and Priviledges ofthe Church. f 367 ches, as the head in the members, they walke in new- I Tim s. neffe of life, they live to God and Chrift; but carnallmen Rev.3.z. are dead in finnes, dead whiles they live like the wanton widow, though they profefl'e Chrift and are reputed the members of Chrift; yet with the Angell of Sardis, they have but only a name that they live, they are fpiritually dead indeed. z.Light. a. They are eftranged from the/isht ofthe Church, though they have the fame light of Datrine fhining on them, which ¡nines on Gods children, as the blind hath the fame, light (billing on him, that ¡hines on fuch as have their eyes open; yet they fee nothing of God and Chrift clear-1 ly and comfortably by it, the t tefimony tit bound up, and t Ifa.8.1 . the Law it Paled among the Difciples. Such alone as are taught of God, have the cleare and faving knowledge of his will and coanfell. The myftery ofgodlineffe is tocar- nall men like Sampfons riddle to the Philiftines, they can- Iudg 14. not interpret it without the helpe of Gods Spirit, it is a _Prange language which they underfkand not, a uPealed booke. u Ifa.zg. t 1. which they cannot open ; carnali men live in great blind- neff under plentiful) meaues of Knowledge, They Rumble at the noon-day as at the midnight. 3. They are eftranged from the faith of the Church ; ;,Faith, their Faith like jeroboams arme is withered, they cannot = King 13 4; lay hold upon Ckrtft, they cannot buildupon Chrift, as the 10/ man built his houfe upon the Rocke : Their foules are not rooted in Chrift, as the tree is rooted in the Earth ; they doe not cleave to Chrift ,`as the heart of the wife Ilea- veth to the Husband, as fometime the men of yudah clave 2 Sam 20.1. toDavid ; theydoe not Tingle out Chrift, and take him to themfelves as their Rocke, as their glory, as their ftrength and refuge, they doe not betake themfelves to Chrift, as the chickens betake themfelves to the Hen, the Bees to the hive, . theConies to the Rock, and as the men that were in debt, diftrelfe and difcontent betook themfelves to David, and a Sam.zz.z. made him their Captaine ; they doe not flay on (brig, put on and apply Chrifl unto themfelves, and themfelves to hrift, asthe Church and childrenofGod doe,as theSpoufe ofChrift .Eez doth;
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