Catholic communion defended against both extremes, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…Catholick communion defended against both extreams, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…

If it be said, That for the sake of these we separate from the Church it self, and therefore from its essence; we abhor the accusation, and challenge them to prove it: If we separate from the Church essentially, it is either Locally or Mentally; not Locally, for we are yet in England, nor is Local distance only a sin; not Mentally, for we own it for a true Christian Kingdom, called a National Church, bound to serve Christ in Love and Concord to their Power: We deny not the King to be the Governor, nor Christians to be Christians, no ⟨p. 36⟩nor the particular Churches and Ministers to be true (though culpable) Churches and Ministers, nor their Sacraments to be true Sacraments; we profess to hold with them one Catholic Body, one Spirit, one God, one Christ, one Faith, one Baptism (in the essentials) and one Hope, and are ready to promise to live in Concord with them in all other things, as far as will stand with our Obedience to God; so that we separate not from the Church of England as such, but from some of its Accidents, which we dare not be guilty of.

If it be said, That for the sake of these we separate from the Church it self, and therefore from its essence; we abhor the accusation, and challenge them to prove it: If we separate from the Church essentially, it is either Locally or Mentally; not Locally, for we are yet in England, nor is Local distance only a sin; not Mentally, for we own it for a true Christian Kingdom, called a National Church, bound to serve Christ in Love and Concord to their Power: We deny not the King to be the Governour, nor Christians to be Christians, no ⟨p. 36⟩nor the particular Churches and Ministers to be true (thô culpable) Churches and Ministers, nor their Sacraments to be true Sacraments; we profess to hold with them one Catholick Body, one Spirit, one God, one Christ, one Faith, one Baptism (in the essentials) and one Hope, and are ready to promise to live in Concord with them in all other things, as far as will stand with our Obedience to God; so that we separate not from the Church of England as such, but from some of its Accidents, which we dare not be guilty of.