A sermon preached to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen of the city of London, at their anniversary meeting on Easter Monday April 1652, at the Spittle wherein the unity of the saints with Christ, the head, and especially with the church, the body, with the duties thence arising, are endeavoured to be cleared : tending to heale our rents and divisions / by Stephen Marshal ...
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             A sermon preached to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen of the city of London, at their anniversary meeting on Easter Monday April 1652, at the Spittle wherein the unity of the saints with Christ, the head, and especially with the church, the body, with the duties thence arising, are endeavoured to be cleared : tending to heale our rents and divisions / by Stephen Marshal ...
             Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.
          
           
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           A
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           and
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           at
           their
           Anniversary
           meeting
           on
           Easter
           Monday
           
             April
          
           1652
           ,
           at
           the
           
             SPITTLE
             .
          
           WHEREIN
           The
           Unity
           of
           the
           Saints
           with
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           especially
           with
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           Body
           ;
           With
           the
           duties
           thence
           arising
           ,
           are
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           cleared
           .
           Tending
           to
           heale
           our
           Rents
           and
           Divisions
           .
           The
           second
           Impression
           ,
           corrected
           by
           the
           Authour
           .
        
         
           By
           STEPHEN
           MARSHAL
           
             B.
             D.
          
           and
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           at
           
             Finchingfield
          
           in
           
             Essex
             .
          
        
         
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.
           13.
           
        
         
           By
           one
           Spirit
           we
           are
           all
           baptized
           into
           one
           body
           ,
           whether
           wee
           be
           Jewes
           or
           Gentiles
           ,
           whether
           we
           be
           bond
           or
           free
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           all
           made
           to
           drinke
           into
           one
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           Zach.
           8.
           19.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           love
           the
           truth
           and
           peace
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
          
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             I.
          
           for
           
             Stephen
             Bowtel
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Bible
           in
           Popes
           Head-Alley
           .
           1653.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           THE
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           and
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           of
           the
           famous
           City
           of
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             :
          
        
         
           MY
           earnest
           desire
           to
           help
           quench
           the
           flames
           of
           our
           Church-divisions
           ,
           which
           threaten
           destruction
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           put
           mee
           upon
           the
           study
           of
           this
           Theame
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           called
           to
           Preach
           at
           your
           late
           solemne
           Anniversary
           meeting
           ;
           the
           same
           desire
           hath
           perswaded
           me
           to
           yeeld
           ready
           obedience
           to
           your
           Order
           for
           the
           publishing
           of
           it
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           was
           the
           prayer
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           
             That
             all
             his
             Saints
             might
             be
             one
             ;
          
           so
           it
           is
           the
           desire
           of
           all
           true
           Christians
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           would
           make
           all
           his
           to
           be
           of
           one
           mind
           ,
           and
           of
           one
           heart
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           cannot
           be
           of
           one
           minde
           ,
           yet
           to
           be
           of
           one
           heart
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           as
           assured
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           due
           time
           he
           will
           effect
           it
           ;
           
           when
           that
           blessed
           time
           is
           approaching
           ,
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           as
           this
           plaine
           Sermon
           holds
           forth
           ,
           will
           be
           more
           seriously
           studied
           ,
           and
           more
           readily
           imbraced
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           mite
           may
           contribute
           any
           thing
           to
           it
           ,
           yea
           ,
           if
           it
           doe
           but
           provoke
           divided
           and
           ingaged
           men
           ,
           to
           search
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           whether
           these
           things
           here
           delivered
           be
           true
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           especially
           ,
           if
           it
           occasion
           some
           other
           of
           his
           servants
           ,
           who
           have
           obtained
           greater
           ability
           ,
           and
           more
           leasure
           ,
           to
           arise
           ,
           and
           put
           their
           hand
           to
           this
           worke
           of
           reconciliation
           ,
           and
           pacification
           ;
           I
           should
           then
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           Day-star
           of
           our
           peace
           begun
           to
           appear
           ;
           however
           ,
           I
           have
           peace
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           my
           duty
           ,
           and
           humbly
           commend
           the
           healing
           of
           all
           our
           breaches
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Prince
           of
           peace
           ;
           to
           him
           also
           I
           commend
           your selves
           and
           your
           great
           work
           ,
           and
           subscribe
           my selfe
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Servant
             in
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
               STEPHEN
               MARSHALL
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Unity
           of
           the
           Saints
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           especially
           among
           themselves
           .
        
         
           
             ROM.
             12.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             For
             as
             we
             have
             many
             members
             in
             one
             body
             ,
             and
             all
             members
             have
             not
             the
             same
             office
             ;
             so
             we
             ,
             being
             many
             ,
             are
             one
             body
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             members
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
        
         
           THat
           you
           may
           the
           better
           understand
           the
           true
           scope
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
           it
           is
           necessary
           that
           I
           carry
           you
           a
           little
           back
           .
           The
           Apostle
           having
           in
           the
           eleven
           first
           Chapters
           at
           large
           opened
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Faith
           ,
           begins
           in
           this
           twelfth
           Chapter
           with
           the
           second
           part
           of
           our
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Evangelicall
           obedience
           ,
           and
           there
           hee
           first
           propounds
           the
           generall
           nature
           of
           it
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             a
             giving
             up
             of
             our selves
             to
             be
             holy
             and
             living
             sacrifices
             unto
             God
             ,
          
           yeelding
           unto
           him
           
             a
             reasonable
             service
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           He
           sets
           it
           out
           by
           the
           generall
           rule
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           first
           
             Negative
             ,
          
           not
           to
           bee
           conformed
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           modes
           ,
           and
           customes
           ,
           and
           manners
           of
           men
           .
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Positive
             ,
          
           viz.
           to
           search
           and
           know
           with
           a
           renewed
           minde
           ,
           what
           is
           
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           ,
           as
           the
           will
           of
           God
           is
           discovered
           ,
           to
           imbrace
           and
           obey
           it
           ,
           acknowledging
           it
           to
           be
           a
           
             good
             and
             an
             acceptable
             will
          
           to
           us
           ;
           these
           two
           are
           
             generall
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           in
           the
           next
           place
           hee
           begins
           more
           particularly
           to
           shew
           wherein
           this
           will
           of
           God
           doth
           stand
           ,
           or
           what
           he
           hath
           revealed
           for
           the
           direction
           of
           his
           people
           .
           And
           in
           the
           third
           verse
           he
           doth
           propound
           one
           particular
           rule
           ,
           to
           which
           (
           because
           he
           would
           have
           it
           take
           the
           better
           place
           )
           he
           makes
           this
           Preface
           ,
           
