church_n in_o england_n that_o have_v at_o present_a i_o know_v not_o for_o what_o cause_n lay_v aside_o that_o practice_n be_v therefore_o not_o visible_a true_a church_n though_o i_o high_o approve_v of_o such_o a_o solemn_a declaration_n of_o the_o faith_n if_o possible_a in_o the_o same_o sound_a form_n of_o word_n to_o be_v universal_o make_v yet_o i_o humble_o conceive_v that_o this_o be_v but_o a_o prudential_a humane_a ordinance_n and_o therefore_o not_o so_o necessary_a or_o so_o near_o the_o essence_n or_o so_o essential_a a_o mark_n of_o the_o church_n as_o sound_a doctrine_n and_o pure_a sacrament_n both_o which_o be_v undoubted_o of_o immediate_a divine_a institution_n and_o without_o which_o the_o church_n can_v exist_v which_o thing_n trelcatius_n do_v thus_o most_o accurate_o and_o full_o open_v the_o proper_a and_o essential_a note_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n which_o flow_v immediate_o from_o the_o very_a form_n of_o it_o be_v but_o one_o viz._n the_o 224._o 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have_v term_v either_o heresy_n or_o apostasy_n 2._o schism_n may_v be_v think_v also_o to_o put_v a_o man_n whole_o out_o of_o the_o church_n as_o it_o break_v the_o other_o great_a bond_n of_o union_n viz._n schism_n schism_n love_n though_o i_o must_v check_v here_o for_o schism_n simple_o consider_v and_o of_o itself_o alone_o do_v not_o whole_o destroy_v our_o relation_n to_o the_o church_n dr._n hammond_n observe_v that_o whatsoever_o may_v be_v think_v to_o unchurch_n be_v reducible_a to_o these_o four_o 1._o apostasy_n 2._o heresy_n 3._o schism_n 4._o consumption_n and_o devastation_n yet_o afterward_o 84._o paren_n p._n 84._o add_v for_o the_o three_o of_o that_o schism_n the_o father_n which_o aggravate_v the_o sin_n of_o it_o to_o the_o high_a do_v not_o yet_o allow_v it_o the_o force_n of_o unchurch_v but_o call_v they_o brethren_n i._n e._n fellow_n christian_n which_o be_v most_o obstinate_o guilty_a of_o it_o i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v such_o as_o be_v single_a as_o well_o as_o violent_a schismatics_n and_o chief_o the_o donatist_n and_o not_o that_o this_o shall_v contradict_v what_o before_o he_o have_v say_v that_o schism_n may_v be_v think_v to_o be_v one_o mean_n of_o unchurch_v among_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v as_o it_o may_v be_v qualify_v therefore_o schism_n as_o sufficient_a to_o un-church_n or_o dismember_v must_v be_v 1._o total_a viz._n a_o break_n off_o from_o all_o communion_n with_o the_o 307._o speratio_fw-la fiat_fw-la certis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la actionibus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la schismatica_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la statim_fw-la separat_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la am_n case_n de_fw-fr schis_fw-la p._n 307._o church_n for_o to_o divide_v with_o the_o church_n in_o some_o thing_n or_o part_n of_o worship_n and_o to_o retain_v the_o rest_n have_v be_v always_o reckon_v a_o separation_n only_o in_o the_o church_n and_o not_o from_o it_o much_o less_o so_o far_o as_o to_o lose_v all_o interest_n in_o it_o if_o this_o separation_n be_v just_a it_o be_v not_o schism_n if_o unjust_a it_o be_v but_o partial_a schism_n and_o the_o subject_n be_v a_o member_n but_o in_o part_n cut_v off_o and_o yet_o hang_v to_o the_o body_n 2._o it_o must_v be_v universal_a that_o be_v a_o break_n off_o from_o and_o refuse_v communion_n with_o all_o the_o purticular_a church_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o world_n for_o one_o may_v schismatica_o that_o be_v causeless_o depart_v supra_fw-la si_fw-mi separatio_fw-la sit_fw-la ab_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la aut_fw-la pluribus_fw-la particularibus_fw-la possunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la aliaâ—um_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la membra_fw-la manere_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la schisma_fw-la