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A10399	Tvventy nine lectures of the Church very necessary for the consolation and support of Gods Church, especially in these times: wherein is handled, first, in generall concerning first, the name; secondly, the titles; thirdly, the nature, fourthly, the diuision of the true Church: secondly, of the visible Church ... and lastly, the application of it to all Churches in the world so farre as they are knowne to vs. By that learned and faithfull preacher, Master Iohn Randall, Batchelor of Diuinity, pastor of Saint Andrewes Hubbart in little Eastcheape, London, and sometimes fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford. Published by the coppie perfected and giuen by the author in his life time; carefully preserued and adorned with notes in the margent, by the late faithfull minister of Christ, Master William Holbrooke.	Randall, John, 1570-1622.; Holbrooke, William.	1631 (1631)	STC 20683; ESTC S115641	423,199	550

Christs mysticall Body and by the Lords Supper we are nourished in this Body which is his Church Now all these three outward meanes are laid downe together Matth. 28.19 Goe teach all Nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Goe that is spoken to the Apostles Teach there is the Word and Baptize there are the Sacraments one exprest the other implyed These are the instrumentall causes without vs. Now the instrumentall causes within vs are first repentance Act. 11.18 God hath granted to the Gentiles Repentance to life Secondly faith Act. 15.9 And he put no difference betwixt vs and them after that by faith he had purified their hearts And lastly and principally Gods Spirit that is the testimony of Gods Spirit in our hearts whereby we are perswaded of Gods loue and fauour 1 Cor. 2.12 We haue receiued not the Spirit of the world but the Spirit which is of God that we might know the things that are giuen to vs of God And all these sixe instrumentall meanes inward and outward are laid downe together in the second of the Acts in the case of the first Church that was planted after our Sauiours Ascension from the fourteene verse to the six and thirtie there is their Minister and the Word his Sermon Then Peter life vp his voice c. Then there are their Sacraments first Baptisme in the 38. and 41. verses Then they that gladly receiued the Word were baptized c. and the Lords Supper in the 42. and 46. verses and they continued in the Apostles Doctrine and fellowship and breaking of bread c. there are the outward causes So likewise the inward as first there is Repentance vers 37. and 38. They were pricked in their hearts then secondly there was Faith too as in the 41. and 44. verses They that gladly receiued his Word and all that beleeued c. And lastly there was the Spirit of God for in the seuenteenth verse it is said that it was prophesied before of them that God would powre out his Spirit vpon them And in the 38. verse the Apostle bids them repent and be baptized c. and yee shall receiue the gift of the holy Ghost so that they repenting and beleeuing did receiue the gift of the holy Ghost So these are the instrumentall causes or meanes of the being of the Church The next cause is the materiall cause and that is the people of God Saints by calling 1 Cor. 1.2 The members of the body of Christ 1 Cor. 12.27 Citizens with the Saints c. Ephes 2.19 As members are the matter of the body and Citizens the matter of a City so the members of Christ are the matter of the body of Christ which is his Church Fourthly the formall cause of the being of the Church and that is inward and outward that which is inward is the effectuall calling and gathering of Gods people to Christ when the faithfull are perswaded in their hearts to beleeue and obey the Gospell of Christ the outward formall cause that is their ioynt and publike profession of the sauing faith and the outward communion that they hold in the meanes of grace both for duties of piety to God and of charity each to other yee shall find both these in the case of the Church at Ierusalem Act. 2. first their effectuall calling which is their inward formall cause that is laid downe in the 37 38 41 and 44. verses they were pricked in their hearts repented baptized added to the Church c. there is their effectual calling Their outward formall cause that is set downe in the 41 42 44 45 46. verses They continued in the Apostles Doctrine and fellowship c. and had all things common c. there is their ioynt and publike profession of the sauing faith and their outward communion These are the materiall causes of the Church Lastly the finall cause of the Church which is the end of a Church and that is to bee considered in many respects first in respect of Gods glory that some of Adams seede might glorifie the Lord God here