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Ahumade poluzxck devxce to keeps themembers together, wvhAiAeAhAAi1511,

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M as‘ anAAAox:dAina.I~1ce of".God, andioitbe not ufed to Ainthrall A7any,* A

abridgé AtAhemA*0F$1ibAerty -of-A‘ VAr¢mov$a1l into &ocher*p‘1ace:~s and’ 

?7g1‘c‘A’gatiGI1S'foi'ithE7iE‘%C0nV€Xfi¢nC€L A or urged as Athb’ feAr1ne me A

A-Church. Andfbr Irfxe enjcayment at all“ the Ordinances A ofGod.in
one Acongrcgatxon , 1: feemethA to Ame very imronvdnieflt Afar;

4 dibine of rahc: OrdiAna’ng:es, AAAanda1:ogethcr impafifilc AfbrAAA?oAthérs.;

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dable fentence of E:CCOi'I'217flLmlC9;£’iE)11.figalnpt any petfon,-A to cm

bib! §)utC:()f‘COT£i11'm~1flie0n,t no oniy Witli thetnfelves, but the Whole

tcghmych tCacho1itkecviEib1e,e% and deiiver him up toeSa.tan.: ct efidjr.’ if it

A be infiiéted tby,;thet~ Vot€S}Qf the whole“ congregation , as fome

wouldthaveteit, many of the Members being private men, and

I uhj‘$f.ply altogether i1h'tcra.te,ot uncxpetiencedg throughttwant of age, A
..{.‘_s;,§~A{II?l,1Qa.{;i”(V,)_I‘_]O;‘E);21t5CS_-,7aI'€ not able to undetitand the nature of the  

callegations andfprobatio;1s,, they may be fa eintricette, ;ot_not c able
L'HI’6~aP_~g"1y the tale unto the cafe, for xnfhftxng ot a Jtxft tcenfuteg and

,;11ay be in;dar;1g<:rto beate particular favpur, or ill will ttuntflo ttheit A

,fp_er£‘ot1s‘, and fo aptbb to be fwayed by love, pity, or‘ hopes f.f0m

themgttcot tube eover--awed by b,fctareeor Ehf€3mings,f'tb€itn°‘ pqote 

;men,- fervantsg « children ', wcirkemen‘ '";K:s‘:If1,7I1’1’I;S; A‘ “and 71: C re b£et;=ccout
brethren for congregational! Churches, have of latig féeingethis
mcgnvetnieme, debat‘red_the people fiomi votes, mud put it into
the hand of the Elders one1y*. Yea even the Elders of one econ-
gregation tnaybein danger of the tfamee 'C€1__11PC3vti0,n$9 bf3Cfl11{752 Of
.tp_articularr€:1at10nS, andethc1tidep_endance on:themtfor7x11ait1te_;-
mpceeA ,-,.but Vluppofe they were as fteees Angelstfipm temptations
Lcminfirxnities, which they are not, yet the bweig tineITe,* and {be-
Letxmjcy of‘ the cenfurc require to be performed‘ by a colledge of

V ;E1Ndfers, of a combined Presbytery, that fa it being» paffed net by

'a1fo,but by the joynt content cfa greater Presbytery, ftee ~frtom t

ttlxevotes 093. or <+~ori¢1ya and they iyable to f0Vma£1Y»§¢I¥%PFai;i00$

anyfuch temp tations or excepticgns, may be done with the more

*_,ac3ivice, and combinedauthotity, and be-emote dreadfullto the

P%F£Ya andjbfi the‘bb€tw~‘ W-‘<’-“Freda    Ihxbtrlicted unto. without  

.heart burning: andtetudee eeeinff  t?&r¢~%9,+:1%Ir,E1siets.;  feaxtef

.reteng€-  *

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:Ot;dibnances of'Gt5d withib tbexi1ft1ve$;$; blfirgft, Synpds eandCput3~

"macknetwledeéd cfobe tfi€t9rdinatnce§ of tt“‘G.Q~d-3,: ind Pattictr

-laflibbbibthat reverend Dime M”ttCétt0mV” tiila late ’:§b»,O01‘V{"e“‘ tf<:=tt«eu.c

 him, and he wgroun&_‘e"th itbn 5&1 5. 3  though '{QII3;C- df

fbqubr cbrethrenbfor congtegatiopellb «Churches Wave that tplace, yet M
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dinance

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 I/Hi/'/ietber tbegvifiblec/mrah Cat/2aA[ike;la:-pzitticular C‘/aim“/re‘: éeflrfi. A  « j 5 9:

A dinaince, all men Will grant, cannot be had in onewcongregation, A

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but fometimes;'l~;ereqniresf%the helpe of ‘air; whole Province‘ ,* King; .
dome, yea many‘Kingdorr1ee. Year fecondly , the Ordinances be
that nearly concerne a particular congregation cannot be iperfora-' i
medfiby that alone   for howuctan a congregation of’ i;privalte;;C*hri~i T

iltiansg. try the fufficiency of7ar1n‘Elderl to be eleéted A over them, i and

if they have a ttyed man among them, who {hall give himimpo...
 fition~oEhands, which is belonging only to Elders to iperforme.

Neither have our Brethren ofcongregationall Churches ever dae-
reci (as farre. as Ihaveheard ) , to permit common Chri£’cians~t‘o<
impeofe hands on their Elders, but alwayes clefired the Elders of o-
ther congregations to doe it, t and therefore they cannot have this
Ordinance: among themfelves. And though this feeme to fotne7a«
thing ioflfmall weight, yea but a * complement, yet: is it an Or-

  l dinanee ofGod_:i And the Aptolile, H:‘b.i6.I,2. reckoneth it” up

amonglt the Principle: of Religion, and part of the fiandatiam
which place Hen: §’aa'a[9 urgeth vehemently to overthrowthe

3‘ éfhni/@mil’ie4r‘
oerztaris fimrrf

pretiafifliznea

lawfixlneffe of all tlreils/liniltetst of the Church of England, i becaufe *  

 they have (i as he conceived) erred inethelfihmdatian,‘ not having

right andldueimipofition ofhands of_ the Presbytery, though, by
his leave, he was millaken, for thole that impofed their hands on
them were .‘Z’ren’2]tere.r.i r ‘ ‘ V ’ e l i ‘

l And this irnpoflibility befixls a Church, eitherin the beginning‘
of it, and firft conftitution, or may, at other times by mortality
of Elders,or when but one remains falive,which will be frequent.

~And becaufe it is not rationally probable that the Churches of fie...
mfilam,Rame, Caitirttii,P/ailippi,T/an-j]721waic.:z, or the 7 Cimrc/ac:
of A/iawere meerly cangregn:*£an.a!1,but ratherPr::.r5 terii¢l!,unleS
it were in their very infancy for a little time before 1: ch: numbers’
Wereincreafedit feemeth ditlicult to me to find in Scripture an ex-
preflie einftanoer example of a congregationall Church, (landing
and con-tinuing fo by it lelfe. The Church of Cent/mm mentioned,
Ra. I6. I .is the molt probable,becaufe of the conceived fnialnelle of
the place, llyétit is not certainea for it was a Port iTown~i*, and yet

it may;be;, the neceflity of thole times, and disjunfiion from other

A places might make it fizand fingle for a wh1letat,ilea{t.And yet there

might bernore congregations then one therin, if it were fopopu-

:Indeed

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» epiQyAAthe publikc ‘()rdinancc:3,  and that Vthei»;:7co1npanies¢ are.Aca1led%

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it dfirth ~impo::.z: f¢vcra11«cmpa.nies meeting in I fevrerall places, to

% Qhé;r£li€$,.(Awhich is to fo me a AQm3P:ion) .5262; it is cextain Acheytt:;wereA

a;1l;AcM}e.c§mbincdA:fiiiurch of CaArig=21*l2,tdfc€nAfpo1{mofin the fingu-

O 13_m:AAthis difpvgtge belongggs mm: {:9 this Qgefiioxag yet % the prefent
dxfier-fm<_:e ofc‘c_>pmwns and pmé’a£es_hax/_e cauffcsd mete dilate a%l.ic;;1a
nigger: :tf.1‘l.s‘f‘&4;1‘bJ£)‘5%,‘ “beyond t11cc:xp11Cat10n'.of'£h£ Tearme. And

L1nd‘er9cand by pzzrcicnlar Churches, any , or all the fbArer1n€An.wA

£i;QIAfxc'd?ChL1r£h€s;A Whértiler Zwatiamzll , Pramfrsciazll , Pre;cl7):%:e«:t

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meal Orm. TI1isdiPc:imf§:ion, or a:1ea.fl:%inAthefe tezwmess is-.Anot.an-%A

that: hzzve firfl: mooved this Cmeftion ,, meant principally, ‘ if

they holduo atlzcfparticular Cimrches”, but fuxgh; L %  AAA
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V A n~otf0i<:ly, £i"1t3c013:3_r<3gatiOm§;11 Ch11rch, becaufi: ( as I Vfuppoiit)

‘Mint, for 1%” P:zra’=;§-“r 55:: W3‘ Polireiqz Ecol. was the firfi: that

  N Ids: not in this Qg_ePci0n~hy pr£am¢:m n2eanea£rfi.lz4téprimz¢;m,~ %

fgxung it, as farre as 1 iazzcnm

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B.rimr¢m i:1L-0gick4 isdei1:1e’d"% toibb,  es‘?  0rz{g£»3zI¢.4A
0rt.=>.!m*q2rwAi. orimr :5 primo. But I £L1ppO'1’E,‘iI‘1 this‘ QuePciun;.

it is xiizmztzt, vxhich haath zrhe priority in con{idetatioz1.;A AW*he~

£1".§i‘.’1": Am our apprci1t'niE01a» Churches we ar<:A IO beginfiat the»
Church:%Ca;zho1zkeAanAAd ‘c}.a;;,£:.'.*<:~z3d to. AApa*r:1miar Chu1<chi:‘s;,;4AA:%Aon..bu;

gi1;‘;; A at the pa.Art’is:Lf11a,r, £h;urcl1e:As, _ and W afcmd» «to; :h::~:AAA'ChAurchACa»
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:}2:;~b.Aran<chr:s P Whiciu-isasA*.ti1e 1x1o:*hc2r,hwhici*1 rm: daughter 2 ()3:
no ifpmke mQrAeA%punc?cual1y  Iihfif. nzzA:”u%re»/arzd Apriviledwf
ges‘*:of thc%C.hurc4hbeIung; firfi to the ‘ApL;::icu1ar% co1'1g.re22;a.ti0n,A

;,_mdAfoA afcmdoto"% the €hu1:chA_A.A€atLi10iii~éeAA;AAor br:1cng% firftr mA V

thevflhurch Cathc:1ike,and‘dAe£%:enVd umo 1:'heparticu1ar ChurI;hs:s 2%

fm':%:GoAd‘o&n}:yA+is:. En:%prim.w2z;A,%s w'»ho%%hath his being in himf%:l:fe.,;

L am:iAf.rom himf::1fe,AAA andgivethAbeing:o a11histcrea:ures% :. .AI1‘d»fo

4 I wheywMhoIe*AChurchisGods houI‘e,. builzbys him A; but, Primmrm L
A fzlageezerem _g_:m'r: E£.r:lefz}zmm..

Neither doe 1 meme by
I % A Ortumg

WW9" W  5%”? ‘"5‘5’**’5”"”"”=”?‘J"?W"”?"‘ C’?”'W5 5€fi'fl‘4   43*“! 

brim , that tHeeA lperticAular Cht1ArehesAdoeAAatll3ezot1tA’éf‘the§?genei?all
by the {ole Vere we at innate power and=:{trer;gth*of the Church! 
tholike, butbeeamfe the partiCu1atCAhurt:hee are made «up at-AAthe‘A’
members oft theAA Church Cetholikeg l and vp”atrtAa7l<e of the befie-a-%'A
fits and priviledges ofthe°ChulfC%1lApri“1narily ,vAtao‘tAibeeaA1u1eAA_ Agjlleyél
arettn”e?ml§etsA of the patticdlat Churches 5 “but “of the Ca‘thm_e

4 like.

 er" V Otta. V t

- And yet Ideny notbut that a Minifizeriall, Synedicall otACla£'.:
ficallAA(3l1t1tch, made u p of delegated Members of dAivets’l parcicm
l*at£hute§1e3;,pro tempera ( which (Jame imptepetly call :3 repres

fentetive Church) may put on the notion of Ecclefla 024255;!-
the particular Churches, out of which thofe members are A cltdleta
and delegated, nmyin lbme fence, in reference unto. them put

A an tl1e:‘nott7z3n oflflccleflza primm. but A‘ the Qeftion is lnotefqlfiae.
ted, butAbe=tween the whole Church Catholike, and Wholeparti.
culat ¢ZTl:urehes'. A A A ” ’ A d t

fNowI have opened the Teatmes of my Qgeflion, I A find twe
@5-:PtiAones inltead ofone, A and whether ofthem is the lAmoPc edifti» 4
cult, Ieafnnot cell: For whereas the {Aubjeét of eevery Qgelhon uleth
to be taken ‘FtTirfgr'anted, and the predicate only proved; I find”thA:¢‘
fubj's;:e't ofmy«C&1_ePcx'on exceedingly oppflfifda arid that by outllidwtjt» =
Divines; and thereforel mull. crave leave to eonfirme that .fufii¥~
eiently, or elie whatever I ihall lay ofthe predicate, will be as‘ a
houfe built on‘ the fend, orAa«caPcle in the am»; Far-if there in? new
557$./5‘U€rfl'z1[.C/9l42f6'I9 txé/idle’, t/am irito‘ amt eapadle Aof éeixeg prime;
In handling both thefe (Qellions, I fhall follow my Wanted.
method. I preferre one divine teftimenie, before ten arguments;
and one good argumentbefbre ten humane tePcimonies.“  A ll 1 A 4 A ‘V A
l Firfi: then, Whether there ée_zzAC' #3147:/9 Cxzthalike wzfléle .9’ Ad aQ_AA;gefl*.[.‘
f I know thatour DlvinesAin anfwer to the Pamifimm; doe deny A ’
A the Church Catholike tolbevifible, as Zawc/:j', Gemrd; Wkimn
leerrl, lC'lmrm'er. and» e/{mle.Ar‘ againfi: Be!!zzrm£n¢,l and S‘edeeZlll‘a« A
g:iin[l;lfZ7z£ri~i2zzem'g But: A tIieA1’ont£fici2zn: Pcate not the queféfion, ‘A 

A Izfiateit:,.tarid=I;.::drtfelle theit.talTettioztsTt;>F ;.tl’1e*Cll1utehe Ca‘dtht)ll"l'§e*,fA’A

to belAfé|1l‘e.l;:‘.;.lFor,j    A  ,  At A   e l A 

_ Firft, They?»Adtakeltzifllvlafolrpafiffiieuem, glariazex and  

d4f}Jec£am‘ and fipturifbiffgl.  g  A “ V       A  A A
   , ‘ A AC2 l Second-

 A      it/22Waomféwioeovfr“WW      . bi.   

W‘

Iv-Inw?'1"'“

~ Secondly, 'I_"heY;_h01;dth3t- the name, CW0!‘/<6 ttC?Wv’/9 belongs
gfignwg WChu15(;%h,tt_ ‘viz, %»T%Ia§a-_ we Cflmrf/J af_R“aHn_;e, and that being the ,
Church Catholike, and,con;;pt;r’iz1ngthe untverfalitty of‘ the Church H
in_ it fetfe, all that will be membetrs of the “Church Catholike to mufl: .

"I 4.‘

  fiibmittothem,and?bc memberspftthat Churchs         V‘
 '1‘hird1y,t They hold tum: is neceffaty that this vifible tCat.ho.»~

, 7 1ikeChurch{hou1d be under one vifible univerfall head, which

they make to be the Pope, Chrifis Vicar Genetjall, and in the-fe

regards out Divines doe coottadiét end confmae them. . But there

atepaifages enough inout DivinesWtitiogs,that may be brought M

to allow andapprove -vifiiailizy, ;t[']9e6bs./rility and #.m5_tyiI1 all the to

chumhes ofthc Saints throughout the Wftole world. I will give
you a tafte, but ofone of the fore-~ment1onec_I, for _brevity fake,
and he the moi’: rigid intdifcipline, arid exaft _m Logical} dtivifions

V

andtdeduftions of any of them, and that is Dryfmcx; who 

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his  Mzalla faith : Ecclefia :-mr:q;z..r»zm defim} eflfle vifiévilzkt Which
cannot be meant of any particular Church, for that may Faile. A-
gain, he faith, fongregationex illce pazrticpzlarexflwt qmtfi pmttex
fimi{4ra:HEcc1efiw Cgzziqolicac, zztfé, adeo eév m2m:m,V€fi" naztm'¢z2*.az.».e
W, Imvi;~;ficip.;zy¢t%'. ‘ And further faith, I 11:? gm’ profiflhm menmmo

[€5;;;.fiVdeIe,_r, tdwro rcmmwnt in zlfla Aféciamete, fifmt “mefm6m:fi/Jim“

Ecclefzlz, fimt axiom Eccleflaz fmlaolicw, qtwxzd [forum tmtera
Jmm. And in his Bellartnxntls ezaerwzrm, he faxth, Nosfamemur
fipclefiam miliizzmrcm mffiéilenz efje qzwgzdfirmazm mraidcnmlem,

 %extexmzVm,z?:¢ fix}: partiétmo fia£gzzI;z;:€m,c§7‘v c'aw]utn.é}im,r3"~L‘. 
 "Nowthough I have for: downe thefe humane tef’cimonies firth.
yet it is notothat I meant: to leane upon thefe as my maine proofes,
but ooly to {hevmhat our Divines in denying the Popiih tenet of:
a;%7ChiirchtC‘athoiike vifiblein theirfenccj, yoetea11:of thett%fore»men;+t.o; ,
 zgioned deny it not in my fenfefif aI"1Y _dO€«.t  A Q A ;  5  ; A ; At
t   Bot forptfoofe that there is a Chm:cI1Cattho1ike vtifible, Iwilltt

 give you S Efiptstre, and fiecondly , onfimtim.

