DOCT. XIV. A confirmation of the former doctrine.
FOr we conceive, that by what meanes divers people are gathered
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FOr we conceive, that by what meanes divers people are gathered
into one body, by the same also they are preserved in union, and become more and more establish'd therein. Wherefore since the gathering of the Church is neither effected nor pre∣served properly by ceremonies; but by the holy Ghost, by the word, by faith, charity, and the observance of Gods commandments; it can not be doubted but that the unity there∣of is retained and cherished by the same. Which is also attested by the Apostle to the Ephesians,* 1.1 where treating of the Churches unitie, he teacheth it to consist in these things, without making mention at all of ce∣remonies.
Eph. 4.2, &c.