befor encour:~:~:::h:::·~~;e and wound S n :.:I. l the Church)and take a~yher vaile. . 3 Ioh. xo. What it i5 to take Away the vaile. You know inthetimesofthe oldTejftJment availe was that which covered women for mo– defiy) to fhew their fubjedion ; and it w:ls like– wife an honourable ornament, They tookc Away thevtJile,that is, that wherewith the Church was covered, they tooke away that that made the Church comely,and laid her open)andas it were naked. · Now both thefe wayes,the Churches vaile is takenaway byfalfeaod naughty. Watchmen. • -· r. Asthevaileisatokenof fub jedion, when ~. by their falfe D?crrines th_ey l~bo~r t<l d:aw ~!~~h:~"i!e peoplefrotn ChnA:,and thelrfubjcctt00tO htm. of her fu;- The Church is Chrifts Spoufe, the vailewas jeflion. a token offubjeetion : Now they that draw the people to themfelves, as in Popilh Churches, that defire ro fit high in the confciences ofpeo– ple,and fo make the Church undutifuli,They tAke atvay the vttileof(ubjecfion, and fo force ChrHl: to puoifh the Church, as we fee.in the former 2ges. . · 2. As the vaile is for honour and comelineffe, :~. fo they takeAlvay the vaileofthe Church, when th2y 'fe!e b~=!~r tnJ. takeawlt'j the credit and efleem ofthe church,when 'omelineffi. they lay open the infirmities and weakneffes of the Church. This is ftrange that the Watchmen .. fhoulddo this, yet notwithftanding oftentimes it fals o.ut fo, that thofe,that·.by place are warchm~n, are the bitterdl: enemies of the Church. Whe
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