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spew_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n his_o word_n be_v to_o be_v remove_v from_o they_o for_o how_o do_v those_o asian_a church_n cease_v to_o be_v so_o but_o by_o the_o lord_n performance_n of_o that_o other_o threaten_v in_o order_n unto_o this_o viz._n remove_v his_o candlestick_n out_o of_o their_o place_n revel_v 2._o 5._o cons_n 6._o yea_o a_o people_n have_v no_o other_o way_n to_o unchurch_n themselves_o but_o by_o their_o voluntary_a break_n of_o their_o communion_n in_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n by_o heresy_n poison_v they_o and_o thus_o make_v they_o die_v and_o cease_v to_o be_v god_n ordinance_n or_o schism_n direct_o reject_v they_o or_o by_o the_o perfection_n of_o both_o in_o a_o total_a apostasy_n but_o though_o wickedness_n do_v ever_o unchurch_n a_o people_n demeritoriè_fw-fr it_o never_o yet_o do_v unchurch_n a_o people_n formaliter_fw-la vel_fw-la effectiuè_fw-la as_o will_v appear_v more_o anon_o yea_o though_o heresy_n be_v indeed_o a_o renounce_v the_o faith_n 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there_o be_v no_o institute_v or_o form_v church_n and_o consequent_o to_o our_o congregational_a brethren_n principle_n who_o as_o master_n cotton_n in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o brethren_n phrase_v it_o say_v that_o the_o universal_a visible_a church_n be_v a_o chimaera_n where_o there_o be_v no_o form_v visible_a church_n wherein_o ames_n be_v so_o express_v fideles_fw-la non_fw-la constituant_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la particularem_fw-la nisi_fw-la speciali_fw-la 167._o med._n p._n 167._o vinculo_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la conjungantur_fw-la which_o only_o render_v they_o capable_a of_o this_o communion_n the_o jewish_a church_n be_v dissolve_v the_o elect_n that_o be_v save_v be_v not_o of_o themselves_o a_o form_v institute_v church_n but_o must_v therefore_o be_v add_v to_o the_o gentile-churche_n i._n e._n congregation_n therefore_o these_o personal_a qualification_n be_v not_o so_o fit_v to_o the_o definition_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n as_o communion_n in_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n for_o wheresoever_o this_o be_v fix_v and_o settle_v there_o be_v undoubted_o a_o true_a visible_a church_n this_o communion_n suppose_v the_o call_v believer_n professor_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o the_o officer_n or_o dispenser_n of_o the_o ordinance_n on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o plain_o express_v or_o signify_v to_o we_o the_o essence_n or_o truth_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n by_o the_o formal_a action_n of_o it_o now_o that_o i_o may_v yet_o be_v more_o free_a from_o exception_n and_o more_o true_o understand_v i_o shall_v here_o recollect_v and_o subjoyne_v what_o have_v be_v already_o in_o a_o scatter_a way_n hint_v about_o these_o two_o great_a considerable_a in_o a_o few_o brief_a concession_n and_o proposition_n prop._n 1._o i_o grant_v that_o these_o personal_a qualification_n be_v necessary_o suppose_v in_o this_o communion_n in_o ordinance_n in_o the_o sense_n before_o give_v of_o they_o the_o person_n thus_o communicate_v be_v such_o as_o be_v call_v thereunto_o such_o as_o profess_v the_o faith_n therein_o and_o such_o as_o be_v presume_v to_o believe_v what_o they_o thus_o profess_v or_o at_o least_o not_o to_o deny_v or_o renounce_v it_o prop._n 2._o these_o qualification_n be_v therefore_o necessary_a condition_n of_o church_n member_n or_o of_o such_o particular_a person_n as_o assemble_v themselves_o with_o the_o church_n in_o this_o worship_n of_o god_n or_o as_o ames_n most_o 163_o med._n p._n 163_o accurate_o forma_fw-la vocatorum_fw-la the_o form_n of_o the_o call_v not_o of_o the_o church_n prop._n 3._o therefore_o these_o qualification_n be_v rather_o to_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o church_n then_o to_o the_o form_n prop._n 4._o i_o grant_v therefore_o that_o they_o fit_o serve_v to_o express_v the_o qualification_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o church_n in_o the_o definition_n thereof_o as_o i_o conceive_v amesius_n and_o other_o mean_v who_o definition_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n be_v usual_o 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the_o