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reason_n be_v evident_a because_o she_o be_v found_v by_o god_n and_o have_v his_o promise_n for_o her_o preservation_n can_v never_o give_v any_o occasion_n thereof_o whosoever_o therefore_o separate_v from_o she_o put_v himself_o out_o of_o the_o ordinary_a way_n and_o mean_n of_o salvation_n and_o become_v guilty_a of_o the_o great_a and_o most_o dangerous_a schism_n by_o this_o time_n i_o hope_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o though_o every_o schism_n import_v a_o separation_n yet_o every_o separation_n do_v not_o make_v a_o schism_n nor_o be_v it_o every_o unity_n that_o we_o be_v to_o be_v so_o tender_a of_o but_o only_o the_o catholic_n unity_n of_o god_n church_n and_o now_o let_v we_o apply_v this_o to_o our_o present_a case_n we_o be_v charge_v with_o schism_n by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n because_o we_o have_v separate_v from_o her_o communion_n though_o this_o may_v safe_o be_v deny_v and_o it_o may_v perhaps_o upon_o better_a ground_n be_v say_v that_o she_o have_v 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be_v call_v to_o it_o but_o that_o be_v no_o part_n of_o my_o design_n at_o this_o time_n i_o shall_v proceed_v sect_n iv_o ii_o schism_n be_v a_o separation_n from_o a_o christian_a church_n as_o separation_n be_v the_o act_n so_o a_o christian_a church_n be_v the_o subject_a of_o schism_n i._n e._n as_o it_o be_v a_o body_n compact_a and_o unite_v together_o by_o the_o band_n and_o ligament_n of_o our_o common_a christianity_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o union_n or_o conjunction_n there_o can_v be_v no_o schism_n and_o therefore_o between_o christian_n and_o jew_n or_o mahometan_n there_o can_v be_v no_o schism_n because_o they_o be_v not_o join_v together_o in_o any_o religious_a society_n now_o the_o christian_a church_n may_v be_v consider_v either_o as_o it_o be_v catholic_n or_o universal_a or_o as_o it_o be_v particular_a 1._o if_o we_o consider_v it_o as_o catholic_n and_o universal_a there_o be_v three_o several_a notion_n of_o it_o sometime_o it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o 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