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ALthough the Church Triumphant and Militant are but one and the same Church; yet it is easy to be un∣derstood what a great deal of diffe∣rence there is between them. For (besides that this Militant Church doth consist onely of men, whereas the Triumphant hath the blessed Angels also annexed and present)
here we have need of the preaching of the word, the administration of the Sacraments, and discipline con∣cerning life and manners; which things have no place in heaven. A∣gain, from that are excluded all the ungodly, and hypocrites: but in this there are good & bad mixt together. And again, those our brethren which are in heaven being now at liberty, do triumph over their enemies, and re∣joyce with exceeding great joy, be∣ing present with the Lord, and be∣holding him face to face: But we must still wrestle with flesh and bloud, with the world, with sin, and with Satan the Prince of this world; and we see here but darkly as in a glasse, being absent from the Lord. And last of all, it is so alwayes one & the same, that it is neither divided into parts, nor subject to any change; neither of which can be said truely of the Church Militant.