot
           be
           accomplisht
           ;
           and
           therefore
           whatever
           Indulgences
           or
           Exemptions
           the
           Christian
           Magistrate
           may
           rightfully
           grant
           to
           
             Erroneous
             Judgments
          
           ,
           or
           Consciences
           ,
           acted
           with
           simplicity
           and
           a
           pious
           Disposition
           ;
           he
           cannot
           upon
           the
           Laws
           
             and
             Oeconomy
             of
             the
          
           Gospel
           ,
           
             or
             any
             Authority
             deriv'd
             to
             him
             from
             thence
             rightfully
          
           give
           a
           
             Positive
             establishment
          
           ,
           within
           the
           Districts
           of
           the
           same
           Government
           ,
           to
           two
           
             Opposite
             Communions
          
           or
           Altars
           of
           worship
           ;
           especially
           when
           one
           of
           them
           is
           founded
           in
           a
           Revolt
           ,
           from
           a
           Pure
           and
           
             Orthodox
             National
             Church
          
           .
           This
           is
           the
           very
           reverse
           to
           a
           Protector
           and
           Defender
           of
           the
           True
           Religion
           .
        
         
           So
           great
           a
           Sin
           did
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           account
           Schism
           ,
           before
           
           the
           happy
           Union
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Empire
           ,
           when
           the
           Meetings
           of
           the
           Schismaticks
           were
           as
           much
           Tolerated
           by
           the
           State
           ,
           as
           the
           Meetings
           of
           the
           Catholicks
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           principle
           Donatism
           and
           Arianism
           were
           accounted
           as
           damnable
           sins
           every
           jot
           ,
           under
           the
           Reigns
           of
           those
           Emperours
           ,
           who
           granted
           Toleration
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           under
           the
           Reigns
           of
           those
           who
           made
           Laws
           against
           them
           .
           Nay
           all
           the
           Laws
           which
           Constantius
           and
           Valens
           made
           in
           favour
           of
           Arianism
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Establishment
           of
           it
           ,
           did
           not
           alter
           its
           damnable
           nature
           in
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           Catholicks
           ;
           neither
           indeed
           is
           the
           obliquity
           of
           Schism
           alterable
           by
           Humane
           Laws
           and
           Constitutions
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           Transgression
           of
           a
           Divine
           Positive
           Law
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           made
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Body
           Politick
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           Schism
           is
           as
           destructive
           in
           its
           Nature
           ,
           as
           Rebellion
           is
           to
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           Persecution
           or
           Force
           will
           Excuse
           from
           Schism
           ?
        
         
           A.
           If
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           be
           a
           truely
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           
           as
           the
           Divines
           of
           all
           Reformed
           Churches
           abroad
           will
           tell
           them
           [
           the
           Dissenters
           ]
           She
           is
           ,
           then
           they
           must
           be
           guilty
           of
           Schism
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Separation
           without
           a
           just
           Cause
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           a
           Church
           ,
           
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             the
             State.
          
           For
           Schism
           or
           Separation
           ,
           without
           a
           just
           Cause
           ,
           is
           a
           pure
           
             Spiritual
             Crime
          
           ,
           and
           was
           reckon'd
           a
           Damnable
           sin
           ,
           before
           the
           Church
           Christian
           was
           united
           to
           the
           Empire
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           those
           unhappy
           Intervals
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           when
           the
           Church
           and
           Empire
           were
           disunited
           again
           .
           For
           Example
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           damnable
           sin
           when
           St.
           Paul
           charg'd
           the
           Ephesians
           to
           keep
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           &c.
           
           It
           was
           a
           damnable
           Sin
           when
           he
           told
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           all
           Baptiz'd
           by
           one
           Spirit
           into
           one
           Body
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           as
           
           the
           Natural
           Body
           was
           made
           one
           by
           the
           Union
           of
           many
           Members
           in
           it
           ,
           so
           also
           was
           the
           Body
           ,
           meaning
           the
           Body
           Politick
           of
           Christ
           .
           It
           was
           a
           damnable
           Sin
           ,
           when
           St.
           Ignatius
           taught
           the
           Churches
           ,
           that
           nothing
           should
           be
           done
           without
           the
           leave
           of
           ●●e
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           in
           opposition
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           that
           was
           only
           a
           valid
           Eucharist
           which
           was
           administred
           by
           him
           ,
           or
           by
           one
           licens'd
           and
           appointed
           by
           him
           .
           And
           that
           Makers
           of
           Schism
           could
           not
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God.
           It
           was
           a
           damnable
           sin
           ,
           when
           St.
           Cyprian
           call'd
           
             private
             Meetings
          
           ,
           in
           
             Opposition
             to
             the
             publick
             Conventicles
             of
             the
             Devil
          
           ;
           and
           said
           that
           private
           Altars
           were
           no
           Altars
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           a
           Schismatick
           should
           die
           for
           Christ
           ,
           he
           could
           be
           no
           Martyr
           ,
           nor
           have
           any
           right
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Martyrdom
           ;
           for
           which
           he
           alledges
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
             Tho
             I
             give
             my
             Body
             to
             be
             burnt
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             Charity
             ,
             it
             profits
             Nothing
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           When
           great
           Exigencies
           force
           men
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           which
           otherwise
           
           they
           would
           not
           do
           ,
           they
           are
           said
           to
           do
           it
           unwillingly
           ,
           and
           to
           act
           against
           their
           Judgments
           and
           Inclinations
           ;
           and
           particularly
           when
           for
           fear
           of
           ruining
           and
           Exterminating
           Penalties
           ,
           which
           
             humanly
             speaking
          
           ,
           are
           intolerable
           ,
           men
           conform
           to
           any
           Religion
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           they
           would
           disown
           ;
           tho
           as
           to
           outward
           Conformity
           and
           Communion
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           for
           it
           in
           their
           hearts
           .
           I
           Confess
           men
           ought
           to
           endure
           any
           thing
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           conform
           to
           any
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           believe
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           or
           subscribe
           to
           any
           Confession
           ,
           which
           they
           believe
           not
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           but
           yet
           we
           see
           the
           Frailty
           of
           humane
           Nature
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           extream
           severity
           will
           make
           them
           comply
           ,
           against
           their
           Wills
           with
           a
           Religion
           they
           certainly
           know
           ,
           and
           firmly
           believe
           to
           be
           false
           .
        
         
           No
           humane
           Law
           can
           make
           that
           Lawful
           ,
           which
           God
           has
           forbidden
           ;
           
           nor
           that
           Vnlawful
           which
           he
           has
           Commanded
           .
        
         
           No
           Church
           in
           the
           World
           can
           lay
           an
           obligation
           upon
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           dishonest
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           profess
           one
           thing
           and
           do
           another
           ;
           which
           is
           Dissimulation
           and
           Hypocrisie
           .
           And
           no
           Church
           can
           oblige
           a
           Man
           to
           believe
           what
           is
           False
           ,
           or
           do
           what
           is
           Vnlawful
           ;
           rather
           than
           do
           either
           he
           must
           forsake
           the
           Communion
           of
           that
           Church
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           
             Worship
             of
             God
          
           ,
           since
           the
           Divine
           Establishment
           of
           
           the
           publick
           
             Christian
             Service
          
           ,
           is
           contain'd
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           no
           Authority
           upon
           earth
           hath
           any
           right
           to
           prohibit
           this
           .
           And
           those
           Christians
           ,
           who
           rightly
           
             Worship
             God
          
           ,
           in
           the
           true
           Catholick
           Communion
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Apostolical
           and
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           have
           a
           right
           to
           
             hold
             such
             Assemblies
          
           for
           the
           Christian
           Worship
           ,
           as
           appear
           useful
           for
           the
           Churches
           good
           ,
           tho
           this
           should
           be
           against
           the
           Interdict
           of
           the
           Civil
           Power
           .
        
         
         
           Seeing
           
             Church
             Communion
          
           is
           a
           Duty
           laid
           upon
           us
           by
           God
           ;
           it
           plainly
           
           follows
           ,
           That
           no
           Humane
           Authority
           can
           release
           us
           from
           our
           Obligation
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           Persecution
           it self
           is
           the
           most
           prolifick
           Soil
           for
           the
           
           True
           Religion
           to
           shoot
           forth
           and
           flourish
           in
           :
           Christianity
           had
           not
           only
           its
           first
           Foundation
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           we
           are
           assur'd
           ,
           received
           great
           Increases
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           primitive
           Christians
           frequented
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           in
           danger
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           because
           ,
           that
           which
           the
           Laws
           forbad
           ,
           was
           their
           Assemblies
           .
        
         
           The
           main
           point
           of
           that
           Charter
           which
           makes
           the
           Church
           a
           
           Society
           is
           the
           Right
           of
           Assembling
           ,
           and
           holding
           such
           Assemblies
           ,
           without
           warrant
           ,
           against
           all
           Law
           of
           the
           world
           that
           forbids
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Christian
           indeed
           is
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           
           but
           Christianity
           is
           without
           the
           reach
           of
           his
           Sword.
           
        
         
           Passive
           Obedience
           is
           our
           principle
           ,
           and
           if
           this
           renders
           the
           Legal
           Establishment
           of
           our
           Religion
           more
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           ,
           yet
           it
           better
           secures
           our
           Common
           Christianity
           .
        
         
           The
           Head
           of
           every
           State
           is
           so
           absolute
           ;
           over
           the
           Persons
           that
           make
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           the
           Independent
           power
           thereof
           ,
           in
           Church
           matters
           ,
           will
           enable
           it
           to
           do
           nothing
           against
           ,
           but
           suffer
           all
           things
           from
           the
           Sovereign
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           so
           absolute
           ,
           and
           depending
           on
           
             God
             alone
          
           ,
           [
           is
           the
           Church
           ]
           
             in
             Church
             Matters
          
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           Sovereign
           ,
           professing
           Christianity
           should
           not
           only
           forbid
           the
           profession
           of
           that
           Faith
           ,
           or
           the
           exercise
           of
           those
           Ordinances
           ,
           which
           God
           has
           requir'd
           to
           be
           serv'd
           with
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           Exercise
           of
           that
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Power
          
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           necessary
           to
           preserve
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           necessary
           ,
           for
           those
           that
           are
           trusted
           with
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           Disobey
           the
           Commands
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           ,
           but
           to
           use
           that
           Power
           ,
           which
           their
           Quality
           ,
           in
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           gives
           them
           ,
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           Subsistance
           thereof
           ,
           without
           the
           Assistance
           of
           Secular
           Powers
           .
           A
           thing
           manifestly
           suppos'd
           by
           all
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Church
           ,
           in
           all
           those
           actions
           ,
           wherein
           they
           refus'd
           to
           obey
           their
           Emperours
           ,
           seduc'd
           by
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           to
           suffer
           their
           Churches
           to
           be
           regulated
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           Christianity
           :
           Particularly
           in
           that
           memorable
           refusal
           of
           Athanasius
           of
           Alexandria
           ,
           and
           Alexander
           of
           Constantinople
           ,
           to
           admit
           the
           Heretick
           Arius
           to
           Communion
           ,
           at
           the
           instant
           command
           of
           Constantine
           the
           Great
           .
           Which
           most
           Christian
           action
           whosoever
           justifies
           not
           ,
           besides
           the
           appearance
           of
           favour
           to
           
           such
           an
           Heresy
           ,
           he
           will
           lay
           the
           Church
           open
           to
           the
           same
           ruin
           ,
           whensoever
           the
           Sovereign
           power
           is
           seduc'd
           by
           the
           like
           .
           And
           such
           a
           difference
           falling
           out
           ,
           so
           that
           ,
           to
           particular
           persons
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           clear
           ,
           who
           is
           in
           the
           Right
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           requisit
           for
           Christians
           ,
           in
           a
           doubtful
           Case
           ,
           at
           their
           utmost
           perils
           ,
           to
           adhere
           to
           the
           Guides
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           against
           their
           
             Lawful
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           tho
           to
           ●o
           other
           Effect
           ,
           than
           to
           suffer
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           Unity
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           here
           objected
           that
           this
           seems
           to
           strike
           at
           the
           Kings
           
           Supremacy
           &c.
           
           It
           may
           be
           answer'd
           that
           ,
        
         
           Min.
           Tho
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           are
           not
           properly
           Officers
           and
           Governors
           
           a
           distinct
           ,
           Church
           ,
           as
           a
           Church
           ,
           it
           being
           not
           a
           Civil
           or
           Secular
           ,
           but
           of
           Christ's
           
             Spiritual
             Society
          
           ;
           yet
           to
           them
           is
           to
           be
           given
           the
           external
           management
           of
           this
           Society
           ,
           a
           power
           to
           settle
           its
           outward
           Policy
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           the
           Moderators
           and
           Governors
           of
           it
           :
           Upon
           this
           account
           the
           Great
           Constantine
           stil'd
           himself
           a
           
             Civil
             Bishop
          
           ,
           as
           being
           chiefly
           concern'd
           in
           the
           guidance
           and
           direction
           of
           the
           outward
           affairs
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           Bishops
           and
           Pastors
           of
           the
           Church
           have
           their
           Ordination
           and
           decree
           their
           Commission
           from
           an
           higher
           Power
           ,
           even
           Christ
           ;
           but
           they
           Act
           and
           Exercise
           it
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           the
           Supream
           Magistrate
           .
        
         
           Our
           Writers
           divide
           Ecclesiastical
           Jurisdiction
           into
           Internal
           ,
           the
           
           inward
           Government
           which
           is
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           or
           External
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           practis'd
           in
           Exteriour
           Courts
           ;
           That
           proceeds
           by
           Spiritual
           Censures
           ;
           This
           by
           force
           and
           Corporal
           punishments
           ;
           That
           is
           appropriated
           to
           the
           Clergy
           and
           incommunicable
           to
           the
           Secular
           power
           ;
           This
           is
           Originally
           inherent
           in
           the
           Civil
           Supream
           ,
           and
           from
           him
           deriv'd
           to
           Ecclesiastical
           Governors
           .
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Jurisdiction
          
           ,
           when
           said
           to
           be
           annex'd
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           the
           latter
           sense
           .
        
         
           We
           of
           this
           Church
           depend
           upon
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           for
           
           the
           
             Legal
             Establishment
          
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           former
           is
           changeable
           ,
           because
           men
           are
           so
           ,
           but
           the
           latter
           is
           not
           so
           ,
           because
           God
           changeth
           not
           .
        
         
           To
           destroy
           the
           Legal
           Establishment
           of
           a
           Religion
           is
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           the
           Religion
           is
           another
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           Sacredness
           ,
           that
           humane
           Law
           can
           give
           to
           a
           Religion
           is
           a
           
             Legal
             Sacredness
          
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           or
           if
           you
           please
           a
           
             Legal
             Establishment
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           thinks
           no
           Acts
           which
           are
           
             Purely
             Spiritual
          
           
           want
           the
           Kings
           Concurrence
           ;
           her
           Sacraments
           and
           her
           Censures
           
           she
           esteems
           valid
           Independently
           on
           all
           humane
           Authority
           .
           Her
           Charter
           she
           derives
           immediately
           from
           Christ
           .
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           King
           is
           our
           Supreme
           Governor
           under
           God
           ,
           but
           we
           know
           
           of
           no
           Supreme
           Governor
           that
           is
           to
           be
           obey'd
           absolutely
           ,
           without
           any
           limitation
           whatsoever
           ,
           but
           God
           himself
           .
        
