350 Carnalimen Aliens to the true Church. and their repentance,is a workevery pleating unto God and herein weprove inttruments of the greateft honour, gaine, and comfort toour fellow brethren. O therefore ! as we are all one common-wealth, let us labour the good of this our common-wealth, Let Magiftrates and Minihers be to the Church like the fiery pillar to Ifael, a light, and a defence; Let Miniters like Bees make the honey, compote fweet and wholefome Doarine; gathered from the flowers growing in the garden ofthe tacred Scriptures, and fo frame it that it may be fweeter then the honey or the honey-combe unto the palateof the Church; and let Magittrates like hives preferve thishoney of wholfome Do`frine, that nothing doe adulte- rate it; Let Minihers by the executivepower ofthe Word and !Sacraments, and Magiltratesby their directive and coadive power derneane themfelves to the great behoofe and benefit of Gods Church ; and as Mofes and :Aaron brought fral out of Egypt, fo let both Magilirate and Minifter labour the fpi- rituall and corporali freedorneof the Lords people : And as every member, joynt and finew in the body naturali, per- formes his office for the goodof the whole : fo let Christs members from the higheft to the lowett, according to their feverall places, Rations andabilities, promote the welfare of Christs Church and fcrvants. CHAP. XL 'TreatingofCarnal!mans "IlienationfromChriIs Church , He fecond thing is the Exemption of all prophane men from this common-wealth, from the Churchof Christ, and all the lj irituall prerogatives and priviledges belonging thereunto. The gentiles before the comming of Chrift were altogether aliens hereunto , having no place at all in this common -wealth : Prophane men fince the comming cf Chri1 , though they be in thiscommon-wealth,living with- in
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