Of the Power - who be ofeither ~orum.Theconditions to be re·quired to b~of 6Ju 1 • • ' <><f!,Orull retmttuntur,are two: . thar,iwtb~ Firll, that the party hee 'l!lithin tbe houfe atzd familie,"'l>hereto thofe keyes he~ CbHrch. lon.g (that is) be a member of the Qmrch, be afaithfull belee)!ing[hrifr .Exod.26.34. In the Law,thePropitiatoriewas annexed to theAr.l:.e,and could not b;~;; vered from it: to fhew,that they mull hold oftheArke (that is) be ofthe number of thepeople of Goo, or elfe could they not bepartakers of th Pfal.87.u!t, Propitiation for tbeir finnes. So faith the _'Pfalmift, In theP farm~oft/,; Pial. 8$• 1 ! Church, omnes canal~s mei e:ant in te. All. the conduit-pipes_of all myj}tritu: '40graces are convezghed Into thee, and!.are no where elle to be had. And namely, of this benefit of remiflion offumes: Thou haft (faith he) a Lord heene grati?m unto thy Land, &c. Tho~ haft forgi~en all tlmr iniquity ,and Jlfa. 3 j;u/t, coVered t~m jimzr. But theProphet E[at, mollplaznely ; Thepeople'BJ~icb dwelleth m her (chat is, theChurch) tbey fhail ba1Je tbeir iniquity forgiwn.' u b 1 1 Andro end thispoint,the.An,e/lwhen heinterpreteththenameof IEsus ,.,att • .;; • . (!) ' · extendeth It no further than thus, that He jhall fa1Je His people from their jimzes. To them then is the benefit ofremifSion of fins entailed and limiu ted; it is fors San£lerum, anddos Eccleji<(. And they that are of this fJ!!O· rum, have thejr certaine hope thereo£ They that are out of it, pertaine to the fecond fort, of them that have their ftnnes retained. The power of ·1 Cor.~.1I· the keyes reacheth not to them: W'bat ha1Je I to doe 1Pitl1 tl1em tl1at are '1Pit/,. - out (faith the .Apoftle ~)Them that are"'l>ithout, Go o jhalljudge. There. . _ fore, all PagtSns, Infidels, Iewes, andTurkes are without the compaife of IohnS, lof• this ~orum. For "'l>hofobelee)!etb not in Cbrift, whofo is not a·faithfull · Chrillian, jhaO die in hisfimzes, Thar, RepiriBut are all that are within this houfe, thereby parraJ<ers of thisremif. tllnt. · jio11! Is there nothing elfe required : Yes indeed, there is yet another condition requifite, whereby m:any arc cut off, that are within the~otum of the Church. And that is (as our Sa1Jiour Chrift Himfelfe fettech Luk. :<J.+7.; it downe) ~pentance. For, He willeth ~bepen;:nce dud remfiiJ!~on ofd{tnnu to bee preac1Jed in His name : both thefe ; ut '\.epentance rn, an chen remiflion of finnesto follow after. So th~t, the liuner, chat is amember pf the (lmrch, if hee want this, is not of the former, but of the latter .f2!!_0rum. · ' , Th • To retu>ntancetheregoe two things (as'heretofore bath beene entreat at1s, r· r b h d p· ll Feet11be ted more at large.) To inlifl upon the rezem lance ere ma ,e. zr ' "'~•••fRe•d thai he {eele bis chaines and imprifonment, and be grieved With rhem,and &t:k:,an therefore would gladly be let loofe, and difcharged from rhem. And Mat.!I~:8. no otherwife doth our Sa1Jiour Cbri.ftproclaimeit; Thatn~nefhou!~ come to him, but fuel, a; are"'l>eary and!Jea11y laden. For, fentt~~ omuqtll \Jult le1Jari,&ftntiat rvincula qr1i rvultfol1Ji. And no reafon there Is,meanes fhould be made for his enlargemenr,that is well cnou$halready;and ha4 rather be whereHe is, than atliberty abroad. . . ~t ~f~hich ~~~~e~~ ~~i~ di!ifion ~flinners;v~1hic~ ~ake tbl::::.~~
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