    For Seffriprxrc, fee A5}: 8.3. Saul mode /1,3995}; fm CW.      
lihewed you before they £hiStmuft‘"'nce§1$  a:tvif1bletChurch, :f0r.;

they ecovuld fI1r;>t_t€1i"e b¢t,o\PCrfecut¢d, §11'Jd...C€ftT3in1ytSaw}£l (.'OuId..nOt.L.-
difcerne theinvifiblc company, ebuttperfecuted pmmifcuouflyt am
  ;~im~.wm~ afzbaztwu 5 neither Was1t.a,{Jarticu1at Chur:ch,fbrothis A
PVetj¢f;eetMt1ition  ‘  gerufalem,” ant} in awry .$’yntngag:¢:,e mmljuiw 
' :  A t   Dgtmafimg 

Wzk; tvifiélc Cburclv ‘C4tI20l1'ke,or_par;im14,-..g[,,W;,,_,.Qfi,,fiz_ % o I 3

_Dmmfi'm', and men »to firange Cities-. So {hat byChurch here
is meant, an indefinite mwmbcr of «zkzfizle cIamL¢»;.y,. Cgyggrg-
_ gztiam, which were in no other community but profcflion of
hthéoo fame f'aith‘;M and an indefinite, is eqzgizmlmtore-owgandwill,

gand by -the fame.-orcsaion that the word Church owouid reach all
. fliefe Churchesgit would reach all the Churches in the World; I 

A The fame Word there isg Gala.t.;I.Ig. olperfemtcd the Clmircb, ‘

A of G cad, mad mfieal it : and yet it is {aid when he was converted’, }

than law the Cbzxrche: r£’fl' throughout all 7:34:52, mm! Galilei,

~ Md Samaria, which yet: were but fome parts of. the Clmrch (in

the fingular number ) which he perfecu-ted.» A ,

Againe, See I C or.IO.3o2. Gim no efénce to ‘ the ]‘Vew, ‘ flay-
Gemilc, nor to ‘that Church cf God: Where the word C/am‘:/9,
cannotfignific the ehefi on1y,nor any oneparticular Congregaotion; ‘
or Kingdoxnegbut indefinitely. \ A   %  A “  V
 Seeealfo, Io Car.12.2.3. God /mt/9 fat fime in the C‘/mrcb,oofirji"{
e/fpofilex, fircandarily Prophets, thirdly Teachers. A AA

The Church there fpoken of, is mm the triumplmm: Cl2i§rcla,mr
we I um’ fible (‘bmcb e,m1_y, for they were vifib1.emeiTer1gcrs, «and;
forms: ofthem but only vifible, f01T~?f£6lu‘M' hadooobtained * part in the
Apofflefhip and Minifl:ry,oand was fem: to preach andowork ma-
racles :‘ and many Prophets were not of the invifible number, fir
mamy flmll fij, Lord, Lord We have propbecied iw thy name, and
yjctfha11notbe_favcd. But: to be {me they were fen-t: o. to afiord the.

\

, Sa7i11ts vifible communion in ordinances.

o be: bbingo equall, and o

b or ought to have, an

A A M an-..,A, This is not meant oftbe C/mrclao~Enritiw, whi‘ch is ax 

fimiiar , % and (as I ma?! fax)“ an léamageniall bad}, .ofleirery1h./fin.
 thiflhme capacity,as a member,but of the.

Church orgéznicdll, aigfiggfififilallgbody, ,b¢cauf¢ V,here are fat V \
downe the officers. N either 2}: /acre mean: .4 pazrtimlmv-~Clmrcla,
but‘a11..co1lcrf‘tive1y that ‘wercf within the; bounds of the A   oPc1es~
commiflion, which was the Church in thc Whole worl , Goa *
tcabla all 4t3m.r,@’~e', and all the Chuxchés that have Pafiorsando.
Teachers ovei: them, which all the Churcheso in nhoworld havc,: , -
d yet all thefe arccallcd but 071:, Clmrcly one
.’zaa'],'z:erj'..2o. NOW if there be ofliumoaf the Church o0;ztbali;Qg::~

<;z.z:/<i611¢,%.t1acnotlarr:oozJ..v a Church Cfazrlaaléka oifiélé, £mtI.tbcoApa-7-7

A 3 A $164,.

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V M  wtreiofificersaftbe C/mrc/9' (‘Z$#
. ibalikg zuifiéla, ifim: they had no limits, and yet are {aid tube

. l 

_  ii‘ 4_T5¢.i,;p;g;gtaRefalutiagz of aiféwefie l  iitravtrfit; -  V   ; 4

‘ ftfitgwnatiiin the Clsztrclaegr, but 57¢ that C’ lmrcla. And this is granted

"’ M1rk.4»tt*,
3°» ;
I.ul«:.7.z8;

-1- Matt: 3.14,
3 i »;5,44M52i
47- V

iMat.I3-411

Sever the wit-
ked * from at
mung the jull. 1

Catholike, rmitas ilnvifitble but vifibie. 

by »Qur¢brethten for Cotigtegatioizall Churches, tha~t'tht~y were

loifitets of the Church Catholike, and Eh€;1‘<ff‘Or€ fliid no"; baptize-

into Apaitticular Congregatitms, mi‘ in 1‘€~l7:irnCe”tO them, but into-
thegenetall. Andthis Cartwight in iazic Cm-ecbé/mrgtanteth,
COI‘1Ct3_l‘l1ll‘1g,tl=lC‘ Church Ca thclike. i Now certainly they fwtzre not
totficers to the true ibelaevtits only, {sting they cttnlured others‘ alfo.
 eAll,Q I Tim.i3l.l-I5.tTl:;fE tIJi:»£g‘.c  \W£tt=iz«mto~‘t/ate‘, t{y,.~.g; tho};

~ irzmjrefl kirww how that: mg/at.~.':fl to évtlzvmfr/3 thy‘)/Z0!j‘é in the law;/Té af

Gad, at/glicla is the CM-arc/9»0f t/at !£v4ingGaci'.v A This Church mull:
be a vifiblt: Church, where he and others mult exift, and corn"/erfc

t0g¢_t~h€r, al1dnC3.l.'1'Y theinfelves int.1nu~tu.alil 'dut~i(3S.- NOW theft: di-i»

teétions concerned not B 1:»/rztfm alarm, or "in any fpeciall malnher, it

but all the Churchtsi where evgét he lh0l,lld.~ come; It lS*El1:!'I: Church
which is‘ the ground anidtpiillar ofttutli, whith lzoldethlitfahrtli uii-3%‘
to others mare f5rc;zfi_.. whit:h~is the Church C3.tl10lll{<.“,Lll1E0 which
Timothy was an Evangelilt.   A  A A

t Aga,ine,It is the Chutchvifiblc,
called the K£mgdomt*
Chrilt calls them not K irzgdamex, ./mt t/9: ICingdome; and com-~
pares this Kingdomt‘, to 4 _fi£~"[t5[ of Wlamte msfngled with mtg, i and
himftlfe expounds it, that H9: field it the worlal, and this mull: Abel
the Chtiltian world: for the other < is a field of tarts itmly  For
*trerf.4I". it is laid, they {hall gather out of the Kingdome,e§~c.' In
this field, particular Lhutches are butpatticular A
the fame till:ige,lFaed,€encing,watering. A

i h It is aéwtmflaore with Wlsmte mad 0/mfg. i
 It in: draw mt gathering roger/aergaoddvfid émi. h   V i A

i It 131:: marriage W/acre nmre Wife andfialifiév z/irginx, fimc with
Wedding galirmtmtx, /time’ witfaaztt,  /am:ll«.s]le,l andfime had
mm: 6»: lampirtiafprafiflian. Now theft: imttaphors cannatl be
limited to any particular Co%ngrega;tion‘,i but agree tothe Church;

And when wt: fay, Tlay /Qingdomt cozmg, we pray for
of the Church Catholike vilibmthati it might be enlarged

that is [0 ofiseniin tl1cSt§tiptur€

ridges, _enjoying

the good l

In

of God, land the IC£m'gdZ?me‘f‘ ofI'Im*um. . ~ i

and have ”
"fteedotne and purity ofotdinances,Which~are things that concemc:
.1.tlasimfib1¢.ll ‘‘ A l

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_.._u~—-um.

F/V/Sezf/937-I/ye r;iif3£2leeC/anfcié Cdt5alike,arep}t%Vfiic:¢z?Meébarekee 5::

1;: 1 __Cjaer.%Ie5;2e4._; ivetis faid, fflmz flmllecbrifi ;r;£¢~rIz’rv;,».r ftijéi
Kiwdazrze In God bx} FmkerThiflisfiéatfit/so€j]'gntiézl!.1€£m£-;

we e .

A4 dome which he bath with the Father and Holy ,G~whoBc- as God {on
that he {hall never deliver up. Neither is it thekingdameeofgrmg
L whichehee Aexercifetyh» in che hearts ofTz11e;ele<5h;< fox ethat»- 1111311 iscérty-“5

tinue for ever, and flee more perfeft in ‘I:-i,e2;ven».L  the Qkixigl‘
dome of grace here; and glory afteerward, differ only gr.a~dma.i¢'a‘«-“i
mmzimm, as cyfmes tells us, here the degree is im_perfe&, fihéezzi:

fir?/5-I I5 1

it £11311 be perferfk both in graces and joyes. Bm it ‘:2: the”-l{§vr»€g4’A A
dame eexercegified 173$) t/as 71¢’/ilv!e»C1¢e2zrr;£;\,; ;;,;n ordimmce: ofimrfbip‘ e M

and diflipliga, which {hall then ceafe :. {for as c1i?é*eEvang‘e1’iea1l:
externali ferviz;e,tI1rL1fi:Aout the legall axxd ceremo
heaven1y.thruPc out the evangelicall. V % “  ~ ~ 

And He&.%I2.2e8. W/aerefire We receiwizvg 4: Igjrzgdome W/aid};
mmzaz; bgmwcd, letme/mve grace Xk?b::n:=j.ér7e we m;;ay e~fer*y£*~G9'0d”
~"“"l*"Tt"1[’[}’; Wit/9 rfwermzce zz=:1d‘_gad!}* ]€e'a*ré5.,7- ;Thi5S kingdomexe
cannot be meant of l"h€.“intfirmz/Jlzii¢‘g;‘51’076€¢a?~c?Jfi{)r}‘a2*Ct’in :~hei~1ear*t,~~

old Tefiaznentfitlt i.I;is‘1neeaent ofithe external} ordinances of wot:-*
;-Chip zmdeed,a£e;1pl1n“e5W111chedxfiered from the: z1en=..~§-er the eimevee ::e1{3*

mall, £bfl1a11~cheF

A for that was safe ee:~aerc‘ifed by CM: in hi~sApeop1~es hearts, iinat-he 

{he ApQI%1es:=~eam;;i:%hefis 0% the Church Lm-.4{&:‘1‘ the Iimfii, ;xn.d»fl1eeV

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whereof Tax! was made a. Minifier, as he faith in the fame chap-

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ji:ntA\.iJejr4fd&m praedimmenti; ;'l"cn; Mthoufimd particular‘ corporeal‘!
Afub{1aiic¢sA¥cannIpt ifi%a;‘kc:V]Vonc %gc:n<i:r1all*i'n‘corporcaI*I; Ten * thoufankl
vifibld’w%;fat*ticL1!ai'4,Ch£1fchcs ‘cannot minke‘ one invifiblégcncrall
Church. B%utfaIl*Divines,y*ca, our brethren for%%Congrcgatioi1aill%‘
Churghcs, yea the Separation, hold that particular (f§hur.chbsAaré
vifiifijle," as confifiixugflnd-ccd bf Avi{ible‘m¢mbcrs.L “And 
Vthougflhc ’w’i1;l not A r5ti%%t%*a‘A1C~hur*ch4 %Catho~lik;c vif1blé;%~y5'cj¢fé‘ith;

.  cblcfimr pdriicgqfqkaf 'L';_[1‘51‘[:.!" :_ffE* ‘*cam§'cdi7}2u: ; and thercfcfc 11¢‘ ‘

mat’: ~grant‘thc¢ genera11chu:ch,_co which tbofc“ partichlafs bu...
longgto bc ofthc fame kinda.‘ ~ ‘V 7 A 1 &  A k ** %_ T V
;A~l1~‘tha”t cgnbc faid’ againl}. the Former c9 nfcqu¢ncc(as4AI% gugfié)
%i‘s"",* t¥1at though th“€': "parti¢ular% Churchcs ~havc4 ckificncc, ya: the»
gcncra"11‘hath$ncinc,; but only a n9tiong‘ll~%c{T::ncc,4a%nd cx%iflVonly
inthc-Aparticu1ars,*as Animalitic cxxficth not by it fclfc, but’ in
lsvmineéfj 37310.. % .    “ _ ‘ % 
_Anfw°e:r;,‘hc‘rc': were fame colour viii] this czbjjsfiion», ifyou con;
fidtr thcA€,hix1*¢Ah Catholikc on:;Iy‘a‘s a~genm,aI1d Ihc particufat as

A  vain, at not cncm h to amounfto a denial! of a Churcb'Ca-~
J’ 3’ 3 \

‘jtholikc vifihlc, no more rh‘c:na.ny Logician dcnycthv Animal, bg...
.caufethcr-cs is no fuch crcaturc, but in /aomim (iv érgta. But the:
propir notion ofithcz Church  C ath01ikt3,21)d particular, isof ?in:c-
ggéum @'mam¢5rq. And fans f2iid'bcforc «Ame: in his medulla
takcthit. Congregutianéi illae partiafilnrtlfilmt qnafipzaftexfimilarel
Ecclq/fie %C;:zIaazi;-gc, atg; Aden A62 ;gawan%f%c§- mammm aj-m» “participant.

And xhcn the argumcntfficandcth tfihs. ‘Z/5.5 amm garter cxsflunt M A

 %c'ampm5‘ae,$ tfbitatum ex{flit5,fi4$-jainneq Kaila £'~cc*2'c-‘(t'ae (‘atbalicgc
?w1_'/i5£li:r4% exifidnt _/fmal compmffgz.‘ Thc¢‘reForc.‘,% The minor is; pgov-ed
.Epb.4.. I 6. Fram“Wlnam~tkc W/ml: 6M_.’y jojncfdtagetivrr-andrfama

-Mn

' aregifven. They

A I;/i'yet/‘yer ti/ye Ivi/We" Claarcb; C4t1sa!£kc,orparrirnl4r tcbarcbcs écfirff. 

"?si<en‘of the Church militant, ybecaufe organicall,and organicail,be..
caufe the ofiicera arethcre reckoned up, and Catholiltc-,becaufZ:
it is~e“the‘(.hurch to which Apofiict, Prophets, and Evangclilis

have thefarne Lord, the fame law, the fame {pi-

 rit,I and have influence by love,
wellfare one of anoth-er.i t V
For my part lconceiven the Church Catholike to be Tathfm
integrale, and‘ the particular Churchea to be fimilara: garter, andfo
members thereofiandparcels thereof, as the Jewifh Synagogues

I” were of thejewifh Church, though with fome more privi-i

" 1lcdgC, for both Sacraments,8cc.., and that every particular Church

partaketh of part of the matter and part of the Form of the Whole.

i rAnd thef: parts are limited and diftinguifhed from others,.,.by

acivill and“"prudentiall limitsforconve__nience of rneetingm and
“-tnainrenance, a~nd~ tranfaetxng of bufinefle stand that everyChri-r

flian is a member of the Church in whofe limits he dwe1s,.be-ing A
 r icnly
‘ilaip

in the generall Covenant of Baptifme. Anti this» member-
is either divolved on him by Gods difpofing t providence, by
reafon of his birth, or cohabitation there, or voluntarily aflizmed
byhis voluntary removall into that place allotted out by civill
prudence forlitch a particular foctety to emoy the Ordinances
oFGod conveniently together. For he knew the Minifier, and
members, before he came in,or might have done,at leafl,if he had
pleafedyand it is at his choice torernove out agaimif he cl_iflike ei...‘.
thcr ofiicers-.,or members; But ofany Chriflian mans‘lor’worn'ans
dwelling in any City,or Towne-,,where there was a Church, and
not to be a member of that Church, or to be a member of‘ another
Church in another town or city, and refide in his own but per»
accidem, as fome doe difiinguilh , hath i neither example nor
warrant in “the Scripture. Bur feemeth to me to imply an

i rtmchurching rhofe placesirom Wh€:nCcVthcy are t gathered,

fympathy, and prayer. into the

" Iatna 2..
8_‘Tbci-52. to ‘l
Heb. : o.a;.y

Tilemta in tliefl.
P4Tl.il. iii ‘14,
1"l7efi.3.. /15

As a man that comes to dwell in atowne {hall thereby be a mom» i

her oirir, and ruled by the officers thereof 1' n civill afliaires, and if 

helilteitnot he may remove, andif they have anything j'uPcly‘_

u. i o ' r ' t» V  .
  agamft him they may pumth, orignrgiféc

acl'mini{t'ration of Eccleiiaflieall jurifdiflion... And as the limita.

oifithe particular»/{easy and their names are from the fhoares and

D at.

him [0 it iain the ,-

iamis .

