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Show Lovt, and threatens to come againfl ber, and to remove her Ca,_dlrftic/ 1;. 0111 of it1 plact, , Thefe two things are the voluntary actt~m and mifcarriages of a Church, and of a particular Soul, by whtch they difquiet Chritls rei\ amongl\ tbem. . 2. Secondly, Chri{h Rrjf with his Church, or with a particular Soul are difturbed by otberJ, fuch as ptr{ec~ttorJ, &c. Thus the learned EeZA and or hers interpret this Text. By 1\eep in this Texr, faith Erz• i~ under flood the quiet refl which rhe Spoufe hath with C()rifl, a~d Chrifl with her after it hath taken the fpiritual food of his Word and Sacraments. Now (faith he) as .rncn. cannot give that peace, fo neither can they take it away, 1o1m 14.27. but they make and break the Churches more external Communion, and do all that in them lies to dillurb ir. Therefore by the D•ughterJ of H.erufalem here are underl\oed, qui [u11t quidem in Eccf,jia, non (unt de Ecelefi•, who are in the Cl;lurch, but not of the Church; ' as (faith he) at this day the Jewf and Turi{f do nor fo much di: 1\urb the Church of Ged as thofe qui[< Catholic01 ;,,.,.. & Ecclefi.: 'column<H effe pr.edicant; who boaft tbem[<lvn Catbolick,r, and tb1 PtUar~ of the-Church. Thofe ,then are they from wirhnut the Church of God, who ftir up {Znd apakf tbi1 Love ; even thofe, who hinder the Churches external communion with God in the pl1rity of his worlhip, and freedom of his Ordinances. Now, this I fay is a very dangerous thing; as for any Chur~b voluntarily ro dillurb Chril\s rei\ in and with them, -by any corruption in Tf'or(hip, D•tlri,ll.t, Manners: fo for any o1hers profeffing themfelves Chri- 1\ians by their rageJrery, and perfecr~tionJ, to dil\mb the Churches outwa·rli c!5mmunion with God in his OrdiBances, dellroying their liberties,&<. , 2. For a pntiCillar SOJ<I, a' it bath its communion with Chri~; fo as that he doth fomerimes as it w~re 1\eep in irs bqforn.. So It mayalfo{!irupanda,.,•kfbim; and that 1. By anycourfeo[ {til; 2. By fomefPrcial {rn1, which provoke God in a more eminent manner to depart from a Soul, and do as It were flir him up and awake him. There are divers fuch fins, I !hall in fiance in fome few: I. Spiritual Security, 2. Hardnefi of heart, 3· Murmuring, 4-.Vnbelief, S· V~thanifuiii(H, 6. Corruption, or loofonefi.· in bi1 Tforjhip.- llh~ll ( God \1/illing) (peak to all of tp~fe w.hcn I come ro the Application. Let me in• the neJttpla<:eeaqL~re the,reafon of thisl'ropofirion ; why is it a .matter ilf fo great con-ce~nm<;nt f~r men to take heed that they dono~dil\u.rh the rei\ ofChnl\wtth h1s Spoufe ? PerjecHton awaf?.! and flir up the SpoufcJ Love. · Seoufe? The only Re:tfon I !hall in fill upon, is, Frnm tbt evtltbat wrY be confoquenl of Juch a di!farbanct ttnto tho(e tbat make it. J. For tbnfo that dtfturb Chriff1 Communion with biJ Churc/1 and t?e ChurchN fe.Uowfh~p with Chri{! by perfocutionJ, or any inte;ruptmns of them m the~r due order of worlhipping God :of all other tranfgreffions certatnly one of rhe moll caul\efs and mol\ unju- 1\lfiablc ways of finni~g again(! God. For fuppdfe a poor wretch wall have hts own fwtnge oflulls and corruptions, yer what need he dtilurb others who defire to walk more clofe with God; and to keep more exafrly ro the rule which God hath fer rhem > yet fuch lnlhuments of Saran have always been in rhe world . Chril\ never had ~ny Church i.n order, and enjoying fweet quiet, and peac~ walkmg roger her tn rhe Ordinances of the Gefpel, but the _De~tl prefenrly flmed up fome Inflruments or orher to diflurb Jt.etther by Herelies ani falfe Do:lrine breJking it into parties,or e!L by an open unm:dtltC perfecution, and bringing them to fuffer for Confciencc and Righteoqfnefs-fake : Such were the Pharifees, Matt b. 2 3. I 3. They n>ould neither wier i"to the KiN;,dom of Heaven, tben~folvu, nor Juffer tbofetbat w>uld. T hemfel ves would not fee rh~r Chti!l was rhe true Met[ias, that he had abolilhed the Ceromontal Law, but would keep ro the traditions of their Father5, and to the Ceremonial Law; nor had rhey patience to fee the Difciples of Chril\ !leer another courfe. Such were the jews fo long as they had a being in a Body together, and any form of Government amongll them (as you may read throughout the whole·book of the Acts ofrhe Apol\les.) Such were after them the Roma11 Emperours fo~ fome hundreds of years, and after them the Paprtls. Such were 10 the Primitive times rhe Arrian1 and or hers,_ a~l of them great dil\urbets of that ret! which Chril\ was en)oyrng with his purer Primitive Church; fuch rhere have been in all_rimrs. Now of how great Concernment it had beea ~o rhefe Dtfiu,be~s to have been more quier,and nor to have awaKed no1 1\!rred hrm up, may in part be judged fwm Gods tel\im~ ny agatnfl fome _of them in this life, bcfides that further re,elatron of wnth whtch fome of them have began ro tafle and all of them !hall further know in that day which the Apol\1~ fpeaketh of, ,. 'll,ffal. 1.7,8' When the Lord 1efuJjhaU be rtvealrdfrom Hea- T11 r. 6 ven JPitb hlf mt;;htj Angell in flaming fire, ta'-!ng veng.ance upoH 1 e • 2 ' I • tlmn 'R'hi:h k.•ro"' Hot God,&c. The Motto of 711dah 'is Chril\s Mot- G · to : he IS a Lron, and ilf an old Li.n, ,.,!J0 jhaU ro""' him up l He eu. Sl• 8• 9• U '-. that |