274 VERSE 2. aRon4.3.L Rom.9.4. h Revel.i 2. I 1eynol.Confer. with Hart. c.8. k Ecclef,i Cameron. de Eccief.pag.44. Procem. lib. de DoCirin.cbrif n Doa.White io hisWay to the Church, num. . Figienim role- bans lager, a-st quandoi. inns intscli,& inloos celeberrimn ut b qmoli et lege rentar,proponi, visle% de formal. I. x.pat, 137. 6' peak 3 Z3 TheChurchthefeatofaxing truth. =01 =6 Prophetsmod Apofiles, namely upon that fundamental! doarine which they have laid : But g the Church is the depofitary of the truth,that orbe outofwhich thisglori- ous light Chinesforth, unto it appertains the Covenants and the givingof the Law, and the fervice of God, and the promifes. Her office and her honour it is to be the h Conorlieicke which holdeth up the Wordof truth, to fet toher leakunto the evidence and cxcellencie thereof; by her minifiet y,authority, confent, and countenance to conciliate reipeet thereunto in the minder of aliens, and .to confirme it in the rnindesof beleevers ' !t to fatten the nailes and points thereof, like mailers of the affem- blies under one principall Shepherd, which is Chrift, in the hearts of men ; not todifhonour it by their ufurped authorityabove it (for by that imams all controverlies ofreligions, are turned not into contentionsof doarine, that that maybe refled in, which doth appeare to have in it rnof+ intrinfecall malefic, fpiritualneffe, and evi- dence ; but into fa pons and emulations of men, that that feel may bee retied in, who can with moil impu- denceand oflentation arrogateanufurped authority to thcmfelves ) but by their willing fubmiffion thereunto to credit it in theaffections of men, and toeflablifh o- thers in the love and obedience thereunto ; for the au- thoritie ofthe Church is not I oAreetoritas an authority of jurifdi6tion above the Scriptures : but only Asetorime neseneris, an authoritie of difpenfation andof trufl, to proclaime, exhibice, prefent the truthof God unto the people,_m topoint to the fiarre, which is directed untoby the finger, but is feene by the evidence ofits owne light. ' To hold forth, as a o pal-quill or pil- lar. that Law, andProclamation of Chrifl, the contents whereof we difcover out ofit felfe. In one word, that pace fheweth the duty ofthe Church topreferve know- ledge, and to thew foxTh the truthof facred Scriptures 0%Of tirmfelvt4 t but nor zay 't.nfilibilitie in it felfe, Of
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