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A64552 Milke for children, or, A plain and easie method teaching to read and write together with briefe instructions for all sorts of people ... : as also an appendix of prayer / by Lambrocke Thomas. Thomas, Lambrocke. 1654 (1654) Wing T967A; ESTC R27538 78,939 178

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persons and but one God 2. Of the Church of God we are now next to explaine that next unto God the Father of blessings ought we to fix our Faith on the Church of God as being the fruitfull Mother that brings forth Children unto God When now in this Part are to be considered first the Church it selfe secondly the blessings God bestowes upon it That Church as in the first clause of the ninth Article those blessings as in the lat●er clause and the three following Articles Two of those blessings to wit first the Communion of Saints in the latter clause of the ninth Article and secondly the forgivenesse of sins in the tenth being blessings of God to his Church in this life and the other two to wit first the Resurrection of the Body in the eleventh Article and secondly the life everlasting in the twelfth and last blessins in the life to come Of all which next in their order and first of the IX Ninth Article The holy Catholicke Church the Communion of Saints and thereof first the Church it selfe both that triumphant in heaven h Heb. 12 22 and this militant on earth i 1 Tim 6 12 this as a doore or entrance into that this of Grace here that of Glory hereafter where we are to consider our Creed as to the Church 1. What to beleeve of it then 2. What it is beleeve we must and that againe 1. Not in this or that other particular Church as this sect or that faction or the like in this or that Country or the like but that God hath a Church in generall and that is the whole company of the godly wherever in the whole world that this Church hath beene from the beginning in all the world whence it is called Catholique Then 2. That this Church as partly we have said is the whole Company of the godly of all Gods faithfull ones wherever and every where called out of or from among the faithlesse k 1 Cor 1 16 1 Tim 1 12 13 that of Children of wrath by nature l Ep 2 3 are by grace m verse 5 8 made heires of God in Christ n Rom 8 17 and beating downe the reigning contagion of sinne study and practice holinesse of life o Ep 1 4 1 Pet 1 15 2 Pet 1 5 6 7 whence it is called holy Secondly as the first blessing God bestowes on his Church is that as said in the latter clause of this Article the Communion of Saints which is the blessed company of the godly wherever that have holy fellowship and communion both with God and among themselves with God of enemies and them afar off made friends and nigh by the blood of Jesus Christ p Rom 5 6 7 8 Ep. 2 12 13 19 then with and among themselves by holy exhortation q Heb 3 13 to well-doing r Heb 10 24 by wise Counsels and admonition s Gal 6 1 Col 3 16 by comfortable discourses of God and godlinesse t 1 Thes 4 18 chap 5 11. 14. by frequent u 1 Thes 5. 17. an● mutuall w Jam. 5. 16. prayer And as fruits of all these not onely thus well toword it but also to shew this communion by good works not only to speak well to fo● one another but to do wel also to for one another x Mat. 23. 3. Act. 2. 44. Heb. 13. 16. 1 Jo. 3. 17 Applic. That as to that latter division of the Creed as in the first part considered there are three persons y 1 Io 1 7 in the Trinity in unity but one God why so should we labour though many persons we be yet to be all of one mind z Jo. 17 21 Act. 4 32 Ro. 15 6. Eph 4 5 That unity in God pointing as 't were to the unity should be among the people of God As to this second part the Church of God she being the faithfull Mother that brings forth Children unto God how should we labour that we may become the Children of God to become her children Consider the Appellations in Scripture given to the Church as the house of God a Psal 84 10 the spouse of Christ b Cant 4 8 9 the City of God c Ps 87 3 the Body of Christ d 1 Cor 12 27 the Pillar and ground of truth e 1 Tim 3 15 and the like And what is all this for but that they that will be saved by Christ and be members of that body whereof he is the head must also be members of his Church which is his body and which he is the Saviour of f Act 2 47 Eph 5 23 and therefore confers on it blessings both here and hereafter here the Communion of Saints the Remission of sins hereafter a glorious Re●urrection and an eternall life of glory As to this ninth Article and thereof as to the first part or clause of it that first we are to beleeve not in ●his or that particular Church but that God hath this Church in generall the whole company of the godly wherever and therefore called Catholique may teach where to resort to to heare and have the glad tidings of salvation not by adhering to any particular sect or conventicle but to the whole Church of God in generall by that Militant here to have accesse to that Triumphant hereafter That secondly this Church as Catholique so is holy too as consisting of the whole company wherever of the faithfull may teach our care to become faithfull holy g 1 Pet 1 16 by whatever debosherie not to defile it h 1 Cor 5 1 13 nor by whatever wicked meanes to annoy it i Psa 105 15 in as much as the inj●ry offer'd unto it is as offered unto God k Zech 2 8. and that he that shall any wise injure it deserves not the Name of a Christian l 1 Cor. 1● 9. Then as to the second clause that the Communion of Saints which is the first blessing God here bestowes on his Church is only the where-ever Company of the godly may hint unto us of what Company we ought to be of this faithfull society if in Christ we meane to attaine Salvation these onely faithfull being that little Flock on which Christ hath promised to bestow a Kingdome m Luk. 12. 32. Which Flock are they that are of this Fold the Church of which Christ himselfe is the Shep●erd he the one Shepherd and this Church the one Fold he speakes of n Jo. 10. 16. The Unity whe●e of as it was his worke so should it be our endeavour we to unite us to him and to unite us among our selv●s Thus of the first blessing here in this Article the second have you in the next which is the X. Tenth Article and that this The forgivenesse of sins Though other blessings there are as appertaining to this life yet these two are the