Three letters to Dr. Sherlock concerning church-communion wherein 'tis enquired whether the doctor's notion of church communion be not too narrow and uncharitable, both to dissenters, and men of larger principles / by a lay-man of the Church of England ...
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             Three letters to Dr. Sherlock concerning church-communion wherein 'tis enquired whether the doctor's notion of church communion be not too narrow and uncharitable, both to dissenters, and men of larger principles / by a lay-man of the Church of England ...
             Atwood, William, d. 1705?
             Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.
          
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             1683.
          
           
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           THREE
           LETTERS
           TO
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           CONCERNING
           Church-Communion
           ,
           WHEREIN
           'T
           is
           enquired
           whether
           the
           Doctor
           's
           Notion
           of
           Church-Communion
           be
           not
           too
           narrow
           and
           uncharitable
           ,
           both
           to
           Dissenters
           ,
           and
           Men
           of
           larger
           Principles
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           LAY-MAN
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           in
           constant
           Communion
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Jonathan
             Robinson
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Golden
           Lion
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1683.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           I
           Hope
           these
           Papers
           will
           not
           fall
           into
           any
           Man's
           Hands
           ,
           who
           counts
           it
           not
           a
           great
           blessing
           to
           have
           Kings
           for
           
             Nursing
             Fathers
          
           to
           God's
           Church
           :
           To
           have
           the
           true
           Religion
           establish'd
           and
           guarded
           by
           humane
           Laws
           .
           And
           perhaps
           't
           is
           no
           absurdity
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           Men
           may
           as
           well
           continue
           Members
           of
           the
           National
           Church
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           breaking
           many
           positive
           Laws
           made
           for
           the
           outward
           management
           and
           ordering
           of
           it
           ,
           tho'
           not
           fundamental
           and
           necessary
           to
           its
           being
           :
           As
           he
           who
           incurs
           the
           Penalty
           of
           any
           Statute
           of
           the
           Realm
           about
           Civil
           Affairs
           ,
           may
           however
           be
           a
           sound
           Member
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           if
           he
           keep
           from
           Treason
           or
           other
           Capital
           Crimes
           .
        
         
           Nay
           possibly
           ,
           That
           there
           should
           be
           several
           Religious
           Assemblies
           living
           by
           different
           Customs
           and
           Rules
           ,
           and
           yet
           continuing
           Members
           of
           the
           National
           Church
           ,
           is
           not
           more
           inconsistent
           than
           that
           particular
           Places
           should
           have
           their
           particular
           Customs
           and
           By-Laws
           differing
           from
           the
           Common
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           without
           making
           a
           distinct
           Government
           .
        
         
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           an
           outward
           Government
           in
           the
           Church
           is
           requisite
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           only
           for
           the
           restraining
           those
           Men
           who
           out
           of
           confidence
           of
           their
           own
           Abilities
           ,
           will
           be
           venting
           Notions
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           Men
           of
           great
           subtilty
           can
           make
           one
           believe
           to
           be
           agreeable
           ,
           either
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           to
           that
           Doctrine
           to
           which
           they
           have
           subscribed
           and
           declared
           their
           
             unfeigned
             Assent
             and
             Consent
          
           .
           And
           me-thinks
           it
           were
           enough
           to
           remove
           Mens
           prejudices
           against
           Episcopal
           
           Government
           ,
           to
           consider
           how
           needful
           it
           is
           that
           some
           of
           the
           most
           learned
           and
           discreet
           should
           be
           chosen
           from
           among
           the
           Herd
           of
           Clergy-men
           ,
           to
           oversee
           ,
           admonish
           ,
           and
           censure
           those
           who
           are
           apt
           to
           go
           beyond
           their
           due
           Bounds
           .
           Yet
           even
           within
           this
           Government
           ,
           it
           may
           sometimes
           become
           the
           Duty
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Laity
           ,
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           to
           reprove
           his
           Teacher
           ,
           when
           he
           apprehends
           the
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           dangerous
           :
           In
           which
           case
           ,
           unless
           he
           remonstrate
           against
           it
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           thought
           to
           communicate
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Error
           ,
           which
           possibly
           may
           be
           as
           sinful
           as
           
             communicating
             in
             a
             Schism
          
           ,
           which
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           frights
           us
           with
           .
           Out
           of
           respect
           to
           whom
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           mistaken
           in
           that
           sense
           which
           I
           conceive
           ought
           to
           be
           put
           upon
           his
           Sermons
           about
           Church-Communion
           ,
           than
           be
           able
           to
           justify
           ,
           That
           the
           Objections
           to
           which
           he
           never
           vouchsafed
           an
           Answer
           ,
           were
           meither
           impertinent
           to
           his
           Discourses
           ,
           nor
           frivolous
           .
        
         
           His
           Notion
           of
           a
           
             Political
             Union
          
           of
           true
           Believers
           to
           Christ
           ,
           I
           had
           long
           since
           read
           ;
           but
           the
           hearing
           of
           it
           ,
           fix'd
           my
           Attention
           ,
           and
           put
           me
           upon
           sending
           him
           my
           Objections
           against
           it
           in
           a
           private
           manner
           .
        
         
           The
           more
           I
           think
           of
           his
           Sermons
           ,
           the
           more
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           they
           are
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             whole
             Tenor
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Church
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Scripture
             tells
             us
          
           ,
           
           That
           God
           is
           no
           respecter
           of
           Persons
           :
           but
           in
           every
           Nation
           he
           that
           feareth
           him
           ,
           and
           worketh
           Righteousness
           ,
           is
           accepted
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           
             But
             the
             Doctor
             says
             ,
             That
             the
          
           
           only
           visible
           way
           of
           forming
           a
           Church
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           do
           not
           now
           speak
           of
           the
           invisible
           Operations
           of
           the
           Divine
           Spirit
           )
           is
           by
           granting
           a
           Church-Covenant
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Divine
           Charter
           whereon
           the
           Church
           is
           founded
           :
           And
           investing
           some
           Persons
           with
           Power
           and
           Authority
           to
           receive
           others
           into
           this
           Covenant
           ,
           
           
             &c.
             
             And
             then
          
           to
           be
           taken
           into
           
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           received
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           the
           very
           same
           thing
           .
        
         
           So
           it
           seems
           ,
           according
           to
           him
           ,
           no
           Man
           is
           in
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           actually
           received
           into
           Covenant
           by
           a
           
             visible
             Church
          
           ;
           
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Bishops
             and
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           As
           he
           elsewhere
           has
           it
           ,
           speaking
           of
           what
           
             makes
             any
             thing
             in
             a
             strict
             sense
             an
             Act
             of
             Church-Communion
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           he
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           a
           reserve
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           ,
           
           he
           
             speaks
             not
             of
             the
             invisible
             Operations
             of
             the
             Spirit
             :
          
           Yet
           what
           room
           he
           leaves
           for
           that
           out
           of
           the
           Pale
           of
           a
           
             particular
             visible
             Church
          
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           Question
           ,
           when
           he
           confines
           the
           
             Influences
             and
             Operations
             of
             the
             Divine
             Spirit
             to
             the
             Unity
             of
             the
             Church
             :
          
           That
           is
           ,
           
           if
           he
           speaks
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           to
           Vniformity
           to
           that
           sound
           part
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           where
           a
           Man
           lives
           .
           But
           if
           a
           Man
           fall
           into
           a
           Nation
           where
           there
           are
           no
           Bishops
           or
           inferior
           Clergy
           authorised
           by
           them
           ,
           the
           Lord
           have
           Mercy
           upon
           his
           Soul
           :
           for
           't
           is
           a
           question
           how
           that
           Scripture
           can
           be
           fulfilled
           ,
           which
           saith
           ,
           
             God
             is
             no
             respecter
             of
             Persons
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Bishops
           where
           he
           lives
           ,
           fall
           out
           ,
           Wo
           be
           to
           him
           if
           his
           Bishop
           be
           singular
           .
        
         
           
             And
             God
             knows
             ,
             but
             one
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Fathers
             ,
          
           Tertullian
           ,
           
             notwithstanding
             all
             his
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             lies
             in
             Purgatory
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             Followers
             ,
             to
          
           St.
           Austin
           '
           
             s
             Time
             :
             For
             though
             ,
             as
          
           
           
             Dr.
             Cave
             says
             in
             his
             excuse
             ,
          
           He
           lived
           in
           an
           Age
           when
           a
           greater
           latitude
           of
           opining
           was
           indulged
           ;
           and
           good
           Men
           were
           infinitely
           more
           solicitous
           about
           Piety
           and
           a
           good
           Life
           ,
           than
           about
           the
           Modes
           of
           Speech
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           express
           every
           thing
           so
           critically
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           not
           be
           liable
           to
           a
           severe
           Scrutiny
           and
           Examination
           .
           
             Yet
             this
             good
             Man
             having
             had
             Disputes
             with
             others
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Fathers
             ;
             the
             Doctor
             tells
             us
             ,
          
           
           Whether
           ever
           he
           was
           
           reconciled
           to
           Catholick
           Communion
           appears
           not
           :
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           for
           the
           main
           ,
           he
           forsook
           the
           Cataphrygians
           ,
           and
           kept
           his
           
             separate
             Meetings
          
           at
           Carthage
           ,
           and
           his
           Church
           was
           yet
           remaining
           in
           St.
           
           Augustine's
           time
           :
           By
           whose
           Labours
           ,
           the
           very
           Reliques
           of
           his
           Followers
           called
           Tertullianists
           ,
           were
           dispers'd
           and
           quite
           disappeared
           .
        
         
           What
           our
           Church
           determines
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           in
           the
           19th
           Article
           .
           
           And
           I
           will
           leave
           it
           to
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           to
           reconcile
           himself
           to
           its
           Doctrine
           in
           this
           Point
           :
           Which
           is
           ,
           That
           ,
        
         
           The
           Church
           visible
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           is
           a
           Congregation
           of
           faithful
           Men
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           pure
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           preached
           ;
           and
           the
           Sacraments
           be
           duly
           ministred
           ,
           according
           to
           Christ's
           Ordinance
           ,
           in
           all
           those
           things
           that
           of
           necessity
           are
           requisite
           to
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           Man
           tax
           me
           with
           undermining
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           objecting
           against
           Dr.
           