in his Church by beleeuing obeying calling vpon him and hereafter in heauen singing euerlasting prayses to his glory Rom. 9.23 That he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he hath prepared to glory Secondly the finall cause of the Church is in respect of the faithfull themselues and of their saluation and glory for God will not haue all mankinde cast away as they well deserued but some he would haue of his free grace and mercy to obtaine saluation and glory by Iesus Christ 2 Thes 2.14 and to receiue the end of their faith which is the saluation of their soules 1 Pet. 1.9 Thirdly the finall cause of the Church is in respect of the truth of God that the same might be embraced and maintained and kept aliue on earth that some men might not onely know the truth but beleeue it and liue in the obedience of it and also that the Scriptures the records of truth might be safely preserued first that the body of the Scriptures might not bee mangled or torne by Heretikes secondly that the sense of the Scripture might not bee depraued by the enemies of it lastly that the Scriptures might not bee as a sealed booke but that there might bee some on earth to interpret it and to teach it and that it might be openly taught and practised on earth this is one end of Gods Church Fourthly the finall cause of the Church is in regard of the wicked that they might bee left without excuse when as the pretious truth of God is propounded to them by his Ministers and by his Church and when as they denie it as false or contemne it or at least carelesly neglect it as a vile thing not worth hearkening to that then they might iustly perish in their owne wilfulnesse Thus you haue heard concerning the causes of the being of the Church both of those that cause it directly and of themselues and also such as cause it not of themselues directly but onely as by the way being ouer-ruled by God to that end Wee will draw it into an Obseruation Doctr. we heard first that God is the efficient cause of his Church and all other causes are from him he note then is this That howsoeuer there bee many things in the world which concurre and haue a great hand in the causing and constituting of a Church yet the cause of all causes is the Lord himselfe and indeed he is all in all in it this is so in all other things that God is all in all in them specially it is so in the Church as first that being more specially respected of God than any thing else and secondly as the Church depending more neerely vpon him then any thing else in the world Ephes 4.6 the Apostle speaking there of the Church saith There is one God and Father of

Hezekiah sent forth messengers throughout all Israel and Iudah with godly letters for the keeping of the Passeouer and the wicked laughed them to scorne but the Text notes in the twelfth Verse that the hand of God was in Iudah so that he gaue them one heart to doe the Commandement of the King The King might haue commanded long enough yet if God had not giuen the people a heart they would neuer haue obeyed him so that all other meanes are vtterly voide yea nothing without God 1 Co. 3.7 Neither is he that planteth any thing nor he that watereth but God that giueth the increase Now if God giues vs these outward instrumentall Causes of the being of his Church hee giues vs the inward much more as Repentance and Faith and principally the chiefe of all Gods Spirit is giuen vs meerely and freely of God 2 Cor. 1.22 Who hath also sealed vs and giuen vs the earnest of his Spirit in our hearts So that wee see the instrumentall causes of the Church both inward and outward are of God So also the materiall cause that is of God too 1 Cor. 3.9 Ye are Gods building saith the Apostle The formall cause that is of God also the outward formall cause which is our ioynt and publike profession of the faith 1 Cor. 12.3 No man can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost specially the inward formall cause is of God 1 Cor. 1.9 Wee are called of God to the fellowship of his Sonne Iesus Christ Lastly the finall cause that is of God too Gods Word labours husbandry ordinances Church c. are not onely of and from him as he being the efficient cause of them but also for him and his glory as he being the finall cause of them So likewise if we cast our eyes on the by-causes of the Church God is all in all euen in them too yea extraordinarily in these so that hee seemes rather to haue a greater hand in these than in the rest that God should make persecution which tends of it selfe to the destruction of the Church to bee a cause of the being of the Church this then shewes that God is all in all in causing his Church So much for the Reasons The vses are these First Vse is for instruction to teach vs Vse 1 that seeing the Lord is all in all in causing his Church