Agmnnu
-in

lpartlcular Chqrchcs well be bounded by civill pmdcntiall limits

thniughthcylfceme hcterogcncalll. We find frequently idvscrip.
tm'raThc: ‘Church which was in fa.-A-mfézlcm, e/:'mI'£a?.:b, farinpb’

 $3  Tlxetrflefléjalufimqfd pr.eflwtAC0ntroAa:/erfié, A  ;_'A:A A

léhds they hare lbout1clécll»by‘, ‘though 7a hetérlogcfieall hwy; fohclayl

l p/azfixx, V Yea (ma/arm a port town’? fame 8.lmilcs from :ClarimfAI;p, A

A gav’cAnamc to the Church therein. 4

9. 05;, 4       Ifthey be all onc'Chut_ch, it   is ....;;..y.h.y am M...
A  h A fomttimestogcthfir. V 7 ‘l A A : <AA  ~ j
xgmfw?  A ; A It is no more neccflhry then that all an a king&om!eor elmpim

 flahtilcl; meet fomctimcs : it is enough that lt‘hc37 am under mg
‘fame. King, Aa'ncl_* govr::rrIcd by thclfémc la wes,Al landlinfpilrcfihy Athb
famfzspirit, and walks in the fame waycs, and tend to thcfama
Eridl,l"and Fare the better fomnc smothers prayers; an7cl“?rc:j’oyc:::.i§3
‘ ‘the welfang,‘ and maurnc For the ill fare oncofanothcr,hm-;c1fAhclp
oficllalnothcr ‘as they Ahhxfc opportunity. ?Ancl yeti wcAlrcaclc. fthat
lmalny times the Church Catholikcl vifiblchéthlmmin lgéncrall
Ccunctrls, hytlucir delegates, or clammliflionclrs,» assa minifl eriall
Church Catholikc, which in former times of thc:lC’hulr’ch under
lchrgfiianfimpgrours was fiwrquent, and there is no intrinfilcalllcxz
in the Qhurchlthat thcyldonght mcct fo Pcill, but Aon:lylfc:ttrin:fik:alAlA,
V and ejgfraneousg bylArcafo7%n hf thedivifions among ;the civill Gar.
vcrnors, but even in our dlaycs a great part of this great hcclylhath
met in thc Synod oFDort,; byllcmhmifllolncrs. l A AA ‘ A A  
L Dr Wbitnkgrl andzwfpafionim alcknowlcdgmthc; meeting Afiixz.
thbc a gm:-.rall Cmmctsil. Thc lmcmbers werclrhc Apollles who
were Paftburs oft-he Chlurch Clatholifl(c, land Brcthrcxi hut hfGa-
lilccand jcrulalctm. The ‘wlorlw was “tn cleft an A poll 16 who

was to be a Fallout ofthc Linivcrml Church : and they that--~un~ A

dart-ake: and clifpatch a bufincs which ccmccrncs the teaching and

_ government of the whole Church lmull: rcprclfi-rnt the <wh0lc
’ Church Catholikc. l Yettherc isfo much power given to every
Prcsby tcfiall Church at la-a{’c, as may uphold it fclfc, and cxereifrz:
 the clifcipllné: ofthra Church, for the being, and well heing czfit,
AA ordinarily. A — ‘ " l A A A  » A A   AA ‘ A
l lYetl;{o as it is a part ofthc 33AhurchvCatho1ik.c,AA‘ into which alih
the: ccnfurcs them mil’, have influence, as {hall be awed more

. ‘afterwards. Agzcl on ibrnc llgrqét occafions there may he cahfc to
‘hatch help furth C1‘, asflmnwcr appcald ta 3 gcnerall AcoAunc:cll.Bm,

If A A

A Wlhetlaer tlze%§Jl:ttdo{iké,arp4rtiattalar“C/cart/yes befl MA A  3

4q..n..-u--v

Wv—n-v-

at if that txtcnfivlci power cannot be had,laast1ov'v it is very di{fitult,‘-

than mull: that particular, nationall,‘ protinciall, or Prcshytelriu
all Church tell‘ in thdt_lntcn.fivc power that tcmaimta Within its
ownclalimitsti‘ 2 lYr.:’a cjvcgnl in la cnngttgationall tChurch,t if it [land
fogjas iti:atinbot=cm=hbit1ci‘with: neighbour-s,lllotT have reconrf: untold
them, i=trnul?cl be lb : but that is an extraordinary cafe, rfandrf; not;

tn be regulated by ordinary rules. And Win fuch cafcs alfo all vcivillt “

power mull tell in nntcongtegation, as if it wsrnin a vvlldnrncs
where, nthclta ~ Wewindd ncaiaghbour towncs mi cities to twhich‘ it
might be oincd :tn‘y-cit it Fnllowcth not that it mullba-lfntllnn E,ngmnn‘l
land, or any othcrltkingdlomt: where” there are lllcountics; (hires;
citica, A great townes, or A a Parliament. A Yea I know not but a.
patticularfiamily may, yea mull be infuclha an cxtraordinary cal:
Independent, bcith in Ecclcfilallicall, andlcivill matters alfca, yacht
itllfnllowlcs not that%thclrc. is any fixch inherent right in every tow n. M
orfamily all over the World, and that therefore partilzular towna 

' and familycs ainfinglamdarc dcbarrcd ofan inherent ptiviledgn
A bclongingto them, bccaufc: ncceflity may putfuch an indnpcn-~

dcncylbnfomc, a inlanacxcralordinary cafe. As by Shipwrack, Or ”

A being calt into fomt: Iland not liflhajbitfid. A

 Itis fitthatla.v"ifiblelClhnrch Catholikt: ‘hate on earth lhould 3 05.47»

havcavifiblc head over them, that {'0 that bndy and head may be a '
0flhcfamcnatnrc.fi *  4 l A ,  l A  f  4 V
A  T hislis the? mainic argument oftlw Pontificians for the Tfi1prc:«‘-‘A Aafmf, 7
macy ofthc Pope, andthat with made: ourflivincs dmy the-am 3 J
Chutzch Ca7tholik¢~vifiblc. ’ Butte thc;largumen't, Iaaniwcir that
t,ihcg%Church> hath at head: ofthé fame nature, conlilling of body and

fault, who fnmctimycslivcd in thislkingdomt: of gragqin the
dagteslofhifiltflag «and did vlfibly partakcflin:lcxtcrna1l%ordinances,
thonghlindbtld nnW?hea%bnafccnnded’i into~jhi't tkingdnme of glntyg,

hat ccafcth 7not‘toFblc*a mam» as we am though glomfyed, and V

l ccafcthlnnt no rule and govcrn his Church hcrc below; forlitgis an

awe cnnlcflc the gojmnmcnt qfthc Churchgin regard nfthc head ;

afacrldflizag 1gi¢ggdame¢: 9.7. Aswhcn King lame: Was:tranfla- 
tedjfrdm Scatlzwd to England , Iannd"1ivcd? hart-,'a he: did not ccaf: to
be King of.§’cozland:fo ncithat doth Chr’ilt“ccaft to be the head of   -
his Church, thought he bctranflatcd to his? :othcr kingdomc of:
glory .: and as for at vicar or deputy here below, it is not necdfull. . V

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“WT/Iéfffifl Refblgttiapbaf 4 prcfent Cafltrdvézgfie, 

4 Oéj.

Anfw.

A Al is abfclutely ménarcliicall,lbu$tlin regard ofthc olfiécrs it is Arifio: A

c-raticall. ‘ A

A Ycal but the Church Czgholikc cannot A be Avifiblc, bccaufc it ,
wantctlm proper ex.ifler:ce of my own, and CXlP€Cth;10nly“ir1TthC L.:x..l,l
iflcncc of particular Cburches,lon the: mcrnbars thereof Pl t.hisIob- V‘
j :é’cio?n js fomcwhat lxkcl alfarxncn-, onclythcrc, A the ‘eiciflcncc was

{aid to be in the Species, here, in the mcmém-. A 4 A  A ‘ A _A
50 wcmay fay ofcv_cry aggrcgativc body. A heaps of llzones
cxlflccth only in the cxltflcnce of particular lliOfI‘lCS athc: whole 2--

lcmcnttfwater cxillcth only in particular clmpp3_  By this ‘Db; .

j zcfcion youmzy deny particular vifi-blc Churches,‘ bccaufc they

cxlfi not, but in particular familAi<:s, and particular Families cxilll

not, but in particular members’: but as I faid bcforc-,z'frkepar:.r dc» 

exifl, :I9¢AAexz_7[}ence qft 154:’ 132691: rqfctltcftlx IA/Scréafi A V

An armyczkillzcth not but in rhc: favcrall brigadcsganlcl regi-F

lmcnts, and they are billctcd in diftant places, afncl yet havingonc
G:-nerall,, the fame lawns martx.alA,l thcfam¢l,caufc,, the fame enca-

Amics, though-they fhould never be drawnup together into on: A

l3oo’y , yet arconc army :.Su is the Church CatVluolll<e:Aonlc,thQug}gl

V9‘ it ncvcr meet bodily, bccaufc :5: Mia» 11.: max ca;gAmragfl,bu%¢ an unity;

A . of pr-dlcfii-3n,lof' chicflgovcrncrur, of laW¢$§ Spa'Arit,l way and

£5 05}.  

Aagfw. d

-swam! .;‘.Zm’j?i-

ma,

l.l-mpé. Yea tltrc cxifltcncc cf it Will xhc mqx:¢»appcAalr’e,.llbccalufc it”
hath privilcdgcs belonging thcrcunto , which ~par;i¢u1arg:l figvg
not, or bin in part; and at lfcconfd hand,-l aslmll bx: fi1ew¢dll»jn‘gh¢
B at that which you call the Church Ca’tl1Aolik¢ vifiyblc may by
lperfecutions, warms, lhcrcfics be brought inm a very littlcroo.:1ic,l
and ha ply to one congrcgation, or a flaw pc:r;=fons.* A  I 
I t is pofliblc-,yct allllthlcllcflfznlcc 8; P "viAlcd g¢sAlof:~t“b,¢ Church (3a..A
tholilkc vifiblc arc cantraffad andArqfl=rwdA tAbcrclin,_ AAla13dg_fi-0 m = tbtm.
wrwe}cd,and deriwzdtollthofc wlmm thcylhalll convcrt,an;d (9 11,31
dilate it f.~::lF agai'n.And“whilc the Church is but me A(:6g,I'Cga9tion;

that, hézh the notion of the Church Catholikc more plro;:»<rly“
A than cf a particular Church. AYcaAtl7Ougl1iAtbc but in one family; .

as it was in the Ark:: in the daycs of Noah. A V A 3

l I mm 6 now 150 hancllc the predilcat»: ofmylll  ? 

I may Awcll call a, fecondq:.1cfiion,and that-is : Whzclw ¢,f;hA¢{¢ two 
Vlchurches isAATrima, and which Orig? _Bi’.f=D1’€ I anfwf;-rA1 dcfigg ~

you

A confczqwzntl

 if/Iver./aerA the tv;£fz‘AAévZe Clmrcbr CzztboAlz'ke,arpmicrrlzrrfitf/Jzmyéer éefirfl‘, AA“ A 2 =5

cmbcrgharrthc»co.mpari{r>n as not -bctwcm therl nvifie

vf,AIAr>AiArAtorem A
Church, but bctwccn Churches ofthc fame

hie, ané tht: vifiblc
kinda, zsim. The Carlmlzkr wifiélea-, %
rim .- And then} anfwc:r,I conceive, the Church Cathoiike is
A‘F’w'm4,and ths .parrEcu1ar Churches are Game. For A A
Pirfit, all the rrmer that are in Scriprfure giver: runtd the
Church vifible, agree primarily to the ChurcAh~Cath‘o1ike gfircone
ciariiy ta particular Congregations; As ’EW‘~Ha*fc&.r Kuexxscfi, we: are
fir‘-fr cornfidercd as calm: but from Idrrls, and dsxrotrd to be rhg
Loads peoples brfarc wcgarr bcconfidcrcd cfrhis or timr Cun-
grsgarion, Arm” far priority of time, We 1{n0\«Vtl*:ey' wercggivm
no rbc pecrple rrf rhc Jew.-as before ever’ any Ccrzngrcrgatiemall
rChurch¢sh:2d cxificnm-.Az5Er 7.38. The Church in the wilder-~
H3311: And the jcwrsarc fiicquently C21-1661 the Larch pezzpie. So
the Church is calied the Hm]? cf the Living grad. I Tim, 3. 1;”
And the gramrd rzmfpi/[arr of zmtb. The C irir of Gad, fléi. 1, 21,
. 970:2’: vineyard, fakn I 3.1. Whrzrcin branches in Chrifi bearing no
fruit arr: cut off. * CAA'/Jrifi‘J‘ Séeepfild, «'1 Edffluflqgfgg bqjmg mt.’
I«V1:e.ear»firld, IC£wgdowre,af rHcaw2r, agrrnr km]? Wlncrein were Wéflélg
amen ofziiflvozrow, z T£m.2.2o. 'I'h<:i%: names camwt be Imfitcd to,
or impmpriamd by any particular Congregation, but arcfirfic tI‘u;'_=;

AA of the whralrs Church, and of every particular Church as a par:

thereof. Imuflr here remember you againc: of that faying of Dr
Ame: in his .¢’1’j£'..2,ZI/Z421. Cozrgregatiams particrrfarer flmt qrrryi pm.
re: /Emilrzmr 55:5/qfla: ‘Cflz‘,l.70!iGd3 rang, mire cfi~ rramen o’-v mzmrazm cym
miricipazzr. 4 Where: he graxarsrhc Church Catholikc to have:-the:
firfr right rm the name-,and nature of a Church,and thf: particulars
amly by participation. A
Srcorzdly, that is the primary Church to which the: Pmmé/Ear
aAAnd‘:2'3ri"Uil'r:*rz:g.rIr of the Church due primarily bclcng : but the
Promifirs and Privilcdgcs ofthc Church doc primarily belong to

A r{t1r.A Church Cathoiikr*.Thcrcforr:,&‘c.The minorl prove, brzcaufa

the {Mk Eraz1ge1ica11P$romife that ever Wasmadflin the: World
was r0 rfldrzm and Em, rcprrrrrfenting all mankindc, and rhrzra fbre
y the whalc Church of God. This was befiércrthrrcr
was any div:
Gentile, Nationall or Congrcgationall. Againe, rhc rminc
cummifiiun for gathrring the Evaniclicafl Church was genes.-

3 VA" A r r A rai}.

..4.4un.qa

and the }Wticzz_!ar m7_/fiéle C°3m:r'- _

Argfimwzrx;

" John m. 16.
“ D«11t‘th.3,,Ax z.,,
5 Ma1:_rh.i3.
37:38-

24?

{ion or difiinékion madeofr Churches into jcrrr, and ‘ ‘

as

 we tmebfiefoluziaét afa{ prefmt cantraaelpa,    V

   

tall». A Got f€.%¢6‘}J”4/lfifltiaflj mzdéaptiee titer}: in the ‘Name of the 

1é.1a:r,Slbé:~.{éa:,vznd Hal} GIJQ/?., And this was ahefere. £337 dlVlfi0l'lS'g

or fuhdivilions, were appointed , and they ‘were feeandarily
,broug‘h‘tlin,$ for order and better eclification, and being parts 0?
«the whele receive particular dillizuftiont from the places where
’   j they.livecl and other particularities. They all retain: the genetall

tlormet and eifentiall difierence fi-om heathens; and among them»

{elves as parts ofa fimilar body, are difcinguilhed but by aceiden-f_
~ tall deifiierences.   . “ e e A

 and that Promif‘: that tl1eVg4m of hell _/Z(48[!‘71x9?>£:7llP}“£Z7flZ.[£'
hgeinfl the (‘ljmrc/9 ispfimarily given to the Church Cathollike

viiiblel here ‘on earth, for that in Heaven is not aflailecl by the A

gatestof hell; but onely that on earth. And though it befgzppliméle

hi it to like izsvé/17!:/e omfjbffif !0~Wf5‘ -4°‘ W5/1W6’: forth they are affailed, by

pexffecutions,andlwrefics. % T  V A ; A At
T lAgaline._,He I/Mt éelewctég, mid. tit baptized ,/1141154 féeged. This

doth primarily belong to the Church Catluolike, and that avi{' 4-» A

ble Church, becauf: capable of'Ba”ptifme, anecl though it be apple-at

 cahleittetevery member of any particular Congregeationget not as
  Wbeing a member? thereohebut of the Church Catholikgtoawhich

A A  ff: ¢,hat‘lPrem:fe was made: yea,~loek over all the Promifes in the
A New '1‘ CllZam€nl',_ and you {hall finale them made in general},

without the ieait refpeét orteferepcetto the ‘particular Congre-
gat.l0tf1S-lWl!c:1‘Cm the Beleeverst lived; in any fimilar body, as

water, the acciclents deenot primarily pertains to this or that

particulardmp, and feconelarily to the. whole, but firft. to the
'wholc,_ancl fizcondarily to this or that drops. .504 the Priviledgcs
ef the Church doe not primarily belong to this or that particulae

% Chm‘ch,and fecondarily to the general}, " but firft to the generall,-.
‘ and feconclarily to this partMi~cula'r,heing a”part"of'it.; A

The maine Priviledges of the Church vifible are, firilr Federal}

i Ha/£2-zeffetolitslat tchilalrem ;. fecoridly, right to the Oijdinmecex, (qmoazlx
at 410.: filtem.-) new neither of b0.r.h thefe beticle any man primarily

as a ntember ofa particular Con gregataion, but as a member ofthei
Chutch?Cathoi:l<e. i   ’ '

Fat‘ Federa/I or Ca'vea¢:an:HeZia1efl2*, whereby the chi,ld_reni are

l elem?! hetieeth rm mane child*ten,hecaufe the parents arch ofthis.

ear that particular Cehgregatiotj, hut Vbecaufe of the Church Ca».