kind_n not_o sex_n or_o age_n 1._o many_o coetus_fw-la requirit_fw-la decem_fw-la 2._o many_o man_n for_o other_o creature_n below_o man_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o make_v a_o society_n it_o be_v a_o political_a and_o therefore_o a_o rational_a state_n and_o angel_n be_v almost_o as_o much_o above_o it_o society_n be_v a_o state_n of_o discourse_n and_o so_o most_o proper_o belong_v to_o discursive_a creature_n viz._n man_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o grammarian_n coetus_fw-la requirit_fw-la decem_fw-la homines_fw-la this_o be_v suppose_v in_o a_o society_n cod._n cod._n 2._o the_o union_n of_o these_o man_n by_o some_o kind_n of_o bond_n or_o other_o whereby_o they_o be_v embody_v and_o make_v a_o habitual_a assembly_n a_o fix_a society_n this_o be_v express_v 3._o actual_a communion_n in_o the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n this_o be_v intend_v coetus_fw-la or_o societas_fw-la here_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v take_v in_o a_o moral_a or_o political_a sense_n from_o corporation_n or_o company_n of_o trade_n so_o 1._o it_o be_v orderly_a not_o tumultuons_a 2._o it_o be_v fix_v not_o occasional_a 3._o it_o be_v habitual_a not_o only_o actual_a 4._o it_o have_v officer_n belong_v to_o a_o orderly_a and_o fix_a society_n of_o this_o nature_n 5._o therefore_o last_o it_o be_v a_o society_n of_o christian_n govern_v by_o the_o minister_n or_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o we_o still_o find_v it_o to_o be_v in_o scripture_n i_o shall_v crave_v leave_n to_o explicate_v myself_o herein_o a_o little_a further_o by_o a_o few_o proposition_n prop._n 1._o this_o community_n be_v of_o necessity_n require_v in_o the_o true_a or_o false_a definition_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n prop._n 2._o this_o community_n do_v direct_o immediate_o and_o formal_o 169._o foederata_fw-la ifla_fw-la conjunctio_fw-la tantum_fw-la constituit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quotenus_fw-la spectat_fw-la ad_fw-la communionem_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la exercendam_fw-la am._n med_n 169._o intend_v communion_n communion_n be_v the_o most_o
in_o ordinance_n so_o mr._n hudson_n the_o visible_a church_n say_v he_o be_v a_o company_n of_o people_n call_v or_o separate_v by_o god_n from_o idol_n to_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o yield_v profess_v subjection_n to_o that_o call_n and_o more_o plain_o wollebius_n the_o visible_a church_n be_v a_o company_n of_o person_n common_o call_v as_o well_o elect_a as_o reprobate_v but_o no_o author_n that_o i_o have_v yet_o meet_v withal_o do_v ever_o define_v the_o church_n without_o specify_v and_o express_v this_o society_n or_o community_n one_o way_n or_o other_o apollonius_n begin_v his_o definition_n with_o societas_fw-la the_o leiden_fw-mi professor_n with_o coetus_fw-la so_o wallebius_n trelcatius_n ames_n and_o augustine_n with_o unitas_fw-la of_o english_a man_n bradshaw_n say_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v holy_a assembly_n dayrel_n say_v a_o particular_a visible_a church_n be_v a_o company_n etc._n etc._n so_o hudson_n the_o visible_a church_n be_v a_o company_n etc._n etc._n and_o arnobius_n upon_o the_o 19_o arti_fw-la a_o congregation_n of_o faithful_a people_n therefore_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o the_o unity_n or_o society_n of_o the_o church_n deserve_v the_o first_o and_o the_o high_a place_n in_o the_o definition_n thereof_o last_o therefore_o i_o shall_v conclude_v myself_o in_o those_o express_a ibid._n fideles_fw-la non_fw-la constituunt_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la particularem_fw-la quamvis_fw-la simul_fw-la plures_fw-la in_o codem_fw-la loco_fw-la conveniant_fw-la aut_fw-la vivre_fw-fr nisi_fw-la speciali_fw-la vinculo_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la conjugantur_fw-la med._n p._n 169._o vinculum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la foedus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n word_n of_o amesius_n that_o neither_o the_o faithful_a or_o many_o faithful_a or_o many_o faithful_a meeting_n together_o or_o live_v in_o one_o place_n do_v thereby_o constitute_v a_o particular_a church_n without_o they_o be_v further_o join_v together_o by_o some_o special_a bond_n among_o 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yea_o