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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	communion_n	visible_a	1,477	5	9.7605	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85050	Vindiciæ mediorum & mediatoris. or, the present reigning errour arraigned, at the barr of Scripture and reason. Wherein is discovered the falshood and danger of that late borne opinion, that pretends to an immediate enjoyment and call of the Spirit of God, both above and against its owne fffects, [sic] cause, word, ministry, and witness, in all respects. Occasioned by a pamphlet, intituled, The saints travell to the land of Canaan, or a discovery of seventeen false rests, &c. By one R. Wilkinson, a preacher of this errour about Totnes in the West. In the treatise following, the reader shall finde, most of the maine fundamentall doctrinall truths that this age doth controvert, faithfully vindicated, cleared, confirmed. By F. Fullwood, minister of the Gospell at Staple Fitzpane in the county of Somerset.	Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693.	1651 (1651)	Wing F2521; Thomason E1281_1; ESTC R202060	131,348	337

and those of as good authority perhaps as yours for the way you explode that will seal to the divinity and testifie to the most comfortable excellency of the use and benefit of Church fellowship answering that they were ever more fearfull to offend never more humble and self denying lesse carnall lesse censorious c. Then while they walked in the good sweet safe and sacred way of Saint-Communion But is his abuse against this way 1. Argument for affirmative Gods own Command of use is for it Let all things be done decently and in order If no Church no order in it if no visible Church no disorder in the Church there being no disorder in the Church invisible 2. Where there is no church-Church-Communion there can be no Admission or Excommunication what then is become of these duties what meant by 2 Cor. 5. and more the like places What is the meaning of the Keys of the Church Which signifie both a shutting some in and the turning the Key upon others as also the priviledge of the first and the losse and disgrace of the later 3. If no Church fellowship then what room use or occasion of the Sacraments 4. And lastly What is become with the men of this way of the ancient practise of primitive Christians which was wont to be held the neerest to Perfection for they ranked into a visible order continued stedfastly in the Apostles Doctrine and Acts 2. 42 46 47. fellowship and breaking of Bread and Prayers But the Saints joint experience hath I hope so powerfully fully convinced them of the expediency comfort necessity hereof that there need no more be said for their confirming in it Only let us hold fast the profession of our Faith without wavering considering one another to provoke one another to love and to good Works Not forsaking the Assembly of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as yee see the day approaching not so much the lesse as we see Christ comming in his Spirit or Person to guid or to judge Heb. 10. 33 34 35. us But so much the more assembling our selves and exhorting one another as wee see the day approaching CHAP. XIIII Of Gospell Ordinances in generall BUT we passe on from the way of the ministry to that is most materiall viz. the Ordinances themselves the matter thereof The generall conclusion of these men against Ordinances is plainly this Those forms that Christ appeared in when Errour in the flesh are dissolved cease at his coming in the spirit And they for their parts have received the comming of the Spirit therefore all forms i. Ordinances cease to them The potent Scripture for this end and the ground purpose is Revela 21. 22 23. And I saw no Temple therein For the Lord God almighty and the Lamb are the Temple thereof and the City hath no need of the Sun neither of the Moon to shine in it For the Glory of God did light it and the Lamb is the light thereof Hence they conclude they being in this City therefore they have no Temple of Ordinances no need of Sun or Moon the Lord c. and the Lamb lighting them But in answer hereunto I shall I hope prove these two things Eirst That this glorious City is not yet built And secondly That when this glorious day shall be it shall not probably dissolve or darken but rather inlighten and certifie Gospell Ordinances 1. First to prove this glorious City here mentioned magnified is not yet in the World Some hold that it is the state of the Church in Heaven and that upon such like grounds as follow 1. Because of its intire perfection no ver 27. uncleane thing being admitted into it and none but such as are written in the Lambs Booke 2. Because of the full and even immediate ver 23. Presence of God there 3. Because then shall be the day of ver 24. ver 4. Redemption even of compleated Salvation 4. Because the day of Judgment seemeth chap. 20. ult to precede it Now if we look upon this new Jerusalem as the perfect Estate of the Church after Judgment in Heaven As our Saviour will submit to give up his ministeriall Kingdome to his Father then so those wickedly presume that would take it out of his hand before But others and they perhaps more truly conceive this new Jerusalem to be the Church on earth made exceeding glorious by the wonderfull presence of the Spirit of Christ for we here take no notice of the presence of his person with it And this opinion hath these grounds amongst many more against the former Cap. 12. 20 1. Because the glory of this City seemeth to appeare before the last comming of Christ Vers 25. compared with Mat. 25. 10. 2. Because there is yet a proffer of Salvation and the water of Life the Gates of this City being not shut by day and there shall be no night there but the Gate of Heaven at the last day is shut upon the foolish Virgins Vers 10. 3. And cheifly because this great City and new Jerusalem discendeth out of Heaven from God But to apply to our present drift now as we cannot imagine that unlesse all tears paine sorrow death yea resurrection and Judgement are already past us Things most grosse ridiculous and senselesse that the state of the Saints is already Heaven and conceit our selves to be set free from the use and performance of duties and Ordinances upon that first account so neither can wee plead our freedome from them upon the second construction of this City namely to be that glorious appearance and presence of Christ upon and with his Church at the day there spoken of which though indeed it be nearer to the World our sins yet I suppose it is as truely absent yet from us as Heaven it selfe And first 1. Because this new Jerusalem cometh downe out of Heaven after the condemnation Vers 2 3. judgement and burning of the great Whore the utter downfall and ruine of Antichrist 2. This new Jerusalem cometh downe from God after or upon the glorious Forbes and visible conversion of the Jewes vers 24. with 27. Now neither is Antichrist yet totally ruined or the Jewish Nation and People yet visibly converted 3. Because this City shall be so illustrious as that it shall be glorious in the eyes of all It shall be generally both ver 24. 26 by Kings and Nations owned honoured and admired 4. And lastly There shall no unclean thing enter into it Now is there any way Church People yet in the world thus owned and admired by all thus pure and undefiled hath no uncleane Livers or lying hypocriticall men to be the followers of it Obj. But this erronious way we plead against will say comparatively there is none unclean or hypocriticall person that entreth into her if you compare her followers with