V tho1ilte,,§__

I/l/(Jet/ylw tbe*leLIifi51¢3 C 5376 /1 G4Malike,a2.:]mI*ticul¢r QC/fihcbés dd  A 27

_” 

llholilmand thiS'lappcarcs.by Clfvcrs dcmonftratil-ans, Iwjll givrg

you but one, That which fimlall have lléeem I/aaézigér the pm-riwlar
relatgian load never éeefz, mm’ which caminmtlé “When the pgrticg;/gr
wlatian cmflet/9. that :4 not A praprr Priwi/edgg aft/mt 7"l?[;¢t£07’»'J Bzgpah

fiscla z3.fi.»;’eraz/1 H0/t'm’f]3'. hinllrcgardl of rclationm any %p%articular«v

Church. Sazgpbfc thofc baptized by f‘abn?5.4p;ifi 0; by chrifis
Difciplcs before there was any particular difiim9lion,{‘hou1d haw,-,
any childrstln, or the Ewmxvb (ifhc wctrc an Eunuclwby affice on» d
ly,.ahd not in body)baptiz¢d by 7’IaiZz'p, _ and Went” immediately  
l~_.om%e into his own ccxuntry, {hould nutjthcir Cllildrcn ha cflj/tail?
§5uppofea Church difiblvcd by warrc, the Iylizzillldcr and pcopleh
lflainc, and form womcn left with child; lhould be carrycgj away’ AA
lcapllVc,{h0uldnot‘thcvf3 children be :59/:03, becahufc the particular?‘
rzlat‘ ion is e%xtin€&P _Doc not-thofch, womenl rcmaiuehmcmbcrs of

A :haChutéh?%’Ar<: tdhcytoybc lcoundtcd Witéant; in thc Apofflcs  

d (if the Church Cath¢>1xl<c,and notgofthc particular Cogzgregatioxj,

fcrice P _ ‘

A Secondly, For Ordim-zoos, either of Warfbipgqr ‘Dzfi.-ipZiz::,hth¢y
are both Privilridgcs of the Chu_rchCatl"xol1kc, pnmarily.” For
Worlhipga man or a cbxléc bath rlgbt t9Baptifme as a mcmbcr

I r;~,_»<L— :2,

for they bad right beforc*Congrcgations wera difiingugfimdg as 
in fa/an Baptfjls, and Chrills time‘, and the Eunuchs cafe, and 
have right; after that relation ccafcth as childrcdn born in captivi--~
ty, as in thclfbrmcr inllanccs, fiich children being holy, are Capa...

dLs,1e‘[c;»£ Bapnfinq,” Infaarexlézzprimndi flaw. mm m mszzfimr, M

‘quid flgnéfifimt. iW/:inzk=bA And thcrcforc no qxmflioln but any
Minillcr might baptize thofc childrcmif he could come by them. A

   And for h€arirvghthcV&’ordaf God, let a Cbrillian dwell
fgwlzcrc hclwill, and have «opportunity rush:-are the Word where
he;:5can,li; bath right goiglalnldhdothhcarc it,not as hahrsathan
that is WitEaI4t,h but as his rightfqll hlpmgtlion, And even inh(:ond.._‘
gregationall Churches, the brcthrenl in one Congredgaticmcom-l A '

, .muui%cat¢A at the Lords Table in other Congregations, as accafiém

idssai-h:red@;’And mt: quefiion gm any Chrjflim may jgyng in
We‘: and ray’. 04”’ F4?l"”=3C¢-WhithlfiflyCbrillians in thelfhra»
'zht:llpart_s oftbc woVrlldl.~ l M ~ d A 

,, l And farhtbc OrdinanctzslbfDifcdip1iric, ks.-very cm as a mcfnh§:r 

d A 0f the    333}  “_‘thcxf‘::unto , ggnwd

13 2 A 1 every 

is h   

‘ '§9§'fl'ipl£nc;IZfé2erkj’:2re, &c”, . % L h %_ .  
Thirdly, 5 brififx ofifm archfirfi intended for, and executed on -

chv;cr.y mfficcr hfthhé ChurchCathoIikc vifiblc hath right to 8:: poh;
jet‘ in thc 'Ordinanccs ofDi{cip1inc,~£n Aaéhwprima, every where, as
{hall he {hewed more af‘tcrwar&. And certainly the Church

h flazhulikc, even in their rcprchf:-:ntativhc miniflteriall body, have

march extcnfivs authharitativc"powc1‘ then Vparticulhat Claflésori

A Cong:-egations,tl20ugh *hap1Vnot ‘mere intcnfive.

Neither can ithhbc imagined, that all-the other Privilcdgrzsh
fhould belong firfi to the: Church Catho1ik»::,% and fa deilccnd. to
particuiarg and this o<fDifcip1inc fhould belong firPa to the parties
cnlar con~grcgat;ion,aAnd {J hafccnd ta thchCatho1ike:h that fame:

Fnould gain a geneticafl mcthoci (asitwcrc) and others in an 

I

gmazjrzhiaml,‘ 1 'Su§;>pofc an Apoiflc flmulcl havchpreached in “a citie;

and ccanvcrcad at Erfizhut two or three, or c~on.*.*crtcd ahcompany .
h;,[c;f'women,has it was ‘Paul: lot to preach to a company of?-women,‘

 1 at 3. So that they could not be: bmught in mi an organig

. call congrhcgafion, could it be conceived thaththcy, thoughbapti-h

med, Wars: [till Wizbam .3 and were not their chihlhdrcn °5D»:oi,? And if

any Mthcm flwuld mifcarry in their fudgcmcnts, or prac‘5’?cifl:s,,z »

had Pm! nothing ta doc: to cmflzrc them, bsclaufc thcy were noti
in a Clmfrc/2 W41. (asfmne farms it) orhin at particular Cangrcgati-.~
qn5tI1hugh they were in fthhc C hurch Catholikc vifiblc  If they
Wem lyahlc to cenfurc, or capable thereof; not heinghin a particu-
lar congcegatiun, but the Church Catholikc only ; then Dsfciu

-pflinc bel~ongs_to the Church Cathalilcc, and that primarily... Tim
 1?L’g¢~.-rhhaf D gfl:ip [:-he \i”’fl"efirf? gizmztowt/ac C';'mrc*b‘athb1ike, écmarfi-A

firjflgiwen to t/9hapafh'e;r,; who were genera/I Pa__/aVmr~:,h% and téercfim
the IC'cywaz;‘c Curbalzkg. »  h h  A AA   M
M Alfo ccnfmres paft it! one Ccmgrcgation rczach th7c-fwhole
Chdfch Catholikc vifiblc, as {hall ha-hfhcwcd more aF:c1‘~Ward.%
Timthwifiicfa éezamgezb to all and every part rgfvzfimilar éaa§y,1wpArt.r«»
af   ,'A that ~prima1*i::y éelaiggchz/.1144 tia I/ac‘ W‘/gala: h Em [3 dark’

o

thvahhiilhnrch Cahitholikch hem hchlowh. h_;H<:h is h%I(i:¢g;. Fri?/it. and ‘Pro-

p;h2:,hhprimari1y in h‘rcfpc&~Of the: w»hoh*:h,h and bL“lmtf£COI)d3I'i1yiDh rc:-I

fpcfl ofa particular coMngr;:ga“ti0nmf m¢mbcr.,Gods “aimé it: Re»
dcmption was to rcdccmathc whc-.13: firmy, and i7ccondatily par-

~1.'§§L{i1§fS.Gbdfi; lawfdélae fworlqézbwt  gawahlowk cvmfyéétgmm S'a}2,&e.;

 h Tlmtme Refivldhhn afapreflwt Chzimverg/‘Fé, ‘A  A.

 

A Afi/zetker téh rhifléle C/lvzmé 'C4t£ro/zléegvrpmifi Afilflf.‘ hcfzzzfcvhes Aéé firfl. AA 2

And’ {'0 is thcapplication of that rcdcmptionl‘ by Chrill.  As a V

A Priell he re;concilcth,clcanfcth and in;te,r;cccl::th»for all of the clca-;
and profli-rs it to the Wlflfllrs Church Caltl‘)Ql_l=k¢-Ylfiblflz. As a Pro-- “
phcthc teachcth all. As a King he tulcth all pri1nAarily,and par-
ticularlshzlcondarilgv. lAs,an earthly King is ihdccd King of Ziéa-.
ma»: and yoga, 8:-C. but not primarily, but feconclarily as they are
members ofhi5 kingdoms. And the naturall head islihda-ed head
to the little finger arfl lixgtletoc, but net primarily, but as they A
Aamparts ‘cafthfi Whole body, whmcofit lis‘hcad%:A,fo »isChri£?c a
my£licall"Kinghanbcl hca-clfirll: of the whole, am facondarily ofthrz: A
particular parts contained in and under the Whale. Yea Chxjill: A ,,
may be Kizzgg, A Priell, and A Prophet to a partimlazr cMAm=rt',A.
brought in, and ncurifhcd by. the Word of Goal p_rcachr;-.’dj in a L

A ieifiblc co21gregatio;n,A’écj“ar:lqa £2: Admitted 41 memfwr of that cpn-A

.1‘egati0n,A or any other by fipublike confcnt, rcmaining in no» A
Church but the Church Catholikc vifible, and haply fcarce,bciug.
a .compleat member of that, being as yet notAbaptizx:d; A ‘ A
A A Fourthly, the figne: rkatdafiéramce 4 zrm-H Cflmrcigfiiam Agfag/.3, dg, :

not primarily belong to a particular cc;:ng1je.”gAaltion, .but ‘tame A
Church Catholikg Avifiblc, v%izAprofi:fl2'anAoftbel lfmefgzir/ah; zbq min: A
wing’/frzztiazz aft/ac tme ardimmce: of God, the Ward pmd .S’;scr;am.w2t:,

l for therein. all the Whole Church agree, and i3_»tl1crcby dlftingulw A
{hcclfi-om thof: that arc wit/aowt, not from theft: thatare ;W£[b‘£m‘~'“  
This ism noté; to know thisorlhthapparticulatChurch-l by, A from; V
another, for it is common to Athfi UtlivcrfallClhu1?Chall~iAtdillilngllim
{hath not among themfclvcs, but froznthc gem-rallA common 09”‘;

A polite, thc h::athen, or the grbfl": hcrctick. A A ma11b:iAngA 133$
into a vault what; were thqfculls of many dead men, and undrsru :
(landing thht/Ilexsgnderl fcull was there, mdsfircd hi:-z gnids: ‘toy
fl1;ew him thamhis guide: tcpldg him it wasAtha:: {pull with the Ahol-x
lbw eye holes, andwiththc griflly nofa, and with futurrts crof-.

A fiAng%thcAbr%ain pahn, andltvhcnlthc:m_;m’lrAcplyccl=th1t they had all

Afo.,g ycgfaithlhislguida, then: is no cliflhrcnccl bctwccn Kings and;  
Gthcr mcnsl ,fc?l11i*3.Al.lWh«¢bn thcy 311*» dead.A~ Slolxf anylman flwulsrl 

l ask you or mawhlfihjlsthc~gCl1ut‘ChAAéf7A1g/‘wAiqh5 fDad/mam. oh C01»-?.AA’»l
A mtq fay it istha Church whtrc the ward of. ~ A

él/me/kw it wma fully    
God is preached, andfacra.lmcr1tsladm.ihi€’crcd,l and that profI:l1'v:; :
l[:;f.e.;-.3 Chrxfft to bc crucify ad, dcgclhan-:1 burycd, lfifcn againm an-:L,
 A  2  A   " EAg__.   A’ 4 . afcendcdl-

. ,, ..A .
""' ""' ‘W5

A A A f1‘l;emac-e‘ttfitejoltgtizmQf2zAA_g2r%22t‘ C’ontrq-aerfze;  A A

afccndcdinto I-Ic;wcn,,‘ for to do all the Church Cath zzviilte.-,f but I
Atrmft give: finmctotthttr notcs to glifiingtziflu any of them, ‘for thcfe A
tgigtam mt diflimffiwag ‘éecapgfi »ca:§:m.£m._ 'Ih«;:t'cf'ot'e uh: figms of the
 tractChurch%b::longAptimari1y ‘to ti*‘m?$-‘Awhfllfi, f*:t:bndari1yV to par...

tiaixlar partstltercof, and are therfore ‘mi: dzyfinfiizve to téé parts,

A '_["Ahg{ which i‘3prima2jr?to~anyt}1ing (Ed?/i‘in52%‘ive to that thing, but
th at which iAAi/écatndary andtcommon is M: dzfiméftw from other “

jaarticttlarsofthe like kind. A A A A A A AA t
I n A may tail t/:e meméer: cf pdrticmlar /91F3?’L'bc'.5‘A'?*'6’ maméar: of :55
6‘/amt‘/J atéalikg, jut rim: relation éelang: to them. A Jf 2/26} 5:
am within the pain: of the Church, they fiavc fcdcrallg holincs,

A and are £52403, not bceaufe: mcmbtrs oftbis at that ;congrcgatic-n,
Abutbficatjfc born of paz't:ntsAwxthzn Atht: gcrmwrall covenant c::ttc't‘- _
A nAaHy,% andfu Within the Chtmcb Catholtkef.  Jfrkay 5: converted

{mm hciathens, they are Iidt 51”“ t‘CdI}vert€d into this or that par»
ticular Church, but converted fitft mto the Church? Catbélikc,

and 1:56?!) feccmdarily admitted mgmbcrs ofthisflor thatvpatrticular A
~congrc:gation.‘ A man may dWe1Im1nAoVnetC1ty,‘and hears the word

m‘.AAC30d by m;cidcntAinA anoth_cr:city,2mdthereby be canvtcrtcd, but

A A 115 is not mnmtctd toAb<‘:A at mA¢flnbA€5X' fifths Chutchwhcrc he was
*itconvcrtcd;ttbttut into the Church Catholikc;-..A so that particular car:-3-A A
‘gregationx :27‘: madcap 0 f maméer: oft/96* C/mrc/J Car/golilgg, 3.: %they;..'
Atfidrtemoftpropt-r1y~ar¢fixid to be 0rM,fbt fucha cévcrt may joi'n_c:_V

htimAfe1f{: aftgr his cor;vcr(ictn‘,to% what confg,regA7at§an he plcaftth to

AAinhabitamong;[Ifa“man come intota‘ pariih that is a ‘h-cathcn,IieAist

Amt a mcrtibet ofthat particular,Chu:cht,bccau{E.- not amcmbcr of
Atfhc: Church CatholikAc,? but if babe :1 Chriitiamthen is he a mem-

-bcrtcmhat patticular cungragatim wherehc refidcth, for fit ft: to A

A b%,'aAttd Aoufiglit not to bc &et'*xyr:«:I admifliotn at c0mmunion,though

Ah: AI*Ai5ta&h1cA:vt:r bixtt mcmbctof any‘ oth¢*r.7A7 Thé A afiitculart campa-1

nits in Lamina are Amadc up only offrccmcn, t at are joyncd ” to-A-~
gather i n fame particttlar? bor:¥y‘or f'0cit;'Aty,t beIongingA to fucAh‘”[ 6;:
fuck ttta;hAaE1,nowt the fizgflnctiota that mmcs tipan any of thfiffi per;
AtAfm*ts‘brA compaAnAics,AA tsthac th;:y’*arcA ¢>fte¢m¢AnAA0f Lem», and ’fé-A-

. A AA?!‘-:lA'AA{A]&a’Af£\1Y'AA$%1A3t AtI}¢5?~if.ra di{finc?c f'r0mtA‘oAthcr‘f"te“c men, tAby~bt:iAnAgtoF A
AA Af this at that partzcu1a’r~focrety, belonging to fuch a hall. 5AACIgi“t is

Fm-A.A3I1Churchcs~, Firfl, all the mtcmbcrsare conccivttd mbeV‘ fit:

-gft12aACkr4r:/:24 Cwtéalifie, andflvcondariljg Acfiflimfi  z£ti3i5'ff?W;3fiA¢Jf§ifl A I
 A   A  A A   A A A ‘ A  A thiSAA

iii;/irvetber the vifiérlewcl/Barri: CathoZi»i‘e,oriparri'im{ar Charo/ye: he 3?

 

 

this or thatlpartieular aiiembly. And though hflapllythis Iitniliu _
tude holdethnotin every thing, as the not removing from one 4
company to another, and being received in “there, ecaufe he is at A

t freeman, yet is it<’fi'ee for any Chrillian to change his particular

relation from one congregation to another, lbecaufi he is a Chri. "
iiian, and takes not up his firft freeclome into a particular con-r
gregetion or company, but into theCatholil<eP They are made‘
membersof the whole, by converfion to the faith, and initiated

by the facrarment of baptifmeiexternally, but are /2.-crmdm'!y_n~rada

members ofa particular congregation, by cohabitation, or con»  
fociation. Suppofe a man haci abundance of {heep as Aémlmm,
Iflracé, §1.rmu6,anrd jlahwho had -14000. and thefe fhtep had all one
brand of the owners upon them, and thefe {beep were divided
into feverall flocks, under {overall fhepheatds, in {overall {beep-
walksa ofthelfame owners; according to his appointment, the 
primary confideration ofa my ofthefe (hoop otllrfloclrs, is not thetr;_
they are under fuch a kec per, in   fuck a {heap walk, that the ifi.rl’l: 

A tonfidcration of them is that they are ‘fucha mans l lheep, either
i bought or bred Bcc. bearing his brarld, and fed by hisifervants, om -
his ground, and then the more particular and fecondary confide» »

ration and motion is that they are under faith a particular (hep...

heard in {och a particular walke. And fo the firit eonlideratiom 
ofany A part of Gods flock, whether perfon or Congregation is, 
thatrthcy are Gods people; borne or converted. to him, fed one ~

A nouriihed by his Ordinan*ces,and Miniftersg, and then thepartl» 

culat Iecondary notion is, that they are fed by firth a Ppaftotur, in 2:
futht a place. A A i V A A A ‘ 2

i It is an ufuall iimiiitude on all hands to compare the Church to \
the Sea orOceapn, which though it he one, yet as it waiheth Up--.1.