         
           The
           Kings
           supremacy
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           matters
           doth
           not
           imply
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Keys
           ,
           which
           the
           King
           has
           not
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Supremacy
           we
           do
           not
           attribute
           to
           the
           King
           the
           power
           
           of
           the
           Keys
           ,
           or
           Ecclesiastical
           Censures
           .
        
         
           We
           never
           gave
           our
           Kings
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Keys
           or
           any
           part
           
           of
           either
           the
           Key
           of
           Order
           ,
           or
           the
           Key
           of
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           purely
           Spiritual
           .
        
         
           Tho
           the
           Church
           is
           not
           endow'd
           with
           any
           Coactive
           Power
           ,
           by
           
           Divine
           Right
           ,
           yet
           by
           
             Divine
             Right
          
           ,
           and
           by
           Patent
           from
           God
           it
           is
           endow'd
           with
           a
           power
           of
           holding
           Assemblies
           for
           the
           Common
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           before
           any
           Grant
           of
           the
           Powers
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           against
           any
           Interdict
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           so
           it
           fall
           out
           .
        
         
           The
           State
           is
           indow'd
           with
           no
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Right
          
           ,
           tho
           it
           hath
           
           great
           Right
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           Matters
           .
        
         
           As
           no
           State
           stands
           by
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           so
           ,
           no
           Right
           ,
           settled
           by
           the
           
           Gospel
           ,
           can
           belong
           to
           any
           State
           ,
           or
           Person
           as
           a
           Member
           of
           any
           State.
           
        
         
           The
           Church
           subsisted
           300
           years
           before
           any
           State
           profess'd
           
           Christianity
           ,
           whatsoever
           Rights
           it
           used
           ,
           during
           that
           time
           ,
           manifestly
           it
           ought
           therefore
           still
           to
           use
           and
           enjoy
           .
        
         
           The
           whole
           Right
           of
           Secular
           Powers
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           Matters
           is
           
           not
           Destructive
           but
           Cumulative
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           able
           to
           defeat
           or
           Abolish
           any
           part
           of
           that
           Power
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           settl'd
           upon
           Ecclesiastical
           Persons
           ,
           but
           stands
           oblig'd
           to
           the
           Maintenance
           and
           Protection
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Power
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           King
           Visits
           and
           Reforms
           ,
           is
           not
           Spiritual
           ,
           but
           Political
           ;
           That
           a
           Power
           is
           not
           given
           him
           to
           
             Declare
             Errors
          
           ,
           but
           to
           Repress
           them
           ;
           That
           the
           Determination
           of
           Heresie
           is
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           limited
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           Scriptures
           ,
           four
           first
           General
           Councils
           ,
           and
           Assent
           of
           the
           Clergy
           i●
           Convocation
           ;
           That
           the
           King
           hath
           not
           all
           the
           Power
           given
           him
           which
           by
           any
           manner
           of
           Spiritual
           Authority
           may
           be
           Lawfully
           exercised
           (
           for
           he
           has
           not
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Keys
           )
           but
           a
           Power
           given
           him
           to
           reform
           all
           Heresies
           by
           
             Civil
             Authority
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           can
           do
           by
           her
           Spiritual
           .
           That
           it
           is
           impossible
           it
           should
           be
           prov'd
           that
           this
           Power
           of
           visiting
           and
           Reforming
           is
           a
           necessary
           
           Invasion
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           Spiritual
           Pastors
           ,
           because
           when
           the
           Prince
           doth
           it
           
             by
             them
          
           ,
           Commanding
           them
           to
           do
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           exacting
           of
           them
           a
           discharge
           of
           their
           Duty
           ,
           he
           doth
           this
           without
           Usurping
           their
           Office
           ,
           and
           yet
           doth
           it
           by
           a
           Power
           ,
           distinct
           from
           and
           Independent
           on
           their's
           .
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           the
           
           Prince
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           take
           care
           that
           all
           Acts
           of
           Reforming
           be
           Executed
           by
           their
           
             Proper
             Ministers
          
           ,
           because
           else
           he
           transgresses
           the
           Power
           prescrib'd
           in
           this
           Statute
           [
           25.
           
           Hen.
           8.
           ]
           
             So
             to
             reform
             Errors
             as
             may
             be
             most
             to
             the
             pleasure
             of
             Almighty
             God.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Clergy
           did
           indeed
           [
           in
           Hen.
           8
           time
           ]
           bind
           themselves
           not
           
           to
           Promulge
           and
           Execute
           any
           Canons
           without
           the
           Kings
           leave
           ;
           but
           the
           Execution
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           abridge
           themselves
           ,
           is
           such
           as
           has
           Influence
           on
           the
           
             Civil
             Rights
          
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           therefore
           necessarily
           requir'd
           the
           Concurrence
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Civil
           Power
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           confest
           that
           the
           extream
           of
           Raising
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           
           Power
           too
           high
           ,
           in
           the
           times
           of
           Popery
           ,
           had
           now
           produc'd
           another
           of
           Depressing
           it
           too
           much
           .
           But
           this
           was
           the
           Infelicity
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           not
           their
           Crime
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           certain
           that
           before
           the
           Empire
           was
           Christian
           ,
           the
           Church
           
           was
           govern'd
           by
           its
           proper
           officers
           ,
           as
           a
           Society
           distinct
           from
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           Independent
           on
           it
           .
        
         
           Who
           ever
           did
           account
           it
           Schism
           in
           the
           Gospel
           sense
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           word
           is
           now
           used
           amongst
           Christians
           ,
           to
           disobey
           the
           unjust
           Commands
           of
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           ?
           Were
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           Schismaticks
           ?
           Were
           all
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           Schismaticks
           till
           
           Constantine's
           time
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           were
           there
           not
           Schismaticks
           all
           that
           while
           the
           Church
           was
           a
           Society
           that
           had
           Laws
           and
           Government
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Secular
           Princes
           ?
           For
           does
           not
           St.
           Paul
           tell
           the
           Corinthians
           that
           there
           were
           Schisms
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           do
           we
           not
           find
           the
           Novatians
           accounted
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           long
           before
           
           Constantine's
           time
           ?
           Nay
           moreover
           ,
           were
           not
           the
           Arians
           Schismaticks
           under
           the
           Reign
           of
           Constantius
           and
           Valens
           ,
           tho
           they
           had
           the
           Edicts
           of
           the
           Emperour
           to
           favour
           them
           ,
           which
           were
           then
           of
           as
           good
           Authority
           as
           our
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           are
           now
           with
           us
           ?
           Or
           if
           we
           should
           ever
           have
           a
           Popish
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           should
           command
           us
           to
           go
           to
           Mass
           ,
           and
           abolish
           our
           present
           Constitutions
           ,
           should
           we
           be
           Schismaticks
           for
           not
           obeying
           them
           ?
           I
           hope
           not
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           such
           matter
           —
           Christ
           has
           Pastors
           and
           Teachers
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           has
           promis'd
           to
           be
           with
           them
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           commanded
           all
           good
           Christians
           to
           obey
           them
           —
           The
           Church
           did
           subsist
           before
           the
           Magistrates
           favour'd
           
           it
           ,
           and
           may
           continue
           again
           ,
           tho
           Kings
           and
           Parliaments
           should
           leave
           of
           to
           protect
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           only
           are
           the
           Poor
           ,
           Tame
           ,
           Dispirited
           ,
           Drowsy
           Body
           ,
           that
           
           are
           in
           love
           with
           our
           Fetters
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           only
           Scandalous
           part
           of
           our
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           to
           be
           not
           only
           Silent
           ,
           but
           Content
           with
           an
           Oc
           —
           n
           of
           our
           P
           —
           rs
           which
           are
           not
           Forfeited
           ,
           nor
           forfeitable
           to
           any
           Worldly
           Power
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           The
           Sovereign
           Power
           of
           the
           Church
           consisting
           in
           the
           Sword
           
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Society
           thereof
           is
           founded
           ,
           it
           is
           Necessarily
           manifest
           ,
           that
           this
           power
           is
           not
           lost
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           nor
           Forfeit
           to
           the
           State
           that
           Professeth
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           undertakes
           the
           Protection
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           the
           Church
           and
           Civil
           Societies
           must
           needs
           remain
           Distinct
           Bodies
           ,
           when
           the
           Church
           is
           ingrafted
           into
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Christian
           Members
           of
           both
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Relations
           ,
           Rights
           and
           Obligations
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           same
           Persons
           ,
           remain
           Distinct
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Distinct
           Societies
           ,
           and
           Qualities
           of
           several
           Persons
           in
           the
           same
           .
           Therefore
           ;
           as
           no
           Christian
           ,
           as
           a
           Christian
           ,
           can
           challenge
           any
           Temporal
           Right
           ,
           by
           his
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           ,
           the
           State
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           call'd
           to
           be
           a
           Christian
           ,
           gives
           him
           not
           :
           So
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           no
           Man
           ,
           by
           his
           Rank
           in
           any
           State
           ,
           is
           invested
           with
           any
           Power
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           So
           far
           as
           Excommunication
           concerns
           barely
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           
           Church
           ,
           any
           Person
           ,
           Capable
           of
           Sovereign
           Power
           is
           liable
           to
           it
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           terms
           as
           other
           Christians
           are
           ,
           because
           ,
           coming
           into
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           Condition
           as
           other
           Christians
           ,
           the
           failing
           of
           this
           Condition
           ,
           must
           needs
           render
           the
           Effect
           void
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           ,
           either
           the
           Temporal
           force
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           
           comes
           to
           Effect
           ,
           or
           the
           Temporal
           Penalties
           ,
           which
           attend
           on
           it
           ,
           to
           These
           ,
           which
           cannot
           proceed
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           that
           he
           should
           be
           liable
           .
        
         
           Princes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           any
           other
           Persons
           ,
           must
           Submit
           themselves
           to
           
           the
           
             Power
             of
             the
             Keys
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Undertaking
           the
           Rules
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           are
           needful
           for
           procuring
           
             the
             favour
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           obtaining
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Keys
           by
           Absolution
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Pastoral
             Office
          
           of
           the
           Guides
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           doth
           extend
           
           it self
           even
           to
           Kings
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           conduct
           of
           their
           Souls
           ;
           but
           yet
           this
           doth
           not
           exempt
           them
           from
           being
           under
           the
           
             Regal
             Sovereignty
          
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Habitual
           Jurisdiction
           of
           Bishops
           flows
           ,
           we
           confess
           ,
           from
           
           their
           Ordination
           ;
           but
           the
           Actual
           Exercise
           thereof
           in
           publick
           Courts
           after
           a
           Coercive
           manner
           ,
           is
           from
           the
           gracious
           Concessions
           of
           Sovereign
           Princes
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Causes
           
             purely
             Ecclesiastical
          
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           being
           Supreme
           in
           
           his
           own
           Diocess
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Original
           Right
           of
           appeal
           from
           him
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           no
           appeal
           from
           the
           Supreme
           :
           He
           has
           a
           free
           power
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           own
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           must
           render
           an
           account
           of
           his
           Actions
           to
           Christ
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           supreme
           Lord
           of
           the
           Church
           as
           St.
           Cyprian
           tells
           us
           .
        
         
           While
           the
           Clergy
           Faithfully
           discharge
           their
           office
           ,
           the
           Prince
           
           ought
           to
           Protect
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           for
           this
           they
           suffer
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           they
           are
           Martyrs
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Civil
           Power
           will
           not
           own
           the
           Church
           ,
           The
           Ecclesiastical
           
           Governors
           ,
           by
           their
           
             own
             Authority
          
           ,
           may
           establish
           necessary
           Rules
           for
           Order
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           .
        
         
           Bishop
           Taylor
           tells
           us
           from
           Fulgentius
           ,
           that
           when
           Frazamund
           King
           of
           Bisac
           in
           Africa
           ,
           had
           made
           an
           Edict
           under
           pain
           of
           Death
           ,
           that
           no
           more
           Bishops
           should
           be
           Consecrated
           ,
           designing
           by
           that
           device
           to
           have
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           rooted
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ;
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           no
           way
           affrighted
           at
           the
           Edict
           ,
           met
           together
           and
           Consecrated
           as
           many
           as
           were
           wanting
           ,
           considering
           that
           those
           who
           were
           worthy
           of
           a
           Mitre
           ,
           need
           not
           fear
           to
           do
           their
           Duty
           ,
           when
           by
           so
           doing
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           receive
           a
           Crown
           of
           Martyrdom
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           such
           [
           Heretical
           or
           Infidel
           ]
           Prince
           should
           design
           to
           dissolve
           
           our
           Succession
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           Canonical
           right
           to
           preserve
           our
           Orders
           ,
           and
           can
           but
           suffer
           Penalties
           ,
           which
           may
           Oppress
           ,
           but
           not
           Null
           or
           Vacate
           the
           Validity
           of
           our
           Ordination
           .
        
         
           No
           Temporal
           Christian
           Powers
           have
           any
           Authority
           in
           themselves
           
           to
           
             Vsurp
             ,
             Extinguish
             ,
             Pervert
             ,
             Alter
             or
             Retard
             ,
          
           but
           only
           to
           Inspect
           and
           Assist
           the
           regular
           operations
           of
           the
           Powers
           Hierarchical
           within
           its
           own
           bounds
           .
           So
           that
           whatsoever
           Offices
           thereof
           are
           Fundamental
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           Union
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Universal
           and
           each
           particular
           Church
           ,
           and
           were
           receiv'd
           and
           practised
           for
           such
           in
           all
           Ages
           before
           the
           Empire
           became
           Christian
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           violated
           by
           any
           Acts
           of
           State.
           For
           if
           such
           violations
           were
           accounted
           Persecutions
           in
           Heathen
           Emperours
           and
           Princes
           ,
           what
           can
           they
           be
           accounted
           in
           Christian
           ones
           ?
           Of
           these
           Fundamental
           Rights
           therefore
           I
           shall
           subjoyn
           some
           Momentous
           particulars
           ▪
        
         
         
           1.
           
           It
           was
           a
           Primitive
           and
           Fundamental
           Power
           and
           Duty
           of
           
           Bishops
           to
           convene
           in
           Synods
           without
           restriction
           .
        
         
           2ly
           .
           All
           Ecclesiastical
           Rights
           are
           so
           Spiritual
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           by
           Allowance
           and
           Approbation
           of
           God
           or
           his
           Church
           vested
           in
           any
           one
           in
           form
           of
           a
           
             Temporal
             Right
          
           ,
           but
           only
           on
           this
           Condition
           ,
           that
           the
           parties
           intrusted
           with
           them
           ,
           continue
           in
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Provincial
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           Prelates
           of
           it
           ,
           having
           immediate
           care
           of
           their
           Souls
           .
        
         
           What
           Princes
           have
           no
           
             Rightful
             Authority
          
           to
           do
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           
           irresistibly
           do
           upon
           an
           
             uncontroulable
             Domination
          
           and
           Impunity
           .
           Upon
           which
           ,
           when
           they
           presume
           to
           repress
           our
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           in
           matters
           Necessary
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           disobeyed
           in
           Fact
           ,
           and
           submitted
           to
           as
           to
           their
           Legal
           Processes
           without
           resistance
           .
        