           Sherlock's
           way
           of
           supporting
           it
           ,
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           has
           furnish'd
           me
           with
           a
           sufficient
           Apology
           ;
        
         
           Men
           of
           any
           common
           understanding
           (
           
             says
             he
          
           )
           would
           distinguish
           between
           the
           necessaries
           of
           Life
           and
           of
           civil
           Society
           :
           
           So
           would
           any
           one
           but
           
             S.
             C.
          
           or
           
             N.
             O.
          
           of
           the
           Necessaries
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           Men
           must
           be
           considered
           as
           Christians
           ,
           and
           then
           as
           Christians
           united
           together
           .
           As
           in
           Civil
           Societies
           they
           are
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           first
           as
           men
           ,
           and
           then
           as
           Cives
           .
           To
           say
           that
           a
           Man
           hath
           all
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           preserve
           his
           Life
           as
           a
           Man
           ,
           doth
           not
           overthrow
           the
           Constitution
           of
           a
           Society
           ,
           altho'
           it
           implies
           that
           he
           might
           live
           without
           it
           .
           So
           when
           Men
           are
           considered
           barely
           as
           Christians
           ,
           no
           more
           ought
           to
           be
           thought
           necessary
           for
           them
           as
           such
           ,
           but
           what
           makes
           them
           capable
           of
           Salvation
           .
           But
           if
           we
           consider
           
           them
           as
           joining
           together
           in
           a
           Christian
           Society
           ,
           then
           many
           other
           things
           are
           necessary
           for
           that
           end
           :
           For
           then
           there
           must
           be
           Authority
           in
           some
           ,
           and
           Subjection
           in
           others
           ;
           there
           must
           be
           Orders
           and
           Constitutions
           ,
           whereby
           all
           must
           be
           kept
           within
           their
           due
           Bounds
           :
           And
           there
           must
           be
           Persons
           appointed
           to
           instruct
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           to
           satisfy
           the
           Doubting
           ,
           
           to
           direct
           the
           Unskilful
           ,
           and
           to
           help
           the
           Weak
           .
           It
           belongs
           to
           such
           a
           Society
           ,
           not
           barely
           to
           provide
           for
           Necessity
           ,
           but
           Safety
           ;
           and
           not
           meerly
           the
           safety
           of
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           but
           of
           it Self
           :
           which
           cannot
           be
           done
           ,
           without
           prudent
           Orders
           fixing
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Mens
           Employments
           ,
           and
           not
           suffering
           every
           pretender
           to
           Visions
           and
           Revelations
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           for
           a
           new
           Sect
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           all
           one
           ,
           a
           new
           Order
           of
           Religious
           Men.
           
        
         
           This
           I
           should
           think
           were
           enough
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           justify
           me
           ,
           but
           to
           draw
           to
           my
           side
           all
           the
           moderate
           Church-men
           ;
           yet
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           said
           that
           I
           bring
           but
           one
           Doctor
           's
           Opinion
           against
           another
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           in
           the
           Suffrage
           of
           the
           worthy
           Dean
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           that
           delivered
           very
           solemnly
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           assure
           you
           ,
           
           (
           
             says
             that
             great
             Man
             in
             his
             Sermon
             at
             Court
          
           )
           I
           had
           much
           rather
           perswade
           any
           one
           to
           be
           a
           good
           Man
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           of
           any
           Party
           or
           Denomination
           of
           Christians
           whatsoever
           ;
           for
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Creed
           ,
           provided
           we
           entertain
           nothing
           that
           is
           destructive
           of
           it
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           good
           Life
           ,
           will
           certainly
           save
           a
           Man
           ;
           and
           without
           this
           ,
           no
           Man
           can
           have
           reasonable
           hopes
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           an
           infallible
           Church
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           any
           such
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             But
             since
             the
             setling
             the
             true
             Notion
             of
          
           Schism
           
             will
             go
             a
             great
             way
             towards
             the
             satisfying
             our
             Enquiries
             in
             this
             Matter
             ,
          
           it
           may
           not
           be
           improper
           to
           transcribe
           some
           part
           of
           
           Dr.
           
           Stillingfleet's
           
             sense
             of
             it
             ,
             where
             he
             vindicates
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             from
             the
             imputation
             of
             Schism
          
           ;
           
           The
           Being
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           
             says
             he
          
           ,
           lies
           in
           essentials
           ,
           for
           a
           Particular
           Church
           to
           disagree
           from
           all
           other
           Particular
           Churches
           ,
           in
           some
           extrinsecal
           and
           accidental
           Things
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           separate
           from
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           cease
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           ;
           but
           still
           ,
           whatever
           Church
           makes
           such
           extrinsecal
           things
           the
           necessary
           Conditions
           of
           Communion
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           cast
           Men
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           yield
           not
           to
           them
           ,
           is
           Schismatical
           in
           so
           doing
           ;
           for
           it
           thereby
           divides
           it self
           from
           the
           Catholick-Church
           ;
           and
           the
           Separation
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           Schism
           ,
           that
           being
           cast
           out
           of
           that
           Church
           on
           those
           terms
           only
           ,
           returns
           them
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Catholick-Church
           .
           On
           which
           ground
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           is
           the
           
             Schismatical
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           not
           Ours
           .
           For
           ,
           although
           before
           this
           
             imposing
             Humour
          
           came
           into
           particular
           Churches
           ,
           Schism
           was
           defin'd
           by
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           
             voluntary
             departure
             out
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ;
           yet
           that
           cannot
           in
           reason
           be
           understood
           of
           any
           Particular
           ,
           but
           the
           
             true
             Catholick
             Church
          
           :
           for
           not
           only
           Persons
           ,
           but
           Churches
           may
           depart
           from
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           :
           and
           in
           such
           Cases
           ,
           not
           those
           who
           depart
           from
           the
           Communion
           of
           such
           Churches
           ,
           but
           those
           Churches
           which
           depart
           from
           the
           Catholick
           ,
           are
           guilty
           of
           the
           Schism
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Three
           LETTERS
           to
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ,
           upon
           his
           Sermons
           concerning
           Church-Communion
           .
        
         
           
             Reverend
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           NOT
           doubting
           but
           you
           will
           be
           willing
           to
           stoop
           to
           the
           capacity
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           your
           Auditory
           ;
           I
           who
           have
           often
           heard
           you
           with
           great
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           not
           without
           edifying
           thereby
           ,
           take
           leave
           to
           intimate
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           nigh
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           in
           your
           own
           words
           ,
           what
           I
           conceive
           to
           have
           been
           the
           substance
           of
           your
           Discourse
           this
           last
           Sunday
           ,
           upon
           I
           Cor.
           12.
           27.
           
           [
           
             Now
             ye
             are
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Members
             in
             particular
             .
          
           ]
           And
           to
           propound
           some
           Queries
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           you
           may
           think
           fit
           ,
           in
           some
           part
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           in
           your
           further
           progress
           upon
           this
           nice
           Subject
           .
           However
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           candidly
           interpret
           this
           friendly
           Intimation
           from
           one
           who
           is
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           same
           Church
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           hearty
           ●●●
           his
           desires
           of
           a
           firm
           Union
           amongst
           Protestants
           as
           any
           Man
           can
           be
           :
           And
           therefore
           is
           the
           more
           concern'd
           at
           any
           Discourse
           which
           may
           represent
           all
           Dissenters
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           as
           Men
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           ordinary
           means
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           be
           in
           as
           bad
           a
           case
           as
           the
           Moral
           Heathens
           .
           And
           (
           as
           most
           Men
           of
           such
           Notions
           believe
           ,
           or
           would
           infer
           )
           in
           a
           worse
           condition
           than
           those
           of
           the
           Romish
           Communion
           .
           
           Which
           I
           hope
           was
           not
           in
           your
           Intention
           ,
           how
           liable
           soever
           your
           Assertions
           may
           seem
           to
           that
           Interpretation
           .
           Not
           but
           that
           many
           things
           which
           you
           then
           taught
           us
           are
           of
           a
           far
           different
           import
           .
        
         
           Be
           pleas'd
           to
           take
           your
           own
           again
           ,
           with
           as
           little
           alteration
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           or
           order
           in
           which
           they
           were
           delivered
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           without
           the
           Repetition
           of
           many
           things
           ,
           whereby
           't
           is
           convenient
           to
           lengthen
           out
           a
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           remember
           that
           you
           told
           us
           ,
           That
           ,
           
             The
             Church
             is
             a
             Body
             of
             Men
             separated
             from
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             united
             to
             God
             and
             themselves
             by
             a
             Divine
             Covenant
             :
             That
             't
             is
             an
             entire
             Body
             ,
             and
             every
             Member
             united
             to
             the
             whole
             Church
             by
             Christian
             Communion
             .
             That
             our
             Saviour
             ordained
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             to
             them
             and
             their
             Successors
             ,
             with
             a
             promise
             to
             be
             with
             them
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World.
             That
             there
             can
             be
             but
             one
             Church
             where
             all
             Priviledges
             and
             Duties
             are
             common
             ,
             And
             but
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Institution
             of
             God's
             Appointment
             :
             That
             the
             Gospel-Covenant
             is
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             .
             God
             only
             can
             make
             a
             Church
             ,
             not
             Man's
             Invention
             .
             The
             only
             way
             God
             has
             of
             forming
             a
             Church
             is
             ,
             by
             granting
             a
             Church-Covenant
             ,
             and
             investing
             some
             Persons
             with
             power
             of
             receiving
             others
             according
             to
             the
             Terms
             ,
             with
             such
             Rites
             as
             they
             are
             pleas'd
             to
             institute
             .
             As
             that
             can
             be
             no
             Church
             which
             is
             not
             in
             Covenant
             with
             God
             ,
             so
             he
             can
             be
             no
             Member
             who
             is
             not
             visibly
             admitted
             into
             Covenant
             .
          
