C HAP. XVII. 2,73 them that blame us , o We orsght rather to ® A4 .5? 19; obey cod thenmew. 7. But foraftiuch as the Sainas are difperfed overall the face of theearth,in feverall cities andcountries ; God requi- rethnot that they flhouldall goe to one place; for that could not ftand with ci- vili policies neyther were pof ible for them to perforn-ze. Therefore, albeit whiles the feat of his church was iri the lisle landof Iewrie, hecommanded all the men to appeare together 'before' hitn at Ierufalem , P thrife everyyeare : yet pDe9.iG,t4 when all nations were admitted into his covenant , adopted to be Abrahams feede, and the Ifrael ofGod;hegathered them together by hisApoflles,in feverall cities where they dwelt, and fo eft.blifh- ed manycongregations in one cuuntrie as the feuen churches in the Lefler A{ìß; 9 RrV I, 4, the churches of r Galatia, of iSyria and 2 °. Cilicia and {undr other mentioned in raoor.5,r. , }' 1At ...í5,4r ícripture,dowitneíe;euen in Iudea were Moe churches planted as the Apoftle t GA1.I,zT t Paul noteth. 8. And God whichcalled the people unto his faith ; furnifhed them alib with. S divers
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