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ONe speciall cause of their Separation they pretend to be the mixt Congregations of men, holy and prophane, with whom they will nor communicate, lest they should be defiled. You have heard of the resemblances that have been made of Gods Church: as namely, it is compared to a field, in which are some Tares as well as whea••: to a net, wherein are contained
bad fish as well as good; to a fold, having in it Goats as well as sheep: yet is not the field to be spo••led because of Tares; nor the net to be broken because of the bad fish; nor the fold to be broken because of the Goats: no, we are not to depart from any Church of Christ for any scandall given to us by the members and professors therein, except for extreame errors of doctrine, or ungodly practises professed in it.
11. Blame our con∣gregations fo•• p••ophanenesse.