A second admonition to Mr. Edward Bagshaw written to call him to repentance for…

R. B. 1. It is only gross sinners, after just Admonition upon proof, that are to be put out. The Officers ought not to do it without proof. 2. Have you or others rightly Admonished every Parish Minister that you call us to separate from, and convicted them upon proof, when you have heard them speak for themselves?¹ 3. And who gave you authority so to examine other Pastors, being but a single person? 4. We easily grant (and earnestly desire) that true Church-Justice should make a difference: But in case the Officers do not their duty, it is none of the peoples duty to separate therefore, having done their own part, except in these cases: 1. That the Error or Crime be so great, as to be inconsistent with Christianity, or Church communion. 2. That the Church do not only neglect it, but deliberately Own that Error or Crime in its aggravated state, as it is so inconsistent with Christianity or Communion; Not only being consequentially guilty of it, (as the best man may be of the most heinous sin of another, by some omission of his duty to cure it) but making it their profession or Practice. 3. That this be done, not by some particular members only, but by an essential part of the Church, that is, either by the Pastor, or by the main body of the people. 4. That this be fully ⟨p. 125⟩proved, or so notorious as to need no proof. 5. That they be impenitent herein after due admonition: When these five things concur, it is a duty to separate from a Church as unfit for Christian Communion. (And in lower cases it is a duty to prefer a Better, when we can have it.)

R. B. 1. It is only gross sinners, after just Admonition upon proof, that are to be put out. The Officers ought not to do it without proof. 2. Have you or others rightly Admonished every Parish Minister that you call us to separate from, and convicted them upon proof, when you have heard them speak for themselves?¹ 3. And who gave you authority so to examine other Pastors, being but a single person? 4. We easily grant (and earnestly desire) that true Church-Justice should make a difference: But in case the Officers do not their duty, it is none of the peoples duty to separate therefore, haveing done their own part, except in these cases: 1. That the Error or Crime be so great, as to be inconsistent with Christianity, or Church communion. 2. That the Church do not only neglect it, but deliberately Own that Error or Crime in its aggravated state, as it is so inconsistent with Christianity or Communion; Not only being consequentially guilty of it, (as the best man may be of the most heinous sin of another, by some omission of his duty to cure it) but making it their profession or Practice. 3. That this be done, not by some particular members only, but by an essential part of the Church, that is, either by the Pastor, or by the main body of the people. 4. That this be fully