V . g; épfiefians, Chap.z: accompanved withabjeEtnefre of heart,but as it Both mofttimes from a fpirit of(loath, joyned with prefumption; if we from theregrounds fhuftle upour prayers,withour power andlife, God will certainly pu nub our prophaninghis name, with letting us fall into fome 'Mae which (hall awaken us with fmart enough. Todeteft theprophaneneffe of fuch mock-Gods, as make jells at 3. being men of the fpirit : See lude a e. It Bothaflureus that we (hail obtaine wich God: God knoweth the 4, [enfe ofhisowne fpirit,and acknowledgeth the longing whichhis fpi- ritftirrethup in us. VER. 19. Now thereforeyet areno more flrangers and forreiners, Vs R, 9. but citizens with the Saints, and ofthehouJlseld ofGod. Hiving proved, that Chrift was their peace or the maker ofthem nearetoGod and one another:he taow commeth to amplifytheir coc- dition:for I told you in thethirteenth verfe,that the Apoftle to the end of this chapter didbut proveand more fullydeclarewhat in that verfe was affiirmed: the proofe reacheth hither, the amplification to the end .Now he fettethdown theircondition. r. Bydenying that which Mcthod they werenot. 2. By affirming that which they were. ,3. pee layethdowne the ground oftheir new efìate in their being builded onChrift the foundation: for this hath the force ofa reafon. 4. lice proveth Chrift the corner ftoneor foundation from the ufeofit,Iayd downe in general! andfpeciall. Touching the fir((, there three thingsare to be marked. r. What is the di(tinftion ofthefe twos a forreiner and a ((ranger. a. How they canbe raid to be Inch , whenPeterandDavid and vlbraham confefre is of the faithfull. 3. Why the Holy Ghoft doth inculcate it unto them. For the firft,wemuff know that the city and houle of God is vifr- Q i f`gr,53nó f blc and invifible: foconfequently the being a ftranger, or fojourner forro nen. here isexternal! or internal!. Now theoutwardwas thus to bee con- ceived: the Church of the Jewes was onely the Church of God; force that were inwardly of it, there outwardly le(fe priviledged. Now it is the fcope of theHoly Ghoft to deny their utter eftrange- ment,but he Bothit by denying the kinds , which are found in out- ward converfation. Thereare in cities three kindesof perfons: ((ran- gers, forreiners, and citizens. r. A ((ranger is ope that commeth; and his occalions ferved, returnerh to his home. a. A forreiner is a ((ranget that maketh dwelling in acity, but is not priviledged , bath not freedome. Now the Apo((le fetting downe their fpirituall eftate by allution tocitizens, doth likewife deny their fpirituall eftate be- fore fet downe at large,by allufron toEach kindes as we may obferve among(( our [elves: It is notto deny themto be Inch as come up to worrhip, or fuch as being Profelytes did liveamongft them,forthefe were citizens,and Gods hou(hold,and therefore cannot bee thus op- pofed. E e 3 2. This
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