             I
             say
             ,
             through
             the
             grace
             ,
             that
             ▪
             is
             given
             me
             ;
          
           as
           if
           hee
           should
           have
           said
           ,
           I
           propound
           that
           
           which
           through
           mercy
           ,
           I
           well
           understand
           to
           be
           a
           most
           excellent
           and
           necessary
           rule
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             every
             one
             would
             be
             earefull
             to
             imploy
             that
             talent
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             trusted
             him
             with
             ,
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             his
             owne
             line
             and
             place
             ,
          
           thereby
           to
           be
           usefull
           and
           profitable
           to
           the
           whole
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           scope
           of
           those
           words
           ,
           
             That
             no
             man
             should
             thinke
             more
             highly
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             then
             he
             ought
             to
             thinke
             ,
             but
             to
             think
             soberly
             ,
             according
             as
             God
             hath
             dealt
             to
             every
             man
             the
             measure
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           the
           same
           thing
           which
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.
           7.
           means
           by
           
             the
             manifestation
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             given
             to
             every
             man
             to
             profit
             withall
             ,
          
           to
           be
           faithfull
           in
           the
           imployment
           of
           that
           talent
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           be
           trusted
           him
           with
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           it
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           his
           own
           line
           and
           calling
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           thrust
           himselfe
           into
           other
           mens
           office
           or
           worke
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           afterward
           more
           fully
           prosecutes
           verse
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           Now
           because
           some
           man
           might
           a
           little
           wonder
           that
           the
           Apostle
           should
           begin
           with
           this
           ,
           as
           the
           very
           first
           duty
           ,
           which
           he
           imposeth
           upon
           Christians
           ,
           that
           therefore
           the
           necessity
           and
           weight
           of
           it
           might
           the
           more
           appear
           ,
           he
           useth
           a
           most
           apt
           and
           elegant
           similitude
           ;
           look
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           natural
           body
           of
           man
           ,
           the
           members
           are
           very
           many
           ,
           take
           the
           joynts
           and
           sinews
           ,
           nerves
           ,
           and
           vaines
           ,
           &c
           ,
           there
           are
           abundance
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           of
           them
           is
           indowed
           with
           some
           faculty
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           multitude
           of
           members
           doe
           make
           but
           one
           body
           ,
           wherein
           every
           member
           doing
           its
           owne
           office
           ,
           the
           whole
           is
           nourished
           ,
           and
           should
           they
           neglect
           the
           performance
           of
           what
           God
           in
           Nature
           had
           intrusted
           them
           with
           ,
           or
           should
           not
           each
           of
           them
           keepe
           to
           their
           owne
           worke
           ,
           this
           neglect
           or
           disorder
           would
           tend
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           whole
           ;
           even
           so
           hath
           the
           Lord
           appointed
           and
           ordered
           it
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           scattered
           throughout
           the
           world
           ,
           though
           their
           multitude
           bee
           not
           to
           be
           numbred
           ,
           yet
           all
           these
           are
           all
           compacted
           by
           the
           Lords
           institution
           into
           one
           body
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           one
           body
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           of
           them
           not
           onely
           members
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           the
           head
           ,
           but
           every
           one
           of
           them
           members
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           
           and
           given
           gifts
           and
           abilities
           to
           be
           imployed
           by
           them
           for
           their
           common
           good
           ,
           each
           needing
           another
           ,
           each
           bound
           to
           helpe
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           every
           one
           is
           bound
           in
           his
           place
           to
           supply
           ,
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           )
           growes
           up
           to
           perfection
           ,
           as
           is
           most
           excellently
           laid
           down
           ,
           
             Ephes.
          
           4.
           16.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           brought
           you
           to
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           opened
           the
           generall
           scope
           and
           meaning
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           words
           in
           themselves
           doe
           containe
           
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           one
           body
           with
           Christ
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           each
           of
           them
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           from
           which
           without
           any
           more
           preamble
           or
           interpretation
           ,
           I
           propound
           this
           one
           onely
           Lesson
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           The
           whole
           Church
           ,
           
           or
           the
           collection
           or
           aggregation
           of
           all
           the
           Saints
           ,
           are
           one
           body
           in
           Christ
           ,
           of
           which
           body
           Christ
           is
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Saints
           are
           members
           .
        
         
           Which
           I
           will
           indeavour
           briefly
           to
           explain
           ,
           and
           then
           come
           to
           that
           branch
           which
           I
           have
           chosen
           to
           insist
           upon
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           Know
           then
           that
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           the
           Scripture
           is
           said
           to
           have
           a
           twofold
           body
           ,
           
           the
           one
           a
           natural
           body
           ,
           that
           body
           which
           was
           conceived
           in
           the
           wombe
           of
           the
           Virgin
           ,
           which
           was
           borne
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           wherein
           Christ
           lived
           ,
           which
           dyed
           ,
           rose
           againe
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           ascended
           up
           into
           heaven
           ,
           this
           natural
           body
           of
           Christ
           is
           not
           the
           body
           meant
           in
           my
           Text
           .
        
         
           But
           secondly
           ,
           
           Christ
           hath
           another
           body
           very
           often
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           is
           called
           his
           mysticall
           body
           ,
           or
           a
           body
           in
           a
           mystery
           :
           but
           because
           that
           may
           be
           looked
           upon
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           blinde
           ,
           which
           every
           man
           may
           interpret
           according
           to
           his
           own
           fancy
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           hath
           taught
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           collection
           or
           aggregation
           ,
           or
           the
           thus
           gathering
           together
           of
           all
           the
           Saints
           in
           one
           ,
           which
           the
           Scripture
           cals
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           not
           his
           naturall
           body
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           to
           him
           
             as
          
           his
           naturall
           body
           ,
           and
           this
           I
           pray
           you
           to
           
             marke
             ,
          
           and
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           prove
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           the
           onely
           foundation
           of
           all
           the
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           this
           day
           to
           make
           to
           you
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           The
           Church
           ,
           when
           the
           Scripture
           cals
           it
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           to
           him
           ,
           
             as
             his
             naturall
             body
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           stand
           to
           Christ
           in
           the
           same
           relation
           that
           the
           naturall
           body
           doth
           stand
           to
           the
           naturall
           head
           ,
           and
           Christ
           stands
           to
           them
           in
           the
           same
           relation
           ,
           that
           a
           natural
           head
           doth
           to
           the
           naturall
           body
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           members
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           all
           beleevers
           ,
           or
           Saints
           '
           ,
           stand
           in
           the
           same
           relation
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           the
           members
           of
           a
           naturall
           body
           doe
           stand
           one
           to
           another
           :
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           many
           Texts
           which
           might
           bee
           alledged
           ,
           
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           onely
           (
           to
           this
           which
           I
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           which
           saith
           expresly
           that
           wee
           are
           all
           one
           body
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           members
           one
           of
           another
           )
           mention
           two
           more
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           plaine
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           runs
           may
           read
           this
           truth
           in
           them
           ;
           one
           is
           in
           the
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.
           