proprie_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la gravessimum_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la from_o one_o particular_a church_n of_o christ_n and_o join_v himself_o to_o another_o which_o though_o it_o be_v a_o very_a great_a sin_n and_o schism_n both_o in_o the_o party_n and_o the_o church_n that_o know_o receive_v he_o yet_o not_o so_o great_a as_o to_o render_v that_o party_n no_o member_n or_o that_o church_n no_o church_n 3_o it_o must_v be_v also_o heretical_a such_o as_o be_v cause_v by_o or_o accompany_v with_o the_o renounce_n of_o some_o fundamental_a doctrine_n for_o as_o willet_n observe_v if_o schysmaticks_n retain_v that_o be_v in_o a_o body_n purity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o the_o right_a use_n of_o ordinance_n as_o some_o schismatical_a congregation_n in_o augustine_n time_n do_v and_o now_o do_v they_o make_v up_o a_o true_a visible_a church_n a_o flock_n of_o sheep_n be_v true_o such_o though_o consist_v of_o particular_n stray_v from_o their_o several_a fold_n supra_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la haereticus_fw-la ut_fw-la siquis_fw-la credens_fw-fr omnes_fw-la articulos_fw-la fidei_fw-la nolit_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la vera_fw-la communicare_fw-la in_o actionibus_fw-la piis_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la to_o which_o they_o ought_v notwithstanding_o to_o return_v as_o to_o their_o proper_a and_o lawful_a place_n yet_o i_o conceive_v it_o possible_a that_o a_o person_n may_v by_o a_o total_a and_o universal_a schism_n though_o not_o heretical_a that_o be_v if_o he_o neither_o join_v himself_o to_o a_o ancient_a or_o to_o the_o schismatical_a church_n cease_v to_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_n organical_a church_n hereby_o though_o positive_a schism_n be_v usual_o a_o great_a aggravation_n of_o negative_a schism_n yet_o it_o be_v rather_o a_o diminution_n of_o it_o when_o the_o negative_a schism_n be_v as_o before_o universal_a and_o total_a the_o reason_n be_v supra_fw-la si_fw-mi separatio_fw-la pertinaciter_fw-la fiat_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la veris_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la ulla_fw-la propter_fw-la causam_fw-la communem_fw-la tum_fw-la tale_n schismat_fw-la quamvis_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la ut_fw-la fidem_fw-la retinentes_fw-la sint_fw-la membra_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la pro_fw-la visibilibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membris_fw-la haberi_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la because_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v a_o member_n of_o a_o schismatical_a church_n where_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n be_v in_o any_o measure_n exercise_v then_o of_o no_o church_n at_o all_o and_o consequent_o to_o join_v in_o no_o kind_n of_o public_a worship_n at_o all_o though_o doubtless_o it_o be_v best_o of_o all_o to_o remain_v with_o or_o to_o return_v again_o unto_o the_o communion_n and_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a and_o ancient_a congregation_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o that_o we_o may_v add_v as_o a_o four_o property_n of_o such_o schism_n as_o destroy_v church-membership_a it_o must_v be_v negative_a as_o well_o as_o total_a universal_a and_o heretical_a object_n it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o this_o enumeration_n of_o the_o mean_n whereby_o a_o person_n or_o a_o people_n unchurch_n themselves_o be_v too_o short_a see_v idolatry_n and_o apostasy_n do_v as_o well_o unchurch_n as_o schism_n or_o heresy_n answ_n i_o answer_v concern_v idolatry_n 1._o idolatry_n can_v be_v 171._o idolatry_n papismus_fw-la est_fw-la pernitiosa_fw-la haeresis_fw-la quia_fw-la pracipuam_fw-la partem_fw-la pietatis_fw-la evertet_fw-la variis_fw-la modis_fw-la in_o falso_fw-la cult_v &_o idolatria_fw-la de_fw-la consc_fw-la p._n 171._o consider_v distinct_o from_o schism_n