A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

3. Particular or individual Saints may be so far known by their fruits, and are so far discernible and visible, as that ⟨p. 271⟩our love to them under that notion may be known to be an acceptable service to God, and so a comfortable mark or evidence to our selves. Which plainly appears from what Christ saith Math: 10. 41. 42. He that receiveth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receive a Prophets reward; And he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous mans reward. And whoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a Disciple, verily. I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward Before verse 11. Into whatsoever City or Town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ye go thence. Heb: 6. 20. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of Love which ye have showed towards his name, in that ye have ministered to the Saints, and do minister. These believing Hebrews did not infallibly know that they were Saints to whom they ministered, yet the Apostle tells them, their work was acceptable to God, and made himself to be persuaded of them things that accompany Salvation. They to whom he writes, being conscious to themselves of the truth and sincerity of their love, might much more be persuaded of themselves things that accompany Salvation from this mark of Love, although they could not know infallibly the hearts of those whom they loved, as Saints. We may without either revelation or infallibility of judgement, by the marks which the word gives us for judging and discerning of others, so far be persuaded in a judgement of Charity, that this or that person is a Saint, a Brother, a Sister, one in Christ, as that our love to the person under that notion, is according to the rules of Christ, flows from faith which worketh by love, and is acceptable to God as a part of our new obedience. If it were not so, this absurdity would also follow, there could be no communion of Saints one with another, at least no such thing done in faith. Do not Believers act in Faith, and not doubtingly, when ⟨p. 272⟩they have communion one with another, when they exhort and comfort one another, when they pray one with another, when they sympathize one with another?

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