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§. 45. Nay a man may be a Christian in the Universal Church, who is a member of no particular Church, as is before showed: As 1. some newly Baptized, as the Eunuch, Act. 8. 2. Some Christians that live among Infidels, where is no Pastor or Church: As if one were now Converted in any Heathen Land, or cast there after; or called as an Ambassador or Merchant to live there. 3. Some poor vagrant persons that have no dwelling; as Pedlars, Tinkers, and such others that go from place to place: and some others.

§. 45. Nay a man may be a Christian in the Universal Church, who is a member of no particular Church, as is before shewed: As 1. some newly Baptized, as the Eunuch, Act. 8. 2. Some Christians that live among Infidels, where is no Pastor or Church: As if one were now Converted in any Heathen Land, or cast there after; or called as an Embassador or Merchant to live there. 3. Some poor vagrant persons that have no dwelling; as Pedlars, Tinkers, and such others that go from place to place: and some others.

§. 46. Therefore if a man should so far err as to think that he were not bound to be a member of some particular Church, it may consist with his being a member of the Universal Church.

§. 47. Some few brethren called Independents, think that none are members of the Church-Universal but those that are members of some particular Church: But it is but few of them, and they are mistaken: As Corporations are the most regular parts of the Kingdom, but not the whole Kingdom; so particular Churches are the most regular parts of the universal Church, but not the whole: as hath been proved by instances.