Obj. VVHether did our Saviour leave the power of Judicature, to the reall or a representative Church?
Ans. Let the Apostle Paul decide the controversie; To whom did he present his Epistles, to a representative part, or to the whole?
Obj. I say to the representative part, prove you the contrary?
Ans. It is very easily done, and for proofe hereof, I instance, first in his Epistle to the Romans, where in the first Chapter, and* 1.1 seventh verse, he thus expresseth himselfe by way of dedication, viz. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, and called to be Saints, &c. Now if the representative Church (which you dreame of) in Rome, consisted of all such as were beloved of God, and called to be Saints in Rome, then must it needs follow that the rest of the reall Body of the Church o•• Rome, was not beloved of God, nor called to be Saints; as also by the close of his Epistle it appeares by them whom be greeteth, and saluteth, that he w••••t the said Epistle to the reall body of the Church in Rome, unlesse you wil make Prisilla, and Mary, and the other women there mentio∣ned, to be of the representative Church, which I perswade my selfe you will not.
I instance also in his first Epistle to the Corinthians, where he is said to write to the Church of God, which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be Saints, &c. from which word is easily to be understood, that all such in Corinth, as was sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be Saints, were such unto whom the said Apostle, did write his Epistle; now unlesse you would have all these, to be of the representative Church, it must needs follow, that he writeth unto others.
But least you should not be satisfied with this that hath been spoken, he giveth you fuller satisfaction in the latter clause of the second verse, where he addeth to the former number of Saints spoken of at Corinth, All that in every place call upon the name of