The Uniformity of the Measure of the Curtains

The eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. As each curtain of the tabernacle represents all those believers who, in any particular place, form. the Church of God in Spirit in that place, so each distinct curtain of the tent represents those saints of God, and disciples of Christ, who may be associated together around the person, and to, the confession of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in a given locality; forming a local Church there, such as was the Church at Ephesus, or at Philippi, or at Colosse.
But it. is the will of God, and according to the Word of God, that each distinct gathering of believers should have the same principles of association and of discipline; so that a person, received in any one place as a believer, who is walking consistently and confessing the truth, should be admitted into full communion in every other assembly of God’s saints; not as a member of any particular church, but as a member of the Body of Christ.
And an evangelist, a pastor, or a teacher, laboring acceptably in any one place, should, be received in every other place, and be perfectly at liberty to perform his service there, as one under responsibility to Christ, and a steward in the household of God.
So, on the other hand; any person not received on sufficient grounds in one place, or put out of communion by the assembly there, with the sanction of Christ, and under the guidance of his Spirit, should be regarded as outside every other gathering of saints everywhere. That the godly discipline of one assembly may not be nullified by the ungodly laxity of another.
And there is another thing. There is a fellowship of churches as well as of individuals; and the same principles’ which apply to individuals, will apply with accumulated force to assemblies.
If we are to avoid communion with a person who refuses to judge or to renounce evil in conduct or doctrine, how much more are we called on to refuse communion with assemblies which refuse to judge evil or heresy, and to maintain collectively the holiness and truth Which becomes the house of God, and the honor and authority of Christ.