           Indeed
           almost
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           is
           a
           proofe
           ,
           
           and
           an
           improvement
           of
           this
           one
           truth
           :
           the
           Apostle
           tels
           them
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           given
           to
           the
           
           Church
           ,
           diversities
           of
           gifts
           ,
           diversities
           of
           administrations
           ,
           diversities
           of
           operations
           ,
           
           and
           all
           these
           come
           from
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           this
           Spirit
           that
           gives
           these
           gifts
           ,
           and
           administrations
           ,
           and
           operations
           ,
           hee
           gives
           them
           all
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           a
           profiting
           of
           the
           whole
           :
           and
           presently
           (
           that
           you
           may
           understand
           his
           meaning
           )
           tels
           us
           ,
           that
           look
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           naturall
           body
           ,
           
           there
           is
           abundance
           of
           members
           joyned
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           have
           their
           severall
           office
           for
           the
           good
           of
           all
           ,
           so
           
             is
             Christ
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           by
           Christ
           ,
           there
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           mean
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           his
           humane
           nature
           onely
           ,
           but
           Christ
           mysticall
           ,
           Christ
           and
           all
           his
           members
           gathered
           into
           one
           ;
           and
           then
           goes
           on
           in
           the
           thirteenth
           verse
           ,
           
           and
           tels
           us
           ,
           That
           by
           one
           Spirit
           we
           are
           all
           baptized
           into
           one
           body
           ,
           whether
           Jewes
           or
           Gentiles
           ,
           bond
           ,
           or
           free
           ,
           and
           are
           all
           made
           to
           drink
           into
           one
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           throughout
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           prosecutes
           the
           same
           comparison
           of
           Christs
           being
           
             as
          
           a
           naturall
           head
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Saints
           ,
           as
           naturall
           members
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           duties
           which
           follow
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           place
           is
           
             Ephes.
          
           4
           from
           12.
           to
           17.
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           
           he
           exhorted
           them
           earnestly
           to
           live
           in
           love
           ,
           and
           keepe
           the
           unity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           the
           bond
           of
           peace
           ;
           to
           provoke
           them
           the
           better
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           shews
           them
           verse
           4.
           5
           ,
           and
           6.
           in
           how
           many
           things
           they
           are
           
             one
          
           (
           of
           which
           you
           shal
           hear
           more
           afterward
           .
           )
           Then
           vers
           .
           7.
           he
           addes
           ,
           that
           each
           of
           them
           had
           received
           gifts
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           fruits
           of
           Christs
           ascention
           ,
           all
           which
           were
           given
           for
           the
           converting
           ,
           edifying
           ,
           and
           perfecting
           of
           the
           
             body
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           untill
           it
           attaine
           unto
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           stature
           of
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           they
           all
           might
           grow
           up
           in
           all
           things
           unto
           him
           that
           is
           the
           
             head
             ,
          
           even
           Christ
           .
           Now
           that
           it
           might
           appear
           what
           kinde
           of
           head
           and
           body
           is
           meant
           ,
           he
           presently
           fals
           upon
           this
           similitude
           of
           a
           naturall
           body
           ,
           verse
           16.
           
           
             From
             whom
             the
             whole
             body
             fitly
             joyned
             and
             compacted
             together
             ,
             by
             that
             which
             every
             joynt
             supplieth
             according
             to
             the
             effectual
             working
             in
             the
             measure
             of
             every
             part
             ,
             maketh
             increase
             of
             the
             whole
             body
             to
             the
             edifying
             of
             it selfe
             in
             love
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             almost
             parallel
             to
             this
             is
             ,
          
           Col.
           2.
           19.
           
             where
             the
             Apostle
             tels
             us
             ,
             that
          
           from
           Christ
           the
           head
           ,
           all
           the
           body
           by
           joynts
           and
           bands
           is
           knit
           together
           ,
           receives
           nourishment
           administred
           ,
           and
           so
           increaseth
           with
           the
           increase
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           can
           be
           plainer
           ,
           that
           ,
           look
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           naturall
           body
           ,
           the
           Lord
           hath
           so
           cast
           it
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Head
           doth
           for
           its
           part
           ,
           the
           Liver
           for
           its
           part
           ,
           the
           Heart
           for
           its
           part
           ,
           the
           Brain
           for
           its
           part
           ,
           and
           every
           
           Joynt
           and
           Sinew
           for
           its
           part
           ,
           the
           whole
           body
           growes
           up
           to
           a
           full
           stature
           ,
           and
           all
           grows
           up
           together
           ;
           so
           hath
           the
           Lord
           ordained
           ,
           and
           cast
           it
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           foundation
           being
           laid
           ,
           
           that
           though
           the
           Church
           be
           not
           Christs
           naturall
           body
           ,
           it
           is
           yet
           
             as
          
           his
           naturall
           body
           .
           The
           great
           Question
           is
           ,
           Wherein
           doth
           this
           comparison
           or
           resemblance
           stand
           ?
        