         
           The
           Church
           is
           Subject
           to
           all
           Common-Wealths
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           
           maintain'd
           ,
           in
           Temporal
           matters
           :
           In
           those
           which
           concern
           the
           Soul
           ,
           whom
           shall
           we
           think
           our
           Lord
           leaveth
           her
           in
           charge
           with
           ,
           but
           those
           whom
           he
           trusteth
           with
           the
           Keys
           of
           his
           House
           ?
        
         
           Our
           Church
           acknowledges
           the
           King
           to
           be
           Supreme
           in
           all
           Causes
           ,
           
           and
           over
           all
           Persons
           Ecclesiastical
           .
           viz.
           that
           no
           Quality
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           nor
           Cause
           of
           the
           Church
           exempts
           a
           Subject
           from
           the
           Secular
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           very
           true
           ,
           as
           it
           undoubtedly
           is
           ,
           yet
           
             all
             manner
             of
             Obedience
          
           in
           Religious
           matters
           shall
           not
           presently
           become
           due
           to
           the
           King.
           For
           when
           Sovereigns
           require
           the
           Subjects
           to
           do
           things
           contrary
           to
           Religion
           ,
           if
           their
           Subjects
           give
           but
           
             one
             manner
             of
             Obedience
          
           to
           their
           Laws
           ,
           which
           goes
           with
           us
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           ,
           it
           saves
           at
           once
           their
           Acknowledgment
           of
           the
           Sovereigns
           Supremacy
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           of
           Gods
           Supremacy
           over
           all
           .
           So
           that
           we
           are
           not
           oblig'd
           by
           our
           Oath
           to
           become
           Calvinists
           ,
           &c.
           nor
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           the
           King's
           Religion
           ,
           but
           to
           submit
           to
           his
           Authority
           ,
           let
           his
           Religion
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           If
           by
           [
           the
           
             Parliaments
             ]
             changing
          
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           you
           mean
           ,
           
           that
           Parliaments
           can
           make
           the
           Religion
           ,
           profess'd
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           become
           a
           false
           Religion
           ,
           when
           their
           Inclinations
           are
           once
           vary'd
           from
           us
           ,
           then
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           not
           changeable
           by
           
             English
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           nor
           by
           all
           the
           Powers
           of
           the
           Earth
           :
           for
           this
           matter
           is
           fix'd
           to
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           can
           never
           be
           unfixt
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
         
           No
           Ordinance
           of
           Secular
           State
           can
           deprive
           our
           Church
           of
           its
           
           essential
           Rights
           given
           us
           from
           God
           ,
           but
           only
           lay
           Temporal
           Punishments
           on
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           without
           their
           permission
           .
           Which
           if
           it
           be
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           us
           at
           any
           time
           to
           do
           in
           Opposition
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           Our
           Ecclesiastical
           Acts
           are
           not
           Null
           ,
           but
           valid
           to
           all
           effects
           
             Purely
             Ecclesiastical
          
           ,
           and
           we
           can
           but
           suffer
           ,
           and
           despise
           the
           Penalty
           .
        
         
           The
           Romanists
           triumph
           that
           we
           have
           no
           Power
           to
           meet
           in
           
           Convocation
           without
           Royal
           Licence
           ,
           nor
           at
           Liberty
           when
           there
           ,
           to
           dispute
           one
           Question
           without
           the
           Kings
           Allowance
           ,
           nor
           are
           our
           Conclusions
           valid
           without
           the
           King's
           Ratification
           ,
           whether
           Catholick
           ,
           Heretick
           ,
           Heathen
           ,
           Turk
           or
           Jew
           ,
           on
           pain
           ,
           of
           hampering
           by
           Praemunire's
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           here
           it
           is
           to
           be
           remember'd
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           Impositions
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Church
           is
           not
           bound
           to
           advocate
           if
           they
           are
           Persecutions
           :
           but
           if
           men
           would
           be
           just
           ,
           they
           would
           pass
           the
           most
           favourable
           interpretations
           on
           publick
           Sanctions
           ,
           and
           herein
           conclude
           ,
           that
           these
           Statutes
           were
           intended
           ;
           not
           for
           Persecution
           ,
           but
           for
           Caution
           only
           against
           those
           extravagancies
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           had
           abus'd
           its
           freedom
           to
           ,
           the
           Kings
           always
           graciously
           promising
           us
           ,
           on
           request
           ,
           opportunity
           ,
           to
           Convene
           ,
           and
           discuss
           our
           Matters
           ,
           as
           to
           us
           shall
           seem
           Convenient
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           think
           that
           their
           Laws
           are
           intended
           for
           Persecution
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Kings
           Ratification
           it
           is
           justly
           necessary
           ,
           not
           meerly
           to
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           effect
           ,
           but
           that
           our
           Censures
           ,
           for
           breach
           of
           these
           Canons
           ,
           may
           be
           seconded
           upon
           the
           Contumacious
           by
           the
           Writ
           
             De
             Excommunicato
             Capiendo
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           It
           being
           no
           reason
           that
           the
           King
           should
           be
           the
           Churches
           Hackney
           without
           any
           consent
           of
           his
           own
           .
           —
           But
           if
           any
           Prince
           should
           Pervert
           these
           advantages
           to
           a
           Persecution
           ,
           we
           must
           then
           do
           our
           duty
           ,
           and
           fear
           no
           Sufferings
           .
        
         
           We
           hold
           our
           Benefices
           by
           humane
           Right
           ,
           our
           Offices
           of
           Priests
           
           and
           Bishops
           by
           Divine
           Right
           and
           Humane
           Right
           .
           But
           put
           the
           case
           we
           did
           hold
           our
           Bishopricks
           only
           by
           Humane
           Right
           ,
           is
           it
           one
           of
           your
           cases
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           a
           Sovereign
           Prince
           may
           justly
           take
           away
           from
           his
           Subjects
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           they
           hold
           by
           Humane
           Right
           ?
           If
           one
           man
           take
           from
           another
           ,
           that
           which
           he
           holds
           justly
           by
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Man
          
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           Thief
           and
           a
           Robber
           by
           the
           
             Law
             of
             God.
          
           
        
         
           The
           substance
           of
           what
           has
           been
           said
           upon
           these
           two
           last
           Queries
           amounts
           to
           this
           ,
           
             
             
               1.
               
               That
               Toleration
               may
               excuse
               a
               Schismatick
               from
               the
               Penalty
               ,
               but
               not
               from
               the
               guilt
               of
               Schism
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               Communicating
               with
               Schismaticks
               ,
               because
               Tolerated
               ,
               makes
               the
               crime
               less
               dangerous
               ,
               but
               not
               less
               sinful
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               ,
               tho'
               Persecution
               or
               extreme
               Severity
               in
               Governours
               may
               make
               some
               men
               thro'
               
                 humane
                 frailty
              
               ,
               to
               comply
               with
               a
               Schismatical
               Church
               ,
               yet
               that
               will
               not
               excuse
               them
               from
               Schism
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ;
               because
               they
               
                 ought
                 to
                 obey
                 God
                 rather
                 than
                 Man.
                 
              
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               ,
               tho'
               the
               Prince
               be
               Supreme
               in
               Ecclesiastical
               Causes
               ,
               yet
               he
               cannot
               alter
               Religion
               at
               his
               pleasure
               ,
               or
               injoyn
               a
               Sinful
               Worship
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               do's
               't
               is
               no
               Sin
               ,
               but
               a
               duty
               to
               disobey
               him
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               The
               Bishops
               and
               Governors
               of
               the
               Church
               in
               such
               a
               case
               ,
               are
               bound
               to
               defend
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               Church
               against
               him
               ,
               as
               the
               Primitive
               Christians
               did
               against
               the
               Heathen
               Emperours
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               all
               ,
               even
               Kings
               ,
               are
               liable
               to
               Church
               Censures
               .
            
          
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           a
           Prince
           ,
           being
           Excommunicated
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           may
           be
           
             Resisted
             ,
             Depos'd
          
           ,
           or
           Murder'd
           by
           his
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           A.
           It
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           tho'
           in
           the
           
           highest
           degree
           ,
           that
           any
           person
           ,
           and
           especially
           a
           Sovereign
           Prince
           ,
           should
           thereby
           lose
           those
           
             Temporal
             Rights
          
           which
           are
           not
           founded
           in
           their
           relation
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           Indeed
           in
           Christian
           Kingdoms
           there
           are
           ordinarily
           some
           
             Temporal
             Penalties
          
           ,
           and
           abatement
           of
           
             Legal
             Privileges
          
           inflicted
           upon
           the
           persons
           Excommunicate
           :
           But
           this
           is
           not
           the
           
             natural
             Effect
          
           of
           that
           sentence
           ,
           but
           is
           added
           thereto
           by
           the
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           and
           Sovereignty
           ,
           under
           which
           such
           persons
           do
           live
           .
           And
           therefore
           no
           such
           thing
           can
           take
           place
           with
           respect
           to
           
             Sovereign
             Princes
          
           ,
           who
           have
           no
           Temporal
           Superiour
           to
           annex
           this
           as
           a
           Penalty
           .
        
         
           
             Sovereign
             Princes
          
           are
           not
           liable
           to
           the
           Sentence
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           with
           
             Christian
             Subjects
          
           .
           —
           A
           Sovereign
           is
           capable
           of
           losing
           and
           forfeiting
           his
           relation
           to
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           persons
           ;
           because
           as
           Mr.
           
             Thorndike
             (
             Rt.
             of
             the
             Ch.
          
           Ch.
           4.
           p.
           236.
           )
           observes
           he
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           comes
           into
           the
           
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           terms
           and
           conditions
           of
           
             Christianity
             ;
             and
             a
             failure
             in
             the
             condition
             must
             make
             the
             effect
             void
          
           —
           The
           effect
           of
           Excommunication
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           sometimes
           
             prohibits
             Converse
          
           among
           private
           persons
           ;
           except
           in
           such
           Relations
           ,
           as
           do
           not
           depend
           upon
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           therefore
           remain
           intire
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Separation
           ,
           from
           
           that
           Society
           ;
           as
           of
           Parents
           and
           Children
           ,
           Husband
           and
           Wife
           ,
           Master
           and
           Servant
           .
           And
           upon
           this
           Account
           ,
           no
           Subject
           can
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           be
           prohibited
           Converse
           with
           and
           discharge
           of
           all
           Duty
           and
           Respect
           to
           his
           Sovereign
           ;
           because
           this
           is
           that
           which
           he
           owes
           him
           by
           the
           bond
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Laws
             of
             Nature
             ,
             Humane
             Society
             ,
          
           and
           
             Civil
             Polity
          
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Objection
           ,
           That
           Excommunicate
           Persons
           are
           not
           to
           be
           
           convers'd
           with
           ,
           by
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Rule
           ,
           it
           is
           answer'd
           by
           all
           Divines
           ,
           That
           it
           ceaseth
           ,
           in
           such
           Relations
           (
           for
           example
           of
           Parents
           and
           Children
           )
           as
           more
           Ancient
           than
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           it
           therefore
           presupposeth
           :
           and
           so
           is
           to
           cease
           ,
           in
           things
           necessary
           to
           Civil
           Society
           )
           which
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           it
           presupposeth
           ,
           so
           it
           enforceth
           ,
           and
           not
           overthroweth
           .
        
         
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           always
           Declar'd
           against
           ,
           absolutely
           Condemn'd
           ,
           
           and
           utterly
           
             Detested
             ,
             Abhorr'd
          
           and
           Abjur'd
           ,
           that
           Damnable
           Doctrine
           and
           Position
           ,
           as
           Impious
           and
           HERETICAL
           ,
           
             That
             Princes
             who
             are
             Excommunicated
             by
             the
             Pope
          
           [
           or
           any
           other
           Bishop
           ]
           
             may
             be
             Deposed
             or
             Murdered
             by
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           Not
           only
           those
           Assertions
           which
           directly
           contradict
           the
           Articles
           
           of
           our
           Creed
           ,
           but
           those
           also
           which
           Oppose
           the
           Necessary
           Rules
           and
           Precepts
           of
           a
           Holy
           life
           ,
           which
           are
           a
           Considerable
           part
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           and
           Doctrine
           have
           generally
           been
           esteem'd
           HERETICAL
           Doctrines
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           That
           Assertion
           ,
           That
           an
           
             ill
             Governing
          
           
           
             Prince
             may
             Lawfully
             or
             Meritoriously
             be
             kill'd
             ,
             by
             his
             Subject
             or
             Vassal
             ,
          
           was
           condemn'd
           as
           
             erroneous
             in
             Faith
             and
             Manners
          
           ,
           and
           rejected
           as
           HERETICAL
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           in
           Communion
           with
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           embrace
           
           that
           True
           Christian
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           was
           taught
           in
           the
           Primitive
           and
           
             Apostolical
             Church
          
           ,
           are
           as
           far
           from
           being
           concern'd
           in
           the
           crime
           and
           guilt
           of
           Heresy
           ,
           as
           Loyal
           Subjects
           are
           from
           being
           Chargeable
           with
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           Among
           all
           the
           HERESIES
           this
           Age
           has
           spawn'd
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           
           one
           more
           contrary
           to
           the
           whole
           design
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           more
           destructive
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           than
           that
           Bloody
           Opinion
           of
           Defending
           Religion
           by
           Arms
           ,
           and
           
             forcible
             Resistance
          
           upon
           the
           Colour
           of
           
             preserving
             Religion
          
           .
           The
           Wisdom
           of
           this
           Policy
           is
           
             Earthly
             ,
             Sensual
          
           and
           Devilish
           ,
           Savouring
           of
           a
           
             Carnal
             ,
             Vnmortifi'd
          
           and
           Vnpatient
           Mind
           that
           cannot
           bear
           the
           Cross
           ,
           nor
           Trust
           the
           Providence
           of
           GOD.
           
        
         
           Have
           we
           some
           that
           deny
           the
           Kings
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           hold
           it
           lawful
           
           to
           Depose
           and
           Murder
           Kings
           ?
           We
           owe
           these
           Tenets
           and
           Practices
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
         
           A
           
             Protestant
             Rebel
          
           (
           said
           the
           Blessed
           Martyr
           K.
           
             Ch.
             1st
          
           )
           in
           the
           same
           degree
           of
           Rebellion
           with
           a
           Papist
           ,
           hath
           far
           more
           to
           answer
           ,
           as
           having
           more
           light
           ,
           and
           it
           being
           more
           expressly
           against
           the
           Religion
           he
           professeth
           ,
           whereof
           it
           hath
           hitherto
           been
           a
           Maxim
           (
           tho
           it
           be
           now
           taken
           for
           Apocryphal
           Doctrin
           )
           
             not
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             their
             Prince
             upon
             any
             Pretence
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           Law-givers
           piously
           declare
           ,
           That
           ,
           
             By
             the
             Murder
             of
             our
          
           
           
             late
             Dread
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           
             hath
             receiv'd
             the
             greatest
             Wound
             and
             Reproach
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             People
          
           of
           
             England
             the
             most
             insupportable
             shame
             that
             was
             possible
             for
             the
             Enemies
          
           of
           God
           
             and
             the
             King
             to
             bring
             upon
             us
             .
          
           12.
           
           Car.
           2.
           c.
           30.
           
        
         
           I
           do
           humbly
           offer
           to
           your
           Lordships
           deliberate
           thoughts
           these
           
           following
           Considerations
           concerning
           the
           Points
           of
           Resistance
           .
        
         
           First
           
             that
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             doth
             plainly
             forbid
             the
             Resistance
             of
             Authority
             .
          
