Wesley Corpus

88. Nearly related to this is that other objection, that we divide the church. Remember the church is, The faithful people, or true believers. Now how do e divide these? Why, by :our: societies.” Very good. Now the case is plain. We divide them (you {ay) by. uniting them together,” Truly, a very uncommon way of diuiding. O, but we divide those who are thus united with each other, from the rest of the church.“ By no means. Many of them were before Joined to all their brethren of the church of England (and many were not, until they knew us) by affembling themselves "together, to hear the word of God, and to eat of one bread, and drink of one cup. And do they now forsake that afsenbling themselves together? You cannot, you dare not say it. You know they are more diligent therein than ever; it being one of the fixed rules of our sacieties, That every member attend the ordinances of God,” i. e. le doth not divide from the church, . > - -- To Men of Reason and Religion. it