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The ^cApology and discourse of the Church-covenant saith, ^dThese converts professed their glad receiving of the Word, vers. 37 38. in saving themselves from that untoward generation, else they had not been admitted to baptism. But all this made them not members of the Church for they might have returned, notwithstanding of this, to Pontus, Asia, Cappadocia, &c. but they continued steadfastly [Greek or Hebrew], in the doctrine of the Apostles. Secondly, they continued in fellowship, this is Church-fellowship; for we cannot say, That it was exercise of Doctrine and Sacraments, and confound this fellowship with doctrine, no more then we can confound doctrine and sacraments, which are distinguished in the Text, and therefore it is a fellowship of holy Church-state, and so noteth;

The ^cApologie and discourse of the Church-covenant saith, ^dThese converts professed their glad receiving of the VVord, vers. 37 38. in saving themselves from that untoward generation, else they had not beene admitted to baptisme. But all this made them not members of the Church for they might havereturned, notwithstanding of this, to Pontus, Asia, Cappadocia, &c. but they continued stedfastly 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in the doctrine of the Apostles. Secondly, they continued in fellowship, this is Church-fellowship; for we cannot say, That it was exercise of Doctrine and Sacraments, and confound this fellowship with doctrine, no more then we can confound doctrine and sacraments, which are distinguished in the Text, and therefore it is a fellowship of holy Church-state, and so noteth;

1. cApolog. chap. 6.
2. dDiscourse of the Church-covenant, fol. 24.