A on this, or that couiotremreceivethr ~tlreirxame and diitinftiort of r-

tht: Germet're,Spanilh,Irifl1,Brittilh Seas. _And It: When it puts l
in at any creelttgbecaufe rt 18 continuotts with the Sea we call r it
the Sea. And we fay the feat comes up at Harwicla, 7;;/2¢anipc.{a,ML»zn£.=. ..

r we, Calabzgfler, now it were an abfurd thin g For any man to think I‘ At

that the particular fees were the primefeas, and the maine is me»: 
t’aa1't'm.m Orr becahfe the ‘name 1?ea‘io? inclulg?edl;*roe this or A their”
arm: or creelte,that therefore that (hjould either imonopoliiize the ~
mme Se.a,thatth.cte ihfluldbono fea butfuch rcrreekeaiot thatgng‘ <4

32

.  %l;c true Refl:§latién of :1 prefent Céfltigrgerfie, A

 

fuch crcsckes fhould~arragate thfinamc and Aprivilcdgcs of the %fé¢;
firft t\;:Ath¢1:12f::ix*es:, ~anei%%le=ax'c»thczn but In-:c’ond%arily to the mains
3.0 it as far particular‘Congrcgatiuns, which hzmz the name‘ and

¢ Privilcdrfes of the-Church indulged to them at!" ‘ d - .

AA hand,V(b§caufc tin-;3,«%%a1je mcwmbersand fimilar pa:.c:c§Ft}:cOx;I::i:§ A
to ufurp and cVh,al1e11ge%thc name and s.1>ri viledges% given by (30.1 to

the:Cht:rch,vC~atho1ikc,primariiy to thcmfrlvcs, and leave than-; ,

fccondarily to the Church Catholike. V

A/Sixthly, tbe%%¢/“§*Zimfz’er: aria pr:_m.4r:!] flfinzfiery cf ,7',,, C';_,m.¢%

ca:lm’:'l»\.:; fccondarxly, c»f’thi5 «Gr thatwpa1‘ticu1arflock otcongrc- 

gation  and thCt?V¢f0*r'€ that C3tbQm~i§‘: is the prizna Qhumh_ Ami
this appcarczs by this dcmon{3£_rfi*;i«3n. T/mt C/mrcb to the Wlvicb :5;
..dm2'.43ti0;¢ aft‘/2:9 /l4'im?J/fry 71304»:  ‘made, :24 the firfl f;‘,5j¢g}..,§;m.wf'"
ézzt r:’:7attWaz5 the C kmfc"/a C atbalikg, tlaarqfbra, 130;; pmcfé hfifeafnfcg
,1. C0r¢I%%2%.28,2f9+ %QT04'{}24tbfir fig;-re: in % rlas Césmécla  Apaflzm. ffl“
csmdarily Pr9p;!m:aVFt/éird/J Té»zc7%%l5a2?;.AA4Ncmrf:his Church «mfthc

% Church .fCatho1:ke, and not a.nEy.p3rticu1a¢ con g%r¢gAagdn’AAfbr it is

the Chmc:-wh towhich A the T..0rr:i gswcdpofliex. ‘A M at A if f
hence, thaw/as fime Ckwre*-;’az*%a%1WJicé qod gazéza ;1Mz~}::, 221 $23.21,

Mpéetazo flacfimc /9: gave ?’"c¢£clJ6r.wzlfl:' WBi{1mp,& and .p3ftQm. nmy

1-slams tohiic up rfifpc}-;.‘i tca*%:1;§:a»‘_: p3;_f1§L112x‘1-,rdfiti0nu§..f?,m¢ pmgtmm.
P 3C‘3a%W W310 Y? 5 1?? “W0 tht Church a par:1cuA1ar%iMini&m-L
xsfa-r,bL1t I’rcSbytcr,Mm1i’r.er, and Teacher, mgr: g<;:ncra11,cxtcn~A
dmg to the wholc Church Cathxnlxke. ‘Pam! an Apofilc cafshim-F

fzlfc a ‘Teacher and .Pr::im'./::=ez*, m%Tim.1_,1 1,, Pm»,- a1f0 and gagmtbc

Apofilcsca1}‘Jtl3emA4$f:lirr:s Prmzbyters,1AI?er,;,1_;3gfP_;l017_I_g ?a;g‘I__
we finds: a1i0thatMini£‘zers arc: in Scriptim: fpokm ofundcr 3 ga-

‘%j}m’.ra1Inoti0n.‘Ti1cy are ca1L€.‘dL)’£*Zz'n{/7‘er: offzl.u: Word‘, L;¢@.%Lm

//.I‘1;j fl/A'imj2"er.s of C] ad, 2 Car. 6.4., And .M'z'mfle'r.r ofC’l;rz:fi, 1 can

4“! . Aud%1DIi;e£§1‘er:ofzhe New Tgflamcnt, 2 Car.3.6. Anci"Jl4'im£» A

flgrs of the Q'ofl5eI1, I T/a:f.}g.2. And .174i;2g'fl«ar_Mf the Lama A E-l’iM

6.2:; whcrcjtlmés_1\rIiniPc<:ria1l Offica is 2* t db h {P M-
thcrcof to the Authmfitbat -imploxyeth I31-,5-_cn,, intd 6&1‘: V

about which they are imploycd, and mt by the; Objgfi W Wham

they pr_e~achcd» ‘.Tl.2ey.m3na:%c:.sz1!ed fldimgflerg’ ;/g 1 75 A - ‘ %
Tmcber.r, Rulgrx, Pafimr: , % Ormg/4m~:, or glingjif ‘}Wf‘;b:::? 

CaloI!7I H M

And if a AMimI’ccr% of twh«iser. that .Congrcgation were new 4

;2Enifl:7.cx:

iiieteer the ‘WW: c/am/2iqzgzéélékeiorpwréicvlariCWW5 éefirfh Isis
4iMiniifi~eroif‘ t'hciiChurch Catholikc viifiblei,_ziéeg2 /ac am :10 M)?» M A ”

‘jfer am‘ of /9it.a.wn Congragntiah,and:/2m]‘?2re amid not ‘predc/a,Aiar
mlminifler am] Sacrament, M 4 Minziflgf, dam of./aiixown Cangregdtii.
faizi. Ycagfiany: mcmb¢rsi0€aDOfh¢1‘Qflflgfflgationifhoiuld come
Iénd-_ hi‘-‘arc iahlinifiérq in, his own? jCbrzgrci”gé;fibi3; ha. cfould not
preach to them, nor ‘theyj heart: him” asia Miriifier”,, but‘ only as a L
giftcdibriotihcr. ‘And though ha: imey,pray and bcfécch his iowne
flock as_ an Ambaffidqqr of Chrifl: to .b<:;’¢cong;i1cdivunto God,
ai("ar.i.54.2a.i yet he canti_ot;.fay’ifo tiogany oichét; éxc;~:pt;hic be an
iAmbid£;fidour’ib officci utito" otI*1c;r$falf0 -5‘ add‘ "ifi"h¢“ib¢;ai'Mini[’:¢r’ti:
done member bcfidcs his 0wTh‘Cbii”gié‘ggsti"on,“ th¢n,*iiS_ be To iind&cF;-

nitely to all,Abyi the fame rcafan... iBW.utiiiifiibc'd’i¢1£V'cri. itI1c4Word as
fa MiniPtc:r to his’ own Congrcgatibq onliy,i tberi. the fame: Word

vg=hich is delivered‘ at thc’faimc.itimc iiby_;b‘c' faziiéiman is dclivcrcd
by vcmid: of Iviinificriéfl  to f(;ffh¢5 ain‘d'£oothcrs~tx bfiicia A
it/akriizzfzlf gemmli, cmcly !_21s a‘ gifted bm:Im=.“ And "if" this beff
granted, which is abfurd, yet a greater abfurdity willifollowgzuh. i
lthatifhe adininificr the Lords Suppcr to any méihbcrs of am. 
that Congregation, hjciimufl: dd‘: ~.that% am, as a igifiediibrdthcr, and
as a private pcrfon, w;hich'yct‘ all men hold hath nothing tddoa
in adminifier the Scales ofthc Covenant. ITAnd*yct this comma.

A nion ofimembcrs or other Congregations is   frcqucmamong our

brethren for Congrcgationall Chuirichds; Ncithicri can this be an...
*fWcttd‘t‘ba‘t it is done b vclrtuci oféonfuiciatibflipfCliurghcsgxu
éwpt the civnfvciétionv Chutchcsand thi¢ir mér11b¢rsimak¢ alfa
fa coinfuciaiion uFot‘ficc:s” and officers} and to cviéryi Minifiér ~ibc gr
gcncrall officer, and aminiflzcr of the: Church Catholik»:-,as well
as the particular imcmbaris be members ofthc Church Catholikc.
And if a i’Mii1ii’cctii0f:0;nc:§i Congregation b: a gcncmll Qfficcr} and 1'
iicafi]'adminifi[crA tilt-’:*5i<=aI::‘s of the C0V‘3‘7¥3‘“§;ii»Baiptifinc,and the
Lqrds" ‘sizppcri, "tci firgmgcrs ‘in his ‘own cmgrcgaitxdh indhis; ownc

» * mcctiindg~ihoufe, than any iwhczm cm: in anjrothcr meeting houfc,

for no mzmwill fayhis miniflcriall offic¢iiisicircu'mfc1fib:d by,or:
tied unt{Ot_hc1iz11it:» ag;d~ifabl‘iCk*0fhis oiwd mc¢:tingihvoufc,i“or any
Efpdciall iifalflumccl orautlgdrity afibrdcd’ him ifitjhfi §:7i§r.£ciut‘ion’i¢3f
his ‘iminifierialli f"un&i;zm”by thy: prcfcncc iiofhis iqwncfbongnpgati.
ion. Ha, whofc offi;ccidisi“li;vniti:d withi’n,; anidflands wholly "infe-
latianuntoa particular i?41=?¥¢¢;iiS‘b£1t01f;““doffic¢ when he‘ iiisoutbof

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thafgélaccg as amine of¢1Chtporati<:§r3, émd cénfiabxe on pm‘

Bufithis notfo Whith"1a"MhiniA&cr,h F1c'AAAj'is no privatchman, as foon as

hhehihg out ofhig Am*eetin%g houf:-fiprh the limits of his” congregation;

Ah ‘and ihbufghhhc ind€ €d' hf: pe¢;ilfa:vt1y’ their Pafiour‘ or f:BAiihop,A one
_ "1-héthhhathth¢Aov;rfighAtAGfthémhinjthe LofdinAA;1 m'orcAimni<:‘diatc
Ad=.:.fpccia1lA’mai1nei-,yetthisesctcnds to a‘11“times,and pIaccs,whcrc-

A ‘ever he or they AfhAAa1AiA come by «occafion; though never {'0 fiarrc from
«thcir dwellings, but f.) is not a Major or Cnnffablc; if An~dj;bcfid¢5
‘mat particular Adffic¢Ahe ishan officer, a M%i%niflcr in>gencra11htoail
”hthcrs,A audmayhh Ajcxggutc his‘ office toAthemA as Gad’ gixzcthA= hiri:
“oc¢ahfi=on,batAjfocannbta M«afm7A prAACon&ablc,bccaufc they are”on+é-
hly [p A ticular officcrs; ’SuppAofc" 2 AAMAini£h=:rsA flock by" mm-tality,

captivity, or the fwAort¥, Afhou1AdA’be diflhlvcd, cxtin:&,.anAdfai1c:, ink A
f AdAi:¢d he ftmafcth‘ to b::jthc1VI‘4 hPa{¥:ouMr;AAb‘ccaufc the «co}rr¢1ativ":: failtith, ‘

'”b;1t:hf颢afi:th not up ‘bC"."a. Miniflgcr hf‘ the GQfp'allA.  Kingor
”AMajbr.‘ haphly ccafehto‘ be {'0 any longer, ‘if hisKimgdhmc,or Cm-pox.
~*:*Aat1<:n'A{11k:suAld finke,;bc‘cauf¢ them is no Cathclike: KAin’gdome,; or
‘_’IAowAm11ip%WhercofAthcy>wcr¢‘o“ffic'crS1 but thfi.‘ office: of the Mi-

"nflh:-rc¢ahf¢thhAnot,V zcaurchg wars" «an, (wfficw of arm Church Ca:-' 

*-h*th0l'ik&,‘ whiirh ‘corr;:1a:cAhAA finkgthhixrfw,And%:Being?an h.oi?fi<:ir:rh ofthc

AChhui'bIiAChatholikcghc h§th°thcrEhyA.w£?émprimum to adminiffcr A

an the Ordinances‘, of;Chrif’r, Aw:hi"ch éhfing1cAohAFficcr may or can
doc in any pla‘cc,only wantcth Afksmflficundaw, éwl’ Acxercitum, pro,

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Church to Afécd,hAhhAand PcrctA*c:h not thcAmf<:Ivhcs W15‘t”hir1h"Onc anothcrh.

line, withouta galfl,  ‘ptrmiflibn or Kintrcaty. A
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to baptize; éllZf0AP?'3‘Il1‘__6l'5th_éJ Gaff’?/I, ya: that is ‘meant mt prim?»

pflfi .f0Igh¢ \5Va8‘f$nta1VfoAto bapthizc-, clfc he might notihavc done
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Gbyrcfi C¢ttbol£k<;,% appparcs, Epéceiufszja/aéi ’3f4;2tg'/5, éaptizada/13¢»

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that Witisaxurélntian to any pdrticfl/mf Cangmgatiam, which had in

V . bccn nccicflarythcyflccmldhavcwcombined them into. So Peter-
% csiifcd Carmfliiw and;his%Fricnds4 robs: baptiz¢d,An4¢?.1c.w,8. but no;

m-:ntio“n  is W made of any, Cbngijcgatlidflfi %iVntt)  which“t;hcy were

bfaptiz9cd..%And Bbilifi bap:izcdVAthe.€umcb mt into any particu-- %

larjCongtcgat~ion”. «And thc Apofllcscarryed  fab‘ou: one with
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bath the Afameflilc givcn him againc, certainly be coul~;Inot‘b7¢a‘ A

peculiar Minificr t‘o bo1__h tb%ofcdi1}53ntA.Ch'fitchcs, land I {uppofc
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grim in his gliziim wrfim on Be/farm. c4p,%7.‘nam 7. “ £15.; 
afilgéliafivc mania" carflézgunzh; qua fair éanm, pim, doflgggq, aptw; 2154'-f
J/ "ol:4;‘Z'“A::l1;_giHtitr gdficriam vcréi, 3?fli‘?7£€hU_{J.r;'g;;:; 3 A 21112;“ j)dr't1}:'ul.}3r:&.
./:_77.2e& Afifigularzé _§f;g;£'4é%I¢‘»giiz£§?e;ji2¢z22 fingufmiftf bait “-2i9;élVji§h7I3  cieflcé.
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fl ,A_ndth¢ n:-”uA:h is,»g;bcscr;p:'m¢% i alwaycs caliing the Bales:-vars 

in mic Citic one’ Chmch ; .i¢vcn]c ruf3l::m though tyhcm warp
many] thoufan,ds,yca,g2z}rxze£c,thaAt A 1s,f“‘tr1any4txmg-,sjtcn%tl1’oufands;of

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,uue:za:J‘e:A( which W'¢§¢4al1 probably A of crufalem, as jappga,-¢‘s' _%

fix.-R: becaufc the.-y1x?c:{rc:‘ mt. fur,-h‘ as ‘c1:su‘1‘d emf: 2122} ‘wirng.-flz» Againfl

‘P4251 batyby Lh-t.*§ar- féy a 1:13;} arcixfonmd oftlaae : %“bu:-_- H4 thc  cwcs D;

alma3.ngi‘t ;thc?Gcn tilcg _dpf::%Pt h‘2HJring_ f:cnw$Aémd A4 hjcardfatzl, muld
have tcihfifidaflf their ownAknow%1cd%g_e, i am’ ‘M1424 A may ,1}; élixdaél

With Pam]; ';g_rqfl*i¢t c"mfirmi»t)r.‘% %»AndVfccondIy,bc;Vaufc théjfonly (if %%
 srufldgm could rccfiive fat;sfa,&io::1byV Paul: cpnformity tb the: A

ilfberher ma «zizii/i6le‘Cfl;z:r“cIB cgmz2g¢,arA;a{tacaz4r ic;,,,;;;,,,g, fi,+p,j * 

;iatr';".em_/';:l:Ir1, at that tiimc, andnot th¢icthcrs)iAr_1dVa1fo A i ‘

the Holyfihoff calling the Elders in thofc Cities, the iE1dA¢-rs of a
 the Church, in rémmmzi, it leave th it uncertain: to mc,“vvhctl-icy;

thc fcvcrall Elders were fixcdovcr particular congrcgations,,,'or-
taught and raise! in cdmmmci, asthc Miniftcrs darnow in Jkfiddle;
fivasrgly, and Straséurgb, and other places, yet becauf:’iiti'makc‘tti
mofi: for cdificaltion, and order, tc) have them fixed,I fluallirhihke
they were, untill the contrary fnall be proved. And I verily b¢..

