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 I30 tU*f, LLXMLTy. [Boo L (; ver. 8,) elect, precious, and he tilt tmlieveth   shall   fd," 1 Pet. , 6. Here we ha, , Chest e fenton,  k; seedy, hh church, or lieve  him; and, ty, they oh   confounded, or e s o heA shall n pil, &c. Peter o c18 Cst the stone wch w  ut haunt by the ancient fathe view the age  the nine ght, mg ChuM, or rather Ms dn, cfess by Per, the founn or k. Thus we ve e conscon of the on, the Ms o e fae, and coesndhg tex of Scptu in a of our w8  t Mxt. Indeed, it is u M supe at Chst bt s h on Per onally, or  s nal pmfenion of fth; inasmq n Peter aerwa denied Cht, and s in need of nmnce u conveion. But the faith which Per confessed, i.e., tht f  b 8  rb  , w the foda  wMch e chh was t. There is no dbt, howe'er, but our  intended tow  hg speci on Peter. Accongly he bestows m Mm the Af of e om of heaven, that is, the honour offirsf preacng the ] among the Jews and enes. As stewards of e fa  a key or ys in token of their oce, the ph of ng �n  keys, means, raising Mm  wer or anthoty,  8wa. e In i, . ow whatever w meant by e keys w y w un all oer asdes, (Ma. xi, 18; Jo , 23,) and, eM;e, the 8uprecy of Per over the other ales, or er o wle chch of Ct,  no foundation in s pnnge. T the   s key ing to on a dr or te, Cst here pmmise8 M Per  he should be the n whe would rse ou t om o hven, or 1 dnsation,  th Jews and enles. AcM fi, 14; x; xv, 7. But then it is edent that th James and John exeised t oce indendentl F of Peter, in converlag e o the eirc u we  he. And St. Paul wus, by way of excellent, and  ve  Ms 8siou, e atle of the entiles, and oned the kinom of heaven  far more entiles than ever Per d. Per id n bye a successor in Ms peculiar pvilege o the ke, beca s wod volve the absity, that the d of fth is Hl  be on M Jews and enies. The use of the keys, erefore, me to d ohm auomvely the la o the sl and the Ms of u,   to exeise scipline in the chuh, z., M refu  in it M all  who did not comply with ese tes, and  exclude m it  w shod olate those laws. Agly, e wer of  and lK, added M  w  the keys, y  nsidered  pauly e o  wer. To  and M were wos me e of 5y the Jewish dto  ify the fs or un$ of tMn,  is pved by my le M. The wer of binding  lsing, erefore, refe M the wer o dechg the i Ms of salvation, by wch   men th eve  oblation of ghusnen, d  em fMm eve ue  Mm cemony or iMon. A   a  e inence of e Hell Spit, the de- o   in hean. e es d t enjoy   wer hiM  t  b  of n when ey cv 1
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