EpsfllcGIs. Pab170 Cxap.r.16. a. Let nomail be offended, if in triallsmanyby falling away be dif- 219 coucred tobe hypocrites ,who haue tongmade a fhewe of godlineffe: Trouble Roe thy felfe when for in this great houfe, there muff be veldt of dtfhonour, as well as of othereare pro. honour. Let no man entertaine anydiflike, either of the doótrine,or the ued rnronad nTim.aao, Church, becaufe fome men turne from it :forbeeing the dodlrineof the Prophets and Apofiles; if Apoftles themfelues, yea or angels fhould conic and teacha contrary, or adiuerfe dothine from ir,wemuff deeme them accurfed : for God is faithful!, andno vnfaithfulneffeof man can makehim etherwife. And for the Church that is the fame, eucn a num- ber of beleeuers fan&ifiedand fealed to eternal) life , of which number they never were. They went outfromvt, 6nt they werenot of vt: for had they beene of vs, they wouldhaue continuedwithvs , T. Ioh.2. 1 9. For what bonds haue they broken,but Tome outward& vifible bonds, fuch as are external! profeflion of doétrine, external! conformitievnto it, outward worfhip, communion in the adminilirationof the Sacraments, wherby they wereEyed onely to the members of the Church , all which areeafily broken and diffolued ?but not any internal! or invifible bbnd,fuch as is thebondofeternal' eleEìion, or thebondofthe fpirit ofChrift,where- by they fhould haue bin fiat knit vnto the head, which isofabfolute ne., ceflitie tobe truly vnited to theChurch:for thefeknots once tied could neuer bediffolucd. Neither let any child ofGod hence too much tor- ment himfelfe with feare,leaft he fhould not pert-cum in the grace re- ceiued : but if anyhaue receiued thewhitefilone, and the newe name in it, ttcu.x,t. let him knowe that the foundationof God remaineth Pure : let him for hispart fet his fettlevnto it , by departingfrom iniquitie : and he that thus daylypurger') himfelfe ,(hall bee vefell prepared vinohonour, 2. Tim. 3. Wemay not looke to hue herebelowe amongfi angels, but if we Looke not to willingly will not he deceiued,we mull makeaccount oftares : for fuch finde, faitevp. an heauen w inwheat herindwelleth nothing but righteoufnes,cannot be looked on grow. ff for vpon earth. And therefore the Anabaptilts following the Donati(ts, erh without while they will abide no tares in their fieldsand fioares, themfelues re- `ha maine no wheate, noChurch ; for thefe twomutt abide together vntill theharueft, fo as in the meane time where the one is not , neither is or can be the other. Bat wemutt lookevp and breath after that day of fe- pacation , when the Lord Iefus (hall makegood that promifevnto vs, Cant. ,4.8. ?hole fhait comewith mee my fpotefe from Lebanon and looks from the toppeofeflmanah, fromthe toppe ofShenar, andHerman,from the domes of Lyons , andfrom the mamntaines of Leopards : where three pro- milesare wrapped vp in one: 1.of deliuerie out of the world: Lebanon apart of it b'eeing put for the whole. 2. of v :Etorie, for the Church ,%a't
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