A A lccvc rigs} mlcd in opmmrmi , thoughihaply thcy did notrtcach.

for x -  i   A  V _ A _ I
iv Scvsnthlyitlmtr Chm-‘ab taf'Waiic}:we1y C/9r.§/flan 5;.-mfirfi rglmig.
an, arm’ which relatian cantimaetb lafl, and Myrna: 6.:-i £21-olq;-n 6} him,

m't6a#tfl2:,1B' rlsefirji‘ Glmrchlmtfucb is the (lmrcb far/aalikg amaze” _

V 1:/aerfarc. The mmor appcarmbecaufc none can be admitted in-4

to a piarrricular congrcgationrcxccpti he be judged ,firPc;A «sf the _
Church Catholikc zfo againc though hcchangc his habitation. A  
ricvcr fa ofrcn, and bcarc relation to never £0 many particular
congragations, one afitcr another, yer in allmthofc the gcncrall
rclationholdcth (till, he is aibapthizcd ivifiblci mcm%bciriof'ithc
Ghurch Catho1ikc,aAandi thckrfcnjcr tr» be rzzccivcd where ever he bc-A-A

  cométh into any particular congregation. A" Yca in thc lnrarimirbg.

twacn his breaking ’ofl"from one congregation and placing in ‘ai-

raothcr congregation, hr: rctaincs the gcncrall relation, and bap;-A

tifmc, and is Vilot a heathen’ or infidcfla he is not one _m';1aa;;: in l
thc.i‘ApoiUf:s phrafl-:.A };Y§:aVA{up“paf¢Ha man fhoi1ld{b[cAa ‘Ifravc1I¢r,W
Mcrchant or Faétour, and fctlcd in no ij3a”rtiiczil‘ari cbngrcgationi

iyctiimidg a Chrifiian he is a ,mcmbcr_ ofthc WC hurch ii Cathalikc  I

yea am! ifhcbmacha any crmurs, or lwc rinordinat¢IAy,_ aha {hall bc -
Aaccoutitablcta thg-,AC_bur¢hiwwhcr¢in he forthciprefcnrréfiwdcs, or
rfuchcrimcs are cammiacd, AA and bi::.ilyAab1/c:to,r;thri:irq;:nfuri=:‘,*i as bra» A

:;:;ing>a mcmbcr Cifthc Church Cathalikciz a(x3'liich‘1;‘aip;5r;ai*;*:s, ‘that r

the Church p/aeflw ziwammmdcd lRcz:.izi;:z_;; far A trjiézg f_/ifdaqtr:    
rim: 6fA‘meAi\AéWQ,?gg “t1aem,;mm'er yr/an mtian ofre/{ppfl/er, * A.iadfin4£n_g  . A.

A itlarm ljam did natAfzzfl};rt1aew; nqw prohibition is a ccnfilfe. Tiifcy ii

are not to *be:A_l¢f't ¢roA‘thc: ;I\/liaigifiratc on1}z,'}bi1i:[to‘ th¢,(;3Vhur¢h tryiali,

 _.f0l‘]th0f‘: crAimcsrr¢amc ncmalwayqsundcrthc.cfigraiizaincaofiihtfié
A civil! Magifiratcs, M and  thcyido," he fixiayrbc a hrathcn arsdf Nwwgl.1
flotrregardran Jhazgctick, ‘ nor can jgdgc ofihixn... And 1f—.cv;cry

. 3 ?, kingdom: ,

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.% Acommittcd i:1‘thc:Vfa1rxe,Vthougb by a&ran‘gcr, or A‘ aIicn,% bccaufc
;h:ecrim:s‘at¢3gaitifl: thcitlawcs, and fr.°wcra_ignc, ‘ tb0Augh Axhein

“ lawT&s‘pcrt[ni%n not Vtathe touritry wVh¢~rVe tha %fm§’t'ain*ct was barns,

fanid Id £?c%‘eIIc:h;thct1'%much ’%morc {hall every ‘Church try thcrffc méem.

- "Bars of the ChAurch»A*CAafh*o1ika Arcfiding ambng‘ ‘ifhcrm tfiax-A kbeie

crxmcs,f¢eingt1hcy‘havc allthe fame fovcx-‘aigna ¥heéd~;,szhcA fame:

1aw:s,fand aremotjn: body. A  . A A _ A A 
‘ “ ‘Ag=:‘fi“ne it  nfofinnc far a man torcmmvc from%onc=cungrcg:a«
ti91;_tAo.another, asofi: aspccafiorl requirqth, but fora mat: to rpm:
;';n'avcAo"ut efthe C’hurt>:I1ff Cmfhb1i}1tc’%is%%:i finnc?£md< afipofiacy. v  No.
man is aVfchifmatickA For %i'cm0?ving fromonr: mngrcgéatiun m

anothér,’outhcVt11at Hm! fcparm: hi’mfc1faffron1A’a%1l ‘1Cfhurch;c,.g~=
n:1ALj‘;r:.iAi%on%,: Wand Vflwll z‘cI1dWhia?'i*€1:fcrfro»ri*; the: Church Catholikc; 
-is affchifmatick, ‘hr::»isA an*apo{°cat*c[. A  thcr£'o‘re%4y:our fcvumll rem
though they pr:-tv::nd4‘bcca’uf“c Aofwa“nMr4tsATar b1cfinifl1cs=tciAtaend;frs:>m=
the C?hurch QfE:s;q1and or swim: é*c~.’4Y=et net from1tlwCburch V
* 3CatVhoI*ikc by no m<:a‘n*cs, bccatifd tbdy‘ liéhow that AWCUC a‘fii-me-.. ~:;.;_
‘ 3  W 1:‘, ig'nthly,that Ch'urghfi~am wbivb  pnmrimlar fkurflaaxjjwingg
’ mid taAW1:icb“ May are d4~an;éa3difammtV-a?n»dimcre¢fl:, »t}:atAA:kAAt£rep1¢i§2:¢
,4, A&_1_47_- ¢C’/mrc/J_L, fiat that ii 2'“/124.! /yard}: aiéalz‘kg;&*“t;bw»fir:,efi+a.A The 

&appearc5,bccau’fc firfl t“ c‘wh01¢ €fT¢I‘1C¢'0f9t3hc C%hur«ch% Cath%o1i;kc ”

‘W%as4ir1%Adamand Eve, and fio*mt;l1cwm "{;jjvrc:»adv tohis fccdbyvthcir
‘fcdcrall right Afmm :4th::m,;, ’e_ndf §hc 1_r %A*aE'-luxa41+1 taking A upthatA;%£frcm-
*domA¢ 5; and continuance“ jth‘ercm.%4  fa» a{ga;inc ‘fr0m*"A;=Nan-"bx

fArkc“..” .1 A ’  A  A ~s» ~  Av    AA %

A A ‘And For the Church’undcyr %tAhc% ‘Gofpc*H;1thaf* 1i‘ttlc% handfixli
Awhich Cbrift 1<:f::,% lcavened thc whsolc Vwbrld, amd?!bmuAght them A
‘i_n%. as “an a3:d,ition umzotbcmr; T/at” werata ée witnaflksfirfi infam-
filem,  ifi I#g:7e4,%  %t1a*e;¢ ta-’%tg::Aendx zflamxazft/2.  v ar we 

  I/?va!i.::afiw*VrM"Zian W the wardAAefGw1fidm 2waf»lm‘eIM.2.eA. A Izr:

C was with tbcflhiwcfi ‘fhérrg as Wa$;AfaidA d‘f’“tficA-r”i%vb~r%Ardf Sdm 1§'»en.’&‘-A.
fao.  r'i£rz::rAf‘h?:iaz%a¢zt Edar1*taVn+nter‘tbz.-garden, andjwm 2/mm

:53‘ mm A Vmszunai J;€ve¢a:;;q%_ int» 4,/dead‘: .2 fo; the watt? of 1if‘c 'fi0?Wé& 

Afiom  izito  qua:-ta-rsff%ofa1l tTh‘c**~.v*0r*lc!; 2S“a that asthezrc

-is"ni3 ASc5b1it~%%'hnth in‘I-‘lu%cncc,,“ and;cont*inuity " with the Vmainc “Sc-“af.,

mad rccbivcsf mm”: from “thcnt:"c: : «fax A*4no particular Church 

fhath his fir1’c rift, %andfpirituafl Amini*&cria1l'influcncc fig}: th:A\
V " A A   urc

A 1?;/Azwetbertlee wifiblq Church%C4t1Wi£e,arpa;ticuZ4r Ebzifclrés 5ejA5'A2Afl.  3.9

Church Catholike, andireceivcd the Gmfpcll and priAirVil«r:dAgcs of A
it from thence.   God cals no E van gclicall Churches By inI'pira«.
tion,but fly the miniftry ofthofc that are mcmbcrs ofthe chm-¢-,h_
Catholi~ke; or form ~ part thercbf; and ‘thmfore God would not

; have fzormliw ‘infiruéicd by an Angcll,though‘he could have done
V A A it, but by APmr,A a member of the Church E'vangeIica1I.V So that

abs Church isas the Sca, and particular Churches as Afo many
¢A‘:rc¢ks,m cor armcs, and rivers, % not running into the fca, but rtma A
m'n_g fFzamVbhcfca,%%a%nd receiving acin&urc and fcafon‘ ‘ofhcr wag. %
ms. . Th: ChurchCathqlikc ‘isias thatm, aChrift~ aséhe ,-my
and particular Churches as éranabas. » She istheAmat11ar%and~«thcy%
asdxmglaterx bo‘rnVof hcr,j and ‘receiving from herAAminnifkAevia~1ly
both nature, name and Aprivilcdgcso Para! ind:-.cd was ca1Icd~ex”-+- ‘

  tr-gardimrilgr f'rom- Hcavgm by Chum h‘imf'¢lf2:, the head of the

Chur’ch~“(<and not~by an Angel!) that hcmight be, %as‘Ihmc om.

  ccivc, a type ofthc fccondtall ofthc 31¢.-wax, who (asfomc hold)

{hall be {'0 called as he was 6] the appearing of:/an-_/5 me tin A A A ' % «~
mm, and thcrforc that Cb:n'chV is faidto cam: dawifriacfiafiirzf A ‘
%HmA'zJeAn,Rm *2 I . 23* ‘I 0;  And thcA gt'AojLmd% for mthAisA typAc~ t”hc§7

Iitakc. from I AA’Z"ii7A1. I . I 6.‘ For At‘Al9Z3'A c.¢Auf£=fI o£v%ta£ned«mcrcy_;lgm+..i,,“ zma » A
firfi Icfm C’/arifl wig-/atflew fort/9 gt./I lang5fitfl2=ranccfarA Apa:,tterna*',%  

‘7I‘955’ m'2zaro'rz.57rzomv V 1’ uemqimrwx? msmfcdv £57!" aivvbf, ta t/aevmaz/9M9 Mould 
féall laemy"t:r éeleem an.«l:£m :. but thcfc things are myfieries, and I

‘ dare not be tOOA“c0nfidAChVtiF!_’ chem, yct-fhould~ thcyc’omc td~\paFF§,_

A they infringc noi:“thc prcfétntq‘ truth, btcauf: their convcrfion Vfh-sell;

A  come from this: head, rout, arid j%*m:rmine<it f’c1Fc—Aof the; vC*h.urch,¢as-%
  Abraham: call was; and no qus:fiion*bm: Chrift Adid-Mconvm-A ma-

" nyin the da cs ofhisflcllxwhcn hcw*as”a&Aua‘I1y-and*vifib1yA ag
"?membc1¥oFt* e4CNh_u%rch here: below. And ‘ifany bcconvcrtcd by

A A fccrct ‘rmlwtr

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mg, or inffirarivn, \Wafi&A ntithct éonvcrtcdg nor4fe&A

‘ by ar:yAcx:erna11ordinanccs,~no;: joyqcd A to*ai1y* vifiblc Chut*cH,_
A “as““inf:1nts of’7hcath‘cns, or any"uf’thcwPh1lofoph¢If3 as P!:%:ta~(if puf-

f‘%%¢9mpa ‘ 
thc“ uc:Pc1Qn.:  

fiblythc may be fuch) thcf: are a3W;W~c5,»and "not within ,tAher V
fgw-frh¢ g°n¢=?11ru1¢F°r4rb=Jvifib1¢493bm‘¢1’»n and 1'? 11°‘ °*7-‘

V‘

A A M “I; ‘it b"cfaskcd,wh;atLitA  tljatAAiAs”_1'ufficAit:i1t tb%mAék¢a%man a':1A'ir1’énA1~ 
 bcr of the Church‘Cath‘o11kc v1fib‘1e;_?“I *an{wer5”B“elicFc'0f'~*thc‘ 44,,‘/',,u‘_

A V jpainc goings of*rhc!Cwhri&ian fixithg 8:. pro'fcffcd~{ubjc&ioMbcrc-

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<:a{'::. of the Eanua;/9. andA51Z?~’0”%~M4gW. and 1f',1t were fufficicnt

then, it is; fufficicnt Qmildl : for Vthofe wcrc: the M purcrfi ~ Churches.
:Saema"n} 4; gladly rccfiméi I/M Wordwtfe 4419!:-’<«:srl.flAé2‘.: ,2 .4fr.»_A ad
Ayc_t;.this;is no mega then may be found m at: hypocr4itc,AA%;%f;'ar um

% ~¢{1:ony%ground’tcc<:i?c<31 gfithfi Vvord with joy-r And;wcha~v¢ no
A ~othcrru1i-cs to gee by m gathcrzng ;Ch,urches, or receiving Amcm. A

bets into a Church, then they had then; neither may w¢%;pr¢{_,&ma
to makg any other to our f;1vcs.~ Sic owns: firé W Rgfixmmg 7;,,gw,
/ogi»;clvére: fi1#f¢.?iP37?9 véfiéi/M Ewkfldzafléi W eff»? borzim   ex;:exm‘+
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  ‘YI‘Jc'fl4_’s:3- Neither is it »rcquifit"c thatx11.cy.IhoIuid %bccru1ygoa1y,
'%'«to%vm2;kc fthcxn mcn1bcrs;.of'a% vifiblc Ch urch,+f'ur thcnjno man cggujd
~,tcll. wboii: child were to bc.l5a'pt§7z:.~d, or who, are members Of a

(;huréh,,or %wbcn%4;h¢ is in a true ChWflrc%I3~., And xjf ,;thc living me.m_

bars rot‘ }7.sfiz¢%(,"lmj/B wcr<:Ath.c4on1Y.;mfq{f:;q:gia11'xmmbcrs—AoFa

vifiblc ChurAcha»thcn nonmrcj»truc«cI£s:ntiaVuAi members onhc

V-CHUFCH Vifiblfi but they, and $5611 a {Yul} gfldly 7‘/Iiniflcr is a more A

c{T':ntiall1\/I4i:ni{’ccrA then _flfl°Fh‘-’«l': fiflfi ithc Ordinances d8dmi_nifircd
by him are A v are cfi?:nt;al1y,admi%n;flrcd t¢hc‘r;Vby,%another, am} ghg

4.v¢%rtu¢A—4of;§;cOfdina;ice: flmuld dcpghdgpgt on Qhrifis Inflituticm,
,, .hut*=t_hJc, worthxncffc of ~1hr:p‘crfqn~ad:mn;fir1na%.¢ V
1161‘;CW'C!DfyvOl':th1N*y\y1.¢3rc511'”ng Ufldfir 3 Minificr that fccmcd

religions, that Minificr by Fallingraway prmrcs himf:-if: not ti; [)3
,m;1y ¢gpdly, and [9 all thofc Ordinances were null, being adminj.

,ePc‘rc:d by one that wasnotionly no“.Mini&cr,’bu‘t<not:1juc%m¢mb¢r%J-bf

thc .hurch.;=;I con ‘<:Iud¢%4t1i§s anf\Kicru.with that,fz'2yixig ihfiwdabéfi in’

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 his zsfqllmgj cisagfw.  Afifigzfgm 4?   inrpfm '2/irmm reqfiiri  am; we
;fl153]I#13f5t in EWc<:1ejiez4 qua-ed wrfiéz/cw avwflamm. A ~      

 T‘dh§:&7 Clpdréh Qatholike . is %Ia%m(grum, and the partii'cL21ai;Chur.

