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The way of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The way of churches…The vvay of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches…
The way of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The way of churches walking in brotherly equality, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another measured and examined bight golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars / by Mr. J. Cotton ...The vvay of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches walking in brotherly equalitie, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another measured and examined bythe golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars / by Mr. J. Cotton ...
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1645
THE Way of the Churches of Christ in NEW-ENGLAND, Measured by the G… › Chapter 3 › Section 4
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Object. It is objected first, that the place in Isaiah speaketh of such strangers as were proselytes, who in joining themselves to the Lord, were therein also joined unto the Church, for so joining to the Lord, implieth joining to the Church, Jer. 50.5. Zech. 2.11.
Object. It is objected first, that the place in Isaiah speaketh of such strangers as were proselytes, who in joyning themselves to the Lord, were therein also joyned unto the Church, for so joyning to the Lord, implyeth joyning to the Church, Jer. 50.5. Zech. 2.11.
Ans. 1. They that joined to the Lord in those Texts of Jeremiah and Zechariah, did indeed in so doing join in a Church-body also; for they who are there spoken of were a multitude, concurring and consenting in the same Covenant, to join to the Lord, and to become his people; but here in Isaiah, the Eunuch and strangers are said to be joined to the Lord, who yet were not joined to the Church, but ready to complain that the Lord had utterly deprived them of that liberty of joining to the Church, and had utterly separated them from his people, ver. 3. As indeed he had by express Law separated them, that is, prohibited them from entering into the Congregation of ⟨p. 60⟩the Lord for ever, Deut. 23.1, 2, 3. Against which Law the Lord comforteth them with this promise of the Gospel, that in the new Testament, neither their Eunuchicall estate, nor the alienation or strangeness of any Nation, shall be an impediment unto their entrance into the Lords house, which is the Church.