then let him be reuerently and ingenuously acknowledged so to be And in that respect First let such congregations as haue tasted Gods bounty in this kind ascribe all the honour and praise and glory of that their blessed state to him alone and that which I say of whole congregations let euery one in particular practise and that both for the congregation and specially for himselfe We must not dote on the meanes though they be singular helpes vnder God the Ministers gifts nor any other thing the Church hath it must not bee doated vpon It is true that wee must esteeme highly of them and labour for the good of them and acknowledge what benefit we haue receiued from them and be thankefull to them yet still I say it is all the Lords doing and let him haue all the glory of them and if euer there should such a presumptuous thought come into our heads of doating vpon them we must euer haue that in a readinesse in our minds which the Apostle speakes 1 Cor. 3.5 They are but ministers by whom we beleeued let God haue the honor and praise of all that the Church hath for it is all his doing Secondly as this should stirre vs vp to thankfulnesse for the good we haue already receiued so it should stirre vs vp to prayer and continuall calling vpon God that he would bee pleased in his good time to afford the meanes of his Church where they are wanting And that where they are there God who is all in all in his Church would bee pleased to confirme increase and continue them for euer that so he may haue a Church there to the worlds end Alas what is it to haue care for our selues onely as Iosiah had Lord saith hee let there be peace in my dayes but we must haue a care of our posterity and pray that God would continue his Church to them too and this is a necessary duty both for Ministers and People and that each for himselfe and one for another the Minister hee is to pray for himselfe that the Lord would open his mouth and sanctifie his heart and affections that he may preach powerfully and effectually and for the people that they may bee teachable and tractable humble willing and ready to vnderstand and beleeue obey and practise that which they are taught And so likewise the people they are to pray for their Minister and for themselues too that God would open their Ministers mouth and sanctifie his heart and affections that he might preach powerfully and effectually to them and also that they might haue teachable hearts ready and willing to heare and to obey and that God would water their hearts with his Spirit that they may be fruitfull Thirdly this should stirre vs vp to vse the meanes profitably which are the causes of the Church let them not be vnprofitable towards vs much lesse let them bee contemned of vs but let vs make a good vse of them as of Gods speciall ordinances which hee will surely reuenge if we contemne them Doth the Lord bend himselfe wholly and all his forces as it were to make vs vnderstanding wise and obedient and to bring vs to himselfe and shall wee neglect so great saluation and not make vse of it to bee brought vnto God Doe not receiue such a pretious grace of God in vaine but embrace it take the opportunitie of it now is the accepted time now is the day of saluation now God stands at the doore and knockes now the Table is prepared the victuals are ready and the Guests are called therefore let vs now quicken vp our selues let vs take hold on the promise of Grace and let vs receiue the Word not as the word of man but as it is indeed the Word of the eternall God powerfull to saue vs if we beleeue and obey it or else if wee refuse and contemne it powerfull to condemne vs and to cast vs headlong into hell Vse 2 The second vse is matter of comfort to vs seeing God is all in all in constituting his Church then it assures vs of the welfare of the Church it shall goe well with the Church although Satan bend all his forces against it though the wicked maligne and persecute it God is for it who can be against it It is of God and therefore it shall stand in despight of Satan and all his forces It is God that plants his vine who can roote it out He makes a hedge about it who can breake it downe Yea God is a wall of fire about his Church therefore whosoeuer comes neere to hurt it shall be consumed