and_o heresy_n indeed_o it_o be_v make_v up_o only_o of_o they_o 1._o a_o deny_v the_o true_a god_n or_o a_o deny_v the_o true_a worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o a_o give_v of_o deity_n or_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o deity_n to_o a_o creature_n in_o our_o mind_n or_o opinion_n which_o be_v mental_a idolatry_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o high_a heresy_n therefore_o ames_n give_v this_o reason_n to_o prove_v papacy_n to_o be_v heresy_n because_o it_o overturn_v the_o principal_a part_n of_o piety_n in_o false_a worship_n and_o idolatry_n again_o second_o the_o other_o great_a part_n of_o idolatry_n be_v schism_n both_o negative_a in_o withdraw_v from_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n or_o a_o withdraw_a worship_n from_o the_o true_a god_n and_o positive_a by_o set_v up_o a_o false_a worship_n to_o the_o true_a god_n or_o give_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n practical_o or_o actu_fw-la exercito_fw-la to_o a_o false_a god_n 382_o idolatria_fw-la est_fw-la tribuere_fw-la ei_fw-la rei_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la ac_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la ac_fw-la adimire_v cultum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o creaturae_fw-la tribuit_fw-la zegid_a de_fw-fr idol_n p._n 382_o and_o therefore_o practical_a idolatry_n be_v proper_o and_o direct_o oppose_v to_o the_o true_a worship_n as_o mental_a idolatry_n be_v to_o true_a faith_n 2._o idolatry_n as_o such_o on_o all_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n be_v not_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o true_a church_n or_o true_a church-membership_a and_o indeed_o it_o be_v so_o then_o only_o when_o its_o heresy_n or_o schism_n so_o render_v it_o or_o when_o it_o be_v rather_o a_o fruit_n of_o apostasy_n or_o a_o total_a defection_n from_o god_n and_o all_o true_a religion_n the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v frequent_o guilty_a of_o this_o great_a sin_n of_o idolatry_n yet_o who_o will_v venture_v to_o affirm_v that_o they_o so_o often_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o true_a church_n or_o a_o people_n unto_o god_n and_o for_o church_n the_o jew_n idolatrous_a yet_o a_o church_n what_o reason_n do_v not_o their_o idolatry_n whole_o cut_v they_o off_o from_o god_n but_o because_o they_o do_v not_o total_o immerse_v themselves_o therein_o they_o still_o retain_v the_o statute_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o so_o their_o heresy_n be_v not_o total_a as_o also_o in_o a_o measure_n his_o worship_n and_o service_n and_o so_o their_o schism_n be_v not_o total_a and_o consequent_o their_o departure_n from_o god_n be_v but_o partial_a and_o not_o to_o be_v brand_v in_o proper_a 85_o ecclesiast_fw-la polit_fw-la p._n 85_o speak_n with_o the_o foul_a charge_n or_o title_n of_o apostasy_n wherefore_o as_o mr._n hooker_n think_v not_o only_o among_o they_o god_n always_o
and_o desirable_a ordinance_n wherefore_o if_o i_o may_v possible_o prevent_v so_o scandalous_a a_o censure_n i_o shall_v not_o venture_v to_o hold_v my_o reader_n in_o so_o long_a suspense_n till_o he_o come_v to_o the_o page_n where_o confirmation_n be_v consider_v in_o the_o book_n nor_o yet_o bare_o to_o acknowledge_v my_o allowance_n of_o it_o under_o my_o hand_n but_o after_o my_o humble_a thanks_o hearty_o tender_v to_o our_o worthy_a author_n for_o his_o excellent_a pain_n in_o so_o seasonable_a a_o subject_n i_o do_v also_o presume_v earnest_o to_o beseech_v my_o reverend_a brethren_n that_o what_o the_o learned_a and_o zealous_a master_n baxter_n have_v so_o smart_o press_v upon_o the_o ministry_n about_o it_o may_v be_v speedy_o and_o serious_o consider_v and_o undertake_v by_o we_o yet_o lest_o i_o shall_v dash_v upon_o the_o other_o rock_n i_o humble_o crave_v the_o leave_n to_o offer_v without_o offence_n whether_o there_o be_v not_o some_o few_o proviso_n touch_v 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