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and_o when_o the_o people_n consent_n be_v afterward_o add_v the_o man_n be_v more_o full_o separate_v to_o the_o work_n 6._o but_o however_o as_o long_o as_o they_o allow_v we_o our_o liberty_n of_o ordination_n and_o thrust_v none_o upon_o our_o communion_n as_o pastor_n that_o be_v no_o pastor_n we_o have_v no_o pretence_n to_o make_v this_o a_o stop_n to_o our_o communion_n let_v we_o close_o together_o and_o pass_v this_o by_o and_o god_n will_v further_o inform_v we_o and_o dispel_v our_o darkness_n when_o we_o walk_v together_o in_o holy_a love_n and_o peace_n chap._n xi_o difference_n ix_o the_o nine_o seem_a difference_n be_v about_o our_o parish_n in_o england_n whether_o they_o be_v true_a church_n of_o christ_n or_o not_o but_o here_o be_v little_a or_o no_o difference_n that_o be_v stand_v to_o whatever_o any_o particular_a person_n may_v think_v it_o be_v not_o a_o difference_n between_o the_o party_n for_o 1._o it_o be_v not_o desire_v of_o they_o to_o grant_v that_o a_o 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and_o therefore_o they_o utter_o disclaim_v separate_a from_o we_o as_o no_o true_a church_n 1._o that_o our_o want_n of_o a_o church_n covenant_n nullifi_v not_o these_o church_n i_o tell_v you_o before_o they_o grant_v because_o our_o consent_n be_v our_o covenant_n and_o our_o ordinary_a practice_n tolerable_o signify_v that_o consent_n say_v mr_n norton_n p._n 21._o siuna_fw-la externa_fw-la fidei_fw-la professione_n veritatis_fw-la &_o sanctitatis_fw-la praxi_fw-la eodem_fw-la baptismate_fw-la uniantur_fw-la &_o eundem_fw-la publicum_fw-la cultum_fw-la uno_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la frequentent_fw-la iisdem_fw-la inspectoribus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la subsint_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o place_n where_o he_o acknowledge_v this_o a_o church_n without_o a_o explicit_fw-la covenant_n 2._o and_o that_o the_o impiety_n of_o our_o parish_n or_o other_o incapacity_n of_o the_o member_n be_v not_o such_o as_o to_o nullify_v our_o church_n they_o confess_v because_o a_o good_a church_n may_v have_v some_o bad_a member_n and_o where_o the_o great_a number_n be_v bad_a the_o pastor_n and_o the_o better_o small_a part_n may_v denominate_v the_o church_n and_o it_o may_v be_v true_a though_o pollute_v what_o doctrinal_a and_o practical_a corruption_n be_v in_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n galatia_n and_o divers_a of_o the_o asian_a church_n rev._n 2._o and_o 3._o be_v so_o plain_a and_o have_v be_v so_o often_o mention_v that_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o recite_v the_o text_n say_v mr._n norton_n 28_o 29._o immo_n tantum_fw-la abest_fw-la ut_fw-la ob_fw-la defectum_fw-la foederis_fw-la expliciti_fw-la salva_fw-la vel_fw-la ungulae_fw-la religione_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la ullas_fw-la congregationes_fw-la ex_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la albo_fw-la expungamus_fw-la ut_fw-la caetus_fw-la multò_fw-la graviora_fw-la passos_fw-la essentialibus_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o tuto_fw-la positis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la non_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la 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confess_v that_o most_o of_o our_o church_n need_v much_o reformation_n and_o that_o all_o in_o our_o parish_n be_v not_o church_n member_n but_o yet_o i_o may_v well_o suppose_v that_o we_o be_v agree_v that_o those_o of_o they_o that_o have_v true_a pastor_n be_v true_a church_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o our_o parish_n ordinary_o or_o very_o many_o at_o least_o yea_o some_o such_o dissenter_n think_v that_o they_o may_v be_v true_a church_n without_o pastor_n so_o that_o here_o between_o the_o party_n there_o be_v no_o disagreement_n whatever_o particular_a person_n hold_v many_o be_v more_o afraid_a lest_o a_o great_a many_o parish_n shall_v be_v make_v no_o true_a church_n in_o a_o political_a sense_n by_o set_v over_o they_o such_o as_o be_v no_o true_a minister_n than_o be_v prove_v none_o before_o they_o be_v make_v none_o but_o i_o see_v no_o danger_n of_o this_o while_o we_o have_v liberty_n of_o election_n and_o ordination_n chap._n xii_o difference_n x._o 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they_o shall_v return_v to_o a_o orderly_a communion_n this_o controversy_n be_v the_o fine_a and_o see_v we_o grant_v they_o much_o in_o the_o rest_n for_o this_o therefore_o we_o can_v grant_v they_o this_o if_o in_o war_n we_o grant_v all_o that_o be_v desire_v for_o peace_n it_o be_v suppose_v that_o we_o will_v not_o grant_v the_o continuance_n of_o the_o war_n nor_o in_o reason_n must_v that_o be_v one_o of_o the_o demand_n i_o speak_v all_o this_o but_o of_o unjust_a separation_n for_o there_o be_v a_o separation_n which_o we_o be_v all_o agree_v to_o be_v lawful_a as_o far_o as_o i_o know_v as_o 1._o we_o all_o agree_v that_o where_o christian_n live_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o infidel_n they_o must_v come_v out_o from_o among_o they_o by_o faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o be_v separate_v by_o the_o baptismal_a engagement_n first_o and_o the_o communion_n of_o saint_n after_o and_o not_o touch_v the_o unclean_a thing_n the_o church_n must_v be_v separate_v from_o the_o world_n 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