and therefore they must needs be holy Fifthly the effects which they feele in themselues are Reas 5 holy effects holy motions and holy desires holy life and holy obedience and their spirituall life that is to say their faith is most holy Iude 20. therefore they are holy Sixtly they are chosen to Holinesse 1. Pet. 1.2 and therefore Reas 6 they are holy Seuenthly they are regenerate and borne again to Holinesse Reas 7 and therefore cannot sinne 1. Ioh. 3.9 and Eph. 2.9 we are created in Christ Iesus to good works and therefore must needes be holy The vses are these First this shewes the essentiall difference Vse 1 betwixt Gods Church and all other Congregations whatsoeuer For this is holy and all other are vnholy And this Holynesse carries a kind of Reciprocation with Gods Church for euery Church of God is truly holy and euery Congregation that is holy is the true Church of God And so wheresoeuer there bee any men or women that bee truly holy though they be out of the knowne Church yet they are liuing members of the true Catholike Church And on the contrary wheresoeuer there are any that are not holy though they liue in the visible Church and are in great place and of great gifts yet they are no members of the true Church of God So then here is the triall whether we be of the true Church or not if wee haue holinesse in our hearts and in our desires then wee are of the true Church else we are not But you will say Is euery one holy that is of the true Church I answer Yes in some measure first or last Secondly this should teach vs to labour for Holinesse Vse 2 without which we shall neuer see God to our Comfort in heauen nor by faith here on earth Psal 15.1 2 c. The Prophet askes this Question Lord who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle or who shall rest in thy holy Mountaine The answer is euen he that walks vprightly and worketh Righteousnesse and speaketh the Truth in his heart Reuel 21.27 There shall enter no vncleane thing into the heauenly Ierusalem there if euer we will see God with Ioy and Comfort we must labour for a pure heart and pure hands It should teach vs therefore First to take heed of sinne and to auoide it for it is filthinesse and vncleannesse as opposite to Holinesse as darknesse is to light and Satan to God himselfe Let euery one that calls on the Name of the Lord that is euery member of the true Church depart from iniquitie let them leaue their lying and swearing and couetousnesse and labour to flie from the corruptions that are in the world through lust and resist the inticements of the Diuell and fight against the rebellions of their owne hearts and not suffer their corruptions to breake forth but to roote them out put off your shooes for you stand on holy ground lay by your sinnes and wicked affections for the Church is a holy Church that you are members of the Temple of God is holy which Temple yee are defile not your selues with sinne and vncleannesse therefore remember what God saith Ier. 11.15 What should my Beloued tarry in my house seeing they haue committed an abomination As if hee should say I haue no roome for them in my house if they commit abomination And Psalm 50.16 What hast thou to doe saith God to the wicked to take my Couenant in thy mouth seeing thou hatest to bee reformed Therefore say with the Church in the Canticles Chap. 6.5 I haue put off my coat how then shall I put it on I haue washed my feet how shall I defile them And as it teacheth vs to flie sinne so in the second place it teacheth vs to follow that which is good Whatsoeuer things are true whatsoeuer things are honest c. thinke on those things Phil. 4.8 Giue your selues to holy meditations and conferences frequent good companies and exercises vse the meanes of holinesse be conuersant in hearing and reading the Word and receiuing the Sacrament and be frequent and earnest in Prayer to God for the Spirit of sanctification that hee may make your harts mindes willes and affections and liues holy and vnblameable that so as you professe your selues to be Saints so you may liue like Saints Lastly this may serue for reproofe of the gracelesse and Vse 3 wretchlesse people of the world that scoffe at the holinesse of Gods people there are a kind of people in the world that if they be in their Cups or vpon the Stage or in their pastimes or in their ordinary talke if they can haue a lest at the holy Brethren in it though without cause or sense it makes them all merry it seasons all their businesse But first let them know that they haue no part in Gods Church for all the parts and members thereof are holy And further let them know that they must be either Saints or Diuels either of the seede of God or of the Diuell And therefore let them know that as they scoffe at vs vniustly so the Lord from heauen doth most iustly deride them and will one day laugh at their destruction and this is to them a token of perdition and a most certaine token too because they are not onely without holinesse themselues but they hate it and deride it in others but to vs it is a signe of saluation both that we are endued with holinesse and also that we suffer persecution for it Heb. 3.3 The Apostle vseth this word very grauely which they doe so deride he calles them holy Brethren And therefore in the second place let vs bee so farre from being daunted by their scoffing at vs