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 ...…

And 1. I think all persons are visible Christians who are Baptized, and profess their continued consent to the Baptismal Covenant, and are not proved to have renounced or forsaken it by Word or Deed.

2. I think, that the Pastor is by Office made the Church-Judge, whether the persons Profession be understanding, serious, and credible, or not: and whether he be proved to forsake it. And if the man dissemble, or the Pastor judge falsely, it's their Sin and not mine, if I contribute not to it by omitting any Monitory duty of my own; nor is it lawful for me to usurp the Pastors judging power: Nor am I bound to know (my self) the Case and Lives of all in the Church that I join with; much less, where I occasionally or seldom come.

2. I think, that the Pastor is by Office made the Church-Judge, whether the persons Profession be understanding, serious, and credible, or not: and whether he be proved to forsake it. And if the man dissemble, or the Pastor judge falsly, it's their Sin and not mine, if I contribute not to it by omitting any Monitory duty of my own; nor is it lawful for me to usurp the Pastors judging power: Nor am I bound to know (my self) the Case and Lives of all in the Church that I joyn with; much less, where I occasionally or seldom come.

3. I think, that a tolerable man, though unduly chosen, yet after received and consented to by the Parish Communicants, is a true Pastor, supposing his own Consent: And that he and they are a true Church.

3. I think, that a tollerable man, though unduly chosen, yet after received and consented to by the Parish Communicants, is a true Pastor, supposing his own Consent: And that he and they are a true Church.