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Show 134 Majler John Cottons A~fwer His fourth an~[,{\ ipference,is; That eminent gifu and .bilititt, &FC but q"alijica:iom jittipgand preparing for a CaY, or Office, accord- .ing to 1T1m. 3· Tit. I. • Re,fy. We, readily acknowledge it: but yet tf a few godly perfans !hall c.a\1 for the etiJployment of thefe gift! to their fpirimall edification: The men ly,ho ar~ qualified ~ith th.fe giirs, are, not on ely fitted and prepared for a call, or office, but actually called unto office; at lea~, to,weach the word unto them, though not to adm.inil\er the Covd~nt, or feales of the Covenant, but onely to thet:n.and theiJ feed, who yeeld profeffed fubj~t\iqn to the Gofpel of Chrif\ Jefus. If any throyg_~ ignora,nce or inliriJlitie procec9, further in their adminifiratiom, I doe beleeve the repentance of the Minif\ers, (for finnes knowne and fecrct) and the faith of the godly party' is more able to fanaifie the corrupt and unclcanc fort to their Communion;then the corruption of th~ uncl~anefort is abl.e to c.orrupt the Minifier, and Wor!hi.p, and.Church-e,fiate of all. To CHAr. XXVIII. IN this laO: Chapter of his, though he doe repeatc fome paffages of the clofe of my Letter ; ye~ I doe not di!cer0e hpw his Anfw, er is fitted at all to thofe palfag~s. Nevertheleffe, becaufe he is plea fed to g.cher from thofe paffages, That I have npt duly confrdtred fimdry particul~rs : I am willing to take up the conlideration of. them, for a Conclufion: The fir{l particular is, The ner.effitie of Sep., ation betP'<en the garden of the Church, and the wildernejfe of the world: .As the Chttrc!J of the Jewestmper the oldTejlament was ftpr rate from the world;fo 011ght th.eChurch of the N<w Tejlament to be. Rep{,. t. Of this particula. I have confidere<:l, not in a confufed generalitie (as h,e delivereth it) but in a di!l:inB: apprehenfion, thus; The world is t•ken it;J Sqipmre more wayes then one,•nd fo is feparation: The world is takeQ !ometimes for the frame of heaven a~d e~nh, and all the hof\s of t~em, m•n and b1afl, &:. as when God i~ laid tQ.havemaqetheworld,Aa.I7· 24. Sometimes for the !\ate of the world ; as whefl <;:hri!l: is,faid to have red~emrd m from this prejint ev~Urp.orld, Gal. I· 4.Soq~etimes.foJ the Cjvill Go-vernmcn• to Mafter Roger Williams. vernment of this world ; as when the Apofile exhomth the R~r mans, not to con forme their Church-bodies ac.:ordiug to the platforme of the Rumane Monaochy, inw Oecumenicall, Nationall, Provinciall, Diocefdn B, dies,Rnm.tz,z. Sometime for the wicked of the world; as when it is faid, The world loveth hisown,.Joh. IS· 19. And the whok world lyeth in wickednejfe, IJoh.s. 19. Sometimes Jikewife, for the corruption that is in the world, 2 Pet. J, 4• The U.J<s ofthovorld, I Job. 2, 16. • In like manner,.there be more wayes of Separation then pne; As firfl, titere is a feparation in affection, LoVoJ7lat the world,r.Joh. 2, ;6, .Jam.4-4- Secondly,there-is a feparation in habitation, which. i1 part ofthe meaningofl~i. SZ· JI, Revel. IS.+ Thirdly, there isa feparation ofCommumon, 2 Cor. 6. 14- to I7'h. Befid.e!,ther,e be diverfities likewife of Communion: for there is a ·Civill Co~~tmunion 1 and there is a religious Communion.And of either fort, 'there is a confederate Communion : And there is a Communion . without confederacy : And of confederate Communion, there iu confederacy in matters of common civilitie; and there is a confe· ·deracy in m~tters of more intimate friend !hip, focietie, and fami' liaritie; ' To apply thefe diifercnt confiderationa of tba world, and of Separations, according_ro the due and right apprehenfion tberepf in the word of truth. Firfi, It is lawfull to have civill peace,and lovingcorrefp<;Jnden· · •cy with neighbours itrthe world, yea even.with ldolaters,and Infidels, fo as ,not onely to trade· with them, but to feafi with them, yea and to fuccour them in their difireffes, Rom. 12. 18. I Cor. 10. ?.7· L,l{, IO. 3'4· Secondly, It i&lawfull to make leagues of peace with all men in the world,( even with Idolaters and Infidels) co wit, for free commerce, for trade, and inoffenfive oeighbourhood,G•"·3 I ·44-to 53. Judg. 4· 17. . Thirdly, It is lawfull for the Subjects of the fame Smr,to enter into confederacy among!l: themfelves, and with their Princes, to - fubmlt to the fame Civil! Government, and Lawes, and to afli!t ohe ahOther in mutual! defence againfi a common enemy,~Sam.5 •. ~· Eccl!f. 8. 3, But on the .othcr fide, this confideration lhave had of Separation |