TO CHAP. XI.

TO CHAP. XI.

IN this Chapter, the Examiner propoundeth a second, third, fourth, and fifth Reason, to prove that, (which I deny not) to wit, That a necessity lieth upon godly men, before they can be fit matter for Church-fellowship, truly to see and humbly to bewail their spiritual bondage under Antichristian pollution, and withal to obtain some power and strength from Jesus Christ to bring them out of it.

IN this Chapter, the Examiner propoundeth a second, third, fourth, and fifth Reason, to prove that, (which I deny not) to wit, That a necessitie lyeth upon godly men, before they can be fit matter for Church-fellowship, truely to see and humbly to bewaile their spirituall bondage under Antichristian pollution, and withall to obtaine some power and strength from Jesus Christ to bring them out of it.

This I say, I deny not, nor ever did. But this necessity I conceive to be Necessitas praecepti, (as they call it, or officii) as that which is the commandment of God, and the duty of godly men to do: But not Necessitas medij ad finem, such a necessity, as without which a godly person cannot be a member of the Church, unless the spiritual bondage under Antichristian pollution, do so far enthral him to Antichrist, as to separate him from Christ as he is the Head of the visible Church. Which what it is, we shall have fitter occasion to speak of in the sequel.

This I say, I deny not, nor ever did. But this necessitie I conceive to be Necessitas praecepti, (as they call it, or officii) as that which is the commandement of God, and the duty of godly men to doe: But not Necessitas medij ad finem, such a necessitie, as without which a godly person cannot be a member of the Church, unlesse the spirituall bondage under Antichristian pollution, doe so farre enthrall him to Antichrist, as to separate him from Christ as he is the Head of the visible Church. Which what it is, we shall have fitter occasion to speake of in the sequele.