'\ . 2.16 / ·\ dn 8xp0jition ')Jp'ott- ;-,,,f. 1 ,_ • This Pau>praC\if~d, who oft.on humbleshim- A lhouldde.peud, astllc Pap·i'll•w:u;;;-h:iilti<; 11·. - • ,,c.,.,,. fdfe, ond C3lhhunfdfe • rhderfl;oJa/lothe A_- would kuow·of cht".'-wlfy loh?!fzd:t.y.h in I b l.Tim.'.i-.. poftlu, yea, rbe b chufo~fall Jimurs.: yet whet! thedcdacattonof thtsbook' ... ,,hi<"h'cont'Mi1etl .~t'hc c'redit of his Apc>flldhip C:unjnto queftlO, matten1cedfttll fotall·Chur~hes to khow .. ' 1 1 • thea: he fcrs uur himfclf.~,fhcwing-hc was·a till . Grac~"'/Jee with 7oH,yt},J4puufromhtm~h;ch . ! .Apo!lle, one o£ ·the chacfe., and_aboue thoft J.J, a·,Idw!Jich~M, andwhiuh i,·tocumt: and {rorrt tl,_v-·h.ich did falfcly calhhcmfClucs fo,as \\'C may the{eHenfpiritswiH'chare/,eforthis thrMe.~ Here , 1.cor. 9.1,; find 'in·both of his' EpifHcs to'thc Corinthi~-; bcginsl/olmtfalutadbn ofthevii.Cbur.chcs.Sa;. ~Cor.u.1. ,~~ns~. ' . • ,.I.:... · ,, · : hl~a_tio_ns,bC of ~wo forts, CiHiO~ an~ rtligi~uJ.. : \ .• .S.ccondly; the perfons tofwho.m.c he!wrotci CJHttl, JS th3;Wh1Ch men vie ordmanlyone tO j-F.~r-:.-rhcftaum Cbu~chcs m .Afia: conc~rning ano~her,~·ll11ing hcalth,wclfar~,and fu·ch JikC~ ;1 th,::m nQtC. two thmgs : fidb,. bee ~ntcs to RtltgioUI~ iS'~hat which is peel!liar an,J.- Jlrop.c' , 1 ~,Cburch~s,.fccondly, eo the Churches 10 .Afio, vmo the Chu"h, (omprchcndiog in it abene> 1 1\or.(bc_firll:whrwrices hew.<he Churches,ra diCii?in al(o, And fuch ischi'i-hcrc .•'fed hys. 1 ch,cr rhceo the Chu~ch, fccmg<hC« IS b,u<·<en• f•hn, It may alfo be called Appjlo/ica/1: p<u~ic ·i-""5IYCothohckcChur<h? .Anf The Chuuh , B "" fu.vfuaUWit~ chcrn tll chcir·Epif\l•s: •l\nd I may be conlidcrcd dtucrs waycs;~firH, as tt ts they vfcQ it the rathcr,·bccaufe it is fo cQrr-cf.l : _t~c·Who)c comp3nie ?f th~ eleCt.~ [oit i£-~Ut ponrlen;t to their minifiery:which flo~d;jn·_t-Wq ~ 9~:Ccc~ndlf,as the ia_me 1spartcdi~to ~cucral t~~ngs~:firft,, inpr~ach111g, which is rh~ miniae.. ... :1.br~nchcs and compames,on~ p~rthc1n~ 10 o~~ tiC of graceand'rccoociliation,thc th"ings.hcre j :~<?,Ulltrcy, and onother part .tn fome o<h<(, d~fir~d1 fccondly,mpr<J<r, whe.cto l><long4d ;1-Whc:rin.alfoeucry ~cUeral·~Qngtbgation,pro~ the"dUt~cbf bcncdi~tioJ~,co prOnouncea.blefl ! f~{ljng th<'G~{pcl) ts aporttcular·Church.Anft fing. vpon 'the pcopl<: as did the prtills.in !\•f<>;tbere •>:~•~b~ n\any Churchh~al ofthem be- ~heir mtnill~ocion vndcr th<>law,N~,;;6,: ZJ-• l ·i~S tncnlbeu olro~e Cachn!t~kGhurch:As the and our Sa ut our Chullwich h11 Arolllcs,whcn f~f~soncly ot\e;.yec it conftf\etltofJu•»yparrs., they.prcnchcd chc GofpCI; an4 as eoe•y <)lini- _·.w·h.ic'h uking.~ t\1cir' names ·of-: thc'' Cou:t~triCs ficr l11ould doe to his v-holc cong:-C'g3l!oil,bc.. IJIIlrcreco they adioyne, arc called fo·many par.. 'forc.chey-depott. And this is olfo ili~ludcd in l$kulor (cos;·.~s,chcEn?lifh fca,che Spanifh fc~, C this falucation: for hereby ch~y bldfedthofc 'I French, ltaltan;Sc.otttlh Soas,Jllc. And ofpor" ~hurchcscowbomchey d..t wri«: . ; Eic!f!3r~hurc.!1cs n"\u~l~~"""'be v~de~f!ood 111 Buc to C()mc to th~ w~rds, wh1~h be moft ·, 'th'h !