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The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…
The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truly orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truely orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...
London: printed by E. Cotes for George Eversden, 1652
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3. If the Church be a spiritual Commonwealth, then I may infer further, the necessity of our labouring to improve the Churches interest in a Commonwealth. Nature will teach men to labour to preserve, and advance the good and benefit of the Commonwealth, every man will contribute for the good of the Body Politic, and therefore let us labour to promote the good of the Body Ecclesiastic, and to improve the Churches interest.
3. If the Church be a spirituall Commonwealth, then I may inferre further, the necessity of our labouring to improve the Churches interest in a Commonwealth. Nature will teach men to labour to preserve, and advance the good and benefit of the Commonwealth, every man will contribute for the good of the Body Politique, and therefore let us labour to promote the good of the Body Ecclesiastique, and to improve the Churches interest.
Doctr. 2 Thus much for the first Doctrine, we come now to the second Doctrine, That it is a great misery for a man to be a stranger to the true Churches of God. You may be in the true Church, and yet not of the true Church; as ill humours in a mans body, they are in the body, though none of the constituent parts of the body: so you may be in the Church, and of the Church visible too, and yet none of the Members of the Church invisible, of the Church of the first borne, you may not partake of the special and spiritual privileges of the Church of God.
Doctr. 2 Thus much for the first Doctrine, we come now to the second Doctrine, That it is a great misery for a man to be a stranger to the true Churches of God. You may be in the true Church, and yet not of the true Church; as ill humours in a mans body, they are in the body, though none of the constituent parts of the body: so you may be in the Church, and of the Church visible too, and yet none of the Members of the Church invisible, of the Church of the first borne, you may not partake of the speciall and spirituall priviledges of the Church of God.