NoSalvationfor carnali man. 371 ters, and Purely they that are without the Church, I meane, without that faith, holineffe, love,and gracious communion, which is proper toGods children >are without falvation.And this is the mifery ofcarnali men living in the Church, and not living the life of them that are the true Church ofChriff indeed, and filch men indeed are a great di{honour to the Church, as fpots in the face, fpotsandhlemifhe.r,as Saint Peter termes them ; a burthen to the Church, as dead members to the body ; a trouble to the Church , as Jonah to the Chip, railing the stormy tempefk of Gods wrath againft it ; and thereforeshould bewiped away, cut off, and call out, by the' cenfures of the Church ; no for everlafting condemnation, >>b but for their humiliation and reformation ; for the gile-' g a Cor.s 5. iraWiion of the Plus, that their .sprit may be faved in the day of the Lord 7eftet, according to the Apoltles rule. This opens the impoPility ofthe falvationofcorrupt and Salvationof carnali men, ad fach, and as long as they continue Etch, for carnal man being fuch, they are aliens to th _ Church ofChrift, to the how impoE'- fpirituall common- wealthof Chri {ts Ifrael. As all that were bk. out ofthe Arke perished in thedelugeof waters : fo all that areout ofthe Church, not living members of this common- wealth, doe peril in the deluge of Gods wrath. Such as are by the power of their prophaneneffe alienated from the Church of Chri{i, the company of them that are effc}u illy called and fandihcd, they are, i. Without God. He that bath not the Church for his i.WithoutGod Mother, hath not God for his Father he that is not of the new jerufalem, whom the Apoftle termes the , Mother ofu4 h Gal 4. z6. all, for her bringing forth children fpiritually unto God ; he that is not ofher, is not ofGod ; he that is not a childe in this fpirituall and heavenly family , is not borneofGod ; there- fore the ApoFle faith of them that are the true members of this Church. ire are no moreßran,gers and forrainert,bstfellow- i Ephef 2..19. Citizens with the Saintt,and ofthe houfhol'AofGod. 2. He that is by his prophaoeneff an alien to the Church .Without ofChrift, is an alien to Chrift ; he that is an alien to the ; Chrilì common-wealth, is analien to the Kin!; he that is not one ofChrifts flocke, cannot have Chrift forhis Shepheard, and . E e 4 with-
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