Catholic communion defended against both extremes, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…Catholick communion defended against both extreams, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…

Ans. This is the effect of Confusion: When such men are got into a Labyrinth, they go the further the worse. The Truth of the case is this. The Church is usually likened to a Corn Field, that hath, 1. Corn: 2. the Straw and Chaff that feeds and covers it: 3. Stricken Ears, in whole or in part: 4. Weeds: All is but one Corn Field, so denominated from the Corn: But the Straw and unsound Ears are Integral Parts and Accidents: But the Weeds are no part at all, but noxious Adjuncts.

Ans. This is the effect of Confusion: When such men are got into a Labyrinth, they go the further the worse. The Truth of the case is this. The Church is usually likened to a Corn Field, that hath, 1. Corn: 2. the Straw and Chaff that feeds and covers it: 3. Stricken Ears, in whole or in part: 4. Weeds: All is but one Corn Field, so denominated from the Corn: But the Straw and unsound Ears are Integral Parts and Acciden•s: But the Weeds are no part at all, but noxious Adjuncts.

So, 1. True Believers and Heart-Covenanters, are the Christians in famosiore & propriâ signification analogati, to whom the denomination of the Church is ordinarily given in the New-Testament.

So, 1. True Believers and Heart-Covenanters, are the Christians in famosiore & propriâ significatione analogati, to whom the denomination of the Church is ordinarily given in the New-Testament.

2. Verbal profession and covenanting, is common to the sound and unsound, as the Straw and Chaff to the Grain and Ears. It constituteth the Church as visible matter, as it is supposed to serve and contain the Grain