then_o indeed_o there_o be_v no_o hypocrite_n at_o all_o for_o if_o there_o be_v none_o within_o the_o church_n there_o can_v be_v none_o without_o see_v it_o be_v necessary_o suppose_v that_o a_o hypocrite_n be_v a_o professor_n of_o religion_n and_o there_o be_v none_o that_o profess_v religion_n without_o the_o visible_a church_n absurd_a 4._o then_o the_o election_n of_o god_n be_v as_o large_a as_o his_o call_n and_o either_o those_o many_o who_o our_o saviour_n affirm_v to_o be_v call_v be_v not_o call_v or_o else_o though_o our_o saviour_n intimate_v that_o they_o be_v not_o yet_o they_o be_v elect_v absurd_a 5._o then_o most_o of_o those_o that_o constant_o attend_v upon_o all_o the_o part_n of_o god_n public_a worship_n be_v yet_o not_o of_o the_o visible_a church_n but_o indeed_o heathen_n see_v heathen_a be_v put_v in_o opposition_n to_o visible_a church-member_n in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n absurd_a 6._o then_o that_o great_a and_o weighty_a obligation_n press_v 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well_o as_o violent_a schismatics_n and_o chief_o the_o donatist_n and_o not_o that_o this_o shall_v contradict_v what_o before_o he_o have_v say_v that_o schism_n may_v be_v think_v to_o be_v one_o mean_n of_o unchurch_v among_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v as_o it_o may_v be_v qualify_v therefore_o schism_n as_o sufficient_a to_o un-church_n or_o dismember_v must_v be_v 1._o total_a viz._n a_o break_n off_o from_o all_o communion_n with_o the_o 307._o speratio_fw-la fiat_fw-la certis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la actionibus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la schismatica_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la statim_fw-la separat_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la am_n case_n de_fw-fr schis_fw-la p._n 307._o church_n for_o to_o divide_v with_o the_o church_n in_o some_o thing_n or_o part_n of_o worship_n and_o to_o retain_v the_o rest_n have_v be_v always_o reckon_v a_o separation_n only_o in_o the_o church_n and_o not_o from_o it_o much_o less_o so_o far_o as_o to_o lose_v all_o interest_n in_o it_o if_o this_o separation_n be_v just_a it_o be_v not_o schism_n if_o unjust_a it_o be_v but_o partial_a schism_n and_o the_o subject_n be_v a_o member_n but_o in_o part_n cut_v off_o and_o yet_o hang_v to_o the_o body_n 2._o it_o must_v be_v universal_a that_o be_v a_o break_n off_o from_o and_o refuse_v communion_n with_o all_o the_o purticular_a church_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o world_n for_o one_o may_v schismatica_o that_o be_v causeless_o depart_v supra_fw-la si_fw-mi separatio_fw-la sit_fw-la ab_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la aut_fw-la pluribus_fw-la particularibus_fw-la possunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la aliaâ—um_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la membra_fw-la manere_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la schisma_fw-la proprie_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la gravessimum_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la from_o one_o particular_a church_n of_o christ_n and_o join_v himself_o to_o another_o which_o though_o it_o be_v a_o very_a great_a sin_n and_o schism_n both_o in_o the_o party_n and_o the_o church_n that_o know_o receive_v he_o yet_o not_o so_o great_a as_o to_o render_v that_o party_n no_o member_n or_o that_o church_n no_o church_n 3_o it_o must_v be_v also_o heretical_a such_o as_o be_v cause_v by_o or_o accompany_v with_o the_o renounce_n of_o some_o fundamental_a doctrine_n for_o as_o willet_n observe_v if_o schysmaticks_n retain_v that_o be_v in_o a_o body_n purity_n of_o doctrine_n and_o the_o right_a use_n of_o ordinance_n as_o some_o schismatical_a congregation_n in_o augustine_n time_n do_v and_o now_o do_v they_o make_v up_o a_o true_a visible_a church_n a_o flock_n of_o sheep_n be_v true_o such_o though_o consist_v of_o particular_n stray_v from_o their_o several_a fold_n supra_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la haereticus_fw-la ut_fw-la siquis_fw-la credens_fw-fr omnes_fw-la articulos_fw-la fidei_fw-la nolit_fw-la tamen_fw-la cum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la vera_fw-la communicare_fw-la in_o actionibus_fw-la piis_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la to_o which_o they_o ought_v notwithstanding_o