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V
.
g;
épfiefians,
Chap.z:
accompanved
with
abjeEtnefre
of
heart,but
as it
Both
moft
times
from
a
fpirit
of
(loath, joyned with prefumption;
if
we from
there
grounds
fhuftle
up
our prayers,withour power andlife,
God
will
certainly
pu
nub
our
prophaning
his
name,
with letting
us fall
into
fome 'Mae
which
(hall
awaken
us
with fmart enough.
To
deteft
the
prophaneneffe
of
fuch mock
-Gods,
as
make
jells
at
3.
being men
of
the
fpirit
:
See lude
a
e.
It
Both
aflureus
that
we
(hail
obtaine
wich
God:
God knoweth
the
4,
[enfe
of
his
owne fpirit,
and acknowledgeth
the longing which
his
fpi-
ritftirreth
up in us.
VER.
19.
Now therefore
yet
are
no
more
flrangers
and forreiners,
Vs
R,
9.
but
citizens with
the
Saints, and ofthe
houJlseld
of
God.
Hiving proved, that Chrift
was
their
peace
or
the
maker
of
them
neareto
God
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
did
but prove
and
more fully
declare
what
in
that
verfe
was
affiirmed:
the proofe reacheth
hither,
the
amplification
to
the
end
.Now
he
fetteth
down their
condition.
r.
By
denying that which
Mcthod
they were
not. 2.
By affirming
that which they
were.
,3.
pee
layeth
downe the ground
of
their new efìate
in
their being
builded
on
Chrift the
foundation:
for
this hath the force
of
a
reafon. 4.
lice
proveth Chrift the corner
ftoneor
foundation from
the
ufeofit,Iayd
downe
in
general! and
fpeciall.
Touching the
fir((,
there
three thingsare to be marked.
r.
What
is
the di(tinftion
of
thefe twos a forreiner and
a
((ranger.
a. How they
canbe
raid
to
be Inch , when
Peter
and
David
and
vlbraham
confefre
is
of
the faithfull.
3.
Why
the Holy Ghoft doth
inculcate it unto
them.
For the firft,we
muff
know
that
the
city and
houle
of
God
is
vifr-
Q
i
f`gr,
53nó f
blc
and invifible: fo
confequently the being
a
ftranger,
or
fojourner
forro
nen.
here
is
external!
or
internal!.
Now
theoutward
was
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
the
Holy Ghoft to
deny their utter eftrange-
ment,but he Both
it
by
denying the
kinds ,
which
are found
in
out-
ward converfation.
There
are
in cities
three kindes
of
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
a
city,
but
is
not
priviledged ,
bath
not
freedome.
Now
the
Apo
((le
fetting
downe their
fpirituall eftate
by allution
to
citizens, doth
likewife deny
their
fpirituall eftate be-
fore
fet
downe
at
large,by
allufron
to
Each
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
live
amongft
them,for
thefe
were citizens,and Gods hou(hold,and therefore cannot bee thus op-
pofed.
E
e
3
2.
This