Carnall man an Alien to the Héad. 1 363 and daughters. And P without (faith Chr ) are dlgs and P R"'" I 5 forcerers, and Whoremongers and murtherers and idolaters and Whofeever liveth and uaakth a ye: thef are without, with- out the number ofhods holy and fandified Church and peo- plc, without the Prerogatives granted to Gods gracious chil- dren, without the company ofthe Citizens ofthe new Jere- farmhere, and without glory and happinefl'c hereafter ; and offuch S. yohn faith cxprcfly,,hoaiever they havea place with- in the Church, yet they are not of the Church, They went q outfrom stt, but they were not ofus, for ifthey had been of us, qt Ioh.z 29. they wouldno doubt have continued with us, but they went out that they might be made manifeff that they were not all of us. CH AP. XII. Laying elouvne thegrounds ofcarnal,/ mans alienationfrom the true Church of Chrif. THe alienation of profane men from the true Church of Chrift is manifeft. i. By their alienation from the Head of the Church; Grounds of a. they are ftrangers to Chrift, they r hold not the Head (faith lienation from the Apoltle) from which all the bodyby joynts and bands (hrff arch of having nourtlhment miniftred, and knit together encrea- The head. feth with the encreafe ofGod; they hold not Chrift, but r col. :.ts. arc firangers to the s lafe of Chrifi, as withered branches s âph 418, are ftrangers to the life of the root, Chrift doth not live in them ; they are firangers to the t knowledge of Chrift, as blind men are f}rangers to the light of the Sunne, the light fhineth in the darkneffe, but the darkneffe compre- hendeth it not, the Gofpell is hidden to them; they are ftrangers to the dominion of Chrifi, he doth not.rcignefpi- ritually within them, though they profeffe they know Chrift, yet they he reprobate and u difobedient to every zr it..x6. good workc ; they are ftrangers to the holy and gracious T pre-
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