        
         
         
           You
           farther
           observ'd
           ,
           under
           distinct
           Heads
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               a
               Covenant-State
               ,
               and
               a
               Church-State
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Every
               profess'd
               Christian
               received
               into
               Covenant
               is
               a
               Member
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Nothing
               else
               is
               necessary
               to
               make
               Members
               but
               Baptism
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               A
               Church-State
               cannot
               depend
               upon
               humane
               Contract
               or
               Covenant
               :
               'T
               is
               God's
               Covenant
               which
               is
               in
               our
               Church
               required
               of
               the
               Adult
               .
               The
               Independents
               found
               their
               Church
               upon
               humane
               Contract
               ,
               which
               they
               will
               not
               say
               is
               any
               part
               of
               the
               Baptismal
               Vow
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               'T
               is
               absurd
               to
               gather
               Churches
               out
               of
               Churches
               of
               Baptiz'd
               Christians
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               The
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Unity
               of
               the
               Church
               confirm'd
               from
               the
               Notion
               of
               a
               Charter
               to
               any
               Body
               Politick
               .
               They
               who
               are
               not
               admitted
               into
               the
               Corporation
               ,
               have
               no
               right
               to
               the
               Privileges
               ;
               and
               are
               Usurpers
               ,
               if
               they
               exercise
               any
               Act
               belonging
               to
               the
               Members
               .
               God
               considers
               all
               Men
               as
               united
               into
               one
               Church
               or
               Body
               ,
               has
               made
               no
               Covenant
               with
               Geneva
               or
               England
               in
               particular
               .
               The
               only
               thing
               that
               can
               give
               us
               right
               to
               Church-Membership
               ,
               is
               to
               observe
               the
               Conditions
               of
               the
               Covenant
               .
               He
               destroys
               the
               Unity
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               who
               is
               not
               subject
               to
               its
               Censures
               .
               Every
               Member
               is
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Whole
               :
               Baptism
               does
               not
               make
               us
               Members
               of
               any
               particular
               Church
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Universal
               ,
               founded
               only
               on
               Divine
               Covenant
               .
               Every
               Act
               of
               Christian
               Communion
               must
               be
               an
               Act
               of
               Communion
               with
               the
               whole
               Church
               :
               And
               't
               is
               impossible
               to
               live
               in
               Communion
               with
               the
               whole
               ,
               without
               Communion
               with
               some
               part
               ,
               when
               it
               
                 may
                 be
                 had
              
               :
               '
               T
               is
               necessary
               to
               communicate
               with
               some
               Church
               ,
               by
               
               Communion
               with
               the
               Church
               in
               which
               we
               live
               ,
               
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 a
                 sound
              
               Member
               ;
               I
               communicate
               with
               the
               whole
               .
               According
               to
               the
               Primitive
               Rule
               of
               but
               one
               Bishop
               in
               a
               City
               ,
               they
               who
               divide
               from
               the
               National
               Church
               are
               guilty
               of
               Schism
               .
               Nothing
               can
               justify
               Division
               ,
               but
               such
               a
               distance
               as
               hinders
               the
               Exercise
               of
               Joint-Communion
               .
            
          
        
         
           To
           sum
           up
           what
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           force
           of
           all
           this
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostles
           and
           their
           Successors
           were
           by
           our
           Saviour
           invested
           with
           a
           power
           of
           receiving
           Members
           into
           his
           Church
           upon
           his
           Terms
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           Rites
           as
           they
           should
           think
           fit
           .
           And
           they
           who
           are
           not
           so
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           have
           no
           right
           to
           any
           of
           the
           Benefits
           promis'd
           to
           the
           Members
           of
           Christ's
           Body
           .
        
         
           This
           Power
           is
           by
           an
           uninterrupted
           Succession
           derived
           upon
           the
           Governors
           of
           our
           National
           Church
           ;
           Wherefore
           all
           others
           that
           pretend
           to
           the
           exercise
           of
           this
           Power
           within
           this
           Nation
           ,
           are
           Usurpers
           :
           And
           all
           the
           Laity
           baptiz'd
           by
           their
           Pastors
           ,
           not
           being
           duly
           admitted
           into
           any
           particular
           Church
           ,
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           Members
           of
           Christ's
           Body
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           Usurpers
           and
           Traitors
           to
           that
           Power
           which
           is
           deriv'd
           from
           him
           in
           a
           right
           Line
           .
           
             Durus
             hic
             Sermo
          
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           I
           may
           well
           upon
           the
           whole
           desire
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           seriously
           consider
           ;
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Whether
           a
           pious
           Dissenter
           ,
           suppos'd
           to
           be
           received
           into
           the
           Church
           by
           such
           as
           he
           believes
           to
           be
           fully
           invested
           with
           sufficient
           Church-power
           ,
           is
           in
           as
           bad
           a
           condition
           as
           a
           moral
           Heathen
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           worse
           than
           a
           Papist
           ?
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Whether
           the
           submission
           to
           the
           Power
           and
           Censures
           of
           this
           Church
           (
           which
           all
           must
           own
           to
           be
           a
           sound
           Church
           )
           be
           part
           of
           the
           Divine
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           unites
           the
           Members
           
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           to
           God
           and
           to
           each
           other
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           ,
           then
           as
           he
           who
           is
           not
           admitted
           into
           this
           Church
           ,
           is
           no
           Member
           of
           the
           Catholick
           ,
           and
           has
           no
           right
           to
           the
           Benefits
           of
           being
           a
           Member
           of
           Christ's
           Body
           :
           So
           it
           is
           with
           every
           one
           excluded
           by
           Church-Censures
           ,
           though
           excommunicated
           for
           a
           slight
           contempt
           or
           neglect
           ,
           nay
           for
           a
           wrongful
           Cause
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Divine
           Covenant
           ,
           then
           a
           Man
           that
           lives
           here
           may
           be
           a
           true
           Member
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           though
           he
           is
           not
           in
           Communion
           with
           this
           sound
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           think
           is
           not
           much
           to
           this
           Question
           )
           ,
           That
           he
           ought
           to
           communicate
           if
           Communion
           may
           be
           had
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           
             Query
             ,
             Whether
          
           the
           Dissenters
           may
           not
           reply
           ,
           That
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           communicate
           ,
           if
           the
           Communion
           be
           not
           clogg'd
           with
           some
           things
           which
           are
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Divine
           Covenant
           ?
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           An
           adult
           Person
           would
           be
           baptized
           if
           he
           could
           be
           admitted
           without
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           :
           Or
           would
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           if
           he
           might
           not
           be
           obliged
           to
           kneel
           ;
           Which
           he
           supposes
           to
           have
           been
           in
           use
           ,
           and
           required
           ,
           only
           since
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Transubstantiation
           divided
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Yet
           however
           ,
           Query
           ;
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           Whether
           where
           Communion
           may
           not
           be
           had
           upon
           those
           Terms
           which
           our
           Saviour
           Instituted
           ,
           a
           Church
           may
           not
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           some
           cases
           ,
           be
           gathered
           ;
           without
           any
           immediate
           derivation
           from
           other
           Church-Governors
           besides
           Christ
           himself
           ?
           if
           it
           may
           not
           ,
           What
           think
           you
           of
           a
           Lay-Christian
           quietly
           permitted
           to
           teach
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           amongst
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           to
           Disciple
           such
           as
           will
           receive
           his
           Doctrine
           ?
           If
           a
           Church
           in
           such
           case
           may
           be
           erected
           ,
           then
           surely
           
             God's
             only
             way
             of
             forming
             Churches
             ,
             and
             investing
             
             some
             Persons
             with
             Power
             of
             receiving
             others
             ,
          
           is
           not
           from
           a
           constant
           succession
           from
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           but
           from
           under
           his
           Institution
           who
           has
           appointed
           a
           Power
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           which
           expires
           no
           more
           with
           any
           particular
           Governors
           than
           the
           Power
           of
           Kings
           ,
           his
           Vicegerents
           ,
           dies
           in
           any
           Nation
           for
           want
           of
           some
           Monarch
           just
           going
           before
           ,
           from
           whom
           the
           Claim
           is
           to
           be
           made
           .
           Though
           the
           Power
           of
           a
           King
           be
           God's
           Power
           ,
           yet
           I
           dare
           say
           you
           will
           own
           ,
           that
           at
           least
           in
           some
           Kingdoms
           ,
           a
           King
           may
           be
           duly
           chosen
           to
           this
           Power
           by
           Men.
           
        
         
           You
           will
           say
           perhaps
           ,
           (
           though
           still
           the
           force
           of
           my
           Objection
           will
           remain
           )
           that
           this
           is
           an
           extraordinary
           Case
           of
           utmost
           necessity
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           instanced
           in
           amongst
           us
           .
           But
           then
           I
           ask
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           upon
           allowing
           no
           other
           Case
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           put
           the
           Being
           of
           our
           Church
           upon
           a
           very
           hazardous
           Issue
           ;
           and
           oblige
           your self
           to
           prove
           that
           it
           was
           a
           True
           Church
           before
           the
           Reformation
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           Whether
           supposing
           this
           Church
           to
           have
           been
           Antichristian
           before
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           think
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Homilies
           )
           ;
           The
           Case
           I
           put
           of
           a
           Layman's
           discipling
           Heathens
           ,
           supposes
           a
           more
           violent
           necessity
           of
           acting
           without
           Authority
           from
           a
           succession
           of
           Church-Officers
           ,
           than
           at
           least
           't
           is
           possible
           may
           be
           the
           Case
           of
           our
           own
           Church
           ?
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           
             Q.
             Whether
          
           from
           the
           Supposition
           ,
           that
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           but
           one
           Church-Covenant
           throughout
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           that
           there
           cannot
           be
           one
           True
           Church
           within
           another
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           nature
           of
           Catholik-Communion
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           one
           ought
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           communicate
           with
           any
           sound
           Church
           ,
           from
           which
           one
           is
           not
           hindred
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           distance
           of
           place
           ?
           It
           do's
           not
           not
           follow
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           Either
           that
           the
           French
           Protestants
           have
           no
           Church
           here
           ,
           but
           are
           Schismaticks
           in
           not
           communicating
           with
           
           ours
           ;
           Or
           that
           ours
           is
           guilty
           of
           Schism
           ,
           in
           making
           the
           Terms
           of
           Communion
           so
           streight
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Duty
           of
           every
           one
           (
           though
           a
           licensed
           Stranger
           )
           to
           communicate
           with
           this
           Church
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Does
           it
           not
           follow
           from
           the
           Obligation
           to
           communicate
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           communieate
           with
           any
           True
           Church
           where
           distance
           does
           not
           hinder
           ,
           that
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           is
           not
           obliged
           to
           constant
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           may
           occasionally
           communicate
           with
           the
           French
           Church
           ;
           Nay
           with
           Dissenters
           too
           ,
           if
           he
           believes
           that
           any
           of
           their
           Congregations
           is
           a
           true
           Member
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ?
        