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. are fim1£l:uA;axa'£;§i3nd;both% Jmcg-rm» ,6“; mg-mfiraj afgi‘; 1;,¢,g1, 3f

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  af.-,

"Mather?/we vzféle C"”""5/9C4f50l3k€:07P31?‘fW14rtcbfltgmcéesEéfrff.A A41 A

 Indeed we findc in Logtck that both gum: and Speciex, In_te- flyfw. A
gram 6*" mamér-4, am OW‘ Wrgwwfifimt hand that. it is not meant
in reference on: to another, but totthnfc arguAmcnts which mate
callcd Pr£ma,ahs oézafi, hE'fi?53: Sfiéjkfia da'j'am5?, and cwmr,'¢,_
AnAdA it hwauld be a Logical} difputc, notTheo1ogicall, to dc‘fi{A1c/At
whtthér Integmm ormemém have the primary con{iAderation,f«::c—
ting thgty aretfialvzrzz, flgarwm nltemm confint 4} mzatmé elrerim af.‘...A I
feéhiame. Ergo diczmtzzrfimzfl cflbizfztmrfi : For Tatum 51/? q:¢ad}g,;.,.t U
éét partes, P mar cfl qrm cantznetur  mo. 50 that a thing cannot be    \
{aid to be a whale but-in reference to the parts, not can anything *4 A
be {aid to bee partbutin rcfcrcncc tow the whole, for though it
may havca being baforc thc: whole, yet it is not a part ofthc
whale; until}. the whole: be. A A A f A A
 Yet fhr the clearing of this tObj'c&ion Wc muff confidcrthat‘
Imtqgrmm 6'“ vmmém admit of diverts kinds, and confide-rations,
and though in a confiant permanent or cantinuous body, whofc
particular individual! parts rift and fall together with the Whole,
ib that it cannot confifi but offo many eifentiall individual! parts
whereof it is con{titu:cd,thcre the wholcfand the: parts whereof
it is ctmfrirutccl as’ they Pcandin relation unhtb one another mutt be
ffmzarl »mtz¢r.¢‘z,yct the Church Cathohkc beéing,as I may fay,a kinda
cfdé/éreet, flxcccfive, iiidffiflife body, alwayes trmzfiem and in flux,
fame members being alwaycs in their adding andflfomaalwaycs
in taking away, fo that cvetfin rcfpcft of thfi particular parts it
is not one hours: every way the fame it was thclafi, I fay, that in
xcfcrcncc tn the members that art: to be addcd, the whale mutt
necds be accounted firth, btrcaufc it bath a bcéng bcforc the at1c’.i-'-A
ma, anti aftcrtht fubi'?cra&ion,and the tnczmhcrs mutt needs be

~ firPt:aAddc-:2‘. to the whole btfom they can beam the rciation of

parts unto it. And hr:rc*initis1likc a CorporationA,A whofs: Afirfl:

A x11cmbéé's%whtr‘c:of it isAcbnftihtt1ted ttarctt%fimi>xlAtnazt;¢r2A‘% with the

t*¢ho1c,ycfta11thcmrzmbcrsthatarcadd-ad fucccflivcly findcit at 
Coz*p<:»Aration before their addttion, and Aft) are Amt fimul mzmrfi t
Withthc: vaholcr,  A V    A A 4  AA . A A ‘ I
 The ChurIchtCatho1ikc i3 tmadctup of the particular Chutchcs,. ~05jv§?.
arid therefore itis Ortzz, andtthey are Prim: S’  A  A A A

"re lrtt paffc Logical) djrpuccs , _confid;:r"  5 mg u,,mrtr;.11~  
and particular *Chur*Ch€‘S ma thcologcifall notion, and wt: than A”f”“~

 

 *4; '   4 A~ A‘  we tmew RefaMianAof at prtfiwt Comfrowr/it, A

fin"d7(Aashath been altcaAdy"provtd)that the-;pattitu1atmChutchAes or

congrtgatinns do rife outofthe Church Cathoglikc, and not com
traty. For the mtmbcrs pfa particular congregation arc fitit
A C nicmbtts nfthc Church Catholiltct and arlmitted thctcinttw, be-
fntnthcycbmc tn ‘ha capable of being members of a particular
Cnngrcgatio“n:f'nr no Congregation takes a heathen in ifirfi, and
makes him a mett1b::r,anldithcn a Chtiliian, but he is fitlt made a:
Chriilian,Vand than made: a member. Yea, I conc»:ivc“_th’at there
may be: many belonging to the Church Catholilct-,that bcl-bang tn
inn particular Congregation, whofc convcrfien hath been by ac»
cidtntall pmvidcnct-, as bytcading, or difcourfa, or ha ply hcating
aldifputationmr Sermon, and yet thlcsit habitatinn, or imprifon-A
mant,flavcry;banifl1n1ent, travail, Ot“A¥0ti‘)Cr occafinns may not
{nth-rtthcm to joync thcmftlvcs tn any particular Cnngrcgati-

on, and yet an: vifiblc Chrilfians ycclding prohfiledb fubjtcftionlf
to the Gofpcll‘ in their ‘lives and tconvctfations. And ‘are, lbyr»

bcing of thCCi‘}L!)."Cl'1 Cathnlikc,‘ fit to be members of any Con»-A

grcgation, but are aélually none. Suppnfs a man by tranfi-A

planting into America, flzfl-bring fhipwrack, lhbulcl fwimmci
* to fame unknowncaland, and there live among the naatives, is that
man witiaam ? cmif he {hould convert a nativc to the faith in
Chrtifi, is ht Yt~'iz:/yam E‘ is he not oi;/.:6<;.<" OFwhat Congregation
was the Ema:/9, that was baptized by Philip? ancll yet we clmtbt
A not to £I:y,he was a_ Chtiltian, and tn: of the Church members»
but it ‘imult beithle Church CatholAike.t A A A A
'n A So that wake the Church Catholiltc confillcth not of pattiwf
culat Congregations only, but particular members, that may not
haply be drawnc into congrcgatitms. As not my all Cities,-
Tnwns,andAPari{hts inAaKingdoxnt: belong to that Kingdomc,
but all parAti£ularlPcrf0nS_living under, and by the fame law‘cs,
though hapl}t‘tlzcref%f11t>nld be fbmc that lii°vcAnoAt in any townfhip;
nrjillagc, but in fa1neIiland,.fhrrel'i, or in fhips, as the manner is
of many families in the Netherlands, or as A] have heard of fame
hnufitthat iiancls lb that no Parilh in their lPctam.bulation did
mt-animal it in.   "   A A A ‘ C b A ‘ C

And if we mnlhaccottnt tAhtF t>articularAChurchcs ta be pri2_ww,A
baclcanfc thelChu"tchjCathol“ikcl’is made upnofthcm, than we mull: V
at:<;nuan.t parttt;alatfam.ilica to ht: the prime Churchttglaecanfa thn 

Congregatibna

C m"’7"*”9” WW1‘ CW55Cvmlikesorpertimlar C/zmlres éé firfl M4}.

A A Cungregatitms are made up of'tlmm,and they are called; Clmrggiheg
in the Scripture. Rz:m.16.5.r I AC0A1‘;I6j;I9. A C 01.4.»; 5-; A <j2;,r,j[¢,,,m_

And we know i God hacl his Church in l7auA1iliesAinArthe Patriarch;

A EA§mt:$bt;:fGIA_~3 it was either; Netionall or CunrgrcgAatAio;1a1}. ;A ~  

1  

But it is plaine that particular Congregations are made up ¢;:§f',-3
 retrain number or parcell pf thermcmhers of ~thAe:Chureh Arc;-3..
thuftkr-,‘and not contrary. And fowere the rchurches ;‘fiu.fem‘i«

-   rrruow Atheu, facing it is evident hy the lFormrcrAASAg;rir;;tr1rg5¢g¥fang

Argumettts, that there is a Church Cathulilkevifiblc :. And {gqrjng A C

A rhatthei Names, Nature, and Privilcclgrs of the AChurch;;i~rAh¢¢;p,1-O.
mites, and Ordinances of God, the Offices of iChrift, and Silgflgg
~, uf'thc true Church, the Members of the Church, and AA Mjnifigy 05

'  rheword, belong fitltto the Church ACatholil_;cr vifiblc, anelthat A

every particular Chriltian heart: firlt and left relation thcrcunto,
which relation cannot hebrorkcn offbylirany rcmovallA,“br wiithbgm
£linne,and that particular Churches fpring out ofthc Churclrca.
tholilm, I therefore conclude according tor the light Grid hathA

 given Ame,tTAlj1at*thc Church Catholilicrvilibleris Prime, ‘and: thg

iparticular Cl‘u1‘Cl"3€S are Ome, A A A. A A  A AA 
‘From this Tlacjir give me leavcto propound to yourifurthcr

Ucunfideratiun thefe Curollarics or Couclufiuns, » ;A _

A A A Churches E’;
Concerning A A A A A A A A AA A V A  W
 A A Puhlikc «viz. thcOfficert-Li W   .
p“f°“‘ Private:-viqthememhers;    
[ancerning the Church in genera/1.c A  it 
I. Thatch there is a ChurchACatho1il<e. A   r 
2 . That the Church Cathelikc is but one.
3.That the Church Cathulikcis vifiblc. _ s 
u,.That thuttgh the Church Oatholike be Aalvvaycs‘ traniicntr

and in flux y the additiurraud fubtraétion ofthcmcmhers therea-

oflyctit flxallncver ccafe to be vifihlc. A C A A A   w‘
5.'.That if the Church Cathulikc he conttaficd into the- limiter
eta particular Congregation, yet that hath thetnotiuricitol’ the

W Church Cathuliltc mere properly then of a particular ConAgre»

C gatiun. A

(3 2 .  A C. 6.ti‘Thaflt

  4% A    ¢r,lgetrm?11€f0lutioh ofa prefénthconzrorzéerfie,

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: ° 6.'I’AhatthcChurchCatholikeismixt uf goud and bad,as wclfi
A hasparticu1arCongrcgati0n§ham» _? A AA j AA A M  
  7,,A'1“hatAth¢hChurchACathol1kc:zsOrgan1ca1I._ A A A -
8.TuhaAt“t”hcAKcycs of Difciplmcharc Cathohkcas. well as of‘
‘ AAAIDu*6triAué.Ah M I; h  A A AA   A   " _  9 V A 
 A9. Thatche Prumifcs,P;ivi1Acdges, A and Ordinances of Won-f
Afhipand DifcAihpl1nch¥:1ong primanily to*AthcA Church Catholikc.
IO. ‘Plant the notes arid figncs ofthe true Church belong firfl: to

 A he Chu’r'ch«C;chb1ikc vifible, aud’the;*cfm'earc difiinétivc to that A

Azoul   AA A AA AA 5 AA AA A AA  A
 A:Af,_.1~1;3'_¢¢11¢%who1c Church Catholiku is the primary objcét
 oFChtAi&s Offi?ccS,hA‘aud particulars but as parts thereof. 5%,; , 16,‘

 A  I12. Though Chtifibc the only Supreme: headand Rulcr of his
:. Church,jyctA‘muftAithave immcdiatcfubordminatc rulers over it.
huhuEp;iw.fi4;iuzr.  A A A    A   A _  A_       A
%.A,T§h“gt thcAUAui’ty ofthc Church Catholxhc rcquxrethnot Aa
 mAec::AirA;g of the whole: body togcthfcr at any t1m‘c.I  AA   A. A V

  A ‘A Concerning partimlacr Cémrcbax.

  A ififhat particular Churches are mad: up of the mcmhcrsofthu A

Church Catholike. A A

h.   2. Thanh: particular Divifionuhoftheh Church CathoIi_k<:vifi- “ L A

hie For convenient-Acnjoymcnt ef publikc Ordmanccshévc the
Name (Church) and thc Privi1cdgcsA thereof by participhtion (as

h farm as they are capable) indulged untouthcm.  A I
3.Thatparti4:u1ar Churches muu be difliuguifhcd byparticu...
Jar accidcnta1l1uimits,aAnd circumftauccs, thoughthcy be hctcrou

gcucall to thc Church.

4. hlanyh Cbngrcgatiunsmay be in the fimé (fommunity of 
V Difcipline, and be rulszd by thcriru Elders £2: commmi by co.o;-d’...

nation though not fuhorudizwatiomand fohuhc ca11cdA Our: Church,
A Nationa11,ProvinciaIl,?orPrcshytcriaH.A‘ ~ M  A A A A M A M M
u 5..T_hat which belongs prixnarily to thc%whu1u Church as To;
."m'z}9fimiia?:, and to hthchleafipart ufzhc: Wholw, as a part thhcreof;
~~h=21on‘gs much murcIito‘a grcatcr part thcrcofl A

Or t:hus,That which wrongs to 2 little pm: am umilamuy, A

(huh tinlzlsj he"luughs“A to agreahtctthpart much A more. A AA .

J  _ 6.,AATha-‘grcuatcrhzhc parts ofthc Church Cathulikc he, and the: ‘A
 mute united by CO-Drdination, thcfiropger they bgaudhthc {ma}-

o

 imha Divifians bc,thc wagaker.

Tbs h

V I‘/I7,’;ttl2er the {z'i6leE’i/mrcb Cat/2hlike,arp'Zrtz‘c:ii4riC5mrcl7es he V At 

 7?.Th“c Divifion of the Church Cathoiikctinthffittall parcels ta
 {iand talonccby thtmfci-vcs With0utAAco-i—0rdiAnationA is dangcrousp

8. Yqttinccciiityv inf‘t_t:.gqrd cf difiancc ofplace,8cc. may cauft a \
particular Church to bcIndcpendcntAA1nAtcgatd ofA*a&ua1iexter«-

I 'it"aal1Aco:ifociation.%:i5%‘ AA AA   A A A  AA   t
-A A A 9. Th*ecunPcitttA.tmg ahparttcular Church by an expIicitcCovc-

nan: as the cffcntiall farms thcrcof; imply cth a denial] ofall other

;Churchcs tocthc true that are not [o*coni’cttutcd,hccaufc: they muih

«want the c{1'cntiaitlftnrr1:1e.ii A AA A

Conccrnixgfit/gt’ puélikgi  of I12: htircié. ;_  V A

i A r.iEvery1yIiniPccr=isah Officériof the: Church Catholikc, and

that relation is primary to him , ya: the particular rclation be A

  Pcands in ma particular congregation givcth him by thefpolitia

cf the Churcha more immcidiatc chargc. to adminiiict the 0rAdi--L
i‘iaI"lC¢3i0f-Gfld unto them.i  V  A    A * A A “ A
 A 2. AnyfinglcMinifictbyvcrtucofhis office hath” powicrt mi- r
nificrially to admit a member intothc Church Cathtolikc vifihlcr.

 V 3; Although the Elcéfion of ti Minifi;crt«,to ca patrAtiAcuIar congre-
tgatiott be an act of liberty in thicApAtop*lc;,yc‘t this miHiunAis ifrom
A-ACht:iii pt'imarily,and miniflzcrially by the Presbytery. A A A

4.. He duth not adminiflccr the Ordinam:cstof‘G0d in the namc
of thc congregation as their ftrvant,but of Chriit; As a Majar in
ca corpcztatiori though chofcn by the people;-yAct €x~%Ci1tCthA A his oil-
ficcin the Kings name. — A it t ‘M 5- tA t A t  

5. Ifhc adminifircth any Ordinances out of his town AACO‘»g£'_«:é-

Agatim:x,chc dothit not as a gifted brother, but by ‘vctrtuti ot‘hi.~a

officc, 2 C0r.s'.zo.. i 7 A

q _6. Although the particular flock cvct: which a Minificr was

fat bra diiiolvcd, yet he: ct-aftth not to hi: :1 Mihiiikcr, htcaufe the:

A «:,Church to which ht: hart: firit tclatiott ist noAtAdiH"olvccl, which is

it _ A A A Caméermrzg private maméem. A A t A it it
I I .PamcuIar Convcrts ate firfl ct.mAvcrtcd into thcchurch Cra-7

Atholikt-,and fectmdarily conj try n”d into pattiAcu1ar Acontfociations.

2. Evcryiiimcmfbct of“. a particular Church iistva imcmbzcr of the

Church Catholikgztnd that rclatian doth primarily hcltmg unto %

3. _Extctt1al1 Aptofcifiiicn of the: true ’Faith, and iufubjcfiion to
IV ~ ~ 4 £33 A A it C3045. it

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 0rdViflaUc:¢s+ isV%‘VAs:I%1«o1ig%gh Aéi>%A”%mékc :1 man capableof bcinga

member of a flvifiifilc Achurch, qwadex:errmmfarmam-

« A4'By 13aptifmcmcxnbmarevifibly and 1nin{i1‘tAcrial}yAwadmi£~ .

ml jIit9~thc ChurchAcatholikdtyifiblc. A ,  A

S.=By Excmmmmication righjy admxnifirmi Aancrfl?:n};1c: i5 V

safi put cf thg ACh:,m:h CathQ1ikc4vifib1c as muph as out of; %a;.paz'--

A Aticular cengr¢gatio:n.

_V A 6. Fedcxzail HQ1inc£T¢b€i.iQflg& ta p'rim£11?i.ly,b4c%t:a1:fl=:%b‘ornc
ofmcmbers of a particular cQngr¢gat1QnA,but of the Achuirch Ca»

Athmlikc.  

7, They mag‘: are m1Y&hV%:‘Church CAathp1ik¢‘ vifiblc zmnot
I¢*i:4laa:4t“,in thc Aposfilcs fmfc; M.  A  ‘  A A . 
8. Children of belccving patents Ahavc right to Baptifmc,
though :t_h¢~ir% pa.1':AcmAs%w¢_rc :nm:.; mcmbcrs ofvany .ApartAicular ;com»
grcgation,anci are debarredof their ducyifdcnycd Ait. A A;  r ;
. A 9. Emry /1ncmb¢‘”:‘.Qfth¢\‘%:@hmch"‘flatcholikg is or qu_ght;.ta be
an1e:mb¢;fV<>f%thcparticularflburchwhereinh¢dwclls%. A A ;

10. The bcinginAth¢‘ g<mf¢ri%l%1A%Covcnanc gives right to the
Ordinances and not ,AaAny.p.mftinu1ar, ,1 neithcr dq we find .:myVmcn«
tion in Scriptturaafany particu1AafTcxp1icitfCovg:ham;t either ura-
gcd 91:‘ u‘fedAat%theadmiHionAAAmf.A membc;rs*'int%o a particular mu.
gragation, or at%thc%cQnPcituticm ofthe fame. , 7 A A

1 I. The Invifiblc nmmbcrs of the Churszh which have inter.-

nail communion with Cbrifkarc ‘alfo vifiblc members, andh4avc

CXt3TnA§ll.,¢0mmUni0flfifl ¢m:rAna11ordinances.      AA

11 1:. Th:;[d«cpart411r¢ Qfga mc.;mb«:r“ fmm a .p.%articu1ara%%4% congfcgati-w
on and rcmeavall cc: anothcrfm‘ convcnicncc, or by nwzcefiiry, “ is

” nofinm, but departing fi'om.thc Clmrch Catbulikc‘, and ccafirzg
 to bca mcmbcrthemot?zsafinnc.  .‘  A ‘V A A A   V

, A %I%_AAknQW it is, not ufgall %toAmak<‘.': ufss and applfcatiento

A ofthis nature, and {honldlcntcr thcrcinto, I might dmwnc

my fclfcin f0Yr0W§» tQbcway1¢thc$rents, unm: inVCbrifis fcamq...

