CHAP.2.4. cíß Commentartevpon the 524 ofhis kingdome there is noend. 4. 7hcir /awes are fpiriruall,togouerne the conference as well as the outward man, mofl perfeóó, neuer chan- 5 ged, neuer abrogated as mens,be. 5. Their warre and weapons are not carnali,but fpintuail; as their cheifefi enemies: their captaine was neuer Forendo.non foiled,nor can bee,and therefore before they tlrì.ke a blow,theyare lure tiriendo. ofviertorie: and for their externall enemies, they conquer them , not by finning (as others ¡but byfuffering. 6.Their language is the language of 6 0.9i inChaflú Canaan,their(peach bewrayeth them to be citizens of heaven; hence eredun nowrs are they called people of a pure lan ua e: no filthy, or cot- ]:quntur nows. g g yr, eat«a rupt communication cotnmeth out of their mouthes,but fuch as is holy, dom. tending to ediucation,andnsiniflring grace to the hearers.7.Tbeir appa- 1 re!! is deviled andpat on by Godhimfclfe,eucn garmentsof innocencie, g long white robes died red in the blood of the lainbe. 8.Their diet not ri- fing out ofthe earth , but defccnding from heauen ; Irfus Chria is the breadof life,and that Manna that came downe from heauen ; and that water whichgufheth out of the rocke;of whom whofoeuer feedeth and drinketh,he bath tafed of the tree oflife, and of the water of life, he cannot but hue euerlaflingly. Thus we Ice how the members of the Church are called a peculiar people. Vfì.t. Hence we may note a liuely defcriptionofthe Church ofGod, namely, that it is a peculiar people, leleeted and called out of all nati- ons,peoples,rongues,and kinreds ofthe earth,for the Lords owne pof- feflìon and vfe. That which the Lord once fpakeofIfrael , is trueofall the true Ifrael ofGod , Ifraelis a thing hallowedvnto the Lord , and as his ter.s.;. firftfruits : for as the firtl fruits wereof all the fruits of the earth fepara- ted and fanhìified vnto the Lord; foout of all the people of the earth, are a remnant let apart andkparated to become his, and belong vnto himrfee Hord .t(mild 2 23. Vie. 2. Hence is afffoarded no final! confolation to the members of the Church,and that tundry wales: for Godwill not forfake his people whom he bath chofen, whom he bath made his peculiar. But this pro - tceionwarcheihoucr them, Zach.a.s.l willbeeawalloffire round about her: be will fuffer none to doe themwrong; let them be kings whowill not be reproouedby any other , yet he will reprooue them for their fakes: this was the ground ofthe Iewes fafetie ,Deut. 32.9. The Lords portion o hispeople , Iaaceb is the lot ofhis inheritance : beefound him , bee taught him, he lead him , andkept him as the apple ofhis eye. Be thou then a child of the Church,and although thoumaifi find thy (elfe in thy (elfe !of 1, blind,ignorant, and inathoufandperils , (care not, the Lord will finde thee,lead thee, teach thee,and keepe theeas fafe in the chambers ofhis prouideuce, as thou wouldefl keepe fafe the apple ofthine owne eic. Meng confe12. rions to Gods people from the tormrr doetrinc, i Pfat 1Gí.14.
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