         
           If
           they
           may
           ,
           then
           constant
           Communion
           is
           not
           always
           a
           Duty
           where
           occasional
           is
           lawful
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           indeed
           says
           ,
           That
           if
           a
           Man
           were
           
             obliged
             to
             be
             a
             Member
          
           of
           the
           French
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           
             thought
             it
             lawful
             to
             communicate
             sometimes
             ,
             constant
             Communion
             would
             be
             a
             Duty
             .
          
           But
           according
           to
           you
           no
           Man
           is
           obliged
           to
           be
           a
           Member
           of
           one
           sound
           Church
           more
           than
           another
           ,
           provided
           the
           distance
           is
           not
           so
           great
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           may
           communicate
           with
           both
           .
        
         
           (
           5.
           )
           
             Query
             ,
             Whether
          
           a
           true
           Christian
           ,
           though
           not
           visibly
           admitted
           into
           Church-Communion
           ,
           where
           he
           wants
           the
           means
           ,
           has
           not
           a
           virtual
           Baptism
           in
           
             the
             Answer
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
             towards
             God
             ?
          
           according
           to
           1
           Pet.
           3.
           21.
           
        
         
           (
           6.
           )
           
             Query
             ,
             Why
          
           a
           profess'd
           Atheist
           who
           has
           been
           Baptiz'd
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           secular
           Interest
           continues
           a
           Communicant
           with
           this
           Church
           ,
           is
           more
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           than
           such
           as
           are
           above
           described
           ?
        
         
           (
           7.
           )
           
             Query
             ,
             Whether
          
           as
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           is
           compar'd
           to
           a
           Body
           of
           Men
           incorporated
           by
           one
           Charter
           ,
           
           upon
           supposition
           of
           a
           possibility
           of
           the
           Forfeiture
           of
           a
           Charter
           to
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           by
           the
           miscarriages
           of
           any
           of
           the
           Officers
           ,
           Does
           it
           likewise
           follow
           that
           the
           Miscarriages
           of
           Church-Officers
           ,
           or
           the
           Church
           Representative
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           Bishop
           Sanderson
           calls
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           may
           forfeit
           the
           Privileges
           given
           by
           Christ
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           may
           suspend
           them
           ?
           As
           suppose
           a
           Protestant
           Clergy
           ,
           taking
           their
           Power
           to
           be
           as
           large
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           claim'd
           ,
           should
           deny
           the
           Laity
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           as
           the
           Popish
           did
           in
           Venice
           ,
           and
           here
           in
           King
           
           John's
           Time
           ,
           during
           the
           Interdicts
           .
           
             Quid
             inde
             operatur
          
           ?
        
         
           But
           more
           particularly
           I
           shall
           make
           Observations
           upon
           these
           following
           Positions
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           You
           say
           ,
           Our
           Saviour
           made
           the
           Apostles
           and
           their
           Successors
           Governors
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           with
           promise
           to
           be
           with
           them
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           't
           is
           absurd
           to
           gather
           a
           Church
           out
           of
           a
           Church
           of
           Baptiz'd
           Christians
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           the
           Independents
           separate
           from
           Catholick
           Communion
           ,
           by
           adding
           a
           New
           Covenant
           ,
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Baptismal
           Vow
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           :
           I
           desire
           to
           be
           satisfied
           in
           these
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           our
           Saviour's
           Promise
           of
           Divine
           Assistance
           ,
           did
           not
           extend
           to
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           considering
           every
           Man
           in
           his
           respective
           Station
           and
           Capacity
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Apostles
           as
           Church-Governors
           ?
           for
           which
           you
           may
           compare
           St.
           John
           with
           St.
           Matthew
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Therefore
           Query
           ,
           Whether
           it
           signifies
           any
           thing
           to
           say
           there
           is
           no
           Promise
           to
           Particular
           Churches
           ,
           provided
           there
           be
           to
           Particular
           Persons
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           in
           Charity
           with
           
           all
           Men
           ,
           and
           are
           ready
           to
           communicate
           with
           any
           Church
           which
           requires
           no
           more
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           what
           they
           conceive
           to
           be
           their
           Duty
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Divine
           Covenant
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Whether
           if
           the
           Promise
           you
           mention
           be
           confin'd
           to
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           Church-Governors
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           exclude
           the
           Civil
           Power
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           What
           was
           the
           extent
           of
           the
           Promise
           ,
           Whether
           it
           was
           to
           secure
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           that
           its
           Governors
           should
           never
           impose
           unlawful
           Terms
           of
           Communion
           ,
           or
           that
           there
           should
           never
           be
           a
           general
           defection
           of
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ;
           but
           that
           there
           should
           always
           be
           some
           true
           Members
           ?
        
         
           But
           secondly
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           'T
           is
           absur'd
           to
           gather
           a
           Church
           out
           of
           a
           Church
           of
           baptized
           Christians
           .
        
         
           By
           which
           I
           suppose
           you
           mean
           that
           Men
           ought
           not
           to
           separate
           from
           such
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           a
           distinct
           Church-Communion
           from
           any
           Church
           of
           baptized
           Christians
           ;
           which
           I
           conceive
           needs
           explaining
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           it
           was
           worded
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           know
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           it
           is
           absurd
           for
           Protestants
           to
           live
           in
           Church-Communion
           with
           each
           other
           in
           France
           ,
           separating
           from
           the
           Papists
           ,
           whose
           is
           the
           National
           Church
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           Whether
           the
           Civil
           Power
           did
           not
           make
           a
           lawful
           Reformation
           and
           Separation
           from
           the
           Popish
           Church
           in
           England
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           Whether
           as
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Times
           there
           was
           but
           one
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           consequently
           but
           one
           Church
           in
           a
           City
           ,
           there
           are
           not
           now
           as
           many
           Churches
           within
           the
           National
           as
           there
           are
           Bishopricks
           ?
        
         
         
           4.
           
           Whether
           is
           it
           more
           absurd
           that
           there
           should
           be
           Independent
           or
           Presbyterian
           Churches
           within
           the
           National
           ,
           than
           that
           there
           should
           be
           so
           many
           Bishopricks
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           Suppose
           it
           possible
           for
           every
           of
           their
           Congregations
           to
           be
           a
           Church
           ,
           with
           sufficient
           Church-Officers
           and
           Power
           ,
           then
           may
           they
           not
           communicate
           with
           a
           sound
           part
           of
           the
           Catholick-Church
           without
           actual
           Communion
           with
           the
           National
           :
           And
           consequently
           all
           that
           you
           have
           said
           of
           their
           Schism
           will
           fall
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Admit
           they
           bring
           but
           colourable
           Proof
           for
           this
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           be
           enough
           to
           make
           honest-minded
           Men
           believe
           it
           ,
           dare
           you
           say
           that
           those
           who
           so
           believe
           are
           no
           true
           Members
           of
           Christ's
           Body
           ?
           For
           God's
           sake
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           consider
           this
           ,
           and
           think
           with
           your self
           ,
           whether
           your
           Charity
           exceeds
           that
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ?
        
         
           3dly
           ,
           You
           suppose
           that
           the
           Independents
           exclude
           themselves
           from
           Catholick
           Communion
           ,
           by
           requiring
           of
           their
           Members
           a
           New
           Contract
           ,
           no
           part
           of
           the
           Baptismal
           Vow-Upon
           this
           I
           ask
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           any
           Obstacle
           to
           Catholick
           Communion
           brought
           in
           by
           Men
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           a
           means
           of
           depriving
           Men
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Covenant
           or
           Contract
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           it
           may
           ,
           which
           I
           suppose
           you
           will
           not
           deny
           ,
           will
           you
           not
           then
           ,
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           make
           the
           Church
           you
           live
           in
           more
           guilty
           than
           you
           do
           the
           Independents
           ?
           Baptism
           you
           own
           is
           the
           only
           thing
           which
           admits
           into
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ;
           but
           they
           require
           no
           New
           Covenant
           at
           Baptism
           ,
           ergo
           ,
           they
           admit
           into
           the
           Church
           without
           any
           clog
           or
           hindrance
           of
           humane
           Invention
           .
        
         
         
           But
           Query
           ,
           
           Whether
           if
           an
           adult
           Person
           may
           not
           be
           received
           to
           Baptism
           without
           being
           sign'd
           with
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           :
           Which
           some
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           may
           honestly
           scruple
           ,
           especially
           such
           as
           read
           the
           Canon
           ,
           which
           explains
           the
           sense
           in
           which
           't
           is
           used
           .
           How
           is
           this
           justifyable
           upon
           your
           Ground
           ?
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           take
           leave
           to
           ask
           a
           few
           Questions
           about
           the
           meaning
           of
           your
           Text
           and
           Context
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Query
           .
           Whether
           to
           say
           ye
           are
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           ye
           are
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           be
           the
           same
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           Whether
           therefore
           the
           Individual
           Church
           of
           Corinth
           is
           not
           here
           made
           an
           entire
           Body
           ,
           of
           which
           every
           Christian
           in
           Communion
           with
           it
           was
           a
           particular
           Member
           ?
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           whether
           't
           is
           absurd
           that
           our
           Saviour
           should
           have
           a
           Metaphorical
           Body
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           in
           it
           ;
           Where-ever
           there
           is
           a
           number
           of
           True
           Believers
           following
           all
           the
           Institutes
           ,
           and
           exercising
           all
           the
           Discipline
           which
           they
           can
           have
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           their
           understanding
           and
           means
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           Whether
           when
           Schism
           is
           in
           the
           25th
           Verse
           used
           in
           opposition
           to
           having
           
             the
             same
             care
             for
             one
             another
             ,
          
           it
           does
           not
           shew
           that
           Schism
           consists
           not
           in
           the
           dividing
           Communion
           through
           difference
           of
           Opinions
           ,
           but
           through
           want
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           that
           care
           which
           Christians
           in
           the
           same
           Neighbourhood
           ought
           to
           have
           of
           each
           other
           .
        
