Certain disputations of right to sacraments, and the true nature of visible Christianity defending…

So Col. 1.13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.] Here the passing into the Kingdom of Christ is by passing from the Kingdom of darkness, so that he is not Cordially in one that is Cordially in the other; and consequently he is not by Profession in the one, who is not by Profession past from the other: He that professeth not such a faith as proveth men in Christs Kingdom, professeth not so much as may prove him out of Satans. And expressly it is said, 1 John 3.8 10. He that committeth sin, is of the Devil. In this the Children of God are manifest & the Children of the Devil; he that doth not righteousness is not of God, &c.] These passages will ⟨p. 98⟩be further touched when we come to the Argument from the true visible Church.

So Col. 1.13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.] Here the passing into the Kingdom of Christ is by passing from the Kingdom of darkness, so that he is not Cordially in one that is Cordially in the other; and consequently he is not by Profession in the one, who is not by Profession past from the other: He that professeth not such a faith as proveth men in Christs Kingdom, professeth not so much as may prove him out of Satans. And expresly it is said, 1 John 3.8 10. He that committeth sin, is of the Devil. In this the Children of God are manifest & the Children of the Devil; he that doth not righteousness is not of God, &c.] These passages will ⟨p. 98⟩be further touched when we come to the Argument from the true visible Church.