         
           To
           that
           I
           answer
           first
           :
           it
           is
           easie
           for
           a
           man
           to
           name
           many
           particulars
           ,
           wherein
           the
           comparison
           will
           not
           hold
           betwixt
           the
           Church
           and
           a
           naturall
           body
           :
           and
           it
           is
           as
           easie
           for
           a
           man
           to
           name
           many
           things
           wherein
           they
           are
           very
           like
           one
           to
           another
           ;
           but
           we
           must
           not
           be
           wise
           beyond
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           nor
           stretch
           it
           any
           further
           then
           the
           Lord
           intends
           it
           ;
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           that
           the
           comparison
           lies
           properly
           in
           these
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           as
           in
           the
           naturall
           body
           the
           members
           ,
           and
           every
           member
           hath
           a
           reall
           union
           with
           the
           head
           ,
           for
           its
           owne
           part
           ,
           having
           the
           same
           spirit
           animating
           it
           that
           is
           in
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           thereby
           hath
           a
           communion
           with
           ,
           and
           dependance
           upon
           the
           head
           in
           all
           the
           offices
           that
           the
           head
           can
           do
           for
           it
           ;
           so
           every
           particular
           Christian
           ,
           or
           member
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           hath
           a
           reall
           ,
           indissoluble
           ,
           spiritual
           union
           ,
           and
           conjunction
           with
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           having
           his
           Spirit
           communicated
           unto
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           all
           their
           communion
           ,
           the
           very
           root
           and
           principle
           of
           their
           spirituall
           life
           ,
           and
           which
           inables
           them
           every
           one
           for
           their
           part
           to
           live
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           
             that
             is
             one
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Which
           is
           the
           thing
           I
           intend
           ,
           that
           as
           in
           the
           natural
           body
           all
           the
           members
           doe
           not
           onely
           meet
           in
           the
           head
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           lines
           do
           meet
           in
           a
           Center
           ,
           and
           are
           
             one
          
           there
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           not
           touch
           one
           another
           anywhere
           else
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           all
           by
           the
           wonderfull
           power
           and
           wisdome
           of
           God
           so
           contrived
           ,
           and
           compacted
           ,
           and
           joyned
           together
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           a
           reall
           union
           one
           with
           another
           ;
           So
           in
           this
           mystical
           and
           spiritual
           body
           ,
           all
           the
           Saints
           have
           not
           only
           each
           for
           his
           owne
           part
           a
           union
           and
           conjunction
           with
           Jesus
           Christ
           ▪
           but
           also
           a
           reall
           union
           and
           conjunction
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           foundation
           of
           many
           duties
           ,
           which
           every
           one
           of
           them
           are
           thereby
           bound
           to
           perform
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           of
           many
           priviledges
           ,
           which
           thereby
           they
           injoy
           with
           ▪
           and
           by
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           shall
           ,
           God
           willing
           ▪
           be
           afterwards
           opened
           unto
           you
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           my
           Text
           speakes
           as
           plainly
           as
           any
           man
           could
           wish
           ,
           when
           it
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             we
             being
             many
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           all
           we
           Christians
           ,
           all
           
           that
           truly
           beleeve
           in
           ,
           and
           professe
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           being
           very
           many
           ,
           
             are
             all
             one
             body
             in
             Christ
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           we
           all
           meet
           ,
           and
           are
           one
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           but
           
             we
             are
             also
             all
             of
             us
             members
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           the
           reall
           ,
           indissoluble
           ,
           and
           spirituall
           union
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           people
           of
           Christ
           have
           with
           Christ
           their
           head
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           divine
           ,
           excellent
           and
           necessary
           truth
           ,
           and
           indeed
           ,
           is
           the
           foundation
           ,
           and
           principle
           of
           all
           our
           Christian
           life
           ,
           and
           therefore
           most
           worthy
           to
           be
           understood
           by
           all
           Gods
           people
           :
           But
           that
           not
           being
           the
           maine
           drift
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           
           I
           forbear
           to
           speak
           of
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           shal
           treat
           only
           of
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           union
           and
           conjunction
           that
           is
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           between
           all
           the
           people
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           they
           being
           members
           one
           of
           another
           ;
           and
           therein
           shall
           indeavour
           first
           to
           prove
           and
           clear
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           hasten
           to
           the
           application
           of
           it
           .
           For
           the
           proof
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           any
           other
           Texts
           ,
           then
           those
           that
           I
           have
           mentioned
           already
           ,
           that
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.
           how
           fully
           and
           clearly
           doth
           the
           Apostle
           teach
           ,
           that
           the
           eye
           ,
           the
           hand
           ,
           the
           foot
           ,
           and
           every
           member
           are
           for
           the
           good
           ,
           and
           use
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           them
           can
           say
           I
           have
           no
           need
           of
           thee
           ,
           or
           I
           have
           no
           need
           of
           thee
           ;
           God
           having
           so
           ordered
           it
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           of
           them
           needs
           one
           another
           ,
           
           and
           every
           one
           of
           them
           are
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           usefull
           one
           to
           another
           ;
           yea
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           most
           mean
           and
           feeble
           of
           all
           the
           members
           ,
           are
           not
           onely
           of
           the
           body
           as
           well
           as
           the
           rest
           ,
           but
           are
           necessary
           to
           the
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           those
           members
           which
           we
           are
           prone
           to
           think
           lesse
           honourable
           ,
           and
           more
           uncomely
           ,
           God
           hath
           appointed
           in
           this
           mysticall
           body
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           our
           naturall
           bodies
           to
           have
           the
           more
           honour
           put
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           in
           that
           other
           fore-mentioned
           place
           ,
           the
           fourth
           of
           the
           
             Ephesians
             ,
          
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           That
           the
           whole
           body
           being
           joyned
           together
           by
           that
           that
           every
           joynt
           supplieth
           ,
           &c.
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           joynt
           ,
           but
           it
           makes
           for
           the
           supply
           ,
           for
           the
           edification
           of
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           might
           be
           added
           all
           those
           places
           ,
           which
           speake
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           one
           corporation
           or
           body
           under
           other
           resemblances
           ,
           one
           
             vine
             ,
          
           one
           
             house
             ,
          
           one
           
             City
             ,
          
           &c.
           whereof
           very
           many
           do
           occur
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ;
           but
           all
           these
           things
           will
           be
           clearer
           in
           my
           subsequent
           Discourse
           ,
           wherein
           for
           the
           fuller
           clearing
           the
           doctrinal
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           a
           little
           insist
           upon
           two
           maine
           questions
           ,
           and
           then
           endeavour
           to
           resolve
           a
           doubt
           or
           two
           ,
           which
           may
           seem
           to
           lye
           as
           objections
           against
           all
           the
           Saints
           making
           but
           one
           body
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           If
           the
           Saints
           bee
           one
           body
           ,
           &c.
           it
           may
           bee
           demanded
           ,
           wherein
           this
           unity
           of
           the
           Saints
           stands
           ,
           or
           what
           are
           the
           things
           wherein
           all
           the
           members
           of
           Christ
           have
           union
           one
           with
           another
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           they
           be
           thus
           all
           one
           ,
           what
           are
           the
           bands
           and
           ligaments
           ,
           whereby
           this
           vast
           multitude
           are
           all
           of
           them
           tyed
           thus
           firmly
           together
           ?
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           If
           all
           the
           Church
           and
           people
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           be
           all
           really
           one
           ,
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           have
           thereby
           a
           communion
           one
           with
           another
           ;
           
           the
           Question
           is
           ,
           what
           are
           those
           things
           wherein
           they
           are
           thus
           one
           ?
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           the
           particulars
           are
           both
           many
           and
           excellent
           ;
           but
           because
           I
           would
           not
           burden
           your
           memories
           ,
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           turne
           to
           ,
           and
           consider
           with
           me
           but
           one
           onely
           Text
           ,
           which
           indeed
           doth
           comprehend
           the
           sum
           of
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             Eph.
             4.
             ver.
          