         
         
           After
           all
           that
           I
           have
           offer'd
           to
           your
           consideration
           ,
           I
           must
           own
           that
           these
           are
           the
           sudden
           thoughts
           of
           one
           who
           believes
           he
           may
           be
           saved
           without
           understanding
           the
           Notion
           of
           Church-Government
           as
           't
           is
           intreagu'd
           between
           Clergy-men
           of
           all
           sides
           .
           And
           believes
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           to
           be
           a
           True
           Church
           ,
           notwithstanding
           it
           and
           the
           Romish
           might
           formerly
           have
           been
           Antichristian
           ;
           
           though
           a
           learned
           London
           Minister
           pretends
           not
           to
           understand
           how
           then
           this
           should
           come
           to
           be
           true
           .
        
         
           
             
               Jan.
               30.
               168.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Second
           LETTER
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           NOT
           doubting
           your
           candor
           and
           integrity
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           Church
           this
           day
           with
           full
           expectation
           of
           your
           attempting
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           clear
           your
           way
           from
           the
           Objections
           I
           had
           sent
           you
           ,
           before
           you
           expatiated
           upon
           your
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           call
           it
           ,
           uncharitable
           Hypothesis
           .
           Surely
           every
           thing
           which
           I
           urged
           is
           not
           to
           be
           contemned
           ;
           but
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           meet
           with
           one
           Passage
           in
           your
           last
           Sermon
           which
           look'd
           like
           so
           much
           as
           an
           offer
           towards
           my
           satisfaction
           :
           Wherefore
           I
           conjure
           you
           ,
           as
           a
           Protestant
           Divine
           ,
           to
           answer
           my
           Doubts
           categorically
           .
           For
           which
           end
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           refer
           me
           to
           what
           Mr.
           D
           —
           or
           any
           profest
           Papist
           has
           wrote
           on
           this
           Subject
           ,
           unless
           you
           will
           avow
           all
           that
           they
           have
           said
           on
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           Priest
           to
           concur
           with
           his
           Acts
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           Your
           last
           Discourse
           occasions
           only
           my
           adding
           this
           farther
           Query
           .
        
         
           Whether
           if
           the
           nature
           of
           Catholick
           Communion
           requires
           a
           readiness
           to
           communicate
           with
           any
           sound
           Church
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           Church
           obliges
           us
           to
           communicate
           with
           that
           alone
           ,
           while
           distance
           does
           not
           hinder
           the
           occasional
           and
           frequent
           communion
           with
           others
           ?
           Is
           not
           that
           Church
           guilty
           of
           Schism
           in
           such
           an
           Injunction
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           Catholick
           Communion
           ?
        
         
         
           Or
           at
           least
           is
           it
           not
           impossible
           that
           he
           who
           communicates
           sometimes
           with
           one
           True
           Church
           ,
           sometimes
           with
           another
           ,
           can
           be
           a
           Schismatick
           ,
           or
           any
           more
           than
           an
           Offender
           against
           a
           positive
           humane
           Law.
           
        
         
           Be
           pleased
           to
           send
           me
           your
           thoughts
           upon
           the
           particulars
           of
           my
           enquiry
           to
           &c.
           directed
           to
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Servant
             ,
             Anonymus
             .
          
           
             
               Feb.
               4.
               1682
               
               /
               3.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Third
           LETTER
           .
        
         
           
             
               Feb.
               19.
               1682
               
               /
               3.
               
            
          
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           SInce
           it
           is
           more
           than
           probable
           that
           I
           have
           occasioned
           the
           speedy
           printing
           of
           your
           Discourses
           concerning
           Church-Communion
           .
           I
           am
           now
           become
           a
           Debtor
           to
           the
           
             Churches
             of
             God
          
           ,
           
           to
           publish
           those
           Objections
           which
           arose
           in
           my
           mind
           ,
           and
           which
           you
           have
           not
           yet
           thought
           fit
           to
           answer
           ,
           though
           earnestly
           press'd
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           And
           me-thinks
           you
           who
           have
           heretofore
           been
           a
           zealous
           Patron
           for
           universal
           Grace
           ,
           should
           be
           very
           ready
           to
           clear
           your self
           from
           the
           least
           imputation
           of
           stinting
           it
           more
           than
           our
           most
           gracious
           God
           ,
           nay
           than
           your
           most
           narrow
           principled
           Adversaries
           have
           ever
           done
           .
        
         
           Though
           he
           who
           questions
           the
           Dictates
           of
           his
           Spiritual
           Guids
           ,
           had
           need
           run
           to
           the
           protection
           of
           Obscurity
           ;
           yet
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           prints
           in
           the
           dark
           what
           he
           
             publish'd
             on
             the
             House
             top
          
           ,
           before
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           brings
           a
           foul
           suspition
           upon
           his
           Doctrine
           .
           'T
           is
           well
           known
           that
           the
           Pulpit
           is
           more
           licensed
           from
           Contradiction
           than
           the
           Press
           ;
           wherefore
           the
           former
           is
           most
           properly
           assigned
           for
           a
           Clergy-mans
           Recantation
           :
           Nor
           indeed
           did
           I
           think
           you
           far
           from
           making
           publick
           satisfaction
           ,
           when
           you
           own'd
           ,
           (
           in
           your
           Sermon
           preach'd
           Feb.
           11.
           on
           
             Luke
             12.
             vers
             .
             4
             ,
             5.
             )
          
           
             That
             the
             Censures
             of
             the
             Church
             are
             formidable
             only
             when
             duly
             applied
             ;
             and
             that
             God
             Almighty
             
             has
             not
             trusted
             fallible
             Men
             with
             a
             power
             of
             shutting
             out
             those
             whom
             he
             will
             receive
             .
          
        
         
           Keep
           to
           this
           ,
           and
           make
           good
           your
           Notion
           of
           Schism
           if
           you
           can
           :
           
           
             If
             Schism
             be
          
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           ,
           
             a
             very
             great
             Sin
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             will
             damn
             us
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             Adultery
             and
             Murder
             ,
          
           God
           forbid
           that
           it
           should
           consist
           in
           such
           ticklish
           Points
           as
           would
           place
           many
           thousands
           of
           truly
           charitable
           and
           pious
           Men
           within
           the
           fatal
           Roll.
           
        
         
           But
           to
           my
           thinking
           ,
           while
           you
           blame
           Men
           for
           having
           
             no
             Notion
             at
             all
             of
             a
             Church
             ,
             or
             no
             Notion
             of
             one
             Church
             ,
          
           
           and
           that
           they
           
             know
             not
          
           wherein
           the
           Unity
           and
           Communion
           
             of
             this
             Church
             consists
          
           ,
           you
           remove
           their
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           grant
           that
           their
           Schism
           is
           involuntary
           ,
           and
           only
           an
           Error
           of
           their
           Understandings
           .
           Alas
           !
           mistaken
           honest
           Men
           ,
           how
           unhappy
           is
           your
           condition
           ,
           who
           must
           be
           damn'd
           for
           not
           understanding
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ,
           when
           he
           fancies
           that
           he
           puts
           Matters
           
             past
             all
             doubt
          
           !
           tho
           others
           may
           think
           he
           only
           amuses
           People
           with
           equivocal
           Words
           and
           Terms
           .
        
         
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           you
           do
           not
           impose
           upon
           your self
           ,
           or
           would
           not
           upon
           others
           by
           a
           confused
           notion
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           separation
           from
           it
           ,
           wherein
           you
           make
           Schism
           to
           consist
           .
        
         
           
             Great
             is
             Diana
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
          
           and
           great
           is
           the
           use
           of
           the
           word
           Church
           ,
           when
           good
           Crafts-masters
           have
           the
           handling
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           of
           all
           Men
           those
           of
           Rome
           have
           succeeded
           best
           at
           this
           play
           of
           words
           .
           By
           the
           using
           it
           indefinitely
           as
           you
           do
           ,
           the
           Pope
           keeps
           the
           Kevs
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           at
           his
           Girdle
           ;
           and
           truly
           this
           in
           some
           Cases
           comprehends
           things
           as
           different
           as
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           are
           ,
           such
           as
           shall
           be
           sav'd
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           already
           under
           the
           dominion
           of
           Satan
           .
           If
           you
           use
           it
           for
           several
           purposes
           ,
           I
           hope
           for
           
           the
           future
           you
           will
           define
           what
           you
           mean
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           to
           consider
           it
           as
           Catholick
           and
           Universal
           ,
           what
           when
           you
           take
           it
           in
           a
           more
           restrain'd
           sence
           ,
           otherwise
           you
           speak
           not
           like
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           as
           one
           that
           would
           pervert
           that
           use
           of
           words
           which
           in
           you
           especially
           God
           Almighty
           designed
           for
           instructing
           us
           candidly
           in
           the
           Truth
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           you
           may
           play
           a
           little
           more
           securely
           with
           the
           word
           Schism
           ,
           because
           (
           unless
           it
           be
           taken
           to
           lie
           wholly
           in
           want
           of
           Charity
           )
           People
           may
           not
           so
           well
           understand
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           how
           distinctly
           soever
           the
           Notion
           of
           Churches
           be
           taught
           them
           ;
           surely
           't
           is
           much
           a
           question
           whether
           it
           lies
           wholly
           in
           causless
           separation
           from
           a
           sound
           part
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           .
           To
           my
           thinking
           ,
           St.
           Paul
           when
           he
           speaks
           of
           it
           ,
           supposes
           a
           continuance
           still
           of
           the
           same
           Body
           ,
           and
           ascribes
           it
           to
           Christians
           continuing
           such
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           communicating
           with
           each
           other
           .
           Thus
           writing
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           says
           ;
        
         
           
             Ye
             are
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             Members
             in
             particular
          
           .
           He
           tells
           you
           ,
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           but
           one
           Spirit
           which
           communicates
           it self
           amongst
           them
           in
           various
           Dispensations
           ,
           and
           enables
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           different
           Capacities
           and
           Attainments
           ,
           to
           promote
           each
           others
           growth
           in
           Grace
           .
           And
           then
           having
           compared
           them
           to
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           a
           natural
           Body
           ;
           
        
         
           God
           ,
           
             saith
             he
          
           ,
           hath
           tempered
           the
           Body
           together
           ,
           having
           given
           more
           abundant
           honour
           to
           that
           part
           which
           lacked
           .
        