        
         
           2ly
           .
           That
           tho
           our
           Religion
           be
           Establisht
           by
           Law
           ,
           (
           which
           your
           Lordship
           urges
           as
           a
           difference
           between
           our
           Case
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           )
           yet
           in
           the
           same
           Law
           which
           establisheth
           our
           Religion
           it
           is
           declar'd
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             not
             Lawful
             upon
             any
             pretence
             whatsoever
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Besides
           that
           there
           is
           a
           particular
           Law
           declaring
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Militia
           to
           be
           solely
           in
           the
           King.
           And
           that
           ties
           the
           hands
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           tho
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           the
           general
           Rules
           of
           Scripture
           had
           left
           us
           at
           liberty
           ;
           which
           I
           believe
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           because
           the
           Government
           and
           Peace
           of
           Human
           Society
           could
           not
           well
           subsist
           upon
           these
           Terms
           .
        
         
           3ly
           Your
           Lordships
           opinion
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Declar'd
           Doctrine
           of
           all
           Protestant
           Churches
           ,
           and
           tho
           some
           particular
           Persons
           have
           taught
           otherwise
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           been
           contradicted
           herein
           and
           condemn'd
           for
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           Generality
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           I
           beg
           your
           Lordship
           to
           consider
           how
           it
           will
           agree
           with
           an
           avow'd
           asserting
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           to
           go
           contrary
           to
           the
           General
           Doctrine
           of
           Protestants
           &c.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           so
           notorious
           ,
           that
           it
           needs
           not
           proof
           ,
           that
           our
           rigid
           
           Sectaries
           have
           held
           it
           Lawful
           ,
           not
           only
           not
           to
           Obey
           wicked
           Kings
           (
           whom
           they
           call
           wicked
           )
           but
           also
           
             to
             resist
             them
             ,
             to
             take
             Arms
             against
             them
             ,
             to
             have
             no
             further
             regard
             to
             them
             than
             if
             they
             were
             the
             most
             simple
             subjects
             within
             their
             Realms
             ,
             to
             Excommunicate
             them
             ,
             to
             Depose
             them
             ,
             to
             Vn-king
             them
             ,
             to
             take
             their
             Crowns
             and
             Thrones
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             Banish
             or
             Imprison
             them
             :
          
           For
           according
           to
           Buchanan
           
           and
           his
           whole
           Tribe
           ,
           
             the
             Band
             being
             broken
             between
             the
             People
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             loseth
             all
             his
             Power
             and
             Authority
             which
             he
             had
             by
             Compact
             from
             the
             people
             .
          
           This
           is
           Jesuitism
           with
           a
           witness
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           
           have
           been
           Vnjust
           in
           Charging
           this
           Doctrine
           upon
           the
           Jesuits
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Authority
           of
           Supreme
           Lawful
           Magistrates
           is
           Divine
           
           
             is
             ,
             and
             ever
             hath
             been
             ,
             the
             plain
          
           and
           honest
           Doctrine
           
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
          
           .
           And
           I
           should
           have
           wonder'd
           how
           
             any
             wise
             man
          
           should
           not
           see
           it
           in
           
             the
             Homily
             against
             Rebellion
          
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           do
           consider
           ,
           that
           that
           Homily
           is
           a
           Looking-glass
           ,
           wherein
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           Traytors
           ,
           cannot
           but
           see
           their
           
             own
             guilt
          
           and
           Deformity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           do
           not
           care
           to
           look
           at
           all
           into
           it
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           lifts
           up
           his
           hand
           against
           the
           
             Lord
             's
             Anointed
          
           strikes
           
           at
           the
           Face
           
             of
             God
             himself
          
           .
        
         
           Our
           Church
           doth
           not
           only
           teach
           [
           Non-Resistance
           ]
           as
           her
           own
           
           Doctrine
           ;
           but
           which
           is
           more
           effectual
           ,
           as
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           and
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           can
           be
           no
           clear
           way
           of
           reconciling
           the
           Terrour
           menac'd
           by
           St.
           Greg.
           Nazianzen's
           Father
           ,
           Bp.
           of
           Nazianzum
           against
           
           Julian's
           Captain
           of
           Archers
           ,
           sent
           to
           rob
           and
           overthrow
           the
           Church
           of
           Nazianzum
           with
           the
           Rules
           of
           
             Christian
             Patience
          
           ,
           yet
           perhaps
           there
           may
           be
           to
           reconcile
           it
           with
           Loyalty
           ;
           for
           Julian
           was
           a
           Rebel
           against
           his
           Emperour
           Constantius
           —
           So
           having
           forfeited
           all
           
             Right
             of
             Succession
          
           to
           Constantius
           by
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           elected
           by
           the
           Lawful
           Army
           of
           Constantius
           ,
           he
           was
           no
           other
           than
           as
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           had
           been
           in
           England
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           Royal
           Family
           and
           Relations
           had
           been
           extinct
           .
           So
           that
           if
           it
           were
           not
           done
           like
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           calmly
           to
           permit
           the
           Wolf
           to
           raven
           as
           he
           hoped
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           no
           opposition
           to
           any
           Lawful
           Prince
           ,
           or
           His
           Commissioner
           ,
           but
           an
           Vsurper
           and
           his
           Elf
           :
           And
           for
           any
           thing
           I
           know
           ,
           prudential
           and
           Venial
           ,
           if
           no
           more
           than
           so
           ,
           if
           not
           also
           laudable
           .
           And
           on
           this
           ground
           the
           Solemn
           Liturgies
           us'd
           openly
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Commendations
           bestow'd
           on
           him
           that
           Kill'd
           him
           ,
           tho
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Army
           ,
           may
           be
           justifi'd
           ,
           not
           upon
           the
           Account
           meerly
           of
           persecuting
           Christianity
           ,
           had
           he
           been
           a
           Lawful
           Prince
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           he
           was
           an
           Vsurper
           only
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           no
           Lawful
           Emperour
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Imperial
           Election
           .
           &c.
           a
           Meer
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           and
           Tyrannical
           Intruder
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           substance
           of
           what
           is
           said
           in
           answer
           to
           this
           Query
           is
           this
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           tho
           they
           are
           liable
           to
           Church
           Censures
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           to
           
             Temporal
             Penalties
          
           ,
           as
           
             Deposition
             ,
             Exile
             ,
             Death
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Resisting
           and
           Deposing
           Lawful
           Princes
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           Excommunication
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           is
           Damnable
           and
           Heretical
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           all
           Protestants
           ,
           
           but
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           Crown
           [
           in
           Hereditary
           and
           Successive
           Monarchies
           ]
           
           descending
           from
           Fathers
           to
           Children
           ,
           whether
           Males
           or
           Females
           ,
           is
           not
           liable
           to
           be
           
             Disposed
             ,
             Alienated
          
           ,
           or
           Sold
           ;
           nor
           doth
           it
           depend
           on
           any
           Election
           ,
           or
           
             Choice
             of
             the
             People
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           That
           Monarchy
           hath
           at
           least
           as
           good
           a
           Title
           to
           all
           its
           Powers
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           and
           Privileges
           ,
           as
           any
           of
           its
           Subjects
           can
           have
           to
           their
           Honours
           ,
           Properties
           and
           Estates
           ,
           and
           if
           Subjects
           lose
           no
           Temporal
           Rights
           by
           Excommunication
           ,
           certainly
           Princes
           ought
           not
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           the
           People
           are
           not
           oblig'd
           to
           Communicate
           with
           the
           Establish'd
           Church
           ,
           if
           Superiour
           in
           Number
           to
           any
           other
           Communion
           ,
           and
           more
           firmly
           United
           ?
        
         
           A.
           If
           the
           Establish'd
           Religion
           be
           
             Corrupt
             in
             Doctrine
             and
             Worship
          
           ,
           as
           in
           Popish
           Countries
           ,
           or
           Schismatical
           ,
           as
           in
           some
           Protestant
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           ,
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           Communicate
           with
           them
           ,
           tho'
           their
           Numbers
           be
           never
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           they
           never
           so
           closely
           United
           .
           For
           if
           it
           be
           sinful
           to
           Communicate
           with
           a
           false
           ,
           or
           Schismatical
           Church
           (
           as
           it
           certainly
           is
           )
           its
           being
           establisht
           can
           never
           make
           it
           no
           Sin.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           the
           great
           Number
           of
           Church
           Members
           in
           any
           Diocess
           ,
           
           Province
           or
           Patriarchate
           ,
           but
           the
           Cause
           and
           Nature
           of
           the
           Communion
           that
           makes
           a
           True
           Church
           .
        
         
           —
           As
           I
           observ'd
           before
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Number
           of
           Communicants
           ,
           
           but
           the
           Cause
           or
           Soundness
           of
           Communion
           that
           makes
           a
           
             true
             Church
             ▪
          
           and
           therefore
           were
           there
           both
           for
           Kind
           and
           Number
           ,
           ten
           times
           as
           many
           more
           Opposite
           Sects
           and
           Communions
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           Bishops
           at
           the
           Heads
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           yet
           upon
           Supposition
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           sound
           and
           Apostolical
           in
           
             Doctrine
             Worship
          
           ,
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           that
           small
           number
           ,
           adhering
           to
           her
           Communion
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           True
           Church
           .
           Nay
           if
           all
           the
           Bishops
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           One
           ,
           should
           fall
           away
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           One
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           the
           flock
           adhering
           to
           him
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           True
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           as
           True
           and
           Catholick
           a
           Church
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           not
           one
           Dissenter
           in
           the
           Land.
           
           
        
         
           Truth
           is
           to
           be
           follow'd
           with
           a
           Few
           ,
           if
           there
           are
           but
           Few
           the
           follow
           it
           ;
           but
           
             thou
             shalt
             not
             follow
             a
             Multitude
             to
             do
             evil
             .
          
        
         
           Truth
           is
           the
           same
           and
           changeth
           not
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           Few
           or
           Many
           that
           profess
           it
           ;
           and
           our
           Religion
           stands
           not
           in
           a
           Multitude
           of
           Pretenders
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Holy
           Doctrine
           and
           a
           Holy
           Practice
           ,
           whic●
           all
           ought
           to
           follow
           ,
           even
           when
           the
           most
           do
           not
           .
        
         
         
           He
           who
           denies
           that
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           the
           Guides
           of
           the
           
           Jewish
           Church
           err'd
           ,
           must
           also
           deny
           Christ
           ,
           since
           by
           such
           
             Church
             Authority
          
           he
           was
           rejected
           .
           He
           who
           will
           determine
           the
           Prince
           to
           Judge
           alwaies
           with
           the
           Majority
           of
           Church
           Guides
           obligeth
           him
           in
           
           Elijah's
           time
           to
           establish
           Baalism
           ;
           and
           at
           other
           times
           Calf-Worship
           .
        
         
           If
           truth
           be
           alwaies
           on
           the
           side
           of
           the
           greatest
           Number
           ,
           
           which
           was
           the
           True
           Church
           in
           
           Abraham's
           time
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           of
           a
           Religion
           by
           himself
           ?
           Was
           it
           in
           his
           small
           family
           ,
           or
           amongst
           the
           
             Idolatrous
             Nations
          
           ,
           that
           dwelt
           round
           about
           him
           ;
           or
           which
           was
           the
           
             True
             Church
          
           in
           all
           that
           long
           tract
           of
           time
           from
           Moses
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ?
           was
           it
           not
           Confin'd
           to
           a
           very
           small
           spot
           of
           Land
           ,
           even
           when
           it
           was
           at
           its
           largest
           extent
           ?
           And
           that
           again
           Contracted
           to
           a
           much
           less
           compass
           in
           
           Elijah's
           time
           ,
           when
           there
           were
           not
           in
           ten
           of
           the
           Tribes
           of
           Israel
           ,
           above
           7000
           
             men
             who
             had
             not
             bow'd
             the
             Knee
             to
             the
             Image
             of
          
           BAAL
           .
           1
           Kings
           .
           19.
           18.
           
        
         
           Again
           if
           that
           be
           alwaies
           the
           True
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Largest
           ,
           
           time
           was
           when
           the
           
             Arian
             Hereticks
          
           were
           the
           
             true
             Christian
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Orthodox
           Professors
           of
           Christianity
           (
           who
           were
           but
           a
           very
           few
           in
           Number
           in
           Comparison
           with
           them
           )
           were
           Consequently
           miserably
           deluded
           ,
           and
           rank
           Hereticks
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Text
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           our
           
           Lord's
           Disciples
           
           (
           probably
           not
           fewer
           than
           5000
           )
           went
           away
           from
           him
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           far
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           History
           )
           there
           were
           only
           12
           that
           remain'd
           with
           him
           ,
           a
           very
           small
           number
           in
           comparison
           with
           the
           great
           Multitude
           that
           went
           away
           ;
           and
           yet
           there
           can
           be
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           these
           were
           the
           
             True
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           which
           went
           
           away
           were
           Schismaticks
           .
        
         
           Multitude
           may
           render
           a
           Sect
           Formidable
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           but
           a
           poor
           Argument
           of
           Right
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           we
           were
           by
           much
           the
           Fewer
           :
           So
           hath
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           often
           been
           ,
           without
           any
           the
           least
           prejudice
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           What
           think
           we
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           
           Abraham's
           Time
           ,
           which
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           was
           confin'd
           to
           one
           family
           ,
           and
           one
           small
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           of
           Melchisedeck
           King
           of
           Salem
           ?
           What
           think
           we
           of
           it
           in
           
           Moses's
           Time
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           confin'd
           to
           one
           People
           wandering
           in
           a
           Wilderness
           ?
           What
           of
           it
           in
           
           Elijah's
           Time
           ,
           when
           besides
           the
           Two
           Tribes
           that
           worshiped
           in
           Jerusalem
           ,
           there
           were
           in
           the
           other
           Ten
           but
           Seven
           Thousand
           that
           had
           not
           bow'd
           the
           Knee
           to
           Baal
           ?
           What
           in
           our
           
           Saviour's
           Time
           ,
           when
           the
           whole
           Church
           consisted
           of
           Twelve
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           Seventy
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           
           followers
           besides
           ?
           How
           would
           Bellarmin
           have
           despis'd
           this
           little
           Flock
           ,
           because
           it
           wanted
           one
           or
           two
           of
           his
           goodliest
           Marks
           of
           the
           True
           Church
           ,
           Vniversality
           ,
           and
           Splendor
           ?
           And
           what
           think
           we
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           in
           the
           Height
           of
           Arianism
           and
           Pelagianism
           ,
           when
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Christendom
           was
           over-run
           with
           these
           Errors
           ,
           and
           the
           Number
           of
           the
           Orthodox
           was
           inconsiderable
           in
           comparison
           of
           Hereticks
           ?
           But
           what
           need
           I
           urge
           these
           instances
           ?
           As
           if
           the
           truth
           of
           Religion
           were
           to
           be
           estimated
           and
           carry'd
           by
           the
           
             Major
             Vote
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           can
           be
           an
           Argument
           to
           none
           but
           Fools
           ,
           So
           I
           dare
           say
           
             no
             Honest
             and
             Wise
             man
          
           ever
           made
           use
           of
           it
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Revolt
           [
           to
           Donatism
           ]
           in
           all
           parts
           of
           Africa
           ,
           was
           so
           general
           
           that
           the
           Catholick
           Communions
           look'd
           more
           like
           Conventicles
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           
             bare
             Vnion
          
           ,
           but
           the
           things
           in
           which
           a
           Church
           is
           united
           ,
           
           that
           must
           truly
           recommend
           and
           justifie
           it
           to
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           and
           prove
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           I
           believe
           there
           never
           was
           a
           more
           perfect
           Union
           and
           Agreement
           
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           [
           or
           in
           any
           other
           Church
           ]
           than
           among
           the
           Israelites
           which
           worshiped
           the
           Golden
           Calf
           ;
           nevertheless
           it
           was
           no
           Schism
           to
           divide
           from
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           United
           in
           a
           Sin.
           Their
           Vnion
           was
           their
           Crime
           .
        
