XVIII.—Of Church Order and Fellowship.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the sole Head of His Church has appointed its worship, teaching, discipline, and government to be administered, according to His will revealed in Holy Scripture, by officers chosen for their fitness, and duly set apart to their office; and all hough the visible Church, even in its purest branch, may contain unworthy members, and is liable to err. yet believers ought not lightly to separate themselves from its communion, but are to live in fellowship with their brethren; which fellowship is to be extended, as God gives opportunity, to all who in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.