         
           That
           there
           should
           be
           no
           Schism
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           
           but
           that
           the
           Members
           should
           have
           the
           same
           care
           for
           one
           another
           .
        
         
         
           Which
           seems
           no
           more
           than
           that
           God
           obliges
           the
           Members
           of
           his
           Church
           to
           live
           together
           charitably
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           assist
           each
           other
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           distribution
           of
           his
           Gifts
           and
           Graces
           in
           such
           manner
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           meanest
           and
           most
           despised
           Christian
           may
           administer
           Aid
           and
           Comfort
           to
           those
           that
           are
           in
           the
           highest
           Station
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           this
           was
           written
           to
           the
           Church
           at
           Corinth
           ,
           
           that
           Body
           of
           Christ
           there
           ,
           which
           assembled
           together
           
             in
             the
             same
             place
          
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           the
           Apostle
           charges
           them
           with
           
             real
             Schism
          
           ;
           for
           ,
           says
           he
           ;
        
         
           Whereas
           there
           is
           among
           you
           envying
           ,
           and
           strife
           ,
           and
           divisions
           ;
           are
           ye
           not
           carnal
           ,
           and
           walk
           as
           Men
           ?
        
         
           But
           from
           the
           Apostle's
           Notion
           of
           Schism
           ,
           I
           shall
           come
           to
           yours
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           jumbled
           it
           together
           with
           the
           equivocal
           word
           Church
           ;
           of
           which
           you
           would
           make
           one
           believe
           ,
           that
           there
           can
           be
           no
           true
           Idea
           ,
           but
           as
           particular
           visible
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           that
           
             national
             too
          
           ;
           wherefore
           be
           pleased
           to
           weigh
           a
           little
           with
           your self
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           Whether
           you
           do
           not
           appropriate
           that
           to
           the
           
             National
             Church
          
           ,
           
           which
           belongs
           to
           the
           Catholick
           visible
           and
           invisible
           ?
           As
           where
           you
           say
           ,
        
         
           
             No
             Man
             has
          
           a
           right
           to
           any
           Act
           of
           Christian
           Communion
           ,
           but
           he
           who
           is
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Communion
           with
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
           
           that
           no
           Man
           is
           in
           Communion
           with
           a
           Church
           which
           he
           is
           not
           a
           Member
           of
           :
           
           
             And
             that
          
           he
           is
           no
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           at
           least
           visibly
           admitted
           into
           God's
           Covenant
           by
           Baptism
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           would
           ask
           you
           this
           plain
           Question
           .
        
         
           Whether
           a
           Man
           has
           a
           right
           to
           be
           of
           a
           particular
           Church
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           a
           Christian
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           ,
           
           a
           true
           Member
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           :
           or
           becomes
           a
           Christian
           only
           as
           receiv'd
           into
           a
           particular
           Church
           ?
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           Infants
           are
           received
           with
           us
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           federal
           right
           in
           the
           Parents
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           Apostle
           says
           ,
           
             The
             believing
             Wife
             sanctifies
             the
             unbelieving
             Husband
             ,
             else
             were
             the
             Children
             unclean
             .
          
           Nor
           I
           conceive
           doth
           our
           Church
           receive
           any
           adult
           Person
           ,
           whom
           it
           does
           not
           believe
           to
           be
           a
           true
           Christian
           before
           ?
        
         
           But
           to
           make
           your
           Fallacy
           the
           more
           evident
           ,
           you
           tell
           us
           ;
           
             The
             Divine
             Spirit
             confines
             his
             Influences
             and
             Operations
             to
             the
             Unity
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             
             as
             the
             same
             Apostle
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             but
             one
             Body
             ,
             and
             one
             Spirit
             ;
             which
             plainly
             signifies
             that
             the
             Operations
             of
             this
             one
             Spirit
             are
             appropriated
             to
             this
             one
             Body
             ,
             as
             the
             Soul
             is
             to
             the
             Body
             it
             animates
             .
          
        
         
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           what
           need
           any
           Man
           has
           to
           deny
           this
           for
           avoiding
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           that
           therefore
           't
           is
           an
           improper
           way
           for
           edification
           ,
           to
           forsake
           Communion
           with
           a
           National
           sound
           Church
           where
           he
           lives
           ;
           for
           the
           Apostle
           makes
           it
           as
           plain
           as
           words
           can
           make
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           speaks
           of
           the
           Invisible
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Visible
           Church
           .
           For
           the
           Passage
           you
           cite
           ,
           Ephes.
           4.
           4.
           is
           but
           a
           continuation
           of
           what
           the
           Apostle
           
           taught
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Chapter
           ,
           where
           he
           says
           ;
        
         
           For
           this
           cause
           I
           bow
           my
           Knees
           unto
           the
           Father
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ.
           
           
        
         
           Of
           whom
           the
           whole
           Family
           in
           Heaven
           and
           in
           Earth
           is
           named
           .
           
        
         
           This
           which
           is
           there
           called
           a
           Family
           ,
           
           is
           elsewhere
           
             the
             whole
             Body
          
           of
           which
           Christ
           is
           the
           Head
           ,
           the
           increase
           and
           edifying
           of
           which
           Body
           
             in
             love
          
           is
           ascribed
           to
           his
           Influence
           .
           If
           I
           should
           enter
           my self
           of
           another
           Family
           ,
           not
           owned
           by
           Christ
           ,
           I
           thereby
           should
           renounce
           all
           claim
           to
           the
           Promises
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           But
           admit
           several
           parts
           of
           this
           great
           Family
           live
           by
           different
           Customs
           and
           Rules
           ,
           
           not
           
             owning
             each
             others
             Members
             for
             their
             own
          
           ;
           in
           which
           case
           you
           will
           have
           them
           
             separate
             Churches
          
           ,
           
           as
           well
           as
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           
             Doctrine
             ,
             Government
          
           ,
           or
           Worship
           ,
           provided
           the
           things
           wherein
           they
           differ
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           they
           make
           distinct
           Communions
           ,
           are
           not
           destructive
           of
           common
           Christianity
           ;
           doth
           he
           put
           himself
           out
           of
           Christ's
           Family
           ,
           who
           can
           and
           actually
           doth
           comply
           with
           the
           Rules
           and
           Customs
           of
           both
           ?
           One
           would
           think
           that
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           communicating
           with
           Presbyterians
           here
           ,
           does
           not
           thereby
           enter
           into
           a
           state
           of
           Separation
           ,
           even
           
           from
           this
           Particular
           Church
           ,
           because
           he
           does
           not
           thereby
           so
           much
           as
           virtually
           renounce
           the
           Communion
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           being
           nothing
           is
           required
           of
           him
           to
           capacitate
           him
           for
           Communion
           with
           them
           which
           is
           not
           required
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           much
           less
           any
           thing
           contrary
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           the
           Independents
           may
           come
           within
           the
           last
           circumstance
           :
           But
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           neither
           of
           them
           forsake
           our
           Church
           in
           what
           essentially
           constitutes
           it
           a
           Church
           of
           Christ
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           does
           yet
           remain
           a
           Question
           ,
           whether
           this
           can
           be
           a
           separation
           from
           the
           Communion
           of
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ,
           that
           happy
           Family
           above-mentioned
           .
        
         
           You
           know
           even
           ,
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Times
           ,
           about
           the
           end
           of
           the
           second
           Century
           ,
           there
           fell
           out
           a
           Division
           between
           the
           Latin
           and
           
             Asian
             Churches
          
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           what
           one
           would
           think
           were
           neither
           Matter
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           of
           Government
           ,
           nor
           of
           Worship
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           only
           about
           the
           Time
           of
           keeping
           
             Easter
             Holy-day
             .
             Victor
          
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           
             Latin
             Church
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Council
           ,
           or
           as
           some
           will
           have
           it
           ,
           a
           full
           representative
           of
           that
           Church
           excommunicates
           the
           poor
           Asians
           for
           a
           little
           mistake
           in
           Arithmetick
           ;
           each
           Church
           was
           far
           from
           
             owning
             the
             others
             Members
             as
             its
             own
             .
          
           Here
           was
           a
           Schism
           .
           perhaps
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           especially
           
           on
           theirs
           who
           were
           so
           peremptory
           in
           imposing
           their
           own
           computation
           for
           Catholick
           .
           But
           what
           should
           the
           poor
           Lay
           Christians
           do
           in
           this
           divided
           state
           ,
           could
           they
           not
           Communicate
           with
           both
           ,
           or
           either
           ,
           without
           danger
           of
           Schism
           themselves
           ?
           or
           ,
           was
           it
           as
           necessary
           to
           know
           which
           was
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           
           as
           to
           know
           
             which
             is
             the
             True
             Religion
          
           ?
           'T
           was
           not
           enough
           in
           such
           case
           to
           know
           
             which
             of
             these
             divided
             Communions
          
           was
           
             a
             true
             and
             sound
             Member
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ;
           
           which
           when
           known
           ,
           they
           were
           
             bound
             to
             communicate
             with
          
           ;
           for
           here
           both
           were
           sound
           Members
           ,
           at
           least
           they
           might
           be
           ,
           notwithstanding
           this
           Difference
           :
           And
           yet
           according
           to
           you
           ,
           they
           who
           communicated
           with
           both
           these
           ,
           were
           
             contrary
             to
             themselves
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             on
             one
             side
             or
             other
             went
             sure
             to
             be
             Schismaticks
             :
          
           and
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           you
           may
           say
           the
           
             Prayers
             and
             Sacraments
          
           in
           those
           Churches
           ,
           
           were
           
             not
             Acts
             of
             Christian
             Communion
             ,
             but
             of
             Schismatical
             Combinations
             .
          
