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Ephefiltns,Chap.
2.
V
E
R.
li.
Doff.
enta,
chief
bonds
of
the
Churches
""10"'
Ili.
tire
satra-
=AN
for that
purpofe.
the
profeffors
of
Chrift Jells
;
frrfi
Difciples,
which at
tntioch
was
fitly, and with
the
confeflion
of
the mouth which tendeth to
falva-
tion , changed
to the
name
of
Chriflians , and this
continued.
The
Apoftle therefore, when men would bring
in
new
heads
of
families
after
theirs, dealeth roundly againft
them
,
r Cor.
r,
r
s,
13. (hewing
why they were
not
thus
to
diftinguifh
themfelves one from another,in
regard
of
fuch
to
whom they
did
adhere;
and juftly
;
for,
(hall we be
fuch
as
are
in
one
body,
and
one fpirit, one
hope
of
calling, one Lord,
one Baptifine,one
God
the Father;
may
not
one name ferve
the
turn
What
if
there be fome
acceffary differences ,
Tall
they
be able
to
change
the
name? The
better,
not the greater part
muff give the
denomination
:
Therefore
it is
lamentable, to
fee
how
full
the
Chri-
ftian
world
is
of
names importing
difference
;
of
Puritans,
Formalifis,
Calvinifis,
Lutherans
:
The
Gentiles called the people
of
God
one
name,
the
people
of
God
called
them another.
But
let
not
us,
who
are
all
his
people,
have diverfities
of
names one for
another
;
if
ye bite
one
another, and devour
one
another,
take heed ye
be
not confirmed
one
of
another,
Gal.s.
a
g.
And
it is
pity there
is no
more
kifling
of
the
main
thing
in
which we confpire,
and mutual!
toleration
of
leffer matters,
in
which many
are diverfly
minded;
for
in
fome cafestoleration
may
be
ufed
without
fin:
Phil.3.i5.4s
many
as
beperfec`l,be
thus minded;and
if
ye
be
otherwi
fe
minded,God
fhaI
reveal
even thefame
unto
you
:Which
I
fpeak
out
of
the
fimplicity
of
my judgernent,not defirous
to
give the
leaft
wipe
on
one fide,
or to
infinuate on
the other. Thefe
names
are
naught,
they
are
breaches
of
the Commandement;
and as
they
are
bred
of
variance,
fo
they chcrifh.difl'ention, which
is
the
viper that
ea
tech
throughthe
bowels
of
the
Church
:
It
is
the
folace'tlf the
ene-
mie, open
or
fecrer; let us
therefore bury them.
Again you mull mark,that amongft many things which might
have
been chofen , this
is it
that
makcth
the
different denomination ,
even
Circumcifion.
Whence obferve,
?bat
the Sacraments
of
the Church are
princi,aall
bonds
of
the
onion
ofit
:
The
not communicating
in
them,
a
molt
ípe-
ciall difference,
i
Corinth.
ri
o.13.
We
are all baptized into
one
Spirit.
When the
A
oltle E
he zaps
reckoneth
up
the grounds
of
unit
this
is
one main
one,
B
ptifine:
And
we
fee
here,
that the
conjun-
&ion
of
Gods people,
and
their disjunetion
of
thofe that
were not,
are fet
down from communicating
in
Circumcifion.
There
are many
ends
of
the Sacrament; for
they are
feats
of
the Covenant, they
are
bonds obliging
us
to
thankfull
obedience, they
are
coards
of
love,
and notes
of
diftinetion
:
And fo was this of Circumcifion
ordained
to
diftinguifh
the
people
of
God from
others
uncircumcifed.
This then
muff
be
a
ground
of
knitting,
even unity
in
Sacraments,
becaufe
though
many
,
yet
we
are
one
bread,
one
body,
I
Cor.
r
o.1
7.
We
arc
baptized
into
one
Chrifi lefus.
Again
,
we fee
how Chriftendom doth
diftinguifh us
from
all
Turks, Pagans,
all
without. Yea,
in
this
point the Papifts
and we
differ,