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 ...…

4. The late Non-conformists that treated with the Bishops in 1660, and 1667. have left their Judgments fully on Record, many of them being yet alive.

5. The old Separating Brownists have these Words; [Confession and Protestation of Faith: Touching the true visible Political Churches which we acknowledge are in England; we profess and declare, — that each company of true visible Christians associated together in one place, viz. a Parish, and Professing to serve God according to his Will, in Faith, and Order, so far as they know (such as there are many in England) the same is a true visible political Church in some respects. And therefore we communicate also with them on occasion — while in such communicating we countenance no evil thing in them, which in many places, and many times we need not do.] — Lastly, it being no evil, nor any appearance of evil in us, to join to the Parish Congregation and Ministry in such respect, and so far forth only as aforesaid; we ought (as we believe) sometimes on weighty occasion so to join; and we sin if we do not: Luke 17.32. Heb. 10.25. 1 Cor. 10.32. — We believe concerning Prayer, That though every form of prayer prescribed by Men, be not absolutely and simply a Sin, neither (as we judge) are Idols, nor an Invention of Man, nor a transgression of the second Commandment; yet a prescribed Liturgy, or Book of Common Prayer by Commandment, forced on a whole Church rightly constituted, to be used still in the same Words, whenever they assemble (in comparison of other praying) is not so profitable and — we judge that it is best and most agreeable to the last Apostolic practice, that even where many Pastors in one Church are, yet that One have, during Life, a precedency and priority in order and place (not in power) before the rest.]

5. The old Separating Brownists have these Words; [Confession and Protestation of Faith: Touching the true visible Political Churches which we acknowledge are in England; we profess and declare, — that each company of true visible Christians associated together in one place, viz. a Parish, and Professing to serve God according to his Will, in Faith, and Order, so far as they know (such as there are many in England) the same is a true visible political Church in some respects. And therefore we communicate also with them on occasion — while in such communicating we countenance no evil thing in them, which in many places, and many times we need not do.] — Lastly, it being no evil, nor any appearance of evil in us, to join to the Parish Congregation and Ministry in such respect, and so far forth only as aforesaid; we ought (as we believe) sometimes on weighty occasion so to join; and we sin if we do not: