4to. Chap.S. ACotrr»seestariempon faith and confcience is free. I anfwer, though faith in the heart and confcience in it felfe be. free inrefpeet of mans authoritie s yet is not the publifhing of faithand the profef ion ofconfci- ence free in like fort , but it !lands Cubic& to the power of the MagifIrate. The third rule. Euery rrsan inhis place, fpecial/y teachers msfl fit themfeliues to Guildthe C'hurch.Iud.v. z o.Eph.4. i z. Indeede' the truth is to be defended : but marke how. The truth mull' be confefI-ed, when time and occafion ferues , without appatl.I Lion: this done all contentions laid afide, wemull fèt our felues to tobuild the Church. And the rather Miniflers of Gods word in England .mull remember this:bccaufewhile we are flriuing among our felucs in fundrie points of difference, thePapi& our common enemie, gets ground. Touching citi/lpeace ,it mull be remembred,that thepeace 13 and good eflatcofIerufalem flood in this, that it was made the feate of Gods fanmmuarie, and the throneof iuflice. Pfal. t 2z. When the Arke was in the horde of Obed-Edom, all things prospered with him. Now in the newTef}assent the preach. ing of the Gafpe! , inuocationofGods name, with the vfcof 20 the Sacraments, come in the roome of the Sanfluarie. E'iuill peace then is .maintained , when menyeeld fubie&ion to the Gofpel ofChriil, which brings peace to all that receiue it. Touching bon(boldpeace, I gite two rules. One is, thatgo. oternours off.miluci mu ti yráe and camped all under them toad- 21 mitt,(at the leaf! óutwvardly.)thhe praElife of religion in the exercufei offaith,.repentance, new obedience. Thus did Abraham, Gen. z 7. and Iofìta, c. 24. They that doenot fief!' of all content in Chrifl, cannot content among themfelues.Secondly,it muflbe obferued, that a familie is the fchoole ofGod, in which he will 30 exercife our faith, inuocation , lone, patience, long- fuffering, &c. And there is more vertue to be feene in the well ordering ola ffymitie,then in the pretended holinesof Mankifhciaiilcrs. Thuswe fee how we are to maintaine the vnitie ofthe Spirit in the bond of peace. For the better inforcing of this dulie, 3f Paul Eph.4.4. Piucs feauen reafons : one bodte, one fpirit, one , hopeof eternall life, one Lord-, one faith, one baptiftne, one' father ofall. It may be faid,we are at peace,what needes all'this adoe ? Anf. The peace ofmany is peace in drunker nes,(callt.d good fellowfhip,)peace in prophanes,and wickednes, This is' the.
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