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IV. Quest. Whether the aforesaid Common notices do make up all the Reli∣gion of the Catholick Church? And whether the Catholick Church be all the world believing these common truths.
Answ. The question is either de no∣mine ecclesiae, or de re. As to the name, the word is not used in Gods word for any but the Society of Believers as se∣parated from the unbelieving and un∣godly
world. As for men themselves, every one may use this and other words in what sence he please. But how aptly you may judge.
Quoad rem, I have told you be∣fore, how far all the world are capa∣ble of salvation, if that be the questi∣on. And I adde, The Kingdome of God is a word of a larger sense, but the Church of God properly so called is Narrower, being Caetus evocatus. The Kingdom of God signifieth, First, All that de jure are obliged to subjecti∣on and obedience; And so all man∣kind on earth are of his Kingdome, even Rebels. Secondly, Or it signifi∣eth all that consent to subjection and o∣bedience and profess it: And these are First, Such as profess subjection to God under some lame, defective, false conception; (as one that allow∣eth them to worship Idols under him, or to live in wickedness, or one that Governeth not the world by a Law, or will not make a Retribution here∣after, or as one that will pardon and save men, onely for their superstition or without a Saviour) And thus all∣most all Heathens and Infidels are of
Gods Consenting Kingdome, Secun∣dum quid, Eatenus, so far as this com∣eth to, and no more: Secondly, Or such as profess subjection, and love to God as truly described; And as re∣conciled to man and saving them by Christ our Mediator: And these are quoad actum First, But oral or un∣sound, not Cordial Professors; And such are Hypocritical Christians, who are simpliciter of the visible Church. Secondly, Or sincere Consenters, who are simpliciter of the essential mystical Church of the Regenerate. Now when we thus open the Case as to the Thing, there remaineth, besides the controversie de nomine, no more than how far Heathens are under a Cove∣nant of Grace, and how far they are capable of salvation, of which I have said enough before.