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           the
           Apostle
           exhorting
           all
           the
           Saints
           
             to
             keep
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             ,
          
           the
           better
           to
           encourage
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           useth
           this
           motive
           ,
           
             For
             there
             is
             one
             body
             ,
             and
             one
             spirit
             ,
             and
             one
             hope
             of
             your
             calling
             ,
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             faith
             ,
             one
             baptism
             ,
             one
             God
             ,
             and
             Father
             of
             all
             ,
             who
             is
             above
             you
             all
             ,
             and
             through
             you
             all
             ,
             and
             in
             you
             all
             .
          
           Now
           in
           these
           seven
           Unities
           are
           comprehended
           all
           the
           things
           ,
           wherein
           all
           the
           Saints
           of
           Christ
           are
           one
           ;
           therefore
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           briefly
           to
           open
           them
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           They
           are
           all
           of
           them
           one
           
             body
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           all
           Gods
           people
           throughout
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           are
           but
           one
           incorporation
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           one
           of
           them
           but
           hee
           hath
           as
           really
           a
           membership
           in
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           of
           them
           ;
           as
           in
           an
           Army
           ,
           though
           every
           one
           be
           not
           an
           Officer
           ,
           nor
           every
           Souldier
           equally
           valiant
           ,
           or
           skilfull
           ,
           yet
           every
           one
           is
           equally
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Army
           ;
           and
           as
           in
           a
           City
           ,
           or
           Corporation
           ,
           every
           Free-man
           ,
           though
           no
           Mayor
           ,
           Alderman
           ,
           or
           Master
           of
           a
           company
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           is
           as
           really
           a
           member
           of
           the
           City
           as
           any
           other
           ;
           or
           look
           as
           in
           a
           building
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           some
           rooms
           may
           be
           larger
           ,
           beautifuller
           and
           usefuller
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           stud
           ,
           the
           least
           naile
           ,
           the
           least
           pin
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           as
           really
           a
           part
           of
           the
           building
           ,
           as
           the
           maine
           post
           that
           upholds
           it
           ;
           So
           take
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           made
           up
           of
           the
           collection
           ,
           and
           aggregation
           of
           all
           Gods
           people
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           hee
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           I
           am
           a
           part
           of
           that
           house
           ,
           body
           ,
           or
           building
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           as
           reall
           as
           any
           other
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           all
           one
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           but
           
             one
             Spirit
             ,
          
           which
           I
           thinke
           signifies
           these
           two
           things
           (
           for
           other
           Scriptures
           teach
           me
           so
           to
           interpret
           it
           ;
           )
           First
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           of
           them
           animated
           and
           led
           by
           the
           selfe-same
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           members
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           many
           hundreds
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           one
           individual
           soule
           that
           animates
           them
           all
           ;
           so
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           all
           the
           Saints
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           them
           have
           the
           selfe-same
           Spirit
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           principle
           of
           their
           life
           ,
           and
           animates
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           that
           is
           not
           all
           :
           but
           by
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ,
           he
           secondly
           means
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Administrator
           ,
           or
           distributor
           of
           all
           the
           gifts
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           gifts
           ,
           graces
           ,
           operations
           ,
           administrations
           are
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           the
           self-same
           Spirit
           distributes
           his
           gifts
           variously
           ,
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           to
           some
           more
           ,
           and
           to
           some
           lesse
           ,
           yet
           gives
           them
           all
           to
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           for
           every
           member
           in
           its
           particular
           ;
           so
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           himselfe
           interprets
           this
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           of
           the
           
             Corinthians
             ,
          
           and
           the
           twelfth
           ,
           from
           ver.
           4.
           to
           14.
           
           
             There
             are
             diversities
             of
             gifts
             ,
             but
             the
             same
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             manifestation
             of
             the
             Spirit
             is
             given
             to
             every
             one
             to
             profit
             withall
             ,
             to
             one
             is
             given
             a
             word
             of
             wisdome
             ,
             to
             another
             the
             word
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             to
             another
             faith
             ,
             to
             another
             the
             gift
             of
             healing
             ,
             &c.
             but
             all
             these
             worketh
             that
             one
             and
             the
             self-same
             Spirit
             ;
             dividing
             to
             every
             man
             severally
             ,
             as
             he
             will
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             second
             ,
          
           they
           are
           all
           one
           body
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           one
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           all
           one
           in
           this
           ,
           That
           they
           all
           have
           the
           
             same
             hope
             of
             their
             calling
             ;
          
           by
           hope
           ,
           there
           ,
           is
           not
           meant
           the
           
             grace
          
           of
           hope
           ,
           whereby
           we
           
             expect
          
           and
           waite
           for
           the
           good
           that
           Christ
           hath
           purchased
           for
           us
           ,
           but
           there
           it
           signifies
           the
           object
           of
           hope
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           called
           the
           
             hope
             of
             our
             calling
             ,
          
           
           which
           in
           other
           places
           is
           called
           
             the
             hope
             set
             before
             us
             ,
          
           
           and
           plainly
           signifies
           that
           ,
           which
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           cals
           the
           
             common
             salvation
          
           of
           all
           Gods
           people
           ,
           the
           meanest
           as
           well
           as
           the
           greatest
           have
           a
           share
           in
           the
           great
           things
           laid
           up
           in
           store
           for
           them
           all
           ,
           which
           they
           all
           aspire
           to
           ,
           and
           seek
           after
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           doe
           all
           injoy
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             the
             end
             of
             their
             faith
             and
             hope
             ,
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             soules
             ;
          
           there
           is
           one
           Body
           ,
           one
           Spirit
           ,
           one
           hope
           of
           their
           calling
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           They
           have
           all
           
             one
             Lord
             ;
          
           one
           Lord
           ,
           what
           is
           that
           ?
           to
           interpret
           this
           aright
           ,
           bee
           pleased
           to
           remember
           this
           one
           rule
           ,
           that
           where-ever
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           you
           find
           God
           ,
           and
           Lord
           ,
           both
           mentioned
           together
           ,
           to
           signifie
           distinct
           Persons
           ,
           Lord
           always
           signifies
           
