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It is a very choice Mercy to have filth purged out of Church of Christ, though by excommunicating some of its me•…•…¦bers, in Ezek. 20.38. 'Its promised as no small mercy that God wou•…•… purge out from among his people the Rebel•…•… and such as thransgress against God.* 1.1 Th•…•…
might further appear by the motives, whereby the Apostle Paul •…•…resseth the Church of Corinth to excommunicate the incestuous Co∣•…•…thian, 1 Cor. 5, 6.7. now this is the use that Gods People should •…•…ake of any choice mercy, thereby to engage themselves more close∣•…•…y to God; this is the motive that Moses urgeth to perswade the Is∣•…•…aelites to enter into a special Covenant with God, beside the solemn Covenant which he made with them (and they with him) in Ho∣•…•…eb, Deut. 29.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.9, 10, &c.
The Doctrine that Dr. Burges in the first Par. Sermon, raiseth from Jer. 50.5. is this, when God vouchsafe•…•… any deliverance to his Church, especially from Babilon, then it is m•…•… seasonable and necessary to close with God by a more solemn, strict a•…•… inviolable Covenant, to be his, and only his for ever. See it largely pros•…•…¦cu•••• ••hrough the Sermon.