        
         
           But
           ,
           secondly
           ,
           
           I
           must
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           you
           do
           not
           enforce
           the
           necessity
           of
           communicating
           with
           the
           
             National
             Church
          
           ,
           from
           Arguments
           which
           prove
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           Men
           ought
           to
           serve
           God
           in
           publick
           in
           distinct
           Congregations
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           private
           
           and
           so
           apply
           that
           to
           a
           
             National
             Church
          
           ,
           which
           belongs
           to
           the
           Church
           in
           a
           more
           limited
           sense
           ?
           But
           this
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           since
           you
           manifestly
           go
           upon
           the
           Supposition
           ,
           that
           there
           can
           be
           no
           True
           Church
           which
           is
           not
           National
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           the
           only
           true
           Church
           within
           the
           Nation
           or
           City
           where
           one
           resides
           .
           Upon
           which
           Ground
           you
           affirm
           ;
           That
           ,
           
             Actual
             Communion
             ,
             
             during
             our
             residence
             in
             any
             certain
             place
             ,
             must
             be
             confined
             to
             that
             particular
             Church
             in
             which
             we
             live
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             a
             sound
             part
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ;
          
           
             or
             ,
             as
             you
             elsewhere
             vary
             it
             ,
          
           
             the
             sound
             and
             orthodox
             Part
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             which
             he
             finds
             in
             that
             place
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           if
           there
           be
           a
           possibility
           that
           there
           should
           be
           several
           sound
           and
           orthodox
           Parts
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           be
           it
           the
           same
           City
           or
           same
           Nation
           ,
           all
           your
           building
           here
           falls
           to
           the
           Ground
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           that
           at
           Aleppo
           ,
           for
           the
           purpose
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           place
           where
           the
           National
           Religion
           is
           Ethnick
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           several
           sound
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Greek
           or
           the
           French
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           Churches
           ,
           with
           either
           of
           which
           one
           may
           communicate
           as
           sound
           parts
           of
           the
           Catholick
           ?
        
         
         
           But
           to
           come
           back
           to
           your
           method
           of
           bringing
           all
           into
           the
           National
           ,
           you
           tell
           us
           that
           you
           
             suppose
             no
             Man
             will
             deny
             but
             that
             every
             Christian
             is
             bound
             to
             worship
             God
             according
             to
             our
             Saviour's
             Institution
             ;
             
             and
             what
             that
             is
             ,
             we
             cannot
             learn
             better
             than
             from
             the
             Example
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             ;
             of
             whom
             St.
             Luke
             gives
             us
             this
             account
             ,
             
             
               They
               continued
               stedfast
               in
               the
               Apostles
               Doctrine
               and
               Worship
               ,
               and
               in
               breaking
               of
               Bread.
               
            
          
        
         
           According
           to
           your
           own
           Argument
           here
           ,
           would
           it
           not
           seem
           that
           the
           only
           Church
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           instituting
           ,
           is
           such
           an
           one
           as
           is
           described
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           23.
           where
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             If
             therefore
             the
             whole
             Church
             be
             come
             together
             into
             one
             place
             ,
             and
             all
             speak
             with
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             there
             come
             in
             those
             that
             are
             unlearned
             ,
             or
             unbelievers
             ,
             will
             they
             not
             say
             that
             ye
             are
             mad
             ?
          
        
         
           Pray
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           it
           absurd
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           several
           such
           Churches
           in
           a
           City
           ?
           May
           not
           every
           one
           of
           these
           have
           lawful
           terms
           of
           communion
           ,
           such
           as
           an
           honest
           minded
           Christian
           may
           submit
           unto
           ,
           though
           some
           of
           them
           may
           have
           harder
           than
           others
           ?
           May
           not
           such
           a
           Man
           be
           more
           especially
           united
           in
           Communion
           ,
           (
           be
           it
           as
           a
           Member
           ,
           or
           how
           you
           will
           call
           it
           )
           to
           that
           which
           he
           thinks
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           
           yet
           occasionally
           communicate
           with
           others
           ,
           without
           being
           an
           occasional
           Member
           of
           Christ's
           Body
           which
           ,
           is
           but
           one
           ,
           united
           in
           Charity
           under
           differences
           of
           Opinions
           and
           Practices
           ?
        
         
           Admit
           that
           two
           of
           these
           Churches
           divide
           from
           each
           other
           by
           separate
           Communion
           ,
           and
           by
           making
           more
           things
           necessary
           to
           Communion
           with
           either
           than
           Christ
           made
           ,
           
           make
           
             a
             Schism
             and
             Rent
             in
             Christ's
             Body
          
           ;
           why
           does
           it
           follow
           that
           he
           who
           can
           and
           does
           communicate
           with
           both
           ,
           as
           requiring
           nothing
           of
           him
           which
           he
           looks
           upon
           as
           sinful
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           guilty
           of
           Schism
           ?
           which
           if
           you
           think
           it
           a
           clearer
           Expression
           ,
           you
           may
           call
           
             communicating
             in
             a
             Schism
          
           .
           
        
         
           To
           follow
           you
           in
           your
           Repetitions
           ,
           to
           this
           purpose
           you
           assert
           ,
           
           
             That
             we
             must
             perform
             the
             constant
             Acts
             of
             Communion
             in
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
             in
             which
             we
             constantly
             live
             and
             communicate
             occasionally
             ,
             with
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Church
             where
             we
             are
             occasionally
             present
             .
          
           And
           that
           ,
           
             There
             cannot
             be
             two
             distinct
             Churches
             in
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             
             one
             for
             occasional
             ,
             and
             another
             for
             constant
             Communion
             without
             Schism
             :
             for
             it
             is
             evident
             those
             two
             are
             distinct
             
             Communions
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             Relation
             to
             them
             is
             as
             different
             as
             it
             is
             to
             an
             House
             we
             live
             in
             ,
             and
             to
             an
             Inn
             where
             we
             lodg
             for
             a
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           one
           of
           these
           must
           need
           be
           cut
           off
           from
           Christ's
           Body
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           why
           may
           I
           not
           communicate
           with
           one
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           and
           thereby
           communicate
           with
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ?
           But
           besides
           ,
           how
           came
           you
           here
           to
           talk
           of
           a
           different
           Relation
           ,
           and
           as
           if
           that
           look'd
           like
           
             occasional
             Membership
          
           ,
           
           by
           which
           you
           elsewhere
           would
           expose
           such
           Communion
           ?
           When
           before
           you
           had
           told
           us
           ,
           
           That
           
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             does
             not
             make
             us
             Members
             of
             any
             particular
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           again
           ,
           how
           does
           it
           appear
           that
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           communion
           with
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ,
           that
           
             we
             must
             perform
             the
             constant
             Acts
             of
             Communion
             ,
          
           in
           that
           part
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           where
           we
           constantly
           lives
           .
        
         
           Farther
           ,
           is
           it
           self-evident
           that
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           communicate
           so
           much
           as
           sometimes
           with
           a
           sound
           part
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           because
           I
           live
           where
           there
           is
           such
           an
           one
           ?
           You
           may
           remember
           vvhat
           Mr.
           Chillingworth
           said
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           with
           the
           approbation
           of
           the
           great
           Learned
           Men
           of
           this
           Time.
           
           
             If
             ,
             
               says
               that
               Admirable
               Author
            
             ,
             
             your
             require
             
             the
             belief
             of
             any
             Error
             among
             the
             conditions
             of
             your
             Communion
             ,
             our
             Obligation
             to
             communicate
             with
             you
             ceases
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             imputation
             of
             Schism
             to
             us
             vanishes
             into
             nothing
             ,
             but
             lies
             heavy
             upon
             you
             for
             making
             our
             Separation
             from
             you
             just
             and
             necessary
             ,
             by
             requiring
             unnecessary
             and
             unlawful
             conditions
             of
             Communion
             .
          
        
         
           Truly
           I
           should
           think
           that
           that
           which
           essentially
           makes
           one
           a
           Member
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           is
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           this
           is
           fundamental
           to
           it
           ,
           intrinsecal
           and
           essential
           .
           What
           is
           external
           and
           visible
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Members
           which
           are
           gathered
           to
           Christ
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           subject
           to
           changes
           and
           various
           circumstances
           of
           this
           outward
           World.
           And
           't
           would
           be
           an
           hard
           case
           with
           us
           ,
           if
           what
           is
           not
           within
           our
           power
           ,
           as
           the
           derivation
           of
           an
           uninterrupted
           succession
           of
           Church-Officers
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           concernment
           of
           our
           Souls
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           ,
           I
           cannot
           omit
           another
           Passage
           of
           Mr.
           
           Chillingworth's
           .
           
             I
             believe
             ,
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             
             our
             Saviour
             ever
             since
             his
             Ascension
             ,
             hath
             had
             ,
             in
             some
             place
             or
             other
             ,
             a
             visible
             true
             Church
             on
             Earth
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             a
             company
             of
             Men
             that
             professed
             at
             least
             so
             
             much
             as
             was
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             I
             believe
             there
             vvill
             be
             somevvhere
             or
             other
             such
             a
             Church
             to
             the
             World's
             end
             .
          
        
         
           I
           am
           sure
           your
           Notions
           tend
           to
           the
           destroying
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           Mr.
           
