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18 The Larger Catechiſm. the Law of that Religion which they profeſs r; nei- ther is there Salvation in any other, but in Chriſt a- lone ſ, who is the Saviour only of his Body the Church t. n Rom. x. 14.0 2 Theſſ. 9. Eph. ii, 12. John i. 10, 11, 12. p. 7ohu vii. 24. Mark xvi. 16. q 1 Cor. 1. 20 to 25. 7ohn iv, 22. Rom. ix. 31. 32. Philip. iii 4, to 10. los iv. 12. 1 Epb.v.23. Q. Are all they ſaved who hear the Goſpel, and live in the Church? 4. All that hear the Goſpel, and live in the vi- ſible Church, are not ſaved, but they only who are frae Members of the Church inviſible v. v John xii. 38, 39, 40. Rom. i. 6. Mat. xxii. 14. & vil. 21. Rom. xi. Q. What is the viſible Church? A. The viſible Church is Society made up of all ſuch as, in all Ages and Places of the World, do profeſs the true Religion w, and of their Children x. w 1 Cor. 1. 2. & xii. 13. Rom. xv. 9, to 13 Rev. vii. 9. Pſalm ii. 8. & xxii. 27, to 32. & xlv. 17. Mat. xxviii. 19, 20. Iſ, lix. 21. x 1 Cor. vii. 14. Acts ii. 39. Rom. xi. 16. Gen. xvii. 7. Q. I hat are the ſpecial Privileges of the viſible Church? a. The viſible Church hath the Privilege of being under God's special Care and Government y: of be- ing protected and preſerved in all Ages, notwith- ſtanding the Oppoſition of all Enemies z; and of en- joying the Communion of Saints, the ordinary Means of Salvation a, Offers of Grace by Chriſt to all the Members of it in the Miniſtry of the Goſpel, teſti- fying, that whoſoever believes in him ſhall be ſav- ed b, and excluding none that will come unto him y ll.is. 5. 6. 1 Tim. iv. 10. z Pſal. xv. through out. Iſ. xxxl. 4, 5. Zech. xii. 2,to 10. acts i 39. 42