VI. "Col. i. 18. And he is the

head of the body, the church ; \vho is the beginning, the first- born from the dead; that ifa all
things he might have the pre-emi- nence, Eph. i. 22. And hath put all things under his feet, and gav« him to be the head over all things to the church.
° Mat. xxiii. 8. But be not y^ called Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. Ver. 9. And call no man your father upon earth : fo» one is your Father, which is in heaven. Ver. 10. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 3. Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not coma except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the eon of perdition : Ver. 4. Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called GoJ, or that is wcr^-hipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, shewing hiaiself that he is God. Ver. 8. And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the bright- nes3 of his coming: Ver. 9. Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders. Rev, xiii. 6. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blas- plieme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
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CHAP. XXYI. Of Communion of Saints.
LL saints that are united to Jesus Christ their head
by his Spirit, and by faith, have fellowslii]) with him
ill his graces, suflerings, death, resurrection, and glory '.
!.d being united to one another in love, they have com-
;nion in each other's gifts and graces^; and are obliged
the performance of such duties, publick and private, aa
. conduce to their nuitual good, both in the inward and
I ward man ^