           Chillingworth's
           Arguments
           :
           and
           methinks
           you
           should
           be
           loth
           to
           deprive
           Protestantism
           of
           such
           a
           Champion
           ,
           though
           by
           the
           bafling
           him
           ,
           you
           might
           the
           more
           securely
           triumph
           over
           that
           part
           of
           it
           to
           which
           you
           seem
           to
           oppose
           your self
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           here
           dispute
           (
           because
           it
           alters
           not
           the
           state
           of
           any
           Question
           which
           I
           sent
           you
           )
           whether
           I
           mistook
           you
           ,
           or
           you
           have
           since
           corrected
           what
           you
           preach'd
           concerning
           
             the
             Rites
             of
             Admission
             into
             the
             Church
             .
          
           Now
           you
           tell
           us
           that
           the
           Persons
           invested
           with
           
             Power
             and
             Authority
             to
             receive
             others
             into
             the
             Church-Covenant
             ,
          
           
           must
           do
           it
           
             according
             to
             the
             terms
             and
             conditions
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ;
             and
             by
             such
             Covenant-Rites
             ,
             and
             Forms
             of
             Admission
             ,
             as
             he
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             God
             ,
             is
             pleased
             to
             institute
             ;
             which
             under
             the
             Gospel
             is
             Baptism
             ,
             as
             under
             the
             Law
             it
             was
             Circumcision
             .
          
           Truly
           I
           had
           thought
           you
           had
           said
           ,
           such
           Rites
           as
           they
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Church-Governors
           ,
           fallible
           Men
           ,
           had
           thought
           fit
           ,
           which
           is
           but
           needful
           to
           your
           Hypothesis
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Rites
           and
           
             Forms
             of
             Admission
          
           must
           be
           of
           God's
           institution
           ,
           what
           think
           you
           of
           the
           Sign
           of
           
           the
           Cross
           ,
           of
           which
           Dr.
           
             Stilling
             fleet
          
           says
           ,
           
           
             As
             Baptism
             is
             a
             Rite
             of
             Admission
             into
             Christ's
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
             so
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             is
             into
             our
             Church
             .
          
           But
           then
           ,
           as
           Baptism
           is
           compared
           unto
           Circumcision
           ,
           does
           not
           the
           Apostle
           decide
           the
           Question
           ,
           when
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           That
           
             Circumcision
             is
             that
             of
             the
             Heart
             ?
          
        
         
           I
           have
           only
           one
           farther
           Consideration
           to
           press
           to
           you
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           would
           seriously
           bethink
           your self
           ,
           whether
           your
           method
           of
           converting
           these
           damnable
           Schismaticks
           ,
           who
           are
           in
           your
           Opinion
           as
           bad
           as
           Murderers
           and
           Adulterers
           ,
           
           be
           not
           the
           most
           effectual
           means
           of
           keeping
           up
           the
           Schism
           ?
           If
           want
           of
           Charity
           makes
           Schismaticks
           ,
           surely
           this
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           convince
           them
           that
           that
           guilt
           lies
           at
           their
           Door
           .
           Certainly
           if
           our
           Church
           required
           conformity
           to
           its
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           as
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           blame
           Men
           for
           dividing
           from
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           who
           tells
           us
           ,
           or
           he
           says
           nothing
           ,
           
           That
           
             the
             Divine
             Spirit
             confines
             his
             Influences
             and
             Operations
             to
             the
             Unity
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           in
           such
           Conformity
           ,
           not
           only
           makes
           such
           Conformity
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           imputes
           to
           the
           Church
           the
           Damnation
           of
           many
           thousands
           of
           Souls
           ,
           who
           might
           expect
           to
           be
           saved
           upon
           other
           terms
           .
        
         
         
           I
           hope
           you
           are
           none
           of
           those
           that
           think
           Dissenters
           come
           in
           too
           fast
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           to
           be
           preach'd
           out
           again
           .
           I
           heartily
           wish
           they
           could
           conquer
           all
           their
           Scruples
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           not
           only
           have
           such
           
             love
             and
             sympathy
             as
             is
             peculiar
             to
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             same
             Body
             :
          
           
           which
           I
           hope
           all
           good
           Christians
           have
           as
           Members
           of
           Christ's
           Body
           ,
           though
           of
           different
           Communions
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           might
           be
           able
           to
           go
           to
           the
           House
           of
           God
           together
           ,
           as
           Friends
           ,
           of
           one
           Mind
           and
           one
           Heart
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           any
           Scruples
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           they
           would
           arise
           from
           what
           our
           Church-men
           infuse
           ;
           and
           when
           you
           talk
           of
           the
           danger
           of
           
             communicating
             in
             a
             Schism
          
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           me
           bethink
           my self
           ,
           whether
           the
           Church
           with
           which
           I
           communicate
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           imposing
           something
           or
           other
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           Catholick
           Communion
           ,
           or
           beyond
           the
           Power
           entrusted
           with
           it
           ,
           for
           edification
           and
           not
           for
           destruction
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           had
           pleas'd
           ,
           this
           Controversy
           had
           bin
           managed
           in
           a
           more
           private
           manner
           ;
           but
           since
           you
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           print
           ,
           you
           have
           hereby
           determined
           the
           choice
           of
        
         
           
             (
             SIR
             )
          
           
             Your
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           SInce
           my
           writing
           the
           foregoing
           Letter
           ,
           I
           received
           your
           Book
           ,
           particularly
           directed
           to
           Anonymus
           :
           By
           which
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           believe
           ,
           either
           that
           you
           avow
           the
           Consequences
           which
           I
           formerly
           urg'd
           to
           you
           ,
           or
           think
           them
           not
           rightly
           inferr'd
           :
           If
           the
           first
           ,
           I
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           only
           to
           entreat
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           you
           would
           not
           perswade
           Men
           to
           Uniformity
           ,
           by
           means
           which
           tend
           to
           the
           begetting
           a
           low
           opinion
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           reveal'd
           Religion
           ?
           If
           the
           last
           be
           made
           appear
           to
           me
           ,
           assure
           your self
           I
           will
           not
           long
           conceal
           my
           Conviction
           .
        
         
           
             
               Feb.
               24.
               1682
               
               /
               3.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Page
           17.
           l.
           11.
           read
           Christian-Charity
           .
           lb.
           l.
           22.
           read
           them
           .
        
         
           Page
           21.
           l.
           13.
           add
           the
           before
           Catholick
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           THere
           is
           now
           published
           the
           third
           Edition
           of
           the
           
             Conformist's
             Plea
             for
             the
             Nonconformists
          
           .
           Or
           a
           Just
           and
           Compassionate
           Representation
           of
           the
           present
           State
           and
           Condition
           of
           the
           Nonconformists
           .
           As
           to
           1.
           
           The
           Greatness
           of
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           with
           some
           Relations
           thereof
           .
           2.
           
           Hardness
           of
           their
           Case
           ,
           as
           to
           what
           i●
           enjoined
           .
           3.
           
           Reasonableness
           of
           their
           Proposals
           of
           Amendments
           .
           4.
           
           Qualifications
           ,
           and
           Worth
           of
           their
           Persons
           .
           5.
           
           Peaceableness
           of
           their
           Behaviour
           .
           6.
           
           The
           Church's
           Prejudice
           by
           their
           Exclusion
           ,
           &c.
           
           With
           an
           humble
           Apology
           for
           their
           Publick
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           Suspension
           of
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Beneficed
           Minister
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           Edition
           is
           added
           a
           full
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Nonconformists
           ,
           from
           the
           foul
           Charge
           of
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           the
           whole
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           is
           here
           related
           ,
           viz.
           The
           London
           Ministers
           ,
           about
           sixty
           in
           number
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           from
           several
           Counties
           ,
           appeared
           and
           presented
           their
           Testimony
           to
           the
           Council
           of
           Officers
           ,
           declaring
           their
           utter
           abhorrency
           of
           the
           Army's
           Proceedings
           against
           the
           King's
           Life
           ,
           and
           Monarchical
           Government
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Author
           hath
           also
           thought
           fit
           to
           give
           a
           full
           account
           out
           of
           the
           Writings
           of
           Dr.
           Du-Moulin
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           the
           Jesuits
           (
           assisted
           by
           a
           Faction
           in
           the
           Army
           )
           contrived
           and
           executed
           that
           horrid
           Villany
           .
           Printed
           for
           
             Jonathan
             Robinson
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Golden
           Lion
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           1683.
           
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A26184-e120
           
             Acts
             10.
             34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             Resol
             .
             of
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             &c.
             Pag.
             5.
             
          
           
             lbid
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             33.
             
          
           
             P.
             5.
             supra
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             48.
             
          
           
             
             Cave's
             Antiq
             .
             Apostol
             .
             Fol.
             211.
             
          
           
             Ib.
             Fol.
             210.
             
          
           
             2dly
             .
          
           
             19th
             Artic.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Stilling
             .
             Answer
             to
             several
             Treatises
             occasion'd
             by
             his
             Book
             about
             Idolatry
             .
             Pag.
             275.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             276.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Tillotson's
             Sermon
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             15.
             last
             Ed.
             Pag.
             59.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Stilling
             .
             Rational
             Account
             .
             p.
             359.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26184-e1150
           
             The
             30th
             
               Canon
               calls
               it
            
             ,
             a
             lawful
             outward
             Ceremony
             and
             honourable
             Badg
             ;
             Whereby
             the
             Infant
             is
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Service
             of
             him
             who
             died
             upon
             the
             Cross.
             
          
           
             V.
             Jovian
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A26184-e2540
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             16.
             
          
           
             The
             Dr's
             .
             Resol
             .
             of
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             Church-Com
             .
             p.
             49.
             
          
           
             Ib.
             pag.
             50.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             24.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
             concorning
             Church
             Commun
             .
             p.
             10.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             13.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             5.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             48.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             15.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             23.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             22.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             37.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             39.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             40.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             17.
             
          
           
             2dly
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             23.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             33.
             
          
           
             Acts
             2.
             42.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             49.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             41.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             42.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             39.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             14.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             15.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             13.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             5.
             
          
           
             Mischief
             of
             Separat
             .
             p.
             351.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             29.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             49.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             48
             ▪
             
          
           
             Pag.
             47.