izo QKeftions,and Cafes ofConfcience Chap. 30 Yews ( whichhad asgreat priviledges asany Church on earth ever had ) fhould ceafe. Panltellsthe Corinthians, they may come to beno Church, 2Cor, i I.3. and the Church of `Rome, Rom.I 1.20, 21,z 2.the Church of Ifrael, the tenTribes were difcburched,Hof.t.g. Quell. what are the infallible mark" of a trueChurch ? Anfw. Firfl the fincere preachingof the Gofpel : Hence a true Church is def I cribed by it, Rem. 3.2. So Pfal.147.19. Aïf:r4.z3. andwhere the Gofpelceafeth in the fincere preachingof it, they are an undone people, Prey. z9.18. IT: Secondly, True and fincere ufe of the Sacraments, at leaf+ in the fubflance of them : Hence the Church of jnclah is called the Circumcifon, Rom. 3.1. and Sr. Paul defines theChurch under the Gofpel bytheSacraments, `Phi1.3.3 III: Thirdly,A fincere profeffionof the word ofGod, and true ChriflianReligion, either inuprightnefs of heart, or in the judgement of Charity. So t Cor.14.33. So Gal,I.22. All particular Churches are Churches that are inChrift, andChurches of vifible Saints. Iv, Fourthly, True Difcipline, and a rightufe of theCenfures of the Church: But this is only neceffary to the well-being, not tothe effenceofa Church. Cenfures may be wholly negleaed, yea perverted againfl the godly : and yet the Church be a true Church, as Yoh. 9. aa.So Rev.2.18,20, Mr. Fenners Alarm, f cond part. CHAP. i
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