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their_o difference_n to_o we_o do_v not_o amount_v to_o a_o dis-union_n from_o we_o or_o from_o our_o apostolic_a church_n but_o that_o notwithstanding_o they_o may_v be_v still_o account_v in_o fellowship_n with_o it_o it_o be_v too_o apparent_a that_o those_o who_o do_v not_o consent_v in_o that_o particular_a order_n government_n and_o ministry_n which_o god_n have_v ordain_v in_o his_o church_n but_o innovate_v in_o some_o of_o these_o respect_n that_o be_v who_o either_o will_v not_o conform_v with_o a_o episcopal_a church_n or_o christian_a society_n govern_v in_o the_o most_o primitive_a manner_n by_o bishop_n who_o st._n cyprian_n so_o often_o style_v the_o principle_n of_o unity_n or_o that_o which_o make_v a_o church_n when_o it_o be_v conjoin_v to_o one_o bishop_n as_o the_o visible_a head_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o the_o novatian_o donatist_n meletian_o who_o maintain_v another_o head_n of_o union_n namely_o the_o martyr_n be_v all_o account_v schismatic_n by_o he_o and_o other_o father_n or_o those_o who_o will_v not_o submit_v to_o the_o primitive_a discipline_n of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v settle_v and_o institute_v by_o the_o apostle_n they_o may_v well_o be_v say_v to_o renounce_v and_o recede_v from_o their_o church_n because_o in_o this_o obstinacy_n or_o incomplyance_n they_o promote_v faction_n and_o discord_n in_o the_o church_n and_o so_o violate_v that_o indispensible_a charity_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v in_o it_o they_o lose_v their_o christian_a right_n or_o cease_v to_o be_v of_o it_o especial_o those_o that_o will_v not_o communicate_v in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o church_n these_o be_v the_o essential_a bond_n of_o of_o its_o communion_n they_o must_v needs_o be_v account_v as_o divide_v branch_n and_o not_o of_o that_o society_n indeed_o they_o have_v no_o public_a badge_n to_o maintain_v themselves_o christian_n from_o and_o if_o they_o triumph_v in_o a_o good_a life_n as_o many_o of_o they_o do_v they_o may_v rather_o be_v reckon_v for_o a_o sort_n of_o moral_a religionist_n than_o such_o as_o can_v pretend_v to_o christ_n name_n or_o the_o religion_n that_o he_o found_v and_o now_o after_o all_o this_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o apostle_n account_v of_o schism_n which_o more_o plain_o express_v the_o danger_n thereof_o see_v it_o have_v the_o same_o relation_n to_o our_o church_n or_o we_o being_n specifical_o the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o he_o sound_v it_o may_v be_v more_o affect_v and_o more_o enforce_v a_o reformation_n gal._n 5.19_o where_o he_o reckon_v up_o strife_n sedition_n heresy_n with_o those_o other_o abominable_a work_n of_o the_o flesh_n that_o do_v exclude_v from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o then_o he_o show_v the_o particular_a character_n of_o this_o sin_n 1_o cor._n 3.3_o whereas_o there_o be_v among_o you_o envy_v and_o strife_n and_o division_n be_v you_o not_o carnal_a and_o walk_v as_o man_n and_o st._n judas_n say_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o those_o who_o 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