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V
E
R.
13.
Epbefanr,
Chap.
q..
the
flume
flute
of
the
Church
,
or
frate
fomewhat corrupted,
the
Church
hath
(till
had Teachers.
Now
that the
Miniftery
(hall
be thus
continued ,
doth teach
us,
that
we n:ufr
expel
no
other
kind
of
Ordinance, no revelations
, nor
apparitions, we muff fet our hearts
at
reft,
for we
(hail
otherwife
lofe
our
longing
;
the Pallor
and
Teacher God
will teach
by,
till his
com-
ming to judgement.
Againe, it
is
comfortable to
thinke ,
that though theworld
rage,
and hell break
look,
our
God
will
have
them
that
(hall
teach,
and o-
thers that
(hall
be taught,
unto
the
end
of
the world.
If
the
Minifrerie
doth
continue till it hath
brought the whole body
to
perfeEtion, then wee
mutt not
give it
over
till it
hath brought
us
to
perfe
&ion. Defj
ife
not
prophecy
:Fcrfake
not
the
Levite
all
thy dayer.
The
(tones of
the temple were hewed
in
Lebanon
,
till
they were
fit
to
bee
tranfported to
thetemple: So we
muff neverleave thefè builders, till
we are fitted and
tranflated hence
to
heaven.
The
2.
thing to
be marked
is,
That
as yet
we
cannot
looke
that
there
fhouldbe
aperfeci
unity
in
knowledge,
far
this
is
a
thing
which
we come
not
to,till
we
Jhal
all
tneet
Chrifl
in
the
clouds.
Here the
envious
man
doth
low
tares
of
diffention, and
amongft the deare children
of
God there
may bee great diverfity
of
judgement,
thofe
that
are
perfeët thinke
thus,
others
otherwife. Looke into
the
true
vifible
Churches,
and
you
(hall fee
among them great
difference in
opinions,
as in
the Chur-
ches
of
Jerufalem,
Corinth,
Galatia, about things
indifferent,
juflifi-
cation, the refurreétion.
Which
confideration
may
underprop many
,
who becaufe
of
the
difference
of
opinions,know not
what
to take
to,
thinke tobee
of
no
religion, till
all
are accorded
:
Thefe ftumble
at
that
which
is
the
una-
voydable condition
of
the
Church
militant, and would have heaven
on earth,
a
perfe& unity
before
weall meet.
It
Both anfwer
the Papifls objeétion
againfr us,
touching our
Church,
becaufe
there
is
not
a perfe&r
unity amongff
thofe that
are
the Teachers
of
it
;
but looke above,
T
here
is
one
Faith.
3.
Here it
is
to
be
marked,
What
we
Pall
come
to,
who
are bere
edi-
fied
by
the
miniflery,
we
(ball
come
to
one
uniforme acknowledgement
of
Chrifl.
We
fhagre
him
(faith S.
John)
as be is;
fo
Paul
faith,
wee
(hall
then
know
him
as
we
are
knowne :
walking
by
fight , yea this fight
of
Chrift
(hall
transforme
us
intoglory,
we (hall be
like
him, for
weJbaifee him
as
he
is
: Even
as
the fight
by
faith,
the
more
it
is
,
the more it doth
change
us
into the fimilitnde
of Chris.
Thistherefore
Both
comfort
us,
though
we
now
fee
nothing
as
wee
would,that we
fhal
come
to
that
perfe
t
knowledge
ofC
hrift,to
a per..
fed
man.
4.
Obferve, That
before
we
meet
Chrift,
we
Jhall
not
come to
perfeilion.
We
are
as
snaturalibody,
which
in
two
regards
isimperfeél,
and
in
two
reipeiis
corn
meth to perfeélion.
t.If
493
petit.
tz.i9.
Dori'.
There
will be
no
perfca
uni-
ty
of
in
this
world.
1/fe
r.
It
fhould flay
thofe
which,
waver becaufe
of
the
diffe-
rence
of
opi-
nions.
2.
Dodf.
Wefhallbe
brought
toit
in theworld
Co
tonne.
Joh;.
t
Cor.i;.ti
z.
.
z
Cor.6.7.
R.
Dail.
We
(hall
nor
be perfe et
till
we
n,eetc
Chrin.