as that it may rather incourage vs to be more holy Let vs say as Dauid did to Michal when she scoft at him for dancing before the Arke Am I vile in thine eyes for this I will be yet more vile So let vs say Doth our holinesse displease you I will be yet more holy Let vs therefore labour by prayer to God and all good endeauour not onely to begin but to grow on from grace to grace from one measure of holinesse to another notwithstanding their scoffes that so at last we may bee fit to enter into that holy place whereinto none vnholy nor vncleane thing shall enter The fifth Lecture of the Church HAuing entred into the Point concerning the Church of God in heauen and in earth together we shewed that in as much as it is an Article of our Faith to beleeue the Catholike Church that therefore it was needefull that we should vnderstand and speak of it out of that Article of the Creed which concernes the Church That Article saith I beleeue the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints c. Wherein I noted sixe things whereby the Church was marked out First that it is one for so saith the Nicen Creed and so this Article intendes when it saith Church and not Churches secondly that

it is holy thirdly that it is Catholike so it is said in expresse words Fourthly that they are ioyned to Christ And fiftly that they haue a Communion amongst themselues both these are intended where it is said they are a Communion of Saints sixtly and lastly that they are knowne onely to God and themselues and this is intended when it is said I beleeue it Wee haue past through two of these adiuncts for so I call them first that the Church is one and secondly that it is holy now we are to come to the third Adiunct Catholike The Church of God is Catholike In handling of this Point wee will first shew how this word Catholike hath been wronged secondly wee will right it and thirdly we will draw such obseruations from thence as it will fitly minister First it hath been much wronged for many hundred yeeres and that by many First by those in the Romish Church Secondly by some of our owne Church First it hath been wronged and corrupted exceedingly by those of the Romish Church and that in these respects first in that they falsly challenge it and appropriate it to themselues alone Secondly in that they boast of it as their Crowne and glory Thirdly in that they put their confidence in it that because they haue this name therefore they are vndoubtedly the true Church and in certaine state of saluation First the word is wronged in that they of the Romish Church do falsly challeng and appropriate it to themselues as if their Church were Catholike and none else and as if their faith were Catholike and none other and as if they were the onely Catholikes and none but they If they were Catholikes as they pretend to bee yet they might giue others leaue to be called so as well as they but they are not so onely the name of Catholikes is falsely arrogated to themselues and flatteringly yeelded vnto them by their friends and fellowes but indeed and in Truth they are no Catholikes at all Secondly it is wronged by them in that they boast and vaunt themselues of it as their Crowne and glory and they take it in great snuffe if they be not so called yea if you call them Papists or such other like name I know it by experience they wil be ready to fly in your face Surely it is a glory to those of whom it is truly affirmed yet it is not in that case to be boasted of but quietly and soberly to be inioyed Gods best graces in vs are not vainely to be boasted of much lesse any outward names which are but cast vpon vs least of all such as we take vpon our selues without desert Thirdly they wrong it in that they put much confidence in this name that because they are so called therefore saith Bristow and the Rhemists wee are the vndoubtedly true Church in certaine state of saluation for this is one of the Pillars of Popery the very names of the Church and Catholike they are the two pillars that Popery builds vpon But it is to be considered that the name makes not the man to be such as he is called but on the contrary because a man is such an one as the name imports therefore hee is so called As for example A Father or a Master is not such an one because he is so called but because hee is a Father or a Master therefore he is called so Therefore we must first examine our selues whether we are such as the name imports and then we may haue Comfort in our States whether we bee so named or not if the name be vpon vs without cause we are nothing the neerer to saluation If it be on vs vpon good cause then we may haue comfort in our state not for the name but because we are such as the name signifies so that the name is no way any matter of confidence to build our saluation on In the