>lace, ~· \\ • ' · . •· • excellent, and contatnctn them the fumme<>f tj ,. Now lokn'chu(c~h fathl'f~o )\{i\C.'PChu~- the Gofpcl. GrAct, in Scripturc fignificcb ewe> : 1 dres tlTen tli~alti~ular1 men, Fir!l?bcc.au(e'ch~ t_hings:fid.\, Godsfauour: fc~ondly;loni~ gift : q~~~'bf<\,>jf,bo;>t>kpo~rcot)C~"!ct~ fhe-9\tu'rc). _of God freely bcllowod,Now here toy Grace is ~~iqg ol?ropheH~•!\'Hy(torie, tou<hing the .mcont n6tany particular gift of God, bt:c,.~e l t\lc't: df tlf~tGt~feh tP ell~ cii4'S.<tbndly,>bti;_ gra<ious.fauour and g~dwil ofGod,wlierby ..caufc p~rtia1la.r ~G~u~chc1., ~ \\tic~ b~.,~rt).,e ~eacccpts offomc ip Chr-ifi.~f~rhis ownc:for ic 'll,em'Oecs 61\\l~ ~odioltclJc-·~f,urcli;:>are· t1>e tshcre oppofed to pea<e, a gtfcof.gracc, apd ,Ril,~" .•nd ~\>~\>(l'<>f1~ruth,l~T~n,l· H. J\n.~ cbcroforc,t:!nn. ot fignific.<he lame thin~: +~ '" !"he CHurcH1i '!O'c!iled,·n·oc tMG Her autbonut. · Now-marke; S..fohn m thiS falutauon·.:be• is 3bouc the w~r:4:,el\t: fi;f!'i::,qcsa~f~ j(i~·\l!f · gins-v.'i~h·gtace;-btcaUfO i~ is the'fou"rut~tiop of mafurc houfe whcrei!tthc Scriptures arc ~re- I oll ~apptnelfcand·of<oll Goc4 bic!lingS>what. leiucdj_ fi·oin:'o.~e"i<>ks~l '~gilitlfithe rage of! . foerlor ,q,;·~re,and akth~tv.:eha.~e;is<~rk~, ~odseneri!le's, S~tbridly>'b'C\:5ilfot~e <'.hur.cn our el.el\~on~rcdcmldon; v·oc~pop;!u!Hiicall;:• -giHbS( 1 te'!\iiiiOrli·e•todie trtit\idef"GOds wohf.. e'n,aAd rtlnClificarion;ouf faith and.teptot!mteJ "Ahii ikirdly)b'eeo6fe.]t pltbi\lfteth the ni.thof andMI•preferuaci.on in drero;!!>othptob:edc Gbds worOhy ~ertiie of th~~~~fdin'aric ~ni:.. 1 from ,this foumairc of-G~s:frce g!,2~e:!t .1s the lleriCwhtch'GOa barb ofdaindhb.:rein, '".. D beginning, and end'e of all; yea wJSa]l.tncal! ·H~.ec·~ndlf,:in ~h·c.de~ic~ti"oh .3fthi~ booke:. jn th eri'fat{~rnfour faJUari6; fir:fi: wemu~l1aue ~ffiong a! !"'ttieul:irChurches'God direCts !rim thisl·and:t?.<n we ma)' .Jook_e for allf<herJbl;f• tbmak<:cROi{e;;fthofcfcucn_ inAila;flod~u~ fing~. I :"{H1 • . . -.' ~ ·. ,'.·~;?! ~·· :'~ for fp~·clal\'eauJ:<',Firll,be'ca!;'{e~l'ley were tlren ·' .Awd:Pra~t. Ftact-ts<akcn funa'Y'w~y•s.tn ri\afi f.imous G.~·ur;c1•'es,:iS tl\oclrapttfs fo~lo~• , the 6cripulre; firfi,for '-velfarc. ond good fucfa~·anil che'HY,'IIories ofthd:lkutch dopl~in:. .effilln things oftfus ;vorld by Gods ble!liog, lv'H.cVI, stJ<orl~ly,chat cl\t c\llllhg 0 F,h'e Geh~ Exod:;}S. 7_. M•fos and•iftth~~ faluring', •aske tiles eo thdfght ofche·Gofpel;which lo.ngJbC!. ·e~ch •rhe: oftheirpeaet '·that_<S,.of~.t<wclfar~; (ore had bin•fdftrdld 1nii.ht •be.rnorc·e<udcn~: and fo tt IS panly cake~ mthiS placc.Sccohdly, fo·rhere che!dv'es.,;paife~by;& cbc:.Gcnti~ for cha.<~nitic an9 bldfed.:oncordwhi~h istn ((ot"vnto. c,". ,,,l -, ~rF ;.;, •· · ; ;".• -thekingOomc of Cod,among<Sods·ch!'~.ClrC'~: "'·_tallly 1 We'hlayher< obftY-u_t, ThatiS. lohM .aqd fo.'idnlpccially eak-en~here, Ana mthtS kt~ew·no p,reroga7iu~ <?fthe chU~ch·of~ovn~:a-. f~ncc Jt h:n;1 ~x par.ts,·euc-ry one whcrco:1s..a boueoilhcl' (;hut<hcs · for •if it were the m~ moftJWotthy Dlcffing.~ ·· · cl1er'Chur_~h, v.ihcre~n all 01h~r Churches 1 - 'The fir(! ispeacewichGod:whichH, "hen we
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