         
           The
           Corahites
           were
           as
           firmly
           United
           under
           Corah
           ,
           as
           the
           True
           
           Church
           was
           under
           Moses
           and
           Aaron
           —
           The
           ten
           Tribes
           were
           as
           firmly
           united
           at
           Bethel
           ,
           as
           the
           two
           were
           at
           Hierusalem
           ;
           they
           had
           Number
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Vnion
           ,
           to
           plead
           ,
           but
           ,
           notwithstanding
           both
           their
           Number
           and
           Union
           ,
           they
           were
           but
           a
           
             great
             Schism
          
           ,
           because
           they
           united
           in
           Innovations
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           There
           hath
           been
           at
           several
           times
           as
           strict
           an
           Union
           among
           
           Hereticks
           and
           Schismaticks
           ,
           as
           among
           the
           Catholicks
           .
        
         
           The
           Novatians
           in
           particular
           were
           remarkable
           for
           their
           Concord
           ,
           Unity
           and
           Unanimity
           .
           So
           were
           the
           Arians
           generally
           all
           of
           one
           Communion
           ,
           and
           very
           Unanimous
           against
           the
           Homousian
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           but
           a
           great
           prevailing
           Schism
           when
           they
           were
           at
           the
           highest
           ,
           and
           had
           almost
           gain'd
           the
           whole
           Christian
           World.
           
        
         
           From
           these
           examples
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           in
           passing
           Judgment
           upon
           
           Churches
           we
           are
           not
           to
           look
           at
           the
           Vnion
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Cause
           in
           which
           they
           are
           united
           .
           We
           are
           to
           Consider
           if
           their
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           be
           Apostolical
           ,
           and
           their
           Terms
           of
           Communion
           truly
           Catholick
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           be
           so
           ,
           then
           their
           Union
           in
           them
           is
           
           Holy
           and
           Laudable
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           makes
           them
           the
           true
           Churches
           of
           God.
           A
           Concurrence
           of
           these
           things
           is
           the
           genuine
           Badge
           of
           a
           truly
           Catholick
           and
           Apostolical
           Church
           .
        
         
           The
           worst
           Fraternities
           have
           sometimes
           the
           firmest
           Union
           ;
           as
           
           we
           of
           this
           Nation
           very
           well
           remember
           the
           Time
           ,
           when
           those
           of
           the
           
             Great
             Rebellion
          
           boasted
           ,
           that
           God
           had
           united
           the
           Hearts
           of
           his
           People
           in
           his
           Cause
           ,
           as
           one
           Man
           ;
           nevertheless
           those
           pretended
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           whose
           Hearts
           and
           Hands
           were
           so
           United
           ,
           that
           we
           could
           not
           break
           their
           Bonds
           of
           Union
           asunder
           ,
           were
           no
           better
           than
           a
           Band
           of
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           their
           Cause
           downright
           Rebellion
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           of
           Princes
           ,
           tho
           they
           acted
           in
           it
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           all
           inform'd
           with
           one
           Common
           Soul.
           The
           like
           hath
           often
           happen'd
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           Societies
           :
           The
           Samaritans
           ,
           who
           had
           neither
           Sadduces
           nor
           Phraisees
           ,
           nor
           Essens
           nor
           Herodians
           ,
           nor
           Cabalists
           nor
           Carraites
           among
           them
           ,
           for
           that
           reason
           had
           a
           firmer
           Union
           among
           themselves
           ,
           than
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Jews
           had
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           not
           the
           True
           Church
           .
           So
           among
           the
           Ancient
           Christians
           ,
           The
           Novatians
           liv'd
           in
           perfect
           Peace
           and
           Unity
           among
           themselves
           ,
           when
           there
           were
           many
           Feuds
           and
           Contentions
           among
           the
           Catholicks
           :
           which
           shews
           that
           
             bare
             Vnity
          
           is
           not
           a
           good
           Test
           whereby
           to
           try
           Churches
           .
        
         
           The
           Sum
           of
           what
           is
           said
           upon
           this
           Query
           is
           ,
        
         
           That
           't
           is
           Soundness
           in
           
             Doctrine
             ,
             Discipline
          
           and
           Worship
           that
           makes
           a
           True
           Church
           ,
           and
           not
           Number
           and
           Vnion
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           a
           well-meaning
           Christian
           may
           not
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           or
           Occasionally
           Communicate
           with
           a
           Schismatical
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           We
           must
           not
           give
           countenance
           to
           the
           Church
           Assemblies
           
           [
           of
           Schismaticks
           ]
           by
           our
           presence
           among
           them
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           avoid
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           there
           be
           but
           one
           Catholick
           Church
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           then
           every
           Separation
           is
           a
           Schism
           on
           one
           side
           or
           other
           ;
           for
           where
           there
           are
           two
           Separate
           Churches
           ,
           one
           ,
           if
           not
           both
           ,
           must
           be
           Schismatical
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           but
           one
           Church
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Unity
           of
           this
           Church
           consists
           in
           one
           Communion
           ,
           which
           exacts
           a
           joynt
           discharge
           of
           all
           the
           Duties
           of
           a
           Church-relation
           ,
           in
           Hearing
           ,
           and
           Praying
           ,
           and
           Receiving
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           &c.
           together
           ,
           then
           to
           forsake
           the
           Church
           and
           meet
           in
           private
           Conventicles
           ,
           in
           Distinct
           and
           Opposite
           Communions
           ,
           for
           Religious
           Worship
           ,
           is
           Separation
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           is
           Causeless
           ,
           is
           a
           Schism
           .
        
         
         
           You
           cannot
           be
           in
           Communion
           with
           two
           Churches
           which
           are
           in
           
           a
           State
           of
           Separation
           from
           each
           other
           —
           for
           to
           be
           in
           Communion
           with
           a
           Church
           is
           to
           be
           a
           Member
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           a
           Member
           of
           two
           Separate
           and
           Opposite
           Churches
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           as
           contrary
           to
           our selves
           ,
           as
           those
           Separate
           Churches
           are
           to
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           Wherever
           there
           are
           distinct
           and
           Separate
           Communions
           and
           
           Churches
           ,
           which
           do
           not
           own
           Church-membership
           with
           each
           other
           ,
           but
           ,
           tho
           they
           live
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           yet
           divide
           into
           several
           distinct
           Congregations
           ,
           under
           different
           Governors
           and
           Opposite
           Orders
           and
           Rules
           ,
           there
           is
           certainly
           a
           Schism
           on
           one
           side
           or
           other
           :
           where
           there
           are
           two
           distinct
           and
           opposite
           Communions
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           must
           be
           Schismatical
           ,
           because
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           but
           One.
           
        
         
           To
           assert
           that
           there
           are
           more
           True
           Churches
           than
           one
           (
           how
           large
           
           or
           narrow
           soever
           the
           bounds
           of
           it
           be
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           very
           large
           in
           the
           first
           Institution
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           reduc'd
           again
           to
           a
           narrow
           Compass
           ,
           by
           a
           general
           Apostacy
           )
           is
           to
           justify
           Schism
           by
           a
           Law
           ;
           for
           then
           there
           may
           be
           Distinct
           Churches
           ,
           and
           Distinct
           Opposite
           Communions
           without
           Schism
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           most
           Schismatical
           Principle
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           Christ
           have
           but
           One
           Church
           and
           One
           Body
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           impossible
           to
           joyn
           in
           Communion
           with
           such
           men
           without
           
           Judging
           and
           Censuring
           those
           whom
           I
           believe
           ,
           in
           those
           very
           Acts
           of
           Worship
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           joyn
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           either
           Superstitious
           or
           profane
           ,
           and
           therefore
           tho'
           such
           men
           should
           worship
           in
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           or
           Religious
           Assemblies
           ,
           yet
           they
           do
           not
           worship
           in
           One
           Communion
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           hard
           to
           understand
           ,
           if
           
             occasional
             Communion
          
           be
           Lawful
           ,
           that
           
           
             constant
             Communion
          
           should
           not
           be
           a
           Duty
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           Salvation
           may
           be
           had
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
        
         
           A.
           It
           is
           Universally
           agreed
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Salvation
           to
           be
           had
           
           out
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           .
        
         
           Infidels
           ,
           Jews
           ,
           Turks
           ,
           &c.
           that
           never
           were
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           Hereticks
           that
           have
           forsaken
           or
           Corrupted
           the
           Faith
           ,
           that
           was
           once
           deliver'd
           to
           the
           Saints
           ;
           Schismaticks
           that
           have
           divided
           themselves
           ;
           and
           Excommunicate
           Persons
           that
           are
           
             Cut
             off
          
           from
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           without
           Reconciliation
           ,
           cannot
           be
           sav'd
           .
           For
           most
           certain
           is
           that
           Rule
           of
           St.
           Cyprian
           and
           St.
           
             Austin
             ,
             He
             shall
             not
             have
             God
             to
             be
             his
             Father
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             have
             the
             Church
             to
             be
             his
             Mother
             .
          
        
         
         
           We
           cannot
           run
           our
           Spiritual
           Race
           unless
           we
           be
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Prize
           ,
           no
           Crown
           to
           run
           for
           out
           of
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           those
           who
           lose
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           who
           win
           the
           prize
           must
           be
           in
           the
           Church
           and
           Members
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Catholick
           Communion
           is
           our
           Union
           in
           one
           Body
           ,
           and
           Communicating
           
           in
           this
           one
           Body
           is
           the
           exercise
           of
           Catholick
           Communion
           ,
           which
           those
           who
           do
           not
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           not
           a
           just
           and
           necessary
           Cause
           for
           it
           ,
           are
           Schismaticks
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           whatever
           their
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           be
           ;
           and
           Schism
           is
           a
           Damning
           Sin.
           
        
         
           To
           disobey
           our
           Governors
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Pastors
           of
           the
           
           Church
           ,
           &c.
           hath
           been
           ever
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           accounted
           Schism
           ,
           and
           that
           Schism
           Damnable
           .
        
         
           We
           [
           Church
           of
           England
           and
           Rome
           ]
           are
           thus
           far
           agreed
           ,
           that
           
           Schism
           and
           Heresy
           are
           dangerous
           sins
           ,
           destructive
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           Order
           ,
           the
           well
           being
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           Being
           of
           Gods
           Church
           ,
           and
           such
           sins
           ,
           as
           without
           a
           true
           and
           timely
           Repentance
           ,
           will
           unavoidably
           and
           eternally
           ruin
           those
           that
           are
           guilty
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Being
           and
           Well-being
           of
           the
           Church
           are
           incompatible
           
           with
           Schism
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           not
           only
           Evil
           because
           God
           hath
           forbid
           it
           ,
           but
           God
           hath
           forbid
           it
           ,
           because
           he
           knew
           it
           was
           Evil
           and
           pernicious
           in
           its
           Nature
           to
           his
           One
           Catholick
           Church
           .
        
         
           Wilful
           Schism
           is
           in
           all
           Cases
           a
           Damning
           Sin.
           
           
        
         
           Wilful
           Schism
           puts
           men
           out
           of
           the
           State
           of
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Christ
           has
           made
           Schism
           a
           Damning
           sin
           to
           give
           Authority
           to
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Separation
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           a
           Schism
           ,
           and
           Schism
           is
           as
           damning
           a
           Sin
           ,
           as
           Idolatry
           ,
           Drunkenness
           or
           Adultery
           .
        
         
           The
           Church
           which
           is
           the
           Schismatick
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           language
           of
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           is
           out
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           
             Extra
             Ecclesiam
             foris
          
           .
        
         
           All
           Ministerial
           Gifts
           are
           for
           the
           Edification
           of
           Christs
           Body
           ,
           which
           supposes
           ,
           that
           their
           Efficacy
           ,
           and
           Influence
           is
           confin'd
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           reach
           the
           Conventicles
           of
           Schismaticks
           .
        
         
           The
           Increase
           and
           Edification
           of
           Christians
           is
           in
           the
           Unity
           of
           
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           Consists
           in
           the
           increase
           of
           Brotherly
           Love
           and
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           Virtues
           which
           cannot
           be
           learn'd
           in
           a
           Schism
           .
           &c.
           
        
         
           Christ's
           Church
           was
           never
           inlarg'd
           yet
           by
           the
           preaching
           of
           Schismaticks
           ,
           
           which
           divides
           and
           lessens
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           will
           never
           inlarge
           it
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           is
           departed
           from
           
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           departed
           from
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Schismaticks
           have
           not
           the
           kind
           Influences
           of
           the
           H.
           Spirit
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Church
           is
           govern'd
           .
           Whence
           not
           only
           all
           their
           Gifts
           ,
           but
           all
           their
           Good
           works
           are
           utterly
           spoil'd
           and
           come
           to
           nothing
           .
           As
           a
           part
           cannot
           retain
           its
           sense
           and
           life
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           out
           off
           from
           the
           Body
           ;
           as
           the
           Branch
           cannot
           bear
           fruit
           except
           
             it
             abide
             in
             the
             vine
          
           ;
           as
           a
           Rivulet
           is
           soon
           dry'd
           up
           when
           separated
           
           from
           the
           fountain
           ;
           as
           a
           Ray
           cannot
           subsist
           ,
           when
           taken
           away
           from
           the
           Sun
           ;
           so
           neither
           can
           a
           Schismatick
           Reap
           any
           profit
           
           from
           his
           Gifts
           or
           Good
           works
           ,
           when
           separated
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Some
           are
           not
           sensible
           that
           it
           is
           any
           great
           harm
           to
           go
           amongst
           them
           [
           
             i
             e
          
           Schismaticks
           ]
           to
           pray
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           hear
           the
           Gospel
           
           Preach'd
           .
           But
           to
           joyn
           with
           them
           in
           those
           ,
           otherwise
           ,
           Holy
           offices
           ,
           is
           the
           way
           to
           become
           partakers
           of
           their
           sins
           ,
           
             Their
             Sacrifices
             shall
             be
             to
             them
             as
             the
             Bread
             of
             Mourning
             ,
             all
             that
             Eat
             thereof
             shall
             be
             polluted
             .
             Where
             two
             or
             three
             are
             gather'd
             together
             in
             Christ's
             Name
             ,
             there
             is
             He
             in
             the
             mid'st
             of
             them
          
           ;
           not
           when
           they
           are
           gather'd
           against
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           other
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Such
           mens
           Prayers
           are
           not
           only
           ineffectual
           but
           execrable
           .
        
         
           Their
           Prayers
           and
           Preaching
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           Divine
           worship
           
           being
           perform'd
           in
           Opposition
           to
           the
           other
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           are
           turn'd
           into
           sin
           ;
           and
           
             They
             Come
             together
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Corinthians
           (
           1
           Cor.
           11.
           17.
           
           )
           in
           a
           Division
           of
           Theirs
           ,
           
             not
             for
             the
             Better
             but
             for
             the
             worse
             .
          
