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and_o secession_n from_o this_o church_n it_o will_v now_o ill_o beseem_v christian_n charity_n to_o rest_n here_o for_o god_n know_v neither_o the_o evil_n nor_o the_o cause_n afford_v any_o pleasant_a speculation_n it_o be_v a_o bad_a state_n of_o thing_n at_o rome_n which_o the_o historian_n report_v in_o these_o word_n nec_fw-la morbos_fw-la nec_fw-la remedia_fw-la pati_fw-la possumus_fw-la that_o they_o be_v come_v to_o so_o ill_a a_o pass_n that_o they_o can_v neither_o endure_v their_o distemper_n nor_o admit_v of_o the_o remedy_n but_o i_o persuade_v myself_o though_o the_o condition_n of_o our_o affair_n be_v bad_a enough_o yet_o that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o deplorable_a as_o to_o discourage_v all_o endeavour_n of_o a_o cure_n and_o in_o this_o hope_n i_o take_v the_o courage_n to_o propound_v the_o follow_a consideration_n wherein_o if_o i_o be_v deceive_v and_o miss_v of_o my_o aim_n i_o shall_v notwithstanding_o have_v that_o of_o quintilian_n to_o comfort_v myself_o 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she_o in_o order_n to_o which_o i_o will_v therefore_o brief_o and_o plain_o describe_v the_o true_a notion_n of_o schism_n in_o hope_n that_o when_o man_n shall_v understand_v wherein_o the_o guilt_n of_o it_o lie_v they_o will_v avoid_v the_o evil_a as_o well_o as_o abominate_a the_o consequence_n schism_n be_v a_o voluntary_a departure_n or_o separation_n of_o one_o self_n without_o just_a cause_n give_v from_o that_o christian_a church_n whereof_o he_o be_v once_o a_o member_n or_o schism_n be_v a_o breach_n of_o that_o communion_n wherein_o a_o man_n may_v have_v continue_v without_o sin_n first_o i_o call_v it_o a_o departure_n or_o separation_n from_o the_o society_n of_o the_o church_n to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o other_o sin_n which_o though_o they_o be_v breach_n of_o the_o law_n of_o our_o religion_n and_o consequent_o of_o the_o church_n yet_o be_v not_o a_o renunciation_n of_o the_o society_n for_o as_o there_o may_v be_v a_o sickly_a infirm_a nay_o a_o ulcerous_a 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separation_n than_o there_o can_v be_v no_o such_o sin_n as_o schism_n at_o all_o forasmuch_o as_o there_o never_o be_v nor_o probable_o ever_o will_v be_v such_o a_o church_n as_o require_v nothing_o of_o those_o in_o her_o communion_n but_o thing_n strict_o and_o absolute_o necessary_a as_o i_o have_v show_v partly_o in_o the_o introduction_n and_o can_v easy_o make_v appear_v at_o large_a through_o all_o age_n and_o then_o may_v the_o author_n of_o the_o tract_n about_o schism_n secure_o as_o he_o do_v somewhat_o too_o light_o call_v it_o only_o a_o theological_a scarecrow_n 3._o it_o will_v be_v manifest_a to_o any_o consider_a person_n that_o some_o thing_n be_v necessary_a to_o the_o constitution_n and_o administration_n of_o a_o particular_a church_n that_o be_v not_o in_o themselves_o necessary_a absolute_o consider_v and_o of_o this_o i_o will_v give_v two_o instance_n the_o first_o in_o the_o apostle_n time_n the_o abstain_v from_o thing_n strangle_v and_o blood_n be_v by_o the_o council_n at_o jerusalem_n adjudge_v and_o declare_v necessary_a to_o be_v observe_v by_o the_o gentile_n in_o order_n to_o a_o accommodation_n betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o jew_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v say_v more_o hereafter_o and_o yet_o i_o suppose_v scarce_o any_o body_n think_v the_o observation_n of_o that_o abstinence_n so_o enjoin_v necessary_a in_o itself_o the_o second_o instance_n shall_v be_v church-government_n whatever_o dispute_v there_o be_v about_o the_o several_a form_n of_o it_o as_o whether_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v monarchical_a or_o aristocratical_a episcopal_n or_o consistorial_n and_o whatever_o zeal_n for_o opinion_n may_v transport_v man_n to_o say_v in_o favour_n of_o either_o of_o they_o yet_o i_o suppose_v few_o or_o none_o will_v affirm_v that_o either_o of_o these_o form_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a for_o if_o one_o be_v of_o absolute_a necessity_n the_o other_o must_v be_v absolute_o unlawful_a and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o then_o also_o those_o 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