[ . 376 ] · As Man is viGble as to l1is Body, and invifib1e as to his Soul, and yet but one Man. It is ·vifi– ble, r. In thar the Subjects perfons are Viftble : 2. The.ir profefi'ion is Vifible : 3. Chrill was Vi~ fible on Earth : 4- He is Vi lible now in his Court of Heaven : 5. He will in vifible Glory comeand Judge them. 6. They i11all fee liis Glory for ever: 7.HisLaws areVifible: 8.His Officers areVi– lible. 9· Many ofhiS' Judgmebts andExecutions are ViGble here: Io. Therefi i11all be fo quickly,and fer ever. . His Church is Invifible , r. In that Chrill: as God was never feen : 2. His Soul never feen: 3· His Office as ro Truth, Right and Authority Invifibie , and .to be believed. · 4. The Souls of the Subjects Inviuble ; 5. Their Sincerity Invifible. 6. And Chrifi now not feen on Earth. 7. Nor Hea– ven and ·Hell feen, where is his great Execution and .Retribution. XXI. ChrW: only is the Specifying andUnifying Form of the Cburch,as Unired to the Matter: And 8ll Chrifiians, Pafiors and People, are but the Matter. · · , They have a fort of Unity in themfelves: They.. are of one Human kind , of one Intere!t; of one 17rofeilion (and Faith and Love if Gncere Jand joyn in one fort of Wornlip, and Aets of Obe– dience to Ghri{t:, But tbey are One Chriflian Ch::rch, or,Body of Chrt{l, only by their Vnionwith Chrijf, and Rel-ation to him their Head and Cen– ter. As rhe Kiogdom of England- bath one fort of Men in our Land, of one Language, &c. But only their Relation to one ·King, makes them one Kingdom. . . . · XXII. The Chtwch or Body of Chrifr when . · - . - full, • . ". .• ' . . Y. - . ' ~" ' ' I
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