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
           as
           Mediator
           ,
           as
           in
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           8.
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           there
           
             are
             gods
             many
             ,
             and
             lords
             many
             ,
          
           but
           we
           have
           but
           one
           
             God
          
           that
           is
           over
           all
           ,
           and
           one
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           are
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           we
           by
           him
           ;
           so
           that
           by
           one
           Lord
           he
           there
           means
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Saints
           throughout
           the
           world
           have
           their
           addresse
           to
           God
           ,
           only
           in
           the
           name
           and
           mediation
           of
           the
           same
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           they
           have
           but
           one
           
             Advocate
             ,
          
           one
           
             Intercessour
             ;
          
           one
           
             Mediator
          
           between
           God
           and
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           alone
           are
           communicated
           to
           them
           all
           the
           good
           things
           ,
           which
           come
           from
           God
           .
        
         
           Then
           fifthly
           ,
           they
           have
           all
           one
           
             faith
             ,
          
           there
           is
           one
           Lord
           ,
           and
           one
           Faith
           ;
           I
           conceive
           that
           there
           by
           faith
           is
           not
           meant
           the
           grace
           of
           faith
           ,
           (
           although
           if
           that
           be
           meant
           ,
           as
           I
           shal
           shew
           you
           by
           and
           by
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           all
           that
           one
           faith
           )
           but
           there
           ,
           he
           meanes
           by
           faith
           ,
           the
           rule
           ,
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           object
           of
           faith
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           which
           is
           beleeved
           ,
           and
           signifies
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Saints
           throughout
           the
           world
           doe
           by
           faith
           receive
           ,
           and
           beleeve
           the
           selfe-same
           truths
           ,
           which
           give
           them
           an
           interest
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           &
           which
           carry
           them
           to
           eternal
           Salvation
           .
           Now
           because
           this
           seemes
           a
           little
           difficult
           ,
           I
           must
           endeavour
           a
           little
           more
           fully
           to
           cleare
           it
           ,
           then
           I
           have
           done
           any
           of
           the
           former
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           the
           members
           of
           Christ
           throughout
           the
           world
           have
           
             one
             faith
             ;
          
           the
           meaning
           is
           ,
           in
           every
           Age
           ,
           and
           every
           corner
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           where
           Christ
           hath
           any
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           common
           Doctrines
           ,
           wherein
           Salvation
           is
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           Gods
           people
           doe
           agree
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           beleeving
           ,
           and
           receiving
           them
           for
           his
           particular
           ;
           for
           although
           great
           Clerkes
           doe
           know
           and
           understand
           many
           truthes
           ,
           which
           others
           are
           ignorant
           of
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           people
           of
           Christ
           there
           are
           great
           differences
           ,
           and
           divisions
           in
           their
           opinions
           in
           many
           particular
           things
           of
           weight
           and
           concernment
           ,
           yet
           if
           you
           sever
           the
           things
           ,
           wherein
           they
           differ
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           aside
           ,
           and
           gather
           into
           one
           symboll
           or
           summe
           those
           great
           truthes
           ,
           wherein
           they
           all
           agree
           ,
           there
           wil
           be
           found
           so
           much
           truth
           imbraced
           by
           all
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           wil
           bring
           them
           all
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           being
           really
           beleeved
           ,
           and
           answered
           with
           a
           holy
           conversation
           .
           For
           instance
           ,
           looke
           this
           day
           into
           all
           the
           corners
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           East
           ,
           West
           ,
           North
           ,
           and
           South
           ,
           where
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           is
           knowne
           and
           professed
           ,
           the
           great
           fundamental
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           bring
           Salvation
           ,
           are
           received
           by
           all
           the
           members
           of
           Christ
           .
           Truth
           is
           ,
           there
           are
           in
           many
           places
           damnable
           Heresies
           superinduced
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           received
           ,
           the
           foundation
           is
           destroyed
           ;
           but
           Christs
           Spirit
           in
           all
           the
           Saints
           either
           make
           
           them
           see
           the
           danger
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           abhor
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           in
           mercy
           keep
           them
           ignorant
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           it
           is
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           this
           day
           (
           among
           whom
           Christ
           wil
           have
           a
           people
           to
           be
           called
           out
           from
           among
           them
           ,
           when
           that
           
             Babilon
          
           is
           to
           be
           destroyed
           )
           though
           their
           Doctrine
           in
           the
           grosse
           summe
           ,
           as
           set
           forth
           in
           the
           Councel
           of
           
             Trent
             ,
          
           wil
           not
           stand
           with
           Salvation
           ,
           yet
           some
           latent
           members
           of
           Christs
           Church
           among
           them
           ,
           doe
           through
           mercy
           see
           ,
           and
           shun
           those
           things
           which
           are
           damnable
           ,
           or
           are
           ignorant
           of
           that
           mystery
           of
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           place
           all
           their
           hope
           of
           Salvation
           in
           Christ
           alone
           ,
           and
           lead
           their
           lives
           in
           holinesse
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           measure
           of
           Light
           received
           .
           The
           summe
           of
           all
           comes
           to
           this
           :
           That
           among
           all
           Christs
           people
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           there
           is
           imbraced
           so
           much
           truth
           ,
           as
           being
           accompanied
           with
           an
           answerable
           conversation
           ,
           wil
           save
           them
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           the
           remainders
           of
           their
           mistakes
           ,
           errours
           ,
           corruptions
           of
           judgement
           about
           lesser
           truthes
           ,
           and
           corruptions
           in
           their
           conversations
           ,
           we
           may
           comfortably
           say
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           in
           the
           sixth
           of
           the
           
             Galathians
             ,
          
           
           