to_o return_v as_o to_o their_o proper_a and_o lawful_a place_n yet_o i_o conceive_v it_o possible_a that_o a_o person_n may_v by_o a_o total_a and_o universal_a schism_n though_o not_o heretical_a that_o be_v if_o he_o neither_o join_v himself_o to_o a_o ancient_a or_o to_o the_o schismatical_a church_n cease_v to_o be_v a_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_n organical_a church_n hereby_o though_o positive_a schism_n be_v usual_o a_o great_a aggravation_n of_o negative_a schism_n yet_o it_o be_v rather_o a_o diminution_n of_o it_o when_o the_o negative_a schism_n be_v as_o before_o universal_a and_o total_a the_o reason_n be_v supra_fw-la si_fw-mi separatio_fw-la pertinaciter_fw-la fiat_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la veris_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la ulla_fw-la propter_fw-la causam_fw-la communem_fw-la tum_fw-la tale_n schismat_fw-la quamvis_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la ut_fw-la fidem_fw-la retinentes_fw-la sint_fw-la membra_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la pro_fw-la visibilibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la membris_fw-la haberi_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la because_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v a_o member_n of_o a_o schismatical_a church_n where_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n be_v in_o any_o measure_n exercise_v then_o of_o no_o church_n at_o all_o and_o consequent_o to_o join_v in_o no_o kind_n of_o public_a worship_n at_o all_o though_o doubtless_o it_o be_v best_o of_o all_o to_o remain_v with_o or_o to_o return_v again_o unto_o the_o communion_n and_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a and_o ancient_a congregation_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o that_o we_o may_v add_v as_o a_o four_o property_n of_o such_o schism_n as_o destroy_v church-membership_a it_o must_v be_v negative_a as_o well_o as_o total_a universal_a and_o heretical_a object_n it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o this_o enumeration_n of_o the_o mean_n whereby_o a_o person_n or_o a_o people_n unchurch_n themselves_o be_v too_o short_a see_v idolatry_n and_o apostasy_n do_v as_o well_o unchurch_n as_o schism_n or_o heresy_n answ_n i_o answer_v concern_v idolatry_n 1._o idolatry_n can_v be_v 171._o idolatry_n papismus_fw-la est_fw-la pernitiosa_fw-la haeresis_fw-la quia_fw-la pracipuam_fw-la partem_fw-la pietatis_fw-la evertet_fw-la variis_fw-la modis_fw-la in_o falso_fw-la cult_v &_o idolatria_fw-la de_fw-la consc_fw-la p._n 171._o consider_v distinct_o from_o schism_n and_o heresy_n indeed_o it_o be_v make_v up_o only_o of_o they_o 1._o a_o deny_v the_o true_a god_n or_o a_o deny_v the_o true_a worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o a_o give_v of_o deity_n or_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o deity_n to_o a_o creature_n in_o our_o mind_n or_o opinion_n which_o be_v mental_a idolatry_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o high_a heresy_n therefore_o ames_n give_v this_o reason_n to_o prove_v papacy_n to_o be_v heresy_n because_o it_o overturn_v the_o principal_a part_n of_o piety_n in_o false_a worship_n and_o idolatry_n again_o second_o the_o other_o great_a part_n of_o idolatry_n be_v schism_n both_o negative_a in_o withdraw_v from_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n or_o a_o withdraw_a worship_n from_o the_o true_a god_n and_o positive_a by_o set_v up_o a_o false_a worship_n to_o the_o true_a god_n or_o give_v the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n practical_o or_o actu_fw-la exercito_fw-la to_o a_o false_a god_n 382_o idolatria_fw-la est_fw-la tribuere_fw-la ei_fw-la rei_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la ac_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la ac_fw-la adimire_v cultum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o creaturae_fw-la tribuit_fw-la zegid_a de_fw-fr idol_n p._n 382_o and_o therefore_o practical_a idolatry_n be_v proper_o and_o direct_o oppose_v to_o the_o true_a worship_n as_o mental_a idolatry_n be_v to_o true_a faith_n 2._o idolatry_n as_o such_o on_o all_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n be_v not_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o true_a church_n or_o true_a church-membership_a and_o indeed_o it_o 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