Ofthe viabilityof the church. 283 Divinitie of Chriffsperfon, againfi the damnablehere. fie of the Arrianswere ufed) as that in this fcnfe we may juiljy denie the Church to have beenc alwuyei vifible, that is, The few true profgforsof Omit/ in power and puritie tohave hada free,open,uncontroled, diffin61. cc. defiallicall body oftheir owne notorioufly and is con- fleas housitturndifferent from that tyrannicall andpom- pous hierarchic under which they fuffercd : for though ChM rule, yet it is is themidifof hit enemies, and the enemies may be fomany, and Chriffs fubje6ls in whom he rules fo few, that the come may be inviable for the abundance of weedsarriongff which it growes, though in it felfe very apt to be feene. And this givetha full anfwer to that Ckieflion,where Our Church was before the late Reformation began by Luther : for that Reformation did not new-m4k! the Church,but purse it. And that it flood in need of pur- gig, the Papa. themfelves were Paine to confeffe, and declare to the world intheir Councell of Trent. Onely herein is the difference, The Councell pretended a Re- formation ispoints of Difcipliue andmanners, and wee made a Reformation in points ofDearise too. When Chrifi purged theTempk of buyers and fellers, it was the fame Temple after,which before. When a man fe- tarateth the wheate torn the chaffe, it is the fame come which .before. In thefe corrupter ages then the pure Profeffour of Chriff, whodeniednot his faith diddwell where Satan had his feate. The members ofChriff were amongfl the Rulers ofAntichriil.Wec arc not another Churchnewly anted up, but the fame which before from the Apoilles times held the common and neceffa- rie groundsof Faith and Salvation, which grounds be- ing in latter ages perverted and over-turnedby Anti- chritlianifme,have beene byvaliant Champions for the faith of Chriil therefrom, vindicated, who have onely pruned the Lords Vine, and picked out the (tones, and driven VER SE 2. VtPub anti- thrall facer& tibm Cbriilipoe pulud. nonexca- derail:10r.
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