             As
             many
             as
             walk
             according
             to
             this
             rule
             ,
             peace
             be
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             Israel
             of
             God
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           fifth
           thing
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Saints
           in
           every
           corner
           of
           the
           world
           have
           
             one
             faith
             :
          
           and
           if
           also
           you
           would
           take
           
             faith
          
           for
           
             the
             grace
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           whereby
           each
           for
           their
           part
           are
           
             united
          
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           which
           faith
           also
           is
           the
           principle
           of
           that
           Life
           of
           Grace
           ,
           which
           the
           Saints
           lead
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           (
           for
           
             we
             live
             by
             faith
             )
          
           in
           this
           also
           all
           Gods
           people
           in
           the
           world
           have
           the
           
             same
             faith
             ,
          
           which
           is
           therefore
           called
           the
           faith
           of
           
             Gods
             elect
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           
             like
             precious
             faith
             ;
          
           so
           they
           are
           
             one
             body
             ,
          
           
           have
           
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             one
             hope
             of
             their
             calling
             ,
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             faith
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           6ly
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           all
           
             one
             Baptism
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           literally
           ,
           barely
           for
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           washing
           with
           water
           ,
           but
           either
           it
           is
           taken
           ,
           as
           some
           interpret
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           Spiritual
           part
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           which
           is
           their
           new
           Birth
           ,
           the
           washing
           away
           of
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           the
           washing
           of
           them
           with
           Gods
           Spirit
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           the
           custom
           in
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           Church
           ,
           to
           have
           all
           their
           Ordinances
           signified
           by
           circumcision
           (
           whence
           therefore
           ,
           all
           who
           imbraced
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           manner
           of
           worship
           ,
           are
           called
           the
           Circumcision
           )
           because
           it
           was
           the
           first
           Ordinance
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           sealed
           them
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           so
           I
           conceive
           he
           meanes
           by
           Baptisme
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           is
           the
           first
           Ordinance
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           here
           used
           to
           expresse
           all
           Gospel
           institutions
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           
             one
             Baptisme
          
           he
           meanes
           ,
           that
           Gods
           people
           all
           have
           the
           same
           Ordinances
           ,
           
           or
           meanes
           for
           their
           edification
           ,
           and
           building
           up
           in
           Christ
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           lastly
           ,
           they
           have
           
             all
             one
             God
             ,
             and
             father
             of
             all
             ,
             who
             is
             above
             them
             all
             ,
             and
             through
             them
             all
             ,
             and
             in
             them
             all
             ,
          
           which
           signifies
           that
           they
           all
           have
           one
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           their
           Soveraigne
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Father
           ,
           of
           whom
           originally
           are
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           alone
           ,
           as
           supreame
           ,
           all
           their
           addresses
           are
           made
           in
           the
           mediation
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           in
           whom
           alone
           they
           all
           acquiesce
           ,
           and
           rest
           ,
           as
           their
           supream
           good
           ,
           and
           last
           end
           ,
           and
           is
           therefore
           here
           said
           
             to
             be
             above
             them
             all
             ,
             and
             through
             them
             all
             ,
             and
             in
             them
             all
             ;
             above
          
           all
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           Soveraignty
           ,
           and
           divine
           Eminency
           ;
           
             through
          
           them
           in
           regard
           both
           of
           his
           providentiall
           ,
           and
           gracious
           administrations
           ,
           and
           
             in
             them
             all
          
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           neare
           relation
           ,
           and
           conjuction
           with
           them
           in
           Christ
           his
           Sonne
           ;
           In
           all
           these
           seven
           things
           all
           the
           people
           of
           God
           throughout
           the
           world
           are
           
             one
             ,
          
           they
           all
           of
           them
           have
           a
           state
           ,
           standing
           and
           membership
           in
           the
           same
           body
           ,
           they
           all
           are
           anoynted
           by
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           gifts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           are
           intended
           for
           the
           good
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           they
           all
           have
           the
           same
           common
           salvation
           ,
           they
           all
           have
           their
           accesse
           to
           God
           in
           the
           name
           and
           mediation
           of
           the
           same
           Christ
           ,
           and
           all
           doe
           imbrace
           the
           same
           common
           truths
           ,
           they
           all
           live
           upon
           the
           same
           Gospel-ordinances
           ,
           and
           administrations
           ,
           and
           they
           all
           serve
           ,
           and
           reverence
           ,
           and
           seeke
           to
           injoy
           and
           rest
           in
           one
           supream
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           
             our
          
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           God
           of
           
             our
             Lord
          
           and
           Saviour
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           in
           all
           these
           things
           they
           have
           copartnership
           ,
           fellowship
           ,
           and
           are
           herein
           as
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           heires
           in
           
             Gavel-kinde
             .
          
           And
           let
           this
           be
           for
           the
           first
           question
           ,
           viz.
           
             What
             are
             the
             things
             wherein
             all
             the
             Saints
             and
             people
             of
             Christ
             are
             one
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           What
           are
           the
           bands
           that
           doe
           tye
           all
           the
           Saints
           ,
           
           and
           people
           of
           Christ
           thus
           together
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           some
           strange
           Genius
           of
           Government
           ,
           
           that
           must
           be
           able
           to
           keep
           in
           
             one
          
           such
           infinite
           multitudes
           ,
           so
           differing
           in
           their
           languages
           ,
           in
           their
           birth
           ,
           in
           their
           spirits
           ,
           in
           their
           educations
           ,
           in
           almost
           all
           things
           ,
           wherein
           temperature
           or
           corruption
           can
           make
           men
           opposite
           ,
           and
           contrary
           one
           to
           another
           ;
           what
           strange
           band
           must
           it
           be
           ,
           which
           can
           keep
           all
           these
           so
           united
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           predicate
           all
           these
           seven
           things
           of
           every
           one
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           the
           bands
           of
           them
           are
           not
           any
           politick
           tricks
           of
           mens
           devising
           ;
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           saith
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           should
           be
           kept
           thus
           in
           unity
           ,
           unlesse
           you
           allow
           some
           visible
           
           head
           ,
           that
           may
           have
           a
           visible
           government
           over
           all
           ,
           and
           upon
           whose
           judgement
           and
           decision
           ,
           all
           must
           depend
           ;
           but
           we
           need
           not
           look
           after
           any
           such
           devices
           ,
           the
           bands
           are
           of
           Jesus
           Christs
           own
           appointing
           and
           giving
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           two
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           given
           to
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           doth
           not
           only
           serve
           ,
           as
           a
           band
           to
           tye
           them
           all
           to
           Christ
           their
           head
           ,
           but
           this
           self-same
           Spirit
           is
           intended
           by
           Christ
           the
           head
           to
           be
           the
           band
           ,
           that
           should
           tye
           them
           all
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             That
             we
             are
             all
             made
             to
             drinke
             into
             one
             Spirit
             ,
          
