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Show 'lf'lut Flagganund .Appler, llrineuftlu z,.;..,; but Mr • .Ainfworlb faith well: ·~hefe (in the llrif.t notion of the Law) are thofe which wound the Soul, and "'"~it Sick., I !hall interpret it in two particulars: I. 'Ibe holy Scripturet. 2. The Go[pd-Ordinancts and Inj!ttllttons. I. The holy Scripturu. Thefe are commtllt~ to the Church, not to canonize and rejetl: what !he pleafeth,but wllh the Seal of God upon them; fo that nothing mull be by her added ~o them;. nor. any thing of them diminilhed: The Apollle makes It the pr~vt!edg of .the JtW!ijh CbNrcb Rom. 3• 2. that unto them rrerc •omnmud Jht Oracln of God. They were committed by Saint Paul to Timothy and by him to be commitudtootbtrs,jaitbfttl men; wbojfm.td bt ;bit to t.eacb others. They are committed to thf Minijlers oftbe Church, to be by them publickly interpreted, opened and apl'lied· authoritatively. They are committed to all the members ol the Church, tballhty may read therein aU the days •f their Life: by them examine the Dotl:rines of their teachers whether they be true or falfe AfJ. 17. r 1• from them ( with the ufe of their own reafon ) con~lude in afhhi11gs what they ought to do, and to avoid, and not be the meer fervants of men; out ef them inftrufJ their faff!ilies what they ought do ; and in that private manner which becdrnes their private Station, adminiller a wD'd in {t•fon to their brethren, by way of private Conference, Admonition, Exhortation, &c. Now lbok what vertue wine hath to comfort the Spirits that are fainrting, orAPfJI" to be cordial to one t~at is Sic~ oft?e fame,yea infinite more vertue have the holy Scnptures m this cafe ; though• from a<lilferent principle, God hath put a natural vertue into the Wine, and into Apples, that they aa: from a patural ncceffity, . with the concurrence only of an OrdiNary PtoTJidence, uphold in!} the natural powers and operations of thefe Creatures : But as tO the boly.Suipll<rtt, ~hey have their vertue. from a Divine Injfituti.,, and thcfPecutconcurtt>tce of the Spirt! of Grace.Thus 2 Ttm. 3> r 5> r 6, Tbty are abl1 to mal<,e a man wife unto $alv•tton ; thro..gh f•ith JJ?bich i1 in 7e[114· Chrift.-·--'Ehey . are profitable for doc• trine,f•r repronfi for comaiM,for inftrullio~ in Kighteoufoefs; That · the m•n o[God may be ptrfeCl, throHghly furnijbed to aU good rrork.f. Secondly, The Ordi>tanm ofthe6ojptl; they are alfo as Flaggons ••dApples, Tbefe are committed to the Church: They are of a double mture, Fublic": Such as are a¢miniftrtd by a pt<b/~cfl.pe~- . [1111, an offioer in. the Church ;. feme of which c/JJI be adm!n!flred· bJll4 other lawfully, ..as the SIICplln.ellll; .llthe~s may,bc admlntfir~~ . Chrifl hath betrli}iuJ hw thurc'h wit'S, for LavejcltSblll•l lb7 by privat< Cbri{lia~<s, bur. not in the. {amt mann.r as private per-fans m~y pray, ~'".r not m th_e pubhck al!'emblies of the Church. The pnvate Chrr~tan may ~~ort hi! family, and opel< the Scriptttrrt to them, but not m the publick all'emblies ; he may olfer words 111 feafon to alt ajfltllul perfon; but thefe fame atl:ions done by the publtcl<, OffictJ, are done more a11thoritatively more in the name of Cbri[f, a.nd the gre~ter blefling may be expctl:ed, though Gcds bletlmg ~s not wannn~ to a.ny a~pmntment of his, whoever b" his ferva~t m the admtntllrauon, ~f he ads in order, and keeps his place·. other . Ordmanccs are Prtvat~; fuch as family-prayer int~ ruelwn, pnvate admonitions, conferences, &c. Ram. rs.' I+ F.plJ. 6. 4· Col. 3· r6. &c. Now I fay thefe have the fame ver-tuts as to the re~iving of a Sick fainting Soul, that Apples and Flaggons of W1ne h1 ~e to revive the Spirits of one that is in an a fw?un. I n:ed not tnfill upon the proof of it, experience pro-veth I!: Davtd tndeed doth not fay it was the word preached or open.ed; but how oftendothhefay in that excellent Pfal. I , 9 , Thy ~ora hath comforted mr; tby JJ?.rd hath quic~ned me, &c. This IS .enough to ,have fpoken to the lirfi Member of the Doc-tnne. 2. Mem. That tht believing So11/in the day of its Love-fick,nefs ":'U caU to the M~nifttrs andmembrrs of the Cbtmb; for tht applrca: fJOn of, the[! tbmgs I~ 1t. This needs no great proof, .Jebofafhat tn hts perplextty calls for a Prophet .of the Lord, D•vid falthfetcb mtthe Arl<,: even Saul himfelf (that never cared for S(lmuel) when he was fick in his mind though not of Love calls for Samuel; J~b faith, that when a man is in afRia:ion . 1/ there be II mejfmger I'Pith him, an inttrpreter one of 11 Tbouja;d t fh Job. 3• •J• 7mo m~n hi! uprigbtnefi: Tbm hr i! gra;iolll Hnto him, andfoith J: htr~tm fromgomg dorr>lt znta the pit, lhllvtfoundar~nfome when 1 ; t ree thoufand were pricked at the heart, AU. 2 • S tb tned out, Mrn and bretlmn JJ?hat jha/1 n>e do to be {aved ? fg did 1;% Jay lor, All. r6. The rcafon of this ir 11 natural prmciple P' rk.!N upon a seiritua/iUumi11ation. The Natural Principle is tha: ev 0 I g muf! nm(fart/.r ~n dijlrefl fuk..•ut for a proper remrd;. Th~~~~ ~t ·o~J.-ove IS In~ d11lre~s, a great dillrefs: Nature feels thi~cl . et nece!farlly In feekmg out for a remedy Now he b r Y- ~ngh ~ou~. b~ng Spiritually enlightened by God feeth thate~od 1 at 10 IS oiy. Scriptute, and in his Ordinances,'laid up an heal-ng verrue for rt, and that be hath committed rhcfe thiags to his P a Miniliers, |