Of schism the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the…Of schisme the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the…

As for them,¹ who suppose all Church power to be invested in some certain Church Officers originally (I mean that which they call of Jurisdiction) who on that account are Eminenter, the Church, the union of the whole consisting in a subjection to those Officers according to Rules, Orders and Canons of their appointment, whereby they are necessitated to state the business of Schism on the rejection of their Power and Authority, I shall speak to them afterwards at large. For the present, I must take leave to say, that I look upon the whole of such a fabric, as a product of prudence and necessity.

As for them,¹ who suppose all Church power to be invested in some certain Church Officers originally (I meane that which they call of Jurisdiction) who on that account are Eminenter, the Church, the union of the whole consisting in a subjection to those Officers according to Rules, Orders and Canons of their appointment, whereby they are necessitated to state the businesse of Schisme on the rejection of their Power and Authority, I shall speak to them afterwards at large. For the present, I must take leave to say, that I look upon the whole of such a fabrick, as a product of prudence and necessity.

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I cannot but fear least some mens surmisings may prompt them to say,¹ that the evil of Schism is thus stated, in a compliance with that, and them, which before we blamed: and seems to serve to raise sleight and contemptible thoughts of it, so that men need not be shaken though justly charged with it. But besides that sufficient testimony, which I have to the contrary, that will abundantly ⟨p. 48⟩