856
Clearness, obscurity.—Therewouldbetoogreatdarkness, , thatithasalwaysbeenpreservedinoneChurchandonevisibleassembly [ofmen].Therewouldbetoogreatclearness, , onehasonlytolookatwhathasalwaysexisted; foritiscertainthattruthhasalwaysexisted, andthatnothingfalsehasalwaysexisted.
857
ThehistoryoftheChurchoughtproperlytobecalledthehistoryoftruth.
858
Thereisapleasureinbeinginashipbeatenaboutbyastorm, .
859
Inadditiontosomanyothersignsofpiety, they[359] arealsopersecuted, whichisthebestsignofpiety.
860
TheChurchisinanexcellentstate, whenitissustainedbyGodonly.
861
TheChurchhasalwaysbeenattackedbyoppositeerrors, butperhapsneveratthesametime, , shederivesthisadvantagefromit, thattheydestroyeachother.
Shecomplainsofboth, butfarmoreoftheCalvinists, becauseoftheschism.
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, andatimetoweep,[360] ,[361] etc.
ThesourceofthisistheunionofthetwonaturesinJesusChrist; andalsothetwoworlds (thecreationofanewheavenandanewearth; anewlifeandanewdeath; allthingsdouble, andthesamenamesremaining); andfinallythetwonaturesthatareintherighteous, (fortheyarethetwoworlds, : righteous, yetsinners; dead, yetliving; living, yetdead; elect, yetoutcast, etc.).
Therearethenagreatnumberoftruths, bothoffaithandofmorality, whichseemcontradictory, ; , unabletoconceivetheconnectionoftwooppositetruths, andbelievingthattheadmissionofoneinvolvestheexclusionoftheother, theyadheretotheone, excludetheother, ; andignorancethatweholdtheothertruthcausestheirobjections.