second place it is somewhat wronged by some amongst vs too not that wee either mistake it as the Papists doe nor maligne it as they say we doe but occasionally by their errour on the one side wee run into another on the otherside because they aduance it too high we debase it too low First some labouring to suppresse the name quite as certaine Lutherans that haue changed Catholike in the Creed into Christian Secondly others scoffing at it as a toy and a Iest Thirdly others that in the heate of their spirits and pregnancy of their wit doe depraue it and make a nickname of it cacolicke cartholike but these are distempered spirits not seasoned with grace and modesty as it were to bee wished Fourthly and lastly generally all of vs little regarding it nor hauing it in that good request as it well deserues It is true that the name of Christian is farre more ancient and proper and more warrantable as we may see in Act. 11.26 they of the Church of Antioch were first called Christians yet let not this name be supprest for to be called Catholikes hath been a matter of long continuance and vnderstanding it for the members of the Catholike Church it is a reuerent and an honourable stile Thus we see how this name hath been wronged first by them of the Romish Church secondly by some amongst vs. Now secondly we are to right the Word and restore it to the originall sense that so we may frame vs to a reuerent and sober estimation of it and neither esteeme of it too much nor too little and to this end first therefore wee will consider of the antiquitie of the Word secondly wee will shew the right meaning of it and thirdly the common receiued vse of it First consider the antiquitie of it this word is not found in any of the bookes of Scripture onely it is found in the preface of the Epistles of Iames Peter Iohn and Iude there they are called Catholike Epistles which is a Greeke word and signifies generall which prefaces whether they bee Scripture or not is vncertaine they may bee so and they may not yet certaine it is that the name is very ancient But come to the Creed and there this word is plainely found and that as an adiunct of the Church I cannot say that it was the Apostles owne doing but surely it was very neere to the Apostles times So likewise it is found in the Nicene Creed and also in Athanasius Creed and there hee applies it to the Faith The Faith professed by the Catholike Church is the Catholike Faith So wee see that the word is very ancient Secondly to right it we are to consider the right meaning of the word Catholike which is generall or vniuersall for so the Ancients expound the Prefaces to the generall Epistle of Peter and the generall Epistle of Iames as directed not to any particular Nation or Citie as Paul did his Epistle to the Romanes but generally and vniuersally to all the faithfull or to

had from them yet it was before Anti-christ there be many speeches in the fathers of it but we retaine it not as the Papists doe idolatrously no the imposers protest against that but for an ancient custome And that we may see they retaine it not for superstition they haue turned it out of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper for it was vsed in that Sacrament too so that though it be retrayned in the Church yet not as an idolatrous or superstitious ceremony Fourthly they except against our Ministery and say that we haue a false ministery and therefore a false Church I Answer Our Ministery is a true Ministery and ●ustifiable if we looke into all parts of it we will iustifie it against them better then they can iustifie theirs against vs But say they your ordination whence had yee it but from the Pope I Answer First eyther it was extraordinary in Luther and others and so they being thus called might ordaine others or secondly else it was ordinary from the Popish Church as the Sacrament of Baptisme is true amongst them and so acknowledged by the separatists so is ordination They hould that those that are Baptised amongst them are lawfully Baptised and by the same reason we hould that they which are ordayned Ministers amongst them haue a lawfull ordination Then for their guifts let any Church shew better guifts then it hath pleased God to bestow on our Ministers Then looke into the exercise of their guifts It is true that we haue many idle backs and slow bellies that will not labour but that is their personall fault But we haue many publique exercises and many Ministers that are extraordinary painfull in preaching reading visiting the sicke c. Lastly looke into the effect of our ministery and wee can shew the scale of our ministery in many that are called and that ordinarily by our publique ministery and therefore our ordination is good Lastly they except that we haue a false people and therefore a false Church they