Carnall !...Man efirempedfrom the Priviledgesofthe Church. doth ; their faith is a temporary and vanithing faith, aTree without roots, that faone withers, a dead faith, there is no life and power in it,«oPaving fruit growes upon it. 4 L hrrty, 4. They are eliranged from the liberty of the Church. I Cary. Chrifrs Church and children are Gods w freemen ; and where x aCor.3,17.. the Spirit of the Lord is there is X liberty : Liberty from the pouter offinne, tyranny of Satan, and f rvitudeof the world; liberty toknout God,as theopen eye is free to fee;tomove ,and incline toGod, as the River is free tomove and flow toward 1 theSea ; to beleeve in Gods promife;to receive Chrift, as the foundhand is free to receivethe gift, and free to.love Chriftr as the heart oftheBride is free to love the Bridegrooms : All carnal! men are great firangers to this freedome,they are cap- tives to Satan,fervants to the world, prifoncrs to their owne lulls, bowed downe to the world, like the woman in the Luk,I;. I3. ¡ Gofpeil that had a fpirit of y infirmity, unable to looks up to God, or to the things which are above, as unable todifcerne the thingsofGod, as theblind todifcerne colours, as unable As In.7. towake, in thewayes ofGod, as thedead are unable to walke upon the earth, as fait Phut up in theprifon of Satan,and their owne corruption, as ever Peter was in Herods prifon. f.Wedlocke. 5. They are et{ranged from the Wedloehe of the Church with Chrift. True beleevers arc Chriíls Spoufe, betrothed Eph, S. unto Chrift, z bone ofhis bone, and flefhofhis flefh, one my- flicall Chrift, as man and wife are one matrimonial) flefh ; but carnali men are farre from this wedlocke, they t4e not Chrift unto thenifelves as the husband of their foules, they have not the byeand joyofaS poufs in Chrift, they keepnot Iam.4,4, their foules chafle and pure to Chrifl ; they còmmitfornicatiorr and adultery with ldols,and the world,and are divorced from Chrift, they fhamefully defile themfelves, and make them- felves an abomination in the eyes ofChritt. 6.Reçeivinbs. 6. They are eliranged from the Churches receiving! from Chrift. True beleevers receive of Chriíls fulneffe ; they re- ceive life, and light, and power from Chrift, as theeye re- ceiveth light from the Sun,the branch life from the root, and the body power from the foule ; they receive the Spirit of, 1 Chrilt, and are quickened ; they receive theword of Chrift, and
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