362 Communion Withearnd men declined. by the ,Keeper ofthe Orchard, as other Trees are.And for this k Cana.4.ta. the Church is !ilcd a s Garden inclofed, in refbe&-of Gods protection, andprefervat ion of her,in refrrecd of her feparation from them that sire prophane and carnal!, by graceand holy' calling, and for the Churches care and vigilancy,tha noene- miesanvade her, that no uncleane thing, or rtinus pert,ns pollute and dchle her. Andfor thiscat* the Chiarch is tear- a Cor. i ¡.a. med a chafíe virgin, for her internall andexternal! purity, for her holycharity, fòr her fidelity and fervent love to her hus- band Chrif, , for her alienation from the world, fromall ido- latry and falle worship, and for her feparation and diflìn&ion fromall that pollute and defile themfelves with Idols, the world, or any carnali lofts. And the Church is charged to preferve and keep her felfe from all intimate and familiar communion with them that are openly fcandalous and un- m t Ccr. ç 'It, cleane.l have m written untoyou (faith Saint Paul) not to keep company, If any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or adrunkard, or anextor.. tioner, withfuck aone, no not toeat, not familiarly and friend- ly to converfe : He forbids not the exercifeof the neceffary offices of humanity and charity towards them, but the ha- ving of intimate communion with them. And if any man (faith the Apoille to theTheff lonians) obey not our Wordby ?fa Thef. ,r this Epißle, but be rebellious and obllinare againft theholy 3 4 and wholfome Do&rinedelivered, " note that man andhave no company with him : Whereby we fee, that the Lord den es them that are obfinate and carnali, communion with fuck as are truly holy and fpirituall; therecan be no fweet and feemly fellowfhip between common harlotsand chafte vir- s:Cor.6. t 4 gins. What efellowíhip (faith Pan!) hark rip-hreoafneffe withun riQhteoufneffe ? and what communion bath light with dark- nef1.:? Wherefore come :Out from among them, andhe ye fe- laaratWaith the Lord, and I will be a Father untoyou, and ye fhafl be my tonnes and daughters : Carnall men are not fpirituall brethren to them that are Gods children,they are not 6erotten of the fame heavenly parent, they are not united to the fame fpirituall heed, they are not endowed with the fame gracious qualities, and therefore are aliens to Gods formes and
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