1cfi’c:Ceat¢5% %b13t‘in hisAAbody%the:; Church,‘ which Chrifi praf'c‘:rrcd A

in fame r¢ga,rdsbr;foxeAhis namrall body, . for hcjaflizmed his na-
tura1lAb;adyforthcxri’akcs, and.was willing tof.1flFcr that to be

bufiifltfid, {pit 013, Whippcd, c‘mW;nc:dV with ,thomcs, crucified, V

pcirccd, flainc , for their fakes, yea he was.wi1ling4 an be Amadc
finne, . y ga Aacurfc A A and to bear: ms fathers wragh 1_n hisLhumani-

tr

What/ierdtbt;;mrticuZ4rC/aztrcbes he ‘ A A 47

Elgtihis Chutchos fakq, that they might tfgpc and he favod. A in
l Iho divifions in the Church are ofthrcc forts, in judgcrnent,

in aFi?e&ion,t and in way or pracftifc-

For judgement, firfi Come*tl'1eRom¢fl.r_., andthey rend away’

the flzcond com mandmcnt : than come thotwxintl/néiatnrian; and
y they tend away the fourth, though placed in the ham: of'thoDc-» A

cologne, and lo extraordinarily fenced by God, with a mcm::n- u
to before it, and fo many arguments after it : then come the An-
mzominm, and they pluck away the whole law from us, denying
it bothpunitive, lcoaétivo, and dircflivc power, and fo tnndet Vw
it wholy cl.c:ad and ufclcs to Chtiltianstthon como tho sanmyml,
and they quench the Deity ofChrifl3and the Holy Ghol’t,and do»-v ”"
my out redemption by tho blood of Chrift, and Q) confequa-ntly«y
would ldcpritvo us of the benefit ofrht: New Tcltamcnt: : then _m
come the; evfnaéaptg/1:, and thcydcnyand deride our Baptifino, u
and rcndcr us"-and our children no better then hcathons : than A
come the Sepnmtéfix, and thoy would pluck up our Churchby ‘tl‘l7C’.‘.}
roots, and call us Antichrifiian, Rome, 8’ 1,019,’ same, ‘Baéflan, 
and fo confitqucntly call their own: mot or whore, for if they 
have any convcrfion they had itin thobofomo ofour Church. OF
whom that ofthc: Pfalmil} is too true, Thou fittcit and fpoalcoft
againll thy brother, and hall {l mdcrcdthinc own mothers fonne.
Yea there be others ofout honoured and helovcd.brcthronh,:Lvhon1
I forbeart: to name among the: format rabble, “l who though they
acknowledge us true Churches, yet deny us to be one (3hurch,;_
-and would havens rent into a thoufand pieces and parcels, and
thcfo to Pcand as {'0 many cntitc , comploat’p“bodiosl,p withom: any
‘co-ordination, as fo many Spoufcsp of Cdhrifi, as fo1nta;nylQg_cens,u
appointing their own orders, and officoml ‘as tlhcirlltptyants to» V
ofhciatc in their nammwithl liberty to comfort both officcts ands
members within thctnlfclvols by the vows of the wholc body; and u
not to be accountable unto émy othe-r“Church or Clwurchos’ as no? ~
ordinate members, cxt.:opt: arbitrarily at lthoitplcaloro, Mot otl-é~-3
doavoulring», with us,to rcfottnolour Chutchcs,,;; hutldtoy ga"fh_er
Churcht.-3 out of L'3hurcl3t§;M by‘ ctallingy )ot1tlbo[l:‘ptne‘mbot§oult of
our congregations, ‘au‘d_ uniting tihnmylintoifevorall bnldict, “thy ha‘ l
*particulat explicit covcnantm urgcd as laobprdinancn jofGod, and A

Pfalt. go. :t.n._f

u formotoftlac Chttrchy and as the only ‘Chu‘rc~h"Wa“y,‘ and wayof

Qdod :.

Qma...

48 “A _   4 Jg%;,rgm;eVRrJalmian,vf:zs:prwnt 4Cant¢jeA+aer/ie,   ’

._..,,._.....-."""“J|.

"Gad V: and {O havixlgfiectéd QfI3'§"%orMthc%m fclvcs tbs crcan'1c’of'out' A A
cong mgatic:zm, ami;tmnf_Malanted all ouzflwhcat by 1t felfc;-:»~ into A
thcif fielti, wczuid leave us mm but the‘tarcs, this 1ccs%and%d.rcggs A

mwfmm, NE at; Efb‘:‘~."u3ca'm+,;, A'5D010r qra r'£pr€fl?t. I

  (_)th€1':’?:e -ch<:w<aw,'(aMz1d I wifhl wuld fay they were othcrs,)
Awlaoplaadw fax 1i’am:yo%%jmdgemcnt, that every one may hem
what 0pim(2n3,; ssarzci be of ‘what religion, and 556% he p1cafeth,be..
caufc judgemcm:-ans? canfcience cannot be forced,‘ but _mufi- be

 1:cf': ta €49.11 01-2332, and :A?ncs: cby wouldmakc Eagqlmd anathar Am»-

§?érdam4o.~£’a.%1 i7:;&s zmfi rdigionfi 3 Wliftmas our Abrcghrcn in New,
E‘2:g!;amI? ham bamiifhefi rim Familifis &:c.’ from amAon§gfi them.
Ycaand gencraiflymcn “covet new *opinions, and count it their
gimgy te;:»%diE¥.~:.~.r fmm mchms iwnfixdgemcnt, and he is rm b-My that
hath nmtwg but old xcruths, Aangd {J men undcrAcm10m* oExI~€WdV'?iight
am new  Kai-cc; up a multitude of old c.rm,u%rs; A   A  

" Scccmdiygour %:§ivifibns art‘: ,in heart and af“E.:'&mnsA : for dififaw
ranch: in M-jajdgj;es'nent% arrzaufszw a1:i~':m;tiEon  of afi-‘cékions 5 and Agrcat
thwuggghts 0fl,‘3£t‘;TaK‘t, 12.; that ifthcm prove once a clafhing and «emf-

W {fling ino§;,:ix1ie:ms,§i§'":-:m;_;gh $;hc:y%wc rc%ncvcr fa ncer%a1iyw:':d, or well

a€quairat«:;»:§;.V2w:ad rnfl§;,a[r,y et than may gmw i’c2'angc,anc‘i fall out,
ma mpp¢%i?%.*,ax2d aettenfulm each «other deczply {then they are fupcr-~
ihltiwusr, er antichrifiiang Gt‘ enemies to Chrifl s kingly officw, and
hem: cmmatn. fuimwany inw:c’:'i:ive$in Pulpit and Prcffr.  

  A"I‘hirdiy,in way : A far asj:x_1c;ns iucigernents diffsr, fa fioic their
waj7c.:sA:%:%Sc1m~c am fiat drab‘ way of Worfhi 1:5, fmnfc anozl1crA; fame
fa? oimwayof Difcij3lirze_§,” Xfommamother 3 fame for one Way of

CoxmfiitutinguofChurchzrs,fomc another ; famc: far gathering cf A

rmw Churches‘ outjofthe" c:>1d,Aan<"i yet let tfm: old ones Rand ‘as

%‘ mMock-churches, wh¢‘vn.thf:y1hav4cg;1§aned put all Elia; are gem!
<~plf%1tw¢% t:f thcm ; thcfyfiwauld .takcai‘1%V& &thAc.g0_ldAcn and i11vr.nfvcflE:1s~r._;u ~

{.rtffsIs%ofhono,ur; and  Gus I:1Qi1§3:w.b!f]jf wooden-and Rana, m°:%£T¢ls
asfdimnour ;  and fmnfc are for fcpara:1on%%who1ly, and fa turns

 ¢ all the rcftover"to»AntichriG: ; yc%a,fon1«:fo«vio1e:1:sr, as that they

wouid pluck down: ourv¢1‘y mc:cting6 houfl-rs (tr0pica1!y%ca11:ro§
Churthés) whiéh théjy déridc by the: name of Swtfifiiplcfi houfzzsg and

' gliareifiwayes of cOntt:rM1ti§;)r1&V,,.%foA Wthét at'¢Iik7c{Sampj22m fbxes
A tyed togjctherbygthe taylcs wxth fir¢brands,bctWccn thcm to
  burnppth.ci1and1ng come  %   V       ‘

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lwbemr r/Qelwfibzalcbuizbcamel;/ee,o»;m;»muzlr c/mrmsbgfirjt. A  :3

I I ihallconcluclcj with an ttarnclitlclciircz oflancl, €:;;*;h€3rtati<)i‘3t;:3‘

rv-r

 

; unity amfé p¢:a5“;::é.. The unit y of thf: Ch:.2rch%tl1oul-we ail firasnglmlw
turn to unity in yudgcmcnmheart, and Way.% It isthat rm: liipggl

lfiltfi prcaflkah gplal 4.3%.}. Mdealzxaarizgg :0 [gap M: unity cf téelffiirit’  W

N  in tballaand afpmc‘e,fi5r "there 32: ‘am éédjmzd az¢:@irit,6ccl.Thlls zpiri-4‘

mall unity it is that Chrlifi fa aarncfily and often played Fm‘ in that _
{hurt prayer,?alm I 7.1 I ,‘z%1v,.2g .% Tlmtj the] mg; A 15: low 4»: we mu

‘\ om. Tlaattlaq all ma} lay me, that tlaejralfi ma} éemae in my;  T/M:

tlagy may 5: mad: perfiflin me; And this was ‘Pamlx carncllfé:-

I ucfl, I ‘ Cm‘.IaIOo" Now I bcflecbjom, ézret/Jren, by rid.-5‘ mtmfifiaf ow

Lard}"efm(1:r%,% tlmtycl a/lflmz/23' we firm thing; mad that there fie
na dwmm amazzg yam ém tlmtymbgperfiéllyjajzml ‘rogctéer in
thefim: mind, wdize téefiz‘mejm1geme;z;, And agagnaz C_'ar,1*3 _ 1 14,
it is one bf thc lailllltluings he concludes his Epillle. with. Fxlm/{y

~ érctbrw,faremT11:f£2£pgrféfi,5.: ofgaad oamfirtgée afana mind,/£7122 in

peace, and the gqd aflow mdpencc final! 5: With] ox4.And Phil. I .2 7.
He prclléth it asthcz on1y’t'ning he dcfircd ofthcm; 07¢!) let your
camzcrfition 5: am‘: éacbmmet/9 the Cjafiqcll lllof AC/org’/3, tbaatf W/ale‘:/aer I A
came and fie fag, ar ¢-M: fie ¢W3nt,lI may hem afjaur affairax, that}:-
madfafl in 'ane'fj)irit,’Wit}J omqmina’, ffriwing together farlrbefait/3‘
qftlae _C]o.s‘fell. Certainly unity of judgement is of more im pot»
tancc than we are aware of", clfc the Apoftlc would not prcffc it
with fuch folcmnc adj urations_.,and intrcaties, fo often as he doth.
Yea, wbcntherc were: but two women that differed inlloplnion’
(as it is ccm«:civcd)tl1e Apoillc: thought it bcéfccminlg apol-lolicall
gravity, and the holy Gholl Judged it meet for la piece of cano-
nicall Scripture to taken sticc af it, and compofc it. I’bil,4.2, 1*
beféec/9 E uadiaq, mad écfiec/2‘ Sjrmicbe, that they 6: cf the pan» wind
in the Lord. Though it might fccmc but womcns brabblcsgyct We
‘know how great a ‘matrerla little fire kindlcthg a little: {lrifc and 3 ‘
crrour will cncrcafc to more ungodlincflét. A  A l V * ~ “
Colnfidrxr wc,that thcrc is lzmtlonctmch, anclllthat isf lofI'.God;
and llflodll is truth, and crrour is of the Davill. )     A  l l .
‘ Conficlmr What the ltndcrilarlding is tbs: bigheflll and lsorcmolltl‘
facultl oftllct fmule, it is as the fore-horf: inthc tcamcglthc leak-
din :1 lraculty, zasnd as that is infiarmed, fol 1th: will, and confciwzncc, A
landkéflhétioxzs mull: nccds works, and fallow that, and if lthatbc A
lcacllinto crrourfiz: mull: ncccfllxrily mifulcadcthc whole: mm.   '
l  A A H _ Cenfidcr

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A  g 

\ AA A Confidbr tzma Chiefdpart of the image of'God in man con-
1 A. fificch in Almowlcdgcg and {dis uponthc undcrftanding, which by‘
_,crrour isdcfacw  A A A   A A            -
A  VRcAm¢mb¢rVthe fo1cmnc‘cavciat§ gAiw:n4by thcApoPclc, Rafi»; A
 16.17. I éséflecbyéa Mérat/arm, m.-;mé_ I/mm which c‘d;¢feMdizx£fion.r me 

    %#g"[;e;r:ag Rie:fol;4iiAa)iAafAd~Af)rcf&rz;A Canfraruerfle,   AA A A 

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ojfiwce:Acontm:j to the do Eirimé AW/aiark ye have learned, and Amid:

% them. For they _ti9.1tAA are fszciés, fer’:/e not war Lard fcfm C/9ri.5i',A

4 £51: their am: 5:11;, and 5} good ‘word: and élefli-d or fairc jjveac/ae.rA A

A decA‘e£zie% the heart: of the fimpla. And E p/:1...-4-.14. Tém We éencefirzh V
 5: no more children taflied to mdfia, and %mrr£cdJ aé-o1¢tT ‘Wit/J avert!

Wirid cg‘ dew Eirim éj 1/mefleigét ofmm, and amazing. cmfiinafl} (er a

A tcr the mcthAoo1ot'c:rrour«) Waerefij they lie in Wait to dcceiw. Chrifl:

himfclfc tgilé us, that 1931/? Propbctx /lm/I com} t/mt deceive (if it

A WAere.pafl:'éle.) the very cleft’, A 3:/2ald,IV!mw taidjou éafiirc, Marsh. M
 14A-.24.,25. And Paul tcls us, 0 f jmr film-1 /5411. mm o7£7"A1:fl5‘fl't£:'¢%ki21gA

pcrwrfi-A thingy, to dmiav aznmyds:/Acz'pic: flfief thaws. Therefore Watch.

A A.AA&‘.r 20.3 0,31 . ‘TbercfarcAVHaldfiz35‘ tbafarm:%of/Bfind Ward}, Wéicfb

thou /mfl heard afma-,2 Tim; I . I 3 . Thcy that coin: new Words and

&.nc:w% high ftrangc cxprcflions to amaze the people, it is afignc
~ as Ca1z»in‘tcl‘sAus ,‘that they have fame new opxnxcmupon the.-

Anvill. A

  0 Alec us labour to be of once heart,  fcscing we: are all but A

antibody, and ham: but one hca=:i,~and% om: -fpirit,A anci Abe-

Mca;AuA{'c we are all brethren of the fame. hcavcnly Fathcr. ,{AI'hi‘s A

 A~t1h"Aat%AwhiC17 Gad hath pmmifsd his people , £'z.ek, I r. 19.

9] wiflgive them mm /amrt, mad I wiflpm‘ 5 nvewfiairit wit/Jimjm; And
 we fimi<ChrifE inculcating thus cxhormtfion, fa/m I 3,, 34. ryfnew

A A  Cqmvzzamiment I gfzz: #2210 you 2/mt}: [am am maxim-, as I have la.»
Wddjflflg, Léatje raflfi law an: anatber, V ];r»9i.r_/Z:3flAd!i may .Qg§AawAt/mt A _

+*geAaa;:n9J_d§fi¢iple;r yam have law an: taamazféaer, fob?! 1% 3.34., 35. % A

Agdim, T/95:12: my Acammmadment 1194:]: [we pm: amt/aér M 1 1mm"

épwdjay, -A?a=#ulnA‘I‘A5]O I2, Aéidzrer. i7. TIaj:fi.- thing: I~£'amm¢md yam A .

tbagjam low we mariner. And this we find prafiifcd; .462‘: 4. 32 
and the m2uliAiz‘mi:= oft£'7£m% that belewcd A Were ofome /amrt mdeam
fiwlg. _ And this 7“‘4#l~€xb0t‘tG$AA:h to, Ram; I 2.. 10. kc» kg'1m’aj' afiea

A §?ia3¢ad»7an: ramyaréer wité érot/cert’) la czm, £21 }:%a;«2am' prfirriflg am
mmtber. And we find the unity both of judgement andjheart cxl. A
hortgd unto, I fer. gA.rA8., Fimfly 5»: )2; all of my mind, having com.

paflfam.

% 4 vwbffbflf MI? Wié/551: Cxlwrc/5 C4tlzalike,ar1iu;rticular C/mrclze: 5: 

A“: L ’],z;;:[;'oVw%an:%;;4.y‘5azzot/oer; W/we M érgtbfdfi, fie pitgfull, ée cmrtmi.  Di.
 vitions ia2§t:h‘c; Devils mufick, but that which makes the Devil}

laugh, {humid make us cry. 0 what a folqmn3%Dbi}*:crationAis that
of‘]’ag:l,A  24,2.  tlzzre A6: any cwzflalmfiaw inérifi, fan?
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them is but can: rule For Do..t"&rimc-:,AWorf11i p, Difcipline. Mada
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V Yea though we be not ofthc fame jgcmrznt in every thing, yet
as it iSA‘Pkil.3 . I 6. w/ammo We have a1lreaa§1v.¢zm_eizéed, Let W m:l@»
5} t/defame rule,/at m mimlréafiame tbingx.“ And this unity in way %
is that which we have {worn unto, and co vcnantsed in our lat: A
Natimtsali League and Covgmant, in the 'firj& Vbranch ofir. That A

A we flmallmdeavnur td briz3%gth¢ Churches of God in the three:
A Kingdoxnes of Snglmd Scotlmxdand Ireland, to the nccrefi con-

junflion and unifurmity in Religion, Cozzfcfiion offaith, Fonn
bf Church Govcrnmczmt, Dxrcétory for Worfhip and Catcchi-
fizzzg 5 That We and our puzficrityf after us may as brethren live in

V faith and love, and th-::ALm'd may 4 delight‘ to dwell’ in thc fizidft
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A the: membcm (sf thé‘: tame body natural} agree“ to go the farm: Way“ 4»

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and m the ha:ad,and afrhfi luxation therofis dangcrozmfo and much \
mom it is in a body Politikc or ificcicfiaflicalh. And though the at %
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