        
         
           The
           efficacy
           of
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           depends
           upon
           the
           
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           agreed
           upon
           by
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           that
           
             Baptism
             in
             Heresy
             or
             Schism
          
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           a
           Man
           gives
           up
           himself
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           or
           Schismaticks
           ,
           by
           receiving
           Baptism
           from
           them
           )
           tho
           it
           may
           be
           True
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           repeated
           ,
           being
           given
           in
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           yet
           is
           not
           Available
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           making
           him
           accessary
           to
           Heresy
           or
           Schism
           ,
           that
           is
           so
           Baptiz'd
           .
        
         
           We
           being
           many
           are
           
             one
             Bread
             and
             one
             Body
          
           ,
           for
           we
           are
           all
           partakers
           
           of
           that
           
             one
             Bread
          
           ;
           and
           upon
           this
           account
           it
           is
           call'd
           
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
          
           —
           And
           therefore
           
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             cannot
             be
             receiv'd
             in
             a
             Schism
             .
          
           For
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Schism
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           longer
           
             one
             Bread
             and
             Body
          
           ,
           nor
           the
           Communion
           of
           Christ's
           
           Body
           when
           it
           is
           divided
           into
           different
           and
           Opposite
           Communions
           .
           
             That
             which
             is
             the
             Common
             Bread
             of
             all
             Christians
             must
             be
             receiv'd
             in
             Vnity
             and
             one
             Communion
          
           ;
           for
           it
           loseth
           its
           
             Nature
             ,
             Virtue
          
           ,
           and
           Efficacy
           in
           a
           Schism
           .
        
         
           If
           our
           Saviour
           would
           not
           allow
           any
           man
           to
           offer
           any
           Sacrifice
           
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           private
           quarrel
           with
           his
           Brother
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           reconcil'd
           himself
           to
           him
           ,
           how
           unlikely
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           hear
           the
           Prayers
           of
           those
           men
           who
           are
           at
           variance
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           divide
           the
           Communion
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           Schism
           indeed
           we
           do
           say
           ,
           is
           a
           damning
           sin
           ;
           but
           there
           may
           be
           
           Divisions
           where
           there
           is
           not
           alwaies
           the
           Guilt
           and
           Formality
           of
           Schism
           ;
           and
           we
           hope
           this
           is
           the
           Case
           of
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           who
           separate
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           thro
           some
           invincible
           prejudices
           and
           prepossessions
           .
        
         
           —
           If
           men
           be
           sincerely
           honest
           and
           do
           fall
           into
           Schism
           ,
           thro
           an
           
           Innocent
           mistake
           ,
           God
           will
           be
           merciful
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           secures
           the
           final
           happiness
           of
           Good
           men
           .
        
         
           The
           substance
           of
           what
           has
           been
           said
           in
           Answer
           to
           these
           two
           last
           Queries
           is
           this
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               if
               Christ
               has
               but
               One
               Church
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               Salvation
               is
               not
               ordinarily
               to
               be
               had
               ,
               then
               all
               Christians
               are
               obliged
               ,
               as
               they
               tender
               the
               Salvation
               of
               their
               Souls
               ,
               to
               keep
               intire
               Communion
               with
               that
               One
               Church
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               run
               ,
               for
               
                 fear
                 ,
                 Worldly
                 interest
              
               ,
               or
               wantonness
               ,
               from
               the
               Church
               to
               the
               Conventicle
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Conventicle
               back
               again
               to
               the
               Church
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               if
               neither
               
                 Prayers
                 ,
                 Preaching
              
               nor
               Sacraments
               have
               any
               Efficacy
               or
               Virtue
               ,
               unless
               administred
               in
               the
               Vnity
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               Nay
               if
               they
               are
               pernicious
               and
               Execrable
               ,
               it
               behoves
               all
               Dissenters
               to
               forsake
               and
               renounce
               all
               their
               
                 Schismatical
                 Meetings
                 ,
                 and
              
               to
               reconcile
               themselves
               to
               the
               Church
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               if
               those
               only
               ,
               who
               thro
               Ignorance
               and
               prejudice
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               Communicate
               with
               Schismaticks
               ,
               may
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               Gods
               
                 Extraordinary
                 Mercy
              
               too
               ,
               be
               sav'd
               ,
               then
               those
               who
               are
               guilty
               of
               
                 Wilful
                 Schism
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               wantonly
               gad
               from
               the
               Church
               to
               
                 Schismatical
                 Conventicles
              
               ,
               and
               are
               therefore
               really
               members
               of
               no
               Church
               ,
               are
               in
               a
               desperate
               Condition
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
            
             
               According
               to
               my
               promise
               ,
               I
               have
               given
               you
               the
               Opinions
               of
               some
               of
               our
               Eminent
               Episcopal
               Divines
               upon
               all
               your
               Queries
               ;
               and
               could
               have
               added
               many
               more
               if
               needful
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               whole
               you
               will
               find
               that
               they
               are
               fully
               agreed
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               forsake
               either
               the
               Communion
               of
               Lawful
               ,
               and
               Canonical
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               others
               in
               Opposition
               to
               them
               ;
               or
               wholly
               reject
               the
               Order
               ,
               are
               notwithstanding
               any
               
                 Dispensation
                 ,
                 Exemption
                 ,
                 Toleration
              
               ,
               or
               even
               
                 Legal
                 Establishment
              
               ,
               Compleat
               Schismaticks
               .
            
             
               To
               conclude
               ,
               
                 Communion
                 is
                 the
                 Strength
                 and
                 ground
                 of
                 all
                 Society
                 ,
                 whether
                 Sacred
                 or
                 Civil
                 :
                 whoever
                 therefore
                 they
                 be
                 ,
                 that
                 offend
                 against
              
               
               
                 this
                 Common
                 Society
                 ,
                 and
                 Friendliness
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 Cause
                 Separation
                 and
                 Breach
                 among
                 them
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 in
                 Civil
                 occasions
                 ,
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
              
               Sedition
               or
               Rebellion
               ;
               
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 by
                 occasion
                 of
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Differences
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
              
               Schism
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               let
               you
               and
               I
               and
               all
               Good
               Christians
               and
               Loyal
               Subjects
               pray
               ,
               as
               our
               Church
               in
               her
               Litany
               directs
               ,
               
                 from
                 all
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 privy
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 and
                 Rebellion
                 ;
                 from
                 all
                 false
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 Heresy
                 and
                 Schism
                 ,
              
               Good
               Lord
               deliver
               us
               .
               And
               Let
               us
               beseech
               Almighty
               God
               that
               
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 bring
                 into
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Truth
                 all
                 Such
                 as
                 have
                 err'd
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 deceiv'd
                 ;
                 to
                 strengthen
                 such
                 as
                 do
                 stand
                 ;
                 to
                 comfort
                 and
                 help
                 the
                 weak-hearted
                 ;
                 to
                 raise
                 up
                 them
                 that
                 fall
                 ,
                 and
                 finally
                 to
                 beat
                 down
                 Satan
              
               (
               the
               Author
               ,
               and
               Abetter
               of
               Schism
               and
               
                 Rebellion
                 )
                 under
                 our
                 feet
              
               —
               I
               am
               ,
            
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
               
                 Yours
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Postscript
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           UPon
           the
           Review
           ,
           I
           find
           my self
           oblig'd
           to
           beg
           your
           pardon
           for
           two
           things
           .
           The
           one
           ,
           for
           not
           Answering
           your
           Queries
           in
           the
           same
           Order
           as
           you
           propos'd
           them
           ,
           and
           for
           adding
           one
           or
           two
           of
           my
           own
           .
           The
           other
           ,
           for
           making
           my
           References
           so
           very
           short
           .
           `
           As
           for
           the
           First
           ,
           I
           shall
           presume
           upon
           your
           pardon
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           done
           with
           a
           good
           design
           ,
           viz.
           to
           make
           the
           whole
           more
           clear
           and
           intelligible
           .
           As
           for
           the
           other
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           have
           aton'd
           ,
           by
           sending
           you
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Abbreviations
           ,
           the
           Titles
           at
           length
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Books
           ,
           the
           Booksellers
           Names
           ,
           the
           Years
           when
           Printed
           ,
           and
           the
           Authors
           Names
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           set
           to
           the
           Books
           ;
           and
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           not
           ,
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           suppos'd
           Authors
           ,
           in
           Crotchets
           ,
           as
           you
           'll
           see
           by
           the
           following
           Catalogue
           .
        
         
           
             Feild
             of
             the
             Ch.
          
           Of
           the
           Church
           five
           Books
           by
           
             Richard
             Feild
             &c.
          
           the
           
           2d
           .
           Edition
           ,
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           imprinted
           by
           
             William
             Turner
             &c.
          
           
           1628.
           
        
         
           
             Ham.
             of
             Sch.
          
           The
           2d
           .
           Vol.
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             Dr.
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           2.
           42.
           
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           at
           
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           24.
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           by
           
             William
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           D.
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           Dean
           of
           Bangor
           and
           Chaplain
           
             &c.
             
             London
          
           ,
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           for
           
             H.
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           1679.
           
        
         
           
             Still
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             Misc
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             Separ
          
           .
           The
           Mischief
           of
           Separation
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           a
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           at
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           Chapel
           ,
           May
           2.
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           before
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             Ed.
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           ,
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             London
          
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           at
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           1680.
           
        
         
           
             Stil
             .
             unreason
             .
             Separ
          
           .
           The
           Unreasonableness
           of
           Separation
           :
           or
           an
           impartial
           account
           of
           the
           History
           ,
           Nature
           and
           Pleas
           of
           the
           present
           Separation
           ,
           &c.
           by
           
             Edward
             Stillingfleet
          
           D.
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           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           
             &c.
             
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             H.
             Mortlock
          
           .
           1681.
           
        
         
           
             Differ
             .
             Case
          
           .
           The
           Difference
           of
           the
           case
           between
           the
           Separation
           of
           Protestants
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           Separation
           of
           Dissenters
           
           from
           ,
           &c.
           by
           Dr.
           
             Claget
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Basset
          
           and
           
             Fincham
             Gardiner
          
           .
           1683.
           
        
         
           
             Prot.
             Resol
             .
             Faith.
          
           Protestant
           Resolution
           of
           Faith
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           three
           Questions
           ,
           &c.
           by
           Dr.
           
             Sherlock
             ,
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           1685.
           
        
         
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             the
             Kgs.
             Paps
             .
          
           An
           Answer
           to
           some
           Papers
           lately
           printed
           concerning
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Cath.
           Church
           in
           matters
           of
           Faith
           and
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           [
           by
           Dr.
           
             Stillingfleet
             ]
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             R.
             Chiswell
          
           .
           1686.
           
        
         
           
             Vind.
             of
             Ans
             .
             to
             the
             Kgs.
             Paps
             .
          
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Answer
           to
           some
           late
           Papers
           concerning
           the
           Unity
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Cath.
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           [
           by
           
             Ed.
             Stillingfleet
          
           D.
           D.
           ]
           London
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             R.
             Chiswell
          
           .
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Apologet.
             Vind.
             Ch.
             Eng.
          
           An
           Apologetical
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           :
           in
           Answer
           to
           those
           who
           reproach
           her
           with
           the
           English
           Heresies
           and
           Schisms
           ,
           or
           suspect
           her
           not
           to
           be
           a
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           upon
           their
           account
           [
           by
           
             Geo.
             Hicks
          
           D.
           D.
           ]
           London
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Ketilby
          
           ,
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Vindic.
             Ch.
             Eng.
             from
             Sch.
          
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           from
           the
           foul
           Aspersions
           of
           Schism
           and
           Heresy
           unjustly
           cast
           upon
           her
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           pt
           .
           1st
           .
           [
           by
           Mr.
           
             Altham
             ]
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Luke
             Meredith
          
           .
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Plain
             fam
             .
             Disc
          
           .
           A
           plain
           and
           Familiar
           Discourse
           by
           way
           of
           Dialogue
           betwixt
           a
           Minister
           and
           his
           Parishioner
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Cath.
           Church
           ,
           in
           three
           parts
           &c.
           by
           a
           Divine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           [
           Dr.
           
             Freeman
             ]
             London
          
           printed
           for
           
             R.
             Clavel
          
           and
           
             B.
             Took
          
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             Reas
             .
             and
             Author
             .
          
           An
           Answer
           to
           a
           Book
           entitul'd
           Reason
           and
           Authority
           :
           or
           the
           Motives
           of
           a
           Late
           Protestants
           Reconciliation
           to
           the
           Cath.
           Church
           ,
           &c.
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           Freind
           [
           by
           Dr.
           
             Bainbrigg
             ]
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Brab
             .
             Aylmer
          
           .
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Animadvers
             .
             8
             Thes
          
           .
           Animadversions
           on
           the
           Eight
           Thes
           .
           laid
           down
           ,
           and
           the
           Inferences
           deduc'd
           from
           them
           in
           a
           Discourse
           entitul'd
           Church
           Government
           .
           Part
           5.
           lately
           printed
           at
           Oxford
           [
           by
           Mr.
           
             Atterbury
             ]
             Oxford
          
           ,
           printed
           at
           the
           Theatre
           Anno.
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Reflect
             .
             Hist
             .
             pt
             .
             Ch.
             Govern.
          
           Reflections
           on
           the
           Historical
           part
           of
           Ch.
           Government
           ,
           part
           5.
           [
           by
           Mr.
           
             Smadge
             ,
             ]
             Oxford
          
           ,
           printed
           at
           the
           
             Theatre
             ,
             Anno.
          
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Reform
             .
             justif
          
           .
           The
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           justify'd
           according
           to
           the
           Canons
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Nice
           ,
           and
           other
           General
           Councils
           ,
           and
           the
           Tradition
           of
           the
           Cath.
           Church
           ,
           being
           an
           Answer
           to
           a
           Paper
           reprinted
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           call'd
           [
           The
           Schism
           of
           
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ]
           demonstrated
           in
           four
           Arguments
           ,
           &c.
           [
           by
           Dr.
           
             Saywell
             ]
             Cambridge
          
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Ed.
             Hall
          
           ,
           1688.
           
        
         
           
             Discourse
             Nat.
             Vnity
          
           .
           &c.
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Unity
           ,
           and
           Communion
           of
           the
           Cath.
           Church
           wherein
           most
           of
           the
           Controversies
           Relating
           to
           the
           Church
           are
           briefly
           and
           plainly
           stated
           pt
           .
           1st
           .
           by
           
             Will.
             Sherlock
          
           .
           D.
           D.
           and
           Master
           of
           the
           
             Temple
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             William
             Rogers
          
           1688.
           
        
         
           
             Several
             Capt.
             Quer.
          
           Several
           captious
           Queries
           concerning
           the
           English
           Reformation
           first
           propos'd
           by
           Dean
           
             Manby
             ,
             &c.
          
           briefly
           and
           fully
           Answer'd
           by
           Dr.
           
             Claget
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             James
             Adamson
          
           .
           1688.
           
        
         
           
             Cath.
             Bal.
          
           The
           Catholick
           Balance
           ;
           or
           a
           Discourse
           determining
           the
           Controversies
           concerning
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           Tradition
           of
           Cath.
           Doctrines
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Primacy
           of
           St.
           Peter
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           .
           3.
           
