C H A P.i. Epafile to the Thefalonians. V E R. 3, An vniuerfalitie fo drawne out into fingulars, I finde not in any other the Churches to which 'Paul wrote.Stiles they haue ail of Churches, of men Sanaified,ofBeleeuers, of Brethren, &c. Yet fö,as by fequels of errours and faults reproued, we may eafely collet the denomination giuen a potiori parse : And are forced to file to vniuerfzle Plccom- nsodum, or other didind} ions of realtie and profetiion,wirh the like, in explication. Here onely is charitie, the life of faith, charaaer of ChriPianitie , afcribed to all and eue- ry. Not one amongft them ail, but charitie abounded in him. May we thinke of this, or any other particular Church vifible on earth,its wholly free from hypocrites ? Certain- ly where faith and charitie concurre, there be finceritie. And if there fifter Graces were thus abundant in all and euery of the Church at Theffalonica, doubtlefre there was not an hypocrite amongfl them. To the queflion thus. r.W,on implicat : though in eAgro, that is, in Mundo, there is Tares and good Seed; though in flrea, that is, in Ecclefaa vifabili, there be Chafte and Wheat ; yet a felea parcell there may be, as a little Horreum of the Lord, wherein is none but wheat. An ¡f- rael God may haue on earth, confiding of none but 2Q- thaniels, d Ifraclite: in deed, in whom ii no guile. Non im- pli cat. But who can exemplifie ? z. But what if wee fay 'Paul: charitie guided it Celle, onely by th'imperate, and exteriour adts of faith and cha- ritie ? Suppofe Confeffion, and Beneficence. Certainly the gifts he knew not, but by the fruits. And might not chef be performed by Hypocrites? I know no outward Awl of faith, or charitie but an Hypocrite may performe ; and iufllygainefrom men Reputation of being fait' +full. Prayer and Confeffion Aós of Faith, cannot Hypocrites performe ? My meaning is ; May not an Hypocrite forme a Prayer ? volubly, yea paffionately pronounce it ? fo as that to men, though of Paul: fpirit, he may feeme to haue hu infarnnitie e helped by the Spirit of God. May not an Hy- pocrite endure force fight of affliction for the faith ? why may immegirry II d Iohct 1.43. e R om.84.6.
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