258 VERSE 2. Ioh. t 1.4R. Rotn.87. Hebaz. 3. Ad. I 3.45% Aet.18.13. Gal.r.ts. Matih 5.zz. 2 Cor.3.4. Pet.1.3. Heb.4.2. Thcfra.r3: Eph.412. Efai.15.3 t. The ellaaryls °Ione Power. emerrama11M1 that rejesethChritt , doth never receive his word. A fleffily heart cannot fubmit unto a heavenly Do6rine. Chria and his Apoilles did every where endure the contradiaion oflinners. But yet hee claimcdithis ho- nour over the confciences ofmen to over-rule their ac- fents againa all the mitts , and fophiflicall reafonings of the flea). The Apottles themfeives preached nothing but'either by immediate commitfion from him , or out oftheLaw and the Prophets. But his ufuall forme was, fierily lifoiy :intoyou, noting that hee oncly was unto the Church theAuthor and fountaine of all heavenly Do&rine, that unto himonely belongeth that authori-- tative and infallible Spirit which can command the fub- feriptionand agentofthe confcience, that hee onely can faywith boldneffe to the foule, as bee did to the Sama- ritan woman 73eleeve mee. And that thereforeno au- thority either ofmen, or Churches,either Epifcopall,Pa- pall,or Synodicall can without open facrilege ufurpe po- werto over-rule the faithamen, or impofeany imme- diateand Doarinall neceflityupon the confcience inany points which are not ultimatelyand diftinaly refolv'd into theevident authorityofChria inhis word. S. Pod hitnielfe dura not airtime Dominion over the faith of men nor-`S. Peter neither fuffer any Elders `(amonga whom bee reckoneth hinfelfe as an Elder alfo) swam.- veve,,,to over-ride,orpreicribeunto the heritage ofGod. It is onelyChrias word which the hearts ofmenmutt aoope and attend unto-, and which they mutt mingle with faith that`it may-beeprofitable unto theth ; that is, they mutt let it into their hearts with this affurance,that it is not the breath ofa man, but the meffageofChria, who is true in all his threatnings and faithfull in all his promifes, and pure in all his precepts , that bee fendeth thiiminiaerieabroad fortheperfeaionoftheSaints, & the edification ofhis Church, and therefore ifthey bee not hereby cleanfed , andbuilt up in his body, theydoe SS
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