           The
           Subjection
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           a
           Christian
           State
           ,
           &c.
           [
           by
           Mr.
           Hill
           of
           Killmanton
           in
           
             Somersetshire
             ]
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             R.
             Clavel
          
           1687.
           
        
         
           
             Sherl
             .
             Serm.
             Nov.
          
           4.
           88.
           
           A
           Sermon
           preach'd
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           at
           the
           Guildhall
           Chapel
           on
           
             Sunday
             Nov.
          
           4.
           1688.
           by
           
             W.
             Sherlock
          
           D.
           D.
           Mr.
           of
           the
           
             Temple
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Will.
             Rogers
          
           ,
           1689.
           
        
         
           
             Vindic.
             some
             Prot.
             Princ.
          
           A
           Vindication
           of
           some
           Protestant
           Principles
           of
           Church
           Unity
           and
           Cath.
           Communion
           from
           the
           charge
           of
           Agreement
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           [
           by
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ]
        
         
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             Anonym
          
           .
           A
           Letter
           to
           Anonymus
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           his
           three
           Letters
           to
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           about
           Church
           Communion
           .
        
         
           
             Rev.
             M.
             H's
             .
             new
             notion
             .
             Sch.
          
           A
           Review
           of
           M.
           H's
           .
           new
           Notion
           of
           Schism
           ,
           and
           the
           Vindication
           of
           it
           .
           London
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             E.
             Mory
          
           ,
           1692.
           
        
         
           
             Hellier's
             Treat
             .
             Sch.
          
           A
           Treatise
           concerning
           Schism
           and
           Schismaticks
           ,
           &c.
           by
           
             Hen.
             Hellier
          
           D.
           D.
           fellow
           of
           
             CCC
             .
             Oxon.
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           by
           
             R.
             Smith
          
           for
           
             John
             Crosley
          
           Bookseller
           in
           Oxford
           .
           1697.
           
        
         
           
             Blackall
             visit
             .
             Serm.
          
           A
           Sermon
           preach'd
           at
           Brentwood
           in
           
             Essex
             Oct.
          
           7.
           1693
           at
           the
           Visitation
           ,
           &c.
           by
           
             Offsp.
             Blackal
          
           .
           2d
           .
           Edition
           .
           London
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             W.
             Rogers
          
           1699.
           
        
         
           
             Necess
             .
             Regul
             .
             Press
          
           .
           A
           Letter
           to
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           shewing
           the
           necessity
           of
           regulating
           the
           Press
           ,
           Oxford
           printed
           1699.
           
        
         
           
             Thorn.
             Weights
             and
             Meas
          
           .
           Just
           Weights
           and
           Measures
           ,
           That
           is
           ,
           the
           present
           State
           of
           Religion
           weigh'd
           in
           the
           Balance
           and
           measur'd
           by
           the
           Standard
           of
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           opinion
           of
           
           
             Herbert
             Thorndike
          
           .
           The
           2d
           .
           Edition
           .
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             J.
             Martin
          
           .
           1680.
           
        
         
           
             Def.
             Vnreason
             .
             Separ
          
           .
           A
           Discourse
           of
           Church
           Unity
           being
           a
           Defence
           
           of
           Dr.
           
           Stillingfleet's
           unreasonableness
           of
           Separation
           in
           Answer
           to
           several
           late
           Pamphlets
           but
           Principally
           Dr.
           Owen
           and
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ,
           by
           a
           Presbyter
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           [
           Dr.
           
             Sherlock
             ]
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             R.
             Chiswel
          
           .
           1681.
           
        
         
           
             Vindic.
             Def.
             unreason
             .
             Separ
          
           .
           A
           Continuation
           and
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Defence
           of
           Dr.
           
           Stillingfleet's
           Unreasonableness
           of
           Separation
           in
           Answer
           to
           Mr.
           Baxter
           and
           Mr.
           Lobb
           &c.
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Defence
           .
           London
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             R.
             Chiswell
          
           .
           1682.
           
        
         
           
             2d
             pt
             .
             unreasonable
             Separ
          
           .
           The
           Unreasonableness
           of
           Separation
           :
           The
           2d
           .
           part
           :
           or
           a
           further
           impartial
           Account
           of
           the
           History
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Pleas
           of
           the
           present
           Separation
           ,
           &c.
           [
           by
           Mr.
           
             Long
             ]
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Dan.
             Brown
          
           at
           the
           
             Black
             Swan
          
           and
           Bible
           ,
           without
           
             Temple
             Barr.
          
           1682.
           
        
         
           
             Vindic.
             prim
             .
             ch
          
           .
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           and
           Diocesan
           Episcopacy
           in
           Answer
           to
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           Church
           History
           of
           Bps.
           &c.
           [
           by
           
             H.
             Maurice
          
           D.
           D.
           ]
           London
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Moses
             Pitt
          
           .
           1682.
           
        
         
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             Prot.
             Reconciler
          
           .
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           being
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           1st
           .
           part
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Reconciler
           by
           
             Wm.
             Sherlock
          
           D.
           D.
           Mr.
           of
           the
           
             Temple
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Abel
             Swale
          
           .
           1685.
           
        
         
           
             Falkner's
             Christ
             .
             Loyal
          
           .
           Christian
           Loyalty
           :
           or
           a
           Discourse
           wherein
           is
           asserted
           that
           just
           Royal
           Authority
           ,
           &c.
           by
           
             Wm.
             Falkner
          
           preacher
           at
           St.
           Nicholas
           in
           
             Lyn
             Regis
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Ketilby
          
           1679.
           
        
         
           
             Vindic.
             Ch.
             and
             State
             of
             Scotld
             .
          
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Authority
           ,
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           Laws
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           of
           Scotland
           in
           four
           Conferences
           ,
           &c.
           
           By
           
             Gilbert
             Burnet
          
           Professor
           of
           Theology
           in
           Glasgow
           .
           Printed
           by
           
             Robert
             Sanders
          
           printer
           to
           the
           City
           and
           University
           1673.
           
        
         
           
             Bram.
             Just
             Vind.
          
           A
           just
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           the
           unjust
           Aspersion
           of
           Criminal
           Schism
           ,
           &c.
           By
           Bp.
           
             Bramhal
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             John
             Crook
          
           1645.
           
        
         
           
             Thornd
             .
             Rt.
             of
             the
             Ch.
          
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           a
           Christian
           State
           :
           By
           
             Herbert
             Thorndike
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Octavian
             Pulien
          
           1649.
           
        
         
         
           
             Thorn.
             of
             Forbear
          
           .
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Forbearance
           or
           the
           Penalties
           which
           a
           due
           Reformation
           requires
           .
           By
           
             Herbert
             Thorndike
          
           ,
           &c.
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             James
             Collins
          
           ,
           1670.
           
        
         
           
             Doctr.
             Sch.
          
           Doctrine
           of
           Schism
           fully
           open'd
           and
           apply'd
           to
           gather'd
           Churches
           ,
           &c.
           
           By
           the
           Author
           of
           Toleration
           not
           to
           be
           abus'd
           by
           the
           Presbyterians
           .
           London
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             James
             Collins
          
           and
           sold
           by
           
             Abish
             .
             Brocas
          
           in
           Exon.
           1672.
           
        
         
           
             Long
             's
             Char.
             Separatist
          
           .
           The
           Character
           of
           a
           Separatist
           ;
           or
           Sensuality
           the
           ground
           of
           Separation
           .
           By
           
             Tho.
             Long
          
           B.
           D.
           and
           Prebendary
           of
           St.
           
             Peter's
             Exon.
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Ketilby
          
           1677.
           
        
         
           
             Long
             against
             Hales
             of
             Schis
          
           .
           Mr.
           
           Hales's
           Treatise
           of
           Schism
           Examin'd
           and
           Censur'd
           by
           
             Tho.
             Long.
          
           B.
           D.
           and
           Prebendary
           of
           
             Exeter
             .
             London
          
           ,
           printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Ketilby
          
           1678.
           
        
         
           
             Faith
             and
             Practice
             Ch.
             Engl.
             man.
          
           The
           Faith
           and
           Practice
           of
           a
           Church
           of
           England
           man.
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Ketilby
          
           1688.
           
        
         
           
             Thorndike
             prim
             .
             Ch.
             Gover.
          
           Of
           the
           Government
           of
           Churches
           a
           discourse
           pointing
           at
           the
           Primitive
           form
           .
           Printed
           by
           
             Roger
             Daniel
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           University
           of
           Cambridge
           .
           1641.
           
        
         
           
             Norris
             Charge
             Sch.
          
           Charge
           of
           Schism
           Continued
           [
           by
           Mr.
           
             Norris
             ]
             London
          
           printed
           for
           
             Sam.
             Manship
          
           at
           the
           
             Black
             Bull
          
           over
           against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           .
           1691.
           
        
         
           
             Saywel
             of
             Vnity
          
           .
           Evangelical
           and
           Catholick
           Unity
           ,
           maintain'd
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           :
           or
           an
           Apology
           for
           her
           Government
           &c.
           By
           
             William
             Saywell
          
           D.
           D.
           and
           Master
           of
           
             Jesus
             Coll.
          
           in
           
             Cambridge
             .
             London
          
           printed
           for
           
             Robert
             Scott
          
           and
           
             Awnsham
             Church-hill
          
           .
           1682.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           9.
           line
           13.
           r.
           Roman
           .
           p.
           33.
           l.
           12.
           for
           distinct
           ,
           r.
           
             of
             Christ's
             Church
          
           .
           l.
           13.
           for
           
             of
             Christ's
             Church
          
           ,
           r.
           distinct
           .
           p.
           36.
           l.
           2.
           for
           of
           ,
           r.
           off
           .
           p.
           37.
           l.
           18.
           for
           Bisac
           ,
           r.
           Brisac
           .
           p.
           45.
           l.
           4.
           r.
           himself
           .
           Marg.
           p.
           43.
           r.
           
             Hill's
             Cath.
             Bal.
             p.
          
           107.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A42125-e290
           
             Art.
             19.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Loyd
             '
             
               s
               Serm.
               on
            
             Acts
             2.
             42.
             
          
           
             
             Bramhal's
             Just
             .
             Vind.
             
               p.
               23.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
          
           
             Disc
             .
             concerning
             the
             Cath.
             Ch.
             
               p.
               2.
            
             
          
           
             Vindic.
             of
             Ch.
             Eng.
             from
             Sch.
             
               p.
               10.
            
             
          
           
             Stil
             .
             unreason
             .
             of
             Separ
             .
             
               p.
               299.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               300.
            
             
          
           
             Stil
             .
             Misc
             .
             of
             Separ
             .
             
               p.
               19.
            
             
          
           
             Faith
             and
             Prac.
             of
             Ch.
             Eng.
             man.
             
               c.
               1.
            
             
          
           
             Doct.
             of
             Sch.
             
               p.
               42.
            
             
          
           
             Stil
             .
             Misch
             .
             of
             Separ
             .
             
               p.
               29.
            
             
          
           
             
             Thorndike's
             Weights
             and
             Measures
             .
             
               p.
               39.
            
             
          
           
             Ham.
             of
             Schism
             .
             
               p.
               508.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
          
           
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Stil
             .
             Vnreason
             .
             of
             Sep.
             
               p.
               107.
            
             
          
           
             Doct.
             of
             Sch.
             
               p.
               40.
            
             
          
           
             Ham.
             of
             Schism
             .
          
           
             Doct.
             of
             Sch.
             
               p.
               58.
            
             
          
           
             Doct.
             of
             Schism
             .
             
               p.
               45.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               60.
            
             
          
           
             Ham.
             of
             Schism
             .
          
           
             Ham.
             of
             Schism
             .
             
               p.
               508.
            
             
          
           
             Still
             .
             unreas
             .
             of
             separ
             .
             
               p.
               209.
            
             
          
           
             Vindic.
             of
             the
             Ch.
             of
             Eng.
             from
             Schism
             .
             
               p.
               16.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
          
           
             Id.
             
          
           
             Vnreason
             .
             Separ
             .
             
               p.
               209.
            
             
          
           
             Pref.
             to
             Vnreas
             .
             of
             Separ
             .
             Sh●rl
             .
             Vird.
             of
             Def.
             
               p.
               39●
            
             .
             Doct.
             of
             Sch.
             
               p.
               66.
            
             
             Id.
             
               p.
               1●2
            
             .
          
           
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Bramhal
             .
             Just
             .
             Vind.
             
               p.
               10.
            
             
          
           
             Norris
             Charg
             .
             Sch.
             
               p.
               93.
            
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             the
             Kings
             Pap.
             
               p.
               106.
            
             
          
           
             Vnreason
             .
             of
             Separ
             .
             
               p.
               213.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               148.
            
             
          
           
             
             Long
             's
             Pref.
             to
             2d
             .
             pt
             .
             unreas
             .
             Sep.
             
          
           
             Id.
             Ep.
             to
             the
             Char.
             of
             a
             Sepa
             .
          
           
             Apologet
             vindic
             .
             of
             Ch.
             
               E
               p.
               44
            
          
           
             Faith
             and
             practise
             of
             Ch.
             Eng.
             
               c.
               3.
            
             
             Long
             's
             Char.
             of
             Sep.
             
               p.
               6.
            
             
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             Serm.
             
               Nov.
               4.
               1680.
            
             
             Id.
             vind
             .
             of
             the
             Def.
             
               p.
               323.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             Kings
             pap
             .
             
               p.
               106.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               68.
            
             
          
           
             Difference
             of
             the
             Case
             
               p.
               9.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               44.
            
             
          
           
             Vind
             of
             Ch.
             E.
             from
             Sch.
             
               p.
               34.
            
             
             Doctr.
             of
             Sch.
             
               p.
               66.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             of
             Ch.
             E.
             from
             Sch.
             
               p.
               10.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               25.
            
             
          
           
             Sherlock
             .
          
           
             Bramhal
             .
          
           
             Vind.
             of
             Ans
             .
             to
             the
             King's
             Pap.
             
               p.
               67.
            
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             Id.
             
          
           
             Falk
             .
             Chr.
             Loy
             .
             
               p.
               269.
            
             
          
           
             Saywell
             of
             Vnity
             
               p.
               340.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               11.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               355.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             388.
             
          
           
             Faith
             and
             Pract.
             Ch.
             Eng.
             man
             
               chap.
               3.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             of
             Ch.
             Eng.
             from
             Sch.
             
               p.
               34.
            
             
             Vind.
             Def.
             
               Still
               .
               p.
               401.
            
             
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             Vind.
             of
             Def.
             
               p.
               452.
            
             
             Id.
             453.
             
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             def
             .
             of
             
               Still
               .
               p.
               254.
            
             
             Id
             Vind.
             def
             .
             
               p.
               126.
            
             
             Id.
             vind
             .
             def
             .
             
               p.
               331.
            
             
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             2d
             .
             part
             .
             Vn
             .
             Com.
             
               p.
               428.
            
             
             Ans
             .
             to
             Prot.
             Reconciler
             .
             
               p.
               258.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               411.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               168.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               381.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             Ch.
             of
             Eng.
             from
             Sch.
             
               p.
               22.
               
               Thorndike
            
             of
             forbear
             .
             
               p.
               15.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             Rights
             of
             the
             Ch.
             
               p.
               278.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             Ans
             .
             to
             the
             Kings
             Papers
             .
             
               p.
               23.
            
             
          
           
             
             Thorndike's
             Right
             of
             the
             Church
             
               p.
               276.
            