say our people were profanely gathered and liue prophanely in our Church for their gath●ring I haue Answered before for their liuing prophanely I Answer that doth not make a false Church I haue shewed that there are more Hypocrites in the Church then true beleeuers yea but say they these are openly wicked and yet are admitted into your Church and to your Sacraments I Answer though they be wicked in their liues yet they are not so in their profession and therefore there is no fault in vs if vpon their profession of repentance and obedience we admit them to the Sacraments the fault is that they are not cast out for their open notorious sinnes by them that haue authority and not that vpon profession of repentance they are admitted to the Sacraments So that we see that all that they can except against vs is for petty matters or else they bee personall faults and therefore not to be charged vpon the whole Church for there is none of these faults but may be redrest and by this Gouernment which is in our Church if they be not it is mens personall sinnes for by law there should bee a learned ministery and that those which sinne openly should be cast out of the Church c And therefore let not this be charged on our Church we haue many abuses in our Church as well as in other Churches and we are to intreate God to sweepe them out but yet wee are not thereupon to be condemned for a false Church Thus ye see that our note stands true against all the exceptions both of the Papists and the separatists namely that the Church of England euen as now it stands is through Gods mercy not onely a true but a sound visible Church FINIS Matth. 28. Ruth 3.11 First the order of the question is naturall First in respect of God in the first question ●econdly in re●ect of Christ Thirdly in respect of all the three questions together The matter of the question is of great importance First for direction Secondly for the confirmation of our faith Thirdly for the confuting of Aduersaries Fourthly for consolation The ignorance and mistaking of the true Church is exceeding dangerous in foure respects Foure generall points concerning the Church 1. The name Vide Field lib. 1. p. 12. 15. 16. Musculus 555. Bullinger 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 intends three things Foure divisions of callings First generall and particular Secondly extraordinary and ordinary Thirdly out●ard and in●ard Fourthly effectuall and not effectuall Calling not effectuall fiue wayes The second generall thing concerning the Church are the titles Many titles giuen her for three reasons The titles are of two sorts First absolute without reference to any thing else First a garden Secondly a spring or foun●aine Thirdly a chosen generation a royall Priesthood a holy nation a peculiar people set at liberty Two sorts of titles which concerne the Church are respectiue as it hath reference to some other thing else and these are of fiue sorts First such as are giuen to the Church in respect of God and they are First Gods Mountaine Secondly the Citie of God Thirdly the house of God Fourthly the Temple of God Fifthly the people of God Secondly such as haue reference to Christ and they are First his loue Secondly his sister Thirdly the spouse of Christ Fourthly a Queene Fiftly his sheepe Sixthly his body Seuenthly My Beloued is mine and I am his Eighthly Christ Thirdly such as are giuen with reference to the faithfull and these are First the Tower of the flocke Secondly the Mother of vs all Fourthly such as are giuen with reference to the world in gener●ll and these ●r● first th● s●bstance of the World secondly the ioy of the whole earth Thirdly a Lilly amongst thornes Fifthly are such as haue reference to the truth of God and these are First the pillar and ground of truth Secondly a Candlesticke The Church of God shadowed in the law by the sanctuary or tabernacle in eight things Vide Piscat in Exo. 25. The glory of the Church in foure things First in the profession Secondly in her practice Thirdly in her order Fourthly in her vnitie The third generall thing concerning the Church is the nature of it Vid Reynolds Thes p 642. and Rhem. Ves●●m 1. Tim. 3 10. Th● nature of the Church described by three things First by the efficient cause Secondly by their number Thirdly by the places where they are The holy Angels are part of the true Ch● prooued and 〈…〉 doctrine That Christ is Mediator for the Angels and how The Angels fall was personall The Angels haue their part in Christs mediation in foure things in respect of things done to vs which redound to them And in diuers things done more directly to themselues That part of Gods Church and chosen which consists of men and they are partly in heauen partly in earth First those that are in heauen Secondly those which are in earth Hyper.