sake he is not ashamed to call them bre∣thren, saying, &c.
And chap. 12.23. He speaks ex∣presly of the Catholick without dis∣pute.
The Apostle James speaks of the Elders of a particular Church ex∣presly, James 5.14.
So John's third Epistle, verse 6, 9, 10.
John in the Revelations makes mention of the Word in the singu∣lar and plural number, no less then nineteen or twenty times; and al∣ways to be understood of particu∣lar Churches. I will only name the Texts that the Reader may inspect at his Leisure. Revel. 1.4, 11, 20. Chap. 2.1, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 23, 29. Chap. 3.1, 6, 7, 13, 14, 22. Chap. 22.16.
I find the word Church used in the New Testament, about 85 times in this sence, viz. of a particular Congregation, and cannot by any