             
          
           
             Faith
             and
             Pract.
             Ch.
             Eng.
             Man.
             
               c.
               7.
            
             
          
           
             Cath.
             Bal.
             
               p.
               62.
            
             
          
           
             Vindic.
             of
             Prim.
             Ch.
             
               p.
               308.
            
             
          
           
             Cypr.
             Ep.
             55.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             69.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             ad
             Smyrn
             .
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               502
            
          
           
             Saywel
             of
             Vnits
             ▪
             
               p.
               43.
            
             
          
           
             Vnreason
             ▪
             Separ
             .
             
               p.
               245.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               240.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             249.
             
          
           
             
             Long
             's
             Ans
             .
             to
             Hales
             of
             Sch.
             
               p.
               107.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               180.
            
             
          
           
             Saywel
             of
             Vn
             .
             193.
             
          
           
             Ham.
             of
             Schism
             out
             of
             Ignatius
             .
          
           
             Doctr.
             of
             Schism
             .
             
               p.
               45.
            
             
          
           
             Def.
             of
             Dr.
             
               St.
               p.
               471.
            
             
          
           
             Saywel
             of
             Vnity
             .
             
               p.
               393.
            
             
          
           
             Thornd
             .
             Prim.
             Gov.
             Ch.
             
               p.
               117.
            
             
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             Ans
             .
             to
             Anonym
             .
          
           
             St.
             Cyprian
             .
          
           
             
             Long
             's
             Ch.
             Sep.
             
               p.
               85.
            
             
          
           
             
             Falkner's
             Christian
             Loyalty
             .
             
               p.
               272.
            
             
          
           
             Field
             of
             the
             Ch.
             
               p.
               512.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             of
             Def.
             
               p.
               128.
            
             
          
           
             Hills
             Cath.
             Balance
             .
             
               p.
               86.
            
             
          
           
             Faith
             and
             Pract.
             Ch.
             Eng.
             m.
             
               cap.
               1.
            
             
          
           
             Bishop
             of
             Lond.
             Tryal
             .
             
               p.
               6.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
          
           
             Id.
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               Bp.
               of
            
             London's
             
               Letter
               to
               my
               Lord
            
             Sanderland
             .
          
           
             Bp.
             Londons
             Council
             .
          
           
             P.
             O.
             Declaration
             .
          
           
             
             Long
             's
             An.
             to
             Hales
             of
             Schism
             
               p.
               147.
            
             
             Reform
             .
             justify'd
             
               p.
               6.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               14.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               17.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               18.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               20.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               25.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               27.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Saywel
             of
             Vnity
             .
             
               p.
               307.
            
             
          
           
             Faith
             and
             Pract.
             Ch.
             of
             Eng.
             man.
             
               c.
               1.
            
             
          
           
             Faith
             and
             Pract
             Ch.
             Eng.
             man.
             Chap.
             1.
             
          
           
             Reform
             .
             Justify'd
             
               p.
               29.
            
             
          
           
             Mischief
             Separ
             .
             
               p.
               29.
            
             
             Can.
             Nic.
             Can.
             
               6.
               15.
               16.
               
               Constan
               .
               c.
               6.
               
               Chalced.
               17
               ,
               20
               ,
               26.
               
               Antioch
               .
            
             c.
             
               2.
               
               Codex
            
             Eccl.
             Affric
             .
             c.
             53.
             c.
             55.
             
             Conc.
             Gang.
             c.
             6.
             
             Conc.
             Constan
             .
             c.
             6.
             
             Conc.
             Carthag
             .
             c.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             St.
             Cypri
             .
             Ep.
             
               40.
               42.
               
               Theod.
            
             Eccl.
             Hist
             .
             l.
             1.
             c.
             22.
             1.
             2.
             c.
             24.
             c.
             
               17.
               
               Vincent
            
             .
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Hales
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             Reason
             and
             Authority
             .
             
               p.
               66.
            
             
          
           
             Bramhal
             Just
             .
             Vind.
             
               p.
               10.
            
             
          
           
             Letter
             concerning
             the
             necessity
             of
             Regulat
             .
             the
             Press
             ▪
             
               p.
               18.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               19
               ▪
            
          
           
             Saywel
             of
             Vnity
             .
             
               p.
               318.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             395.
             
          
           
             Thorndike
             prim
             .
             Gov.
             of
             Chs.
             
               p.
               197.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             of
             some
             Prot.
             Princ.
             
               p.
               108.
            
             
          
           
             Vindic.
             of
             the
             Prim.
             Ch.
             
               p.
               330.
            
             
          
           
             Saywel
             of
             Vnity
             
               p.
               324.
            
             
          
           
             Faith
             and
             Practice
             of
             a
             Church
             of
             Eng.
             man
             Cap.
             1.
             
          
           
             
             Thorndike's
             Rts.
             of
             the
             Ch.
             
               p.
               147.
            
             
             Review
             of
             Mr.
             
               M.
               Hs.
            
             Notion
             of
             Schism
             .
             
               p.
               50.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             
               51.
               
               Mat.
               28.
               18.
               
               Jo.
               2.
               21.
               
            
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             53.
             
          
           
             Vindic.
             of
             the
             Prim.
             Ch.
             p.
             550.
             
          
           
             
             Thorndike's
             Right
             of
             the
             Ch.
             p.
             148.
             
          
           
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Id.
             of
             Forb
             .
             p.
             69.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             of
             Mr.
             M.
             Hs.
             New
             Notion
             of
             Schism
             p.
             47.
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             Sev.
             capt
             .
             Queries
             .
             
               p.
               19.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             Def.
             of
             Dr.
             
               St.
               p.
               457.
            
             
          
           
             Norris
             Charge
             of
             Sch.
             
               p.
               26.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               80.
            
             
          
           
             Blackhalls
             Serm.
             on
             
               Jo.
               6.
               66.
               p.
               14.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               15.
            
             
          
           
             Saywel
             of
             Vnity
             .
             
               p.
               137.
            
             
          
           
             Letter
             about
             Regulating
             the
             Press
             .
             
               p.
               22.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               16.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               23.
            
             
          
           
             Apologet
             Vind.
             of
             Ch.
             
               Eng.
               p.
               92.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               91.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               51.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             Ans
             .
             to
             the
             Kgs.
             Papers
             .
             
               p.
               98.
            
             
             Id.
             
               p.
               106.
            
             
          
           
             
             Falkner's
             Christian
             Loyalty
             .
             
               p.
               40.
            
             
          
           
             Blackall
             Serm.
             
               p.
               17.
            
             
          
           
             Letter
             about
             Regulating
             the
             Press
             .
             
               p.
               14.
               
               Thorndi
            
             .
             Rt.
             Ch.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               6.
            
             
          
           
             Reflections
             on
             the
             Hist
             .
             pt
             .
             of
             Church-Governt
             .
             
               p.
               50.
            
             
             Id.
             ibid.
             Thorndi
             .
             Rt.
             of
             the
             Ch.
             
               p.
               233.
            
             
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             An.
             A
             plain
             and
             fam
             .
             Disc
             .
             conc
             .
             the
             Cath.
             Ch.
             
               p.
               6.
            
             
          
           
             Reflect
             on
             Hist
             .
             pt
             .
             of
             Ch.
             Gov.
             pt
             .
             5.
             
               p.
               21.
            
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             several
             Capt.
             Queries
             .
             
               p.
               26.
            
             
             Id.
             
               p.
               32.
            
             
          
           
             Reflect
             .
             on
             the
             Hist
             .
             pt
             .
             of
             Ch.
             Gov.
             
               p.
               18.
            
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
             to
             several
             Capt.
             Qu.
             
               p.
               37.
               
               Mason
            
             .
          
           
             Andrews
             .
          
           
             Bramhal
             .
          
           
             Thorndike
             Rt.
             of
             the
             Ch.
             
               p.
               4.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               41.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               42.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               43.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             168.
             
             Vid.
             Letter
             about
             Regulating
             the
             Press
             .
             
               p.
               12
               ,
               20
               ,
               22
               ,
               24
               ,
               29.
               
            
             Reflections
             on
             Hist
             .
             pt
             .
             of
             Ch.
             Gov.
             
               p.
               24.
            
             
          
           
             See
             Letter
             about
             Regulating
             the
             Press
             .
             
               p.
               12.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               18.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               31.
            
             
          
           
             Burscough
             Episc
             .
             
               p.
               12.
               
               Saywel
            
             of
             Vnity
             .
             
               p.
               138.
            
             
          
           
             Municip
             .
             Eccles
             .
             
               p.
               119.
            
             
          
           
             Thornd
             .
             Rt.
             of
             the
             Ch.
             
               p.
               40.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               237.
            
             
             Vid.
             Falkner's
             Chr.
             Loyal
             .
             
               p.
               319.
            
             
          
           
             Vid.
             Cath.
             Bal.
             
               p.
               110
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
             Falkner's
             Chr.
             Loyal
             .
             
               p.
               321.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             225.
             
             Vid.
             Cath.
             Bal.
             
               p.
               118.
            
             
          
           
             Animadv
             .
             on
             8
             Thes
             .
             
               p.
               41.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             of
             some
             Prot.
             prin
             .
             
               p.
               88.
            
             and
             Vind.
             Def.
             
               p.
               183.
            
             
          
           
             Animadv
             .
             on
             .
             8
             Thes
             ▪
             
               p.
               52.
            
             
          
           
             Falkner
             Chr.
             Loyal
             ▪
             
               p.
               45.
            
             
          
           
             
             Hill's
             Cath
             Ballance
             
               p.
               127.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               121.
            
             
          
           
             See
             
               Municipium
               Ecclesiasticum
            
             printed
             1697.
             
          
           
             Municipium
             Eccl.
             p.
             100.
             
          
           
             Thornd
             .
             prim
             .
             Ch.
             gov
             .
             
               p.
               89.
            
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             several
             Capt.
             Qu.
             
               p.
               36.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               25.
            
             
          
           
             
             Hill's
             Cath.
             Bal.
             
               p.
               99.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               122
               ▪
            
          
           
             Bramhal
             Vindic.
             Ord.
             
               p.
               77.
            
             
          
           
             Falkner
             Christian
             Loyalty
             
               p.
               316.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             318.
             
          
           
             Thornd
             .
             Rt.
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             
               p.
               238.
            
             
             Vid.
             Cath.
             Bal.
             110.
             111.
             and
             
               p.
               20.
            
             
          
           
             Oath
             of
             Alleg.
             
          
           
             Falkner
             Christ
             .
             Loyal
             .
             
               p.
               326.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               329.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               322.
            
             
          
           
             Pref.
             to
             Vind.
             Ch.
             and
             State
             of
             Scot.
             
          
           
             
             Long
             's
             Char.
             of
             Sep.
             
               p.
               36.
            
             
          
           
             Letter
             about
             Regul
             .
             Press
             .
             
               p.
               45.
            
             
          
           
             
             Tillotson's
             Letter
             to
             my
             Ld.
             Russel
             in
             
               Newgate
               July
               ,
               20.
               1683.
            
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Pellings
             Good
             old
             way
             
               p.
               115.
               
               Buchanan
               ,
               Gilby
               ,
               Goodman
               .
            
          
           
             De
             jure
             Regni
             .
          
           
             Id.
             Serm.
             30.
             
             
               Jan.
               78.
               p.
               13
               ,
               14.
               
            
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             9.
             
          
           
             Vind.
             Ans
             .
             to
             the
             Kgs.
             papers
             .
             
               p.
               89.
            
             
          
           
             Faith
             and
             Practice
             of
             Ch.
             Eng.
             man.
             
               cap.
               6.
            
             
          
           
             Apologet
             Vind.
             Ch.
             
               Eng.
               p.
               37.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               39.
            
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             several
             Capt.
             Quer.
             
               p.
               12.
            
             
             Id.
             
               p.
               16.
            
             
          
           
             Reflect
             .
             on
             Hist
             .
             part
             of
             Ch.
             Gov.
             pt
             .
             5.
             
               p.
               96.
            
             
          
           
             Blackhalls
             Serm.
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             Id.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               5.
            
             
          
           
             Vind.
             pr.
             Ch.
             
               p.
               151.
            
             
             The
             Protestant
             Religion
             vindicated
             from
             the
             charge
             of
             Singularity
             and
             Novelty
             in
             a
             Sermon
             preached
             before
             the
             King
             at
             Whitehall
             by
             Dr.
             
               Tillotson
               ▪
               April
               .
               2
               ▪
               1680.
               
            
          
           
             Apologet.
             Vind.
             
               p.
               20
            
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               45.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               46.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               47.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             47.
             
          
           
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               55.
            
             
          
           
             Sanderson's
             Case
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             
               p.
               190.
            
             
             Vind.
             Def.
             of
             D.
             
               St.
               p.
               5.
            
             
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             Resol
             .
             of
             some
             Cases
             .
          
           
             Def.
             of
             Dr.
             
               Stil
               .
               p.
               235.
            
             
          
           
             Def.
             of
             
               Still
               .
               p.
               63.
            
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             Protest
             .
             Recon
             .
             
               p.
               332.
            
             
          
           
             Mischief
             of
             Separ
             .
             
               p.
               56.
            
             
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             disc
             .
             of
             Nat.
             Vn
             .
             and
             Communion
             &c.
             
               p.
               41.
            
             
             Lowth's
             Catechism
             .
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             Dis
             .
             of
             Nat.
             un
             .
             and
             com
             .
             of
             Cath.
             Ch.
             
               p.
               28.
            
             
          
           
             Vind
             of
             Prot.
             Prin.
             
               p.
               34.
            
             
          
           
             
             Long
             's
             Char.
             of
             a
             sep
             .
             
               p.
               90.
            
             
          
           
             Preface
             to
             Vind.
             Ch.
             E.
             from
             Sch.
             
          
           
             Apolog.
             Vind.
             
               &c.
               p.
               93.
            
             
          
           
             Vind
             Def.
             
               p.
               401.
            
             
             &
             415.
             
             Ans
             .
             to
             Prot.
             Rec.
             
               p.
               192.
            
             
             Vind.
             Def.
             
               p.
               389.
               
               Sher.
            
             Ans
             .
             to
             Anonym
             .
             Vind.
             Def.
             
               p.
               60
               ▪
               Sherl
            
             .
             Vind
             
               p.
               111.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             Pro.
             Reconciler
             
               p.
               419.
            
             
          
           
             Long
             's
             Char.
             Sep.
             
               p.
               13.
               
               Hellier's
            
             Treatise
             of
             Schis
             .
             
               p.
               55.
            
             
          
           
             Jo.
             15.
             4.
             
          
           
             St.
             Cyp.
             de
             Vnit
             .
             Eccl.
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               57.
            
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               58.
            
             
          
           
             
             Thorndike's
             Rt.
             of
             the
             Ch.
             
               p.
               120.
            
             
             Id.
             Disc
             .
             of
             Forbearance
             .
             
               p.
               27.
            
             
          
           
             Sherl
             .
             vind
             .
             
               p.
               109.
               1
            
             
             Cor.
             10.
             17.
             
          
           
             Id.
             
               p.
               110.
            
             
          
           
             
             Sherlock's
             Serm.
             Nov.
             4.
             1688.
             
               p.
               22.
            
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
             to
             Prot.
             Reconciler
             
               p.
               153.
            
             
          
           
             
             Long
             's
             Answer
             to
             
               Hale
               p.
               84.
            
             
          
        
         
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