So that all men may see, if they will not put out their eyes, that in this and many other of their tenents and opinions the Independents are but a company of Mungrell Papists, and would have all men belieeve with an implicit faith as their Churches believe, and take all they speake as Oracles, though it be never so groundlesse. But we have learned Christ better then so, who is the Prophet and King of his Church and who hath commanded us to heare him Matth. 17. and to obey his voyce Iohn 10. and not to give eare unto strangers. And from his blessed Word we have learned these two lessons, the first that wheresoever the Gospel of the Kingdome of Iesus Christ is faithfully and truly Preached by Ministers sent by him, and where this Everlasting Gospell is im∣braced and believed and yeelded obedience unto by the people, and where there is the right Administration of the holy Sacra∣ments and the true invocation of God, they are a true church or churches, although they be fluid, and be not fixed in their Officers and members, and have not that externall forme either the Papists or the Independents speake of; and for this our faith, we have warrant from Gods holy Word. Secondly we are taught out of the holy Scriptures, also that there may be a true church or churhes in many nations and kingdomes where they injoy not all the Or∣dinances in a publicke manner: nor where their very meetings together are not allowed unto them by authority; for all such as confine a church or churches to these externall formes they speak of, they confound the essence and substance of a church with the adjuncts and Accideuts of it; whereas churches may be true churches, and yet want the externall forme of Govern∣ment, as may by innumerable places of holy Scripture be proved: as for instances. In Israel where God had set up his owne worship and established a forme of Government, and comman∣ded that it should punctually be observed, yet we read in the 2 of the Chron. chap. 15. ver. the 3. these words: Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching Priest, and without law. So that from this place we may gather, that their did not then appeare any externall forme of a church, no not in Israel, when the true God was not publickly known amongst them, and yet notwithstanding God had there his true church amongst them, yea in the greatest height of Idolatry when all the Prophets were persecuted and lay hid in Caves, 0