VER.Id. Ephefaant,Chap.I. 115 land,Ireland, are inour Kingunited,and all madeone body poliiiticke, fo itis with the members ofChrift in heaven and earth; now being gathe- red under Chrift theirhead,thcy muff needsbe gathered one to another, as fellow members in one and the felfe fame body,Rom.Ia.There being not onely abond from Chrift tous,even the bondofhis fpirit,and from us to Chrifl, even our faith, but abond of love, the bond ofperfeetion, which doth hold us one with another. Let us then to preferve our union,walkewith Chrift, and keepe by yfe I, him : Even as itis in drawing a circle withcompaffe and lines, from the circumference to the Center, fo it is with us ; the more they comenecre the Center, themore theyunite, till they cometo the famepoint ; the further they goefrom the Center in which they are united, the more they runne out one from the other : fowhen we keepe to Chrift, the fleeter we come to him, the -e we unite; but when we runne forth into our owne lulls and private raction, then weareone disjoyned from the other. Againe,we mufl,feeinginChrift ourhead we are joyned,as members Y% z. ofone andthe fame body;therforewemuffbe fo affected each to other, aswe fee members are : Theyenvie not one another, the Foote envierh not the Eye, they communicate each with other ; the Mouth taketh meate,the Stomacke digefteth,the Liver makethbloud, the Eye feeth, the hand handleth, all for the good ofthe whole, they will notrevenge themfelves : if going haffily on foote ftrike the other kg or foote, it will not ftrike again ; they fo beare the burthen one ofanother, that their affe&ion each to other is not diminifhed ; as if the head alce, the bodywill not carry ic, and knocke it here or there, but beareth the in- firmitie, doing it the cafe it may; yea, being well affe&ed toit, no lea thenbefore ; Now that God,who isloveit felfe, teacheth us thefe things. From this that he faith, Allthe things which are in heaven,or inearth.] Dos .5 Obferve, That there is noplace, in which are anymembers belonging to Chrift, but either inheavenor inearth. Thus,Colof..r.the Apoftledid not know any belonging to reconciliation, wrought by the bloudof Chriff, but they wereeither inheavenor earth : TheScripturedoth not know buttwo kindes ofmen;fume beleeving,paffed from death to life, fomeunbeleeving, over whom wrath abiderh;though force have grea- ter faith & fanélification,it mattereth not,degree changeth not the kind; a child is a man,no lefsthena manfor thekind ofhim:Itacknowledgeth not but two ftates;fome as Pilgrimeshere,Wraftlers, Souldiers,runners ofthe race;fomeas at home,having received the crowne,the garlandof vietory:So it acknowledgeth but two Times,the one in this life oflabour which endethin death,Eccleftheother ofreff,afrerthis lifeended;8leffed are they that dye in the Lord,ehey ref?fromtheir Wear : In likemanner two Places, belonging to all faithful' Souldiers ; Theone is earth,in which they are for timeof their warfare: Theother is heaven,where they reff, receiving the crowne,which belongeth to them : Even asthofe materiali ¡tones were either hewing and polifhingin themountaine, or tranfpor- ted
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