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§. 16. And if a Minister shall be so imposed on, as that any man or woman may come when they please, and force him to give them the Sacrament of Communion, without consenting to take him for their Pastor, or to be taught or guided by him, (yea or give him satisfactory notice that they know what the Sacrament is, or who Christ is) he is a slave and not a Pastor: Baser than any School-master, Philosopher, or Physician, that are not forced to take a Scholar, Pupil or Patient against their will, or that will not take them for their Teacher or Physician, and obey them.

§. 16. And if a Minister shall be so imposed on, as that any man or woman may come when they please, and force him to give them the Sacrament of Communion, without consenting to take him for their Pastor, or to be taught or guided by him, (yea or give him satisfactory notice that they know what the Sacrament is, or who Christ is) he is a slave and not a Pastor: Baser than any School-master, Philosopher, or Physicion, that are not forced to take a Scholar, Pupil or Patient against their will, or that will not take them for their Teacher or Physicion, and obey them.

§. 17. Yet if on this pretence any Bishop or Pastor ⟨p. 234⟩will impose unnecessary Covenants, promises or professions on the Church or any Christians, and make their wills a Law, and oblige men to give them any other Belief or Obedience than truly belongeth to the Pastoral Office, and so will set up a tyranny instead of a Christian Ministry, they are not herein to be obeyed, lest we be guilty of the corruption.

§. 18. Yea if every integral part of the Pastors power and the peoples duty be put into such Promises or Contracts, and the people required to profess their Consent, as a necessary condition of their Communion, it is sinful tyranny, contrary to Gods Law and common reason and the constant practice of the Primitive Church. Christ himself requireth unto Baptism no other Consent as necessary, save to the essentials of Religion. A thousand Integrals may be unknown to the Baptized, and are so to most Christians: It is our duty never to think, speak or do amiss; But Christ maketh not such duty necessary to our Baptism, Christianity or Church Communion. It is the duty of every member of a single Church, to hear, believe and obey the Pastor in many things where the best may fail. To excommunicate a man therefore for not subscribing or professing assent to some unnecessary doubtful form, for not being convinced by a Lay-Chancellors sayings in a doubted case, or for not paying the Court Fees, or for not appearing the day that one is summoned to appear at the Chancellors Court, and such like, are but tyrannical Schismatical acts.