(6) plenifhed withal. And is it any wonder if men queftionwhe- ther they are from Heaven or ofMen ? _ For my part, I lookupon it, as one ofthe greateft mercies that God hath bellowed on any profeffed Chriftians in thefe latter Ages, that he hath by the Light and knowledge of his Word, difentangled the Souls and Confciences ofany that do believe, from all Refpe& and Truft unto fuch Churches, difcovering the vanity oftheir pretences, and wickednefs of their pra&ices, whereby they openly proclaim themfelves to be cfMen,and not from Heaven.Not that he hathled them off from a Church-State thereby,but by thefame wordreveal- ed that to them which is pure, Pimple, humble, holy, and fo far from giving occafion unto any of the evils mentioned, as that the admittance of it will put an immediate end un- to them all : Such Thall wefind the true and Gofpel Church- State to be in the followingDefcription ofit, He that comes out of the Confufion and Diforder of thefe humane (and as unto fome ofthem,helli:h) Churches; who is delivered from this myfteryof iniquity, in darknefs and confufion, policies and fecular contrivances coming thereon, to obtain a view of the true, native Beauty, glory, and ufe of Evangelical Churches, will be thankful for the Greatnefs of his Deli- verance. Whereas therefore for many Ages, the Church of Rome, with thofe claiming under it, and depending on it, was efleemed to be the only true Church in the World ; and no- thing was ep_eemed fo highly criminal , not murther, 7rea/on nor lnce/1,as to thinkof, or to aflert any other Church- State, it was impoí fib e that any wife man not utterly infà- tuaed, could apprehend a Church, any Church whatever to be ofDivine Institution or Appointment : For all the evils nirltioned, and others innumerable, were not only occaf- o led i v it, but they were effe&s of it, and infeparable from its State and Being. And ifany other Churches alto, which, altough
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