Carnall men Aliem te the trueChurch. I 36 Y in thepale of thevi6hle Church, as the uncleanebeafts with- in the Arke; ye thtyare alto aliensto this common-wealth, aliens to that holy and e:feauall vocation wherewith this common - wealth is called, aliens to theheavenly and favmg pozieftfthat Wordand Sprrit,by which this common-wealth is ruled and guided, aliens to that foveet and gracious Com- munion which the members cf this common- wealth have with Chrift by faith, and among themfelves by love; and this isone great md'ery of all corrupt andcarnali then, being without Chrift , they are ado aliens to the common-wealth of his Ifrael; as he that is an alien to the King, is an alien to that common-wealth which is under the King. Whence ob- ferve, That, Allprophaneandcarnallperfons are a.'iens to the true Church of Doil. Chrifi and all the'primalpriviledges therof. The Lepers under theLawwere excluded the camp, f paeated from the fociety ofcleare perfons, brewing the effec4 of the Law in !inners, which driveth them from the communion of God and his people, till by repentance and faith they come unto Chrift ; and allo figuring the putting and excluding of all uncleane (inners, from the Church of Chrift , and the priviledges thereof, according to the charge of the Apoftle, put a0a1 g from amongyour felvet that wickedperfon. Adam eating the g t Cor. f,i3 forbidden fruit was deharr'd from theTreeofLife, and shut out of the Garden of Eden : Thepofterity of Adamfeeding . upon the forbidden fruit offinne, making a trade and.pra$ife of finne, are excluded fromChrift, the true Tree of Life, and flint out of the Church ofChrift, the inclofed Carder ofwhich Chrift is theKeeper and dre(fer. Hence prophanc men living within the.pale ofthe Church,are likened to h chafemingled h Mat.; 'mong the wheate in the floore, which though it be among the wheate, yet it is not of the wbeam : l o a man at the wedding feaft, vrithout a' wedding garment, who thogh he iMac.xz.rs. wasamong theguefts, yet he was not of the tiumber of the true and welcome guefls, and therefore was caft out, as ha- vingofright no place there ; and to thornes andbryars,which thou, h they fometime grow within the Orchard-, yet are not Trees ofthe Orchard, not planted, watered, and manured by
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