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Show Mllfier John Cottons .An[wer - Whmupon he di IHnguilheth of Clitift.as confidered two·waies: J• Perfont~l/y,IH God•mm, &c. 2. Ai-Head ofbiJ Church. In the former fence (be acktJowlrdgetb) th') cannot be fo enthralled to AnticbriJI ., to_befeparate from ChnJI: in the latter thry m'!Y• ' Rrply. This dillin8ion of Chri~ is inconveniently exprdfed as ~a! tlie hke on.ce ~efore. Fer. the membra divit/emi"lthe pam ofthe d1vtfion are comctdenr. Chnll: as God-nlan is the Head of the vi· fiblc Church. ~ut his meaning I apprehend, and accept. Chrill: God-man is Head both of the invlfible Church, and of the vifible.· At he~ Head ?f the !nvilible Church,. fo.he is received by faith ; ·A~ he 11 he•d of the v1fible, fohe· is teceived by profeffion of the ttue faith, both. of the grace of faith., and of tbe Do8rine offaith. The prover frmt wlrereofit holy wurlhip,and prllfelfi:d(ubjeaion 'to tb'e R.ule"oftht GoJpel. . No\V f?r hia applicari_o~ -ofhi1 Difiin8ion, in·tbe .general! I doc ,wrovett' and d?l' .wtllmgly acknowledJ!e, ,that a godly petfon •m•?. be~ through agnbrance, or negligence,) fo fa11re enthr.alled'to ·AIItt~hrtll:,as to be feparate from-Ghrill:, taking Chrill: as Head of -t!he 'vdible Church. •For,he may1tirll into fnCh ftlndainentall tmti, fdlr~ll:ian coiT~pcidn;~ in .Oo~rine-, '?r W orlhip, or Government, 1~ .1!t'the'r ~af·J~IIl~ prevent tus admdlion into1:he Ohurcb, ofll» . 'in'g·~ tbe~·a.?ayet'(•t~rough -pang.(!)fT-empNltion) conti· lili'ing o~na~e m hts·corruptton after convi~ion, he may jut!ly -&flkommuruC'ate ouoof the<OhuiiCh. •Butlle(bl may feeme to ho' f~r .C ·a~d ~o 'to'v~ni~.) in·Generalities, whileft I onely fpeake of l!:nttchnfi!lfn corrnp~ons•in•generall : I'iliall willingl.y•Inilance in ~ome lp,.~uculars, 'Whtch'may give liW1t to others oflike nature.It iS an Atm.chrlllian corruptio~•.in ~o8rine,to accept any P:ropitia· ~o.ry ~acr~fices for ou~ reconcthanon,but the death of Chrill only, " It 18 a hke corrupuon, to look .for Jull:ification from finne in the "ghtofGod byourown.works. . It i~ an Antichriftian corruption in worlhip, to wor!hip Angels, or Samts, orlmages • . It is an Anrichrill:ian corruption in Government to take the Pope to be the Head of the Church : and fuch an Head as hath Power to make Laws to bin de' the Confcience to authorize Scrip: ure~~~~~~ Canonical~, to ad de other Books t~ Scripture with like Au?·· nne, to be htmfelfe the onely Authemicall Interpreter of Scripture:.. and Judge of Controverfiea. Tbdc to Mafier Roge,(Williams. ------------------- , . Tl)eti= ~nd the like corruption' a.r~ fuc;~ as make Amichrifi<~ · ~~~e o,fi?erdition, and them that are led by him to fall into' iike 411r4iwn wit.b ~j~. Of one of thefc Poinu Paul faith, They that ,~\'leA ir,hold qq~<-~helfead;C~b.JS, 19· Of anqther of thefe Pm4 f~iW.,.W~Y that h<,>ld i~ are aq~li!hed from ChrHl, Gat. S· 4· The Jikeljl~e [11?-Y (a y <,>f ~l the rei\:. Yet in tir)le,s of former darkneffe, WIJlll o.f,the faitl:\full members . ofCh~ift,might and were for a time C!l!~!]gkd w)t ~ a. yo~e of Bondage, in fo~~,or mo~ ~qr all of thefe P.~1t\~11!a.rs.: QQt of whipb the Lord at length r~fcued the!Jl by-nliftJ t;>~il:emp~at_ion,, a11d b,y fq!De ~realdng ;fgrth oflight in ~he 11lQilfht9fJQwe of, his wimeffes in every age. J)pt. whi!~ll: any qf ~hem wa!k.ed jn ~h~fe '·or like corruptions~ tllcy,might Ju!\ly. be deb;ured from admtffion mro ChurFh· fellqw· · lllip,:,i!r,ll;mding faa in~hem after ~onvi8ion, they ·might jull:ly be £_.illlforth ol,lt)of.C~rclt·fellollllhip. , 1&t.dl!:r.4be other .corruptjom, and~ntichriftian .corruptiqns coo,w.hith bec<m~theydoe not.fubv.~rt the found~cion, neither o£faith,nol\ of.Cb11J'ch-or4er,,I \Vould not fay th~t they teparate frornCbrill, nQnot as he is the Head of dJCi,vifible Church. For ~en i£fem.e whole Cbl)l:ch.were leavened. with them, they migl!t ~ceafe to be a Church. ·But we fee the contrary in Scr,ipture0 t.bCltligh Pl3t:e8 w.ere tolerated in.?udah, and yet Judah cealed noc. ·l®e a.CbJJr$:~: And by hke proportion fame more high and emi· • n111r.Pll~er may be given by .Come Churches to their Officers,(ac· ~rdiog to , an Antichrill:ian P atterne in fame meafure) and yet ~JII>t ceafe to be-a Church, David and all the Congregation of l{rllfl might bring up the'.i\rke of God in a Carr, (after the man· ¥rof tllc -PhilijljmJ) and yet not difanull their Church·ell:ate: And'by,like proportion, fo may a Church of Chrill: take up Come ~o:rs, (as the carting of fame part of their worfhip;upon a BooK) aftev the manne~ of:AI)Iichrill:, and yet n_pt fortpwith evacuate 'their Church·eflate. But this l_et me fonher adde, that a-godly pe,rfon may have fome kind~ of communion, fo farre a! hearing the word from· a ldini~er,well j\ifted by Chriil;to whofe .calling foqtc corruprion lbay :cl~ave, both in !)is Churc\1-eflatc, ••lli in hi~ Orqina1ion :_ And,yet ~vcnh.clelfc, noAntitbJill:ian Pollution at al b:n•Y cleave <ll!rcd()IJnd,to1d)~hea_rer by, hithe~riQS ofl)im.,})f!d tl1i~ b~in~ the I i z Prtn"pall |