( 13z) Rifters ; but in the latter an unfanc1ified man ,'may be a Mini- Her . As there is a difference amongMembers between the rifi- ble andMyflical, ( ofwhich l have fpoken elfewhere, *) So is * Difpute of there between Pallor,. Some have a Title that in foro Ecclefia Right tò or Ecclefia jndice will hold good that have none that is good Sacrt.ntents. inforo Dei ; In one word . the Church is bound to take many a man as A tree Minifter to them, and receive the Ordinances from him in faith, and expectation of a Welling uponpronrife; who yet before God is a finful invader,an ufurper ofthe Miniflry,and (hall be condemned for ir. As in worldly Poffeffions, many a man bath a good Title be- fore men, and at the bar of man, fo that no man may difturbhis Poff'effion, nor take it from hire, without the guilt oftheft, whenyet he may have no good Right at the bar ofGod to julti- fie him in his retention.So it is here. Sect. 6. It is too common a cafe in Civil Governments ( the ignorance of which occafionetla many to beditobedient.) Aman, that invadeth the Soveraignty without a Title, may be no King as tohimfelf, before God, and yet may be truly aKing as to the People. That is, He (lands guilty before God of Ufurpation, and ( till he Repent, and get abetter Title) (hall be anfwerable for all his adminiftrations as unwarrantable : And yet,when, he bath fettled himfelf in Poffeffionof thePlace, andexercife ofthe Soveraignty, he may be underan obligation todo jufliceto the people,anddefend them,and thepeople may be under anobligati- on to obey him and honour him,and to receive the fruits of his Government as a bleffìng. Mens Title in Confcience and before God for Magiflracy andMiniftry) themfelves:are molt to look after,and to juftific;and its oftencrakt andnaught,when their Ti- tle inforo homano may be good;or when the peopleare bound to obey them. And tholemifcarriages or ufurpations of Magiftrates or Miniflers which forfeit Gods Acceptance andBleffing to them- felves , do not forfeit the bleflingof Chrifls Ordinances and their adminifirationsto the Church : For it is theguilty and not the Innocent that mutt bear the lofs. A Sacrament may boas effefual , and owned by God , for mybenefit, when it is from the hand ofa man that Ihall be condemned for adminiflring it, as when it is from the hand of a Saint that bath a better call ; fuppofing flill that I be innocent of his ufurpation or error. S z This
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