352 Chap.4. ACemmentarie vpen 6er.r bat one 6odie, t.Cor.12.12. Fourthly,hcncewe gathcr,that the Catholike Church is in. vifible.For thecompante ofthem that dwell in heauenby their faith,cannot be (Warnedby the cic.lohn law thebeauenly le rufalem defcending from heauen, yet not with thebodily eye, but infpirit,RZeuel. z r. t o.The things which make the Catho. likeChurch to be the Church,namely,elcftion,vocation,iufli. fication,glorification,are inuifible.The papitl thcrforc erreth, whenhe teacheth,thattheCatholike Church is a vifiblecom. panic vnder one Paflour , namely thePope. And the places which they bring to prooue the vifibilitie of the vniucrfall Church,concerne either particular churches , or the churches which were in the dales ()Nile Apoflles,or againe,they fpcake ofthe inward gloric,and beautie of the Church. Free] that is,rcdeemed from the bondage ofdeath and fin: andCo from the curieofthelawc.Of this freedome I will (peak more afterward. Themother ofv.r all]fhee iscalled amotber,becaufe the word ofGod is committed to the keeping of the Church , which word isfeed, r. Pet. r .2 i .andmilke, r.Cor. 3.2. andßrengmeat, Heb. 5. t4.Andthe church as amother,which by the miniflery ofthe laidword,brings forth children toGod, &after they are borne & brought forth, thee feeds them with milkeout of her ownebreath , which are the Scripturesoftheolds and newt Teflament. Here a great queflion is tobe propounded, namely, where we !hall find this our Mother? For itis the dutie ofall children to haue recourfevnto their mother,and to huevnder herwing. Thè aduocates of the Popifh Church , Netts and Iefuits,fay, we mull be reconciledto theChurch and SeeofRome, if we would be ofthe Catholike church.. To this purpofe they vie many motiues, I will here propound feauen of them: becaufe heretofore they haue bin fcattercdabroad amongvs. The firil matiue. The Church of Rome hathymeanes of lure and certen interpretation tradition, councels, fathers:we haue nothing but the private interpretation ofLuther,Melan- flhon,Caluin,&c. Anfw. Scripture is both theglofle and the text; And the principal( manes ofthe interpretation of fcrip- ture,isfcripture it fclfe.And it is a means,when places offal!). turnare expounded by the Analogic offaitts,by the words, fcopc, 5 10 1s 20 25 30 3s
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