That thus¹ being rightly gathered, established, and still proceeding in Christian communion and obedience of the gospel of Christ, none is to separate for faults and corruptions which may and so long as the church consists of mortal men, will fall out and arise among them, even in a true constituted church, but by due² order to seek redress thereof.

1. Leviticus 4:13ff.; 2 Chronicles 15:9, 17; 30:18–19; 1 Corinthians 1:10; Philippians 2:1–6; 3:15–16; Hebrews 10:25; Jude 19; Revelation 2–3 ↩︎
2. Matthew 18:17; Acts 15:1–2; 1 Corinthians 5:4–5; 2 Corinthians 13:1–2; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14; Revelation 2–3 ↩︎