observe_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v none_o of_o our_o question_n whether_o you_o shall_v communicate_v with_o the_o parish_n church_n alone_o and_o no_o other_o 2._o nor_o whether_o you_o shall_v communicate_v with_o every_o parish_n church_n or_o any_o one_o who_o pastor_n be_v through_o insufficiency_n heresy_n or_o impiety_n intolerable_a which_o i_o have_v write_v against_o dir._n 36._o p._n 202_o etc._n etc._n 3._o nor_o whether_o we_o may_v hold_v local_a communion_n in_o worship_n with_o a_o church_n which_o deny_v we_o such_o communion_n unless_o we_o will_v sin_v this_o i_o have_v oft_o enough_o deny_v p._n 203_o etc._n etc._n 4._o nor_o whether_o caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la local_a communion_n with_o a_o pure_a and_o better_a church_n be_v not_o ordinary_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o local_a communion_n with_o a_o worse_o which_o i_o assert_v p._n 203_o etc._n etc._n 5._o nor_o whether_o a_o man_n be_v a_o separatist_n from_o another_o church_n mere_o because_o he_o be_v not_o local_o present_a with_o it_o for_o then_o when_o i_o be_o in_o one_o church_n i_o separate_v from_o all_o other_o in_o the_o world_n 6._o nor_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o remove_v one_o dwelling_n for_o communion_n with_o a_o better_a minister_n and_o church_n suppose_v that_o we_o be_v free_a p._n 204._o 7._o nor_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o remove_v to_o a_o better_a church_n without_o remove_v one_o dwelling_n in_o a_o place_n where_o another_o church_n be_v near_o to_o which_o we_o may_v go_v without_o any_o public_a injury_n or_o hurt_v to_o ourselves_o or_o other_o which_o be_v great_a than_o the_o benefit_n pag._n 204._o 8._o nor_o whether_o we_o may_v remove_v both_o from_o church_n and_o country_n by_o the_o occasion_n of_o our_o calling_n or_o trade_n or_o other_o outward_a weighty_a reason_n pag._n 298._o 9_o nor_o whether_o we_o may_v keep_v in_o communion_n private_o with_o our_o lawful_a pastor_n if_o they_o be_v turn_v out_o of_o the_o public_a temple_n which_o i_o have_v assert_v pag._n 299._o and_o have_v say_v that_o where_o the_o pastor_n be_v there_o the_o church_n be_v in_o whatever_o place_n they_o do_v assemble_v p._n 250._o which_o dr._n hide_v also_o think_v when_o he_o begin_v his_o book_n with_o a_o assertion_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o separate_v then_o from_o the_o public_a place_n and_o so_o do_v other_o prelatist_n then_o and_o so_o think_v the_o papist_n now_o and_o most_o other_o party_n 10._o nor_o be_v it_o any_o of_o our_o question_n whether_o you_o shall_v have_v communion_n with_o a_o diocesan_n church_n as_o such_o it_o be_v a_o parochial_a church_n with_o such_o other_o that_o i_o speak_v of_o and_o never_o a_o word_n of_o a_o diocesan_n church_n 11._o therefore_o it_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n whether_o you_o must_v own_v our_o diocesan_n bishop_n 12._o nor_o yet_o whether_o you_o must_v have_v communion_n with_o any_o thing_n call_v a_o national_a church_n as_o a_o political_a society_n constitute_v of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a head_n and_o body_n and_o denominate_v from_o that_o form_n â—r_o constitutive_a head_n though_o we_o must_v own_v a_o national_a church_n as_o it_o be_v improper_o so_o denominate_v from_o the_o king_n that_o be_v the_o civil_a head_n accidental_a and_o not_o constitutive_a to_o the_o spiritual_a church_n and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o community_n of_o christian_n and_o a_o part_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n unite_v by_o the_o concord_n of_o her_o pastor_n who_o in_o synod_n may_v represent_v the_o whole_a ministry_n and_o be_v the_o mean_n of_o their_o agreement_n 13._o nor_o be_v it_o the_o question_n whether_o you_o must_v needs_o hold_v communion_n with_o those_o individual_a bishop_n who_o you_o account_v the_o persecutor_n and_o cause_n of_o our_o silence_n and_o confusion_n i_o have_v tell_v you_o in_o the_o story_n of_o martin_n how_o he_o separate_v from_o the_o synod_n of_o thâ—se_a individual_a bishop_n and_o from_o their_o local_a communion_n without_o separate_v from_o the_o office_n the_o church_n or_o from_o any_o other_o bishop_n this_o be_v a_o matter_n that_o i_o do_v not_o meddle_v with_o because_o it_o be_v not_o their_o communion_n that_o you_o be_v call_v to_o but_o the_o parish_n church_n indeed_o to_o save_v mâ—ns_n life_n he_o do_v yield_v to_o the_o emperor_n once_o to_o communicate_v with_o they_o but_o say_v sulp._n severus_n â—iâ—l_o 3._o p._n bib._n paâ—_n 254._o summa_fw-la vi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la nitentibus_fw-la ut_fw-la communionem_fw-la illâ—m_fw-la subscriptione_n firmaret_fw-la extorqueri_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la and_o the_o angel_n that_o appear_v to_o he_o say_v merito_fw-la martin_n compungeris_fw-la sed_fw-la aliter_fw-la exiâ—e_fw-la nequiâ—ti_fw-la repara_fw-la virtutem_fw-la resume_v constantiam_fw-la nâ—_n jam_fw-la non_fw-la periculum_fw-la gloriae_fw-la sed_fw-la salutis_fw-la incuâ—reris_fw-la ita_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la satis_fw-la cavit_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la iâ—haâ—ianae_n partis_fw-la communione_fw-la misâ—â—ri_fw-la and_o after_o find_v his_o power_n of_o miracle_n abate_v with_o tear_n he_o confess_v to_o sulpit._n that_o propter_fw-la communionis_fw-la illius_fw-la malum_fw-la cui_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la puncto_fw-la temporis_fw-la necessitate_v non_fw-la spiritu_fw-la misâ—â—isset_fw-la dâ—trimentum_fw-la sâ—etire_v virtutis_fw-la sâ—dâ—â—im_fw-la pâ—sâ—ea_fw-la vixit_fw-la annos_fw-la nullam_fw-la synodum_fw-la adiit_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la episcâ—porum_fw-la conveâ—â—ibus_fw-la se_fw-la remâ—vit_fw-la but_o this_o be_v only_o from_o those_o bishop_n who_o by_o provoke_a magistrate_n against_o the_o priscillian_n gnostic_n have_v bring_v all_o strict_a religious_a people_n under_o scorn_n but_o he_o separate_v not_o from_o any_o other_o 14._o nay_o i_o make_v it_o none_o of_o our_o question_n whether_o you_o shall_v communicate_v with_o any_o parish_n minister_n who_o concur_v with_o theâ—_n in_o the_o say_a matter_n 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