Fifthly, In desiring or making use of the counsel and advice of one another, in such cases of doubt and difficulty, whether doctrinal, or practical, as may arise in any of them, Act. 15.2, 6. And from hence it follows, that in case any Church either by error in doctrine, or precipitation, or mistake in other administrations, do give offence unto other Churches, those other Churches may require an account from them, admonish them of their faults, and withhold communion from them, in case they persist in the error of their way; and that because in their difficulties, and before their miscarriages, they were bound to have desired the advice, counsel and assistance of those other Churches, which being neglected by them, the other are to recover the end of it unto their utmost ability, Gal. 2.6.11. And hence also it follows, that those that are rightly and justly censured in any ⟨p. 227⟩Church, ought to be rejected by all Churches whatever; both because of their mutual communion, and because it is, and ought to be presumed, until the contrary be made to appear, that in case there had been any difficulty, or doubt in the procedure of the Church, they would have taken the advice of those Churches, with whom they were obliged to consult.
Fifthly, In desiring or making use of the counsel and advice of one another, in such cases of doubt and difficulty, whether doctrinal, or practical, as may arise in any of them, Act. 15.2, 6. And from hence it follows, that in case any Church either by errour in doctrine, or precipitation, or mistake in other administrations, do give offence unto other Churches, those other Churches may require an account from them, admonish them of their faults, and withhold communion from them, in case they persist in the errour of their way; and that because in their difficulties, and before their miscarriages, they were bound to have desired the advice, counsel and assistance of those other Churches, which being neglected by them, the other are to recover the end of it unto their utmost ability, Gal. 2.6.11. And hence also it follows, that those that are rightly and justly censured in any ⟨p. 227⟩Church, ought to be rejected by all Churches whatever; both because of their mutuall communion, and because it is, and ought to be presumed, untill the contrary be made to appear, that in case there had been any difficulty, or doubt in the proceedure of the Church, they would have taken the advice of those Churches, with whom they were obliged to consult.
