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Show 24. 3 €54,149; 01: A CHRISTIAN. Part . 3 . £16m gave articular aét of every one ofthofe that were prefent, ailild c" 0 M M 0 N-WE A L TH. Clap. 4o. P‘dt tl e erformance of it-7 and not the act of them a in gio.e,as m 0 god - much lefle the act of them that were abfent, or that (bfihm releytit were not willing it {hould be done. Aecorclingfitbothrs h hd - fecnfeg pI defin>e a CHURC H (to be, A company ofmen prquflmg c "lid '1' ion (mitt-din tbeperfon ofoize Severe/git, at n: of: comm. C urr (fl m‘d- CHA P. X L. an R5 {5/11 2‘30 aflemfilc ems/without whofe anthorrty they (mg/2t not to {If- R to H r s of the Kizegdmw iffiod, i/z Abraham,Mofc-s/be High Prielts, melt/1e Kings olJuJah. kbééliyoAnd becaufe iii all Common-wealths,thatlAflEilnlilytbxlthiil}: ivil Soveraion isun aw u -,t13_ . ll‘ . ' ‘ . lslgdldigliic‘hi:[starridnfiligldtihcafiy Common-fivealthuhat hath torbidden them to allemble, is an unlawfull Afl'enilbly.f h univerfall Chmch owcr or: . It followeth alfo,that there is on Bart ,no uc - are En no is there becaufe obey; to A Chnflmn as all Chrifiians are bound b352," . fulggét are wealths Commonother all which to Earth coni'iimimd a gift": "51 Chriflians in the Dominions of feverall Princes an vh tateg,he is him}: "'5' one oftheiii is fubjee‘t to that Common-wealth , gt ergo commands felfa member; and confequently, cannot be fubre thto t c .te father ofthe Faithfiill, and firfiin the Kingdome ofGod The Fow- 1 C3 21. her Perfon. And therefore a Church, iuc a one as Is pft ofanygt mmand to Judge, Abfolve, Condemn,or doany ot ier a ,, 'blchtof nit thin0 with a Civil Common-Wealth,conlifting~ of Chrifhis t c a d is galled a Cirvill Statefor that the {ubiee‘ts or it are 31ml; andncgsbaigcb for that the fubjefts thereof are Clan/ham. Temper: and: 'r (mall) Government, are but two words brought into 1‘ ie inorldplttl) make men fee double, and mil‘talge their éflgfidlfiwfr‘ifiili 1 _ 101, mmeurre ll , atertie ' ‘ ofthe faithfu a . the bodies 1tV'15 true,that _, ernall .but in this life t iey are g ‘ -' tlllS. in ent Governm other fore no guitsFthere ull'ahlearl illdgibslgn bed1orrcir in; C0 ithgr of State norReligion, but Temporall; nor teaching or whreh the Governour both or Subjeét,eth to any ,forbidd alnys lawftill 1 6, I2160tétrine and'of the Religion to be taught: And that 69- t 16 ta 6' It be one-or eli‘e there muft needs follow Faétrongnd C n 11 vernpr limCommoh-wealth, between the C/mrcb and State, between wa‘r 1'" [C 5 and T(Miami/11h; between the Sword of (Ir/free, and the .‘i‘IhleZI‘rifI/‘FJIM- and (which is more) in every Ch rifiian mans foxlvn brefi between the Chriffian , and the MM- '1 he Roetors (13311:); Chuich, are called Pafiors; fo alfo arehgmfl; 18502133133: .may I" inate one to ano e , t . ‘ (1):?Siieggzatoi-fbgech will -be taught contlrury Dod‘trrfne: ,t "limit both may be and one mull be talic.Whotn-.1t one chic l at 011 i571 , cording to tlie law of Nature, hath been already lliewn; lname iljinlsd it is the Civill Soveraign : And to whom the Scripture Lit 1.1 ID that Officc,wc {hall fee in the Chapters followinO. 2, Covenant, was Aérrszm. For with him was the Covena nt 7130"le IiiLé‘l-l'" i madegwherein he obliged htmi‘clr‘, and his feed after him, ‘lALW‘M‘ ledge and obey the commands or God; not onely liich, as rule ;l\'Ci‘rOtiCC or, (as Morall ans,) by the light of Nature; glib hztli,;zs bod lhould in {peciall manner deliver to him by Drum, :1:itl\.'iiions. For com the Morall law, they were already ‘ f _ grin-t: needed not have been contrafted withztll, lw promiie Pantiol‘Cinaan. Norwistherc any Contract, that could tied-c it not lll'Liigll‘iCll the Obligation, by which both they,and all men e11: were bound ntiturally to obey God Almighty : And therefore :17 e t in eitizit which Abraham made with God, was to tilix'C for the (jt \"‘.!‘.‘..!!l-.lLlllCnl ot‘God, that which in the name of manded him,in a Dream, or Vilion, and to deliver God was com- it to his family, and intuit tlzcm to tulilei'x'e the liime. 1:: this Contract of God. with Abraham, wee may ob lervc three pun oilinptirtunt C(‘l‘llhtlilLflCC in the government of Gods people. i Hit, llitlti'tllilt making orthis Covenant, Godiiiake onely to Aluai .Llll: :1ndtltcretore contracted not with any of his family, or itgti, othetiihbthenas their wills {which make the efl‘cncelol‘ all C4>\'Lll,lr‘;1\ were hetoretheContixtetinvolved in the willot‘ Abr :1- ham», whim .:sthtretore lizppuied to have had Huh: them pulbrm all thit he cove-named :1 lztwthll power, to lortl term. According \','i:trei:nto:(:e //. 18. 13, 19.) God lliith, 11/! Me Narrow oft/n: IE it; I /' jinn! I}: [4512/ 1/: hm, for 1 [Mom Izzm t/Mt be 1221/! commuted/115‘ t‘v'u/J/m w: a'w' Arrx/ho/tz'rz/"Ier law, and [hey flml/ kce 1/16 we] of #16 L571. 1 £'-',".1‘llIL‘nCCllliybc concluded this \‘.llOIll (jail i'JL‘h not {poken immediately, tirlt point, that they to are to receive the politive (Ulllllitlllt‘iclllCHIS olitiod, li‘omtheir Soveritign; as the family and ltt‘tloriAliralmmdidfrom Abraham their CirillSoveixiign. And conierluently in everylizither, and Lord, and Air‘lV'" '5‘"! Common-wealth,they "If", who lave no luptrnatutztll Revelation to the contrary, ought to obe Llw°l;j"n "a" ‘§4 Iiit‘lau's ortheir own Soveraign,in the externa ll :uf‘tsiand profeflion of Q ; $512517ch lteneion. A:{Ortllcln\\'&l‘(ll(/10ll_:9/li, and delay" of men, which ;1' . ic Governours cantahe nonotice or, {for God onely knoweth the heart; they are not volunta ry, nor the clTrefit ofthe laws, k but of‘the unrevt'tiled |