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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B20727	The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word of God / by Mr. Iohn Cotton ...	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.	1644 (1644)	Wing C6437	60,953	71

Protestants and Papists yet wee crave leave to expresse what in it doth not fully satisfie us Foure things in it seeme defective to us 1. That any key of the kingdome of heaven should be left without power For here in this distribution the key of knowledge is contradistinguished from a key of power 2. There is a reall defect in omitting an integrall part of the keys which is that key of power or liberty which belongeth to the Church it self But no marvell though the Popish Clergie omitted it who have oppressed all Church-libertie and Protestant Churches having recovered the libertie of preaching the Gospel and ministery of the Sacraments have been well satisfied therewith so as some of them have looked no farther nor so much as discerned their defect of Church-power or liberty due unto them in point of discipline and others finding themselves wronged in withholding a key or power which belongs to them have wrested to themselves an undue power which belongs not to them the key of authority 3. There is another defect in the Distribution in dividing the key of order from the key of Jurisdiction of purpose to make way for the power of Chancellours and Commissaries in foro exteriori who though they want the key of order having never entred into holy orders as they are called or at most into the order of Deacons onely whereof our Lord spake nothing touching Jurisdiction yet they have been invested with Jurisdiction yea and more then ministeriall authoritie even above those Elders who labour in word and doctrine By this sacrilegious breach of order which hath been as it were the breaking of the Files and Ranks in an Armie Satan hath routed and ruined a great part of the libertie and puritie of Churches and of all the Ordinances of Christ in them 4. A fourth defect but yet the least which we observe in this distribution is that order is appropriated to the Officers of the Church onely For though wee be far from allowing that sacrilegious usurpation of the Ministers office which we heare of to our griefe to be practised in some places that private Christians ordinarily take upon them to preach the Gospel publickly and to minister Sacraments Yet we put a difference between Office and Order Office we looke at as peculiar to those who are set apart for some peculiar function in the Church who are either Elders or Deacons But order speaking of Church-order properly taken is common to all the members of the Church whether Officers or private brethren There is an order as well in them that are subject as in them that rule There is a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as well 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The maid in Athenaeus is said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as well as her Mistresse Yet if any man be willing to make office and order aequipollent we will not contend about words so there be no erroneous apprehension wrapt into the matter To come therefore to such a distribution of the keyes as is more suitable to Scripture phrase For it becomes true Israelites rather to speak the language of Canaan then the language of Ashdod When Paul beheld and rejoyced to behold how the Church of Colosse had received the Lord Iesus and walked in him he summeth up all their Church estate to wit their beautie and power in these two Faith and order Col. 2.5 6. There is therefore a key of Faith and a key of Order The key of Faith is the same which the Lord Iesus calleth the key of knowledge Luke 11.52 and which he complaineth the Lawyers had taken away Now that key of knowledge Christ speaketh of was such that if it had not been taken away they that had it had power by it to enter into the kingdom of heaven themselves and it may be to open the doore to others to enter also Now such a knowledge whereby a man hath power to enter into heaven is onely faith which is often therefore called knowledge as Isa 53.11 By the knowledge of him shall my righteous servant justifie many that is by the faith of Christ And Ioh. 17.3 This is eternall life to know thee that is to beleeve on thee This key therefore the key of knowledge saving knowledge or which is all one the key of faith is common to all beleevers A faithfull soul knowing the Scriptures and Christ in them receiveth Christ and entreth through him into the kingdom of heaven both here and hereafter Here he entreth into a state of grace through faith * Heb. 4.3 and by the profession of his faith he entreth also into the fellowship of the Church which is the kingdom of heaven upon earth and by the same faith as he beleeveth to justification so he maketh confession to salvation which is perfected in the kingdom of glory Rom. 10.10 The key of Order is the power whereby every member of the Church walketh orderly himself according to his place in the Church and helpeth his brethren to walk orderly also It was that which the Apostles and Elders called upon Paul so to carrie himself before the Jews in the Temple that he might make it appear to all men that he walked orderly Act. 21.18.24 Orderly to wit according to the orders of the Iewish Church with whom he then conversed And it was the commandment which Paul gave to the whole Church of Thessalonica and to all the members of it to withdraw themselves from every brother that walketh disorderly 2 Thes 3.6 This their withdrawing from him that walked disorderly was the exercise of their key of order And it was a like exercise of the same key of order when he requireth the Brethren to warne the unruly which is in the originall the same word to admonish the disorderly 1 Thes 5.14 And this key of order to wit order understood in this sense is common to all the members of the Church whether Elders or brethren Furthermore of Order there be two keyes a key of power or interest And the key of Authority or Rule The first of these is termed in the Scriptures Liberty So distinguishing it from that part of Rule and Authority in the officers of the Church We speak not here of that spirituall liberty whether of impunitie whereby the children of God are set free by the blood of Christ from Satan hell bondage of sin curse of the Morall Law and service of the Ceremoniall Law nor of immunitie whereby we have power to be called the sons of God to come boldly unto the throne of grace in prayer and as heirs of glory to look for our inheritance in light but of that externall libertie or interest which Christ also hath purchased for his people as libertie to enter into the fellowship of his Church libertie to chuse and call well gifted men to office in that his Church libertie to partake in Sacraments or seals of the Covenant of the Churchs libertie and interest to joyn with