           that
           as
           we
           are
           all
           united
           into
           one
           head
           ,
           so
           we
           are
           all
           made
           to
           drink
           into
           one
           spirit
           :
           conceive
           it
           thus
           ;
           The
           Lord
           Jesus
           being
           the
           quickning
           head
           of
           all
           his
           people
           ,
           gives
           the
           self
           same
           spirit
           (
           which
           resides
           in
           him
           without
           all
           measure
           )
           and
           pouring
           it
           out
           in
           what
           measure
           he
           pleaseth
           upon
           all
           his
           people
           ;
           This
           Spirit
           makes
           them
           all
           so
           to
           understand
           his
           Laws
           ,
           rules
           ,
           and
           directions
           ,
           that
           without
           any
           other
           Teachers
           (
           not
           excluding
           the
           use
           of
           his
           owne
           Ordinances
           ,
           but
           any
           device
           or
           policy
           of
           men
           )
           he
           makes
           them
           all
           to
           understand
           what
           is
           the
           minde
           of
           their
           Lord
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           duties
           imposed
           upon
           them
           by
           their
           Lord
           ,
           and
           so
           inlightning
           their
           minds
           ,
           and
           ruling
           their
           hearts
           ,
           makes
           them
           conformable
           to
           all
           his
           good
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           thereby
           keeps
           them
           all
           in
           this
           peace
           ,
           and
           unity
           one
           with
           another
           .
           A
           most
           excellent
           instance
           you
           have
           of
           this
           in
           
             Esa.
          
           11.
           where
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           is
           spoken
           of
           ,
           
             first
             ,
          
           
           as
           he
           is
           the
           
             head
             ;
          
           and
           of
           him
           it
           is
           said
           there
           ,
           that
           
             he
             hath
             the
             spirit
             of
             wisdome
             ,
             and
             the
             spirit
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             feare
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           signifying
           thereby
           how
           fitted
           and
           inabled
           he
           is
           to
           the
           worke
           ,
           of
           being
           head
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           ver.
           5.
           then
           afterwards
           ,
           ver.
           6
           &c.
           he
           tels
           you
           ,
           how
           all
           his
           people
           shal
           be
           associated
           ,
           and
           joyned
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           Wolfe
           shal
           agree
           with
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           the
           Leopard
           with
           the
           Kid
           ,
           the
           Calf
           ,
           and
           the
           young
           Lion
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           child
           shal
           lead
           them
           ,
           the
           Cow
           and
           the
           Bear
           ,
           the
           sucking
           child
           and
           the
           Asp
           ,
           the
           weaned
           childe
           ,
           and
           the
           Cockatrice
           ,
           none
           shal
           hurt
           other
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           people
           ,
           who
           before
           they
           came
           under
           Christs
           government
           ,
           were
           as
           Lions
           ,
           Beares
           ,
           and
           Serpents
           one
           towards
           another
           ,
           shal
           now
           all
           be
           united
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           peace
           .
           What
           strange
           Discipline
           must
           it
           be
           ,
           that
           can
           make
           Lions
           and
           Lambs
           ,
           Tigers
           ,
           and
           Cockatrices
           ,
           and
           little
           Kids
           and
           Children
           ,
           agree
           thus
           together
           ?
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           is
           given
           in
           the
           ninth
           verse
           ,
           
             All
             the
             earth
             shall
             be
             filled
             with
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           spirit
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           which
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           endowed
           with
           ,
           shal
           be
           poured
           out
           upon
           all
           the
           Lords
           people
           ,
           and
           
           them
           let
           them
           be
           of
           what
           nature
           or
           disposition
           they
           wil
           ,
           as
           this
           Spirit
           prevailes
           ,
           where
           he
           doth
           but
           informe
           them
           ,
           that
           this
           or
           that
           is
           the
           minde
           of
           Christ
           ,
           this
           Spirits
           teaching
           wil
           make
           them
           all
           of
           one
           minde
           ,
           and
           all
           live
           in
           peace
           thus
           one
           with
           another
           :
           and
           this
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           
           which
           the
           Lord
           elsewhere
           promiseth
           both
           in
           11.
           of
           
             Ezek.
          
           and
           the
           36.
           of
           
             Ezek.
             
          
           
           
             I
             will
             put
             my
             spirit
             in
             them
             ,
             end
             cause
             them
             to
             walke
             in
             my
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             keep
             my
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             my
             Judgements
             ,
             and
             doe
             them
             .
          
           Now
           this
           band
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           band
           of
           union
           ,
           which
           none
           of
           all
           the
           heathen
           Philosophers
           ,
           or
           Law-givers
           ,
           ever
           so
           much
           as
           dreamed
           of
           :
           
             Plato
             ,
             Lycurgus
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           framed
           plat-formes
           of
           Common-wealths
           ,
           and
           propounded
           meanes
           ,
           how
           all
           the
           subjects
           should
           be
           kept
           in
           concord
           and
           peace
           ,
           could
           never
           once
           thinke
           of
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           this
           is
           ;
           but
           our
           Head
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           hath
           both
           promised
           and
           done
           it
           .
        
         
           Then
           secondly
           ,
           
           there
           is
           another
           band
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           secondary
           and
           subordinate
           band
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           grace
           of
           
             Love
             ,
          
           the
           grace
           of
           Christian
           love
           ,
           and
           charity
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           place
           you
           are
           not
           to
           look
           upon
           only
           ,
           as
           a
           particular
           grace
           ,
           a
           branch
           of
           the
           Image
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           all
           other
           saving
           graces
           are
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           grace
           exalted
           by
           Christ
           to
           this
           peculiar
           office
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           the
           band
           to
           tye
           all
           the
           Lords
           people
           in
           one
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           expresly
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           
             Paul
          
           having
           opened
           the
           conjunction
           of
           all
           the
           Saints
           in
           one
           body
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           12.
           doth
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           Chapter
           exhort
           them
           all
           to
           labour
           after
           the
           best
           gifts
           ,
           which
           might
           edifie
           the
           Church
           ;
           
             But
             behold
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             I
             wil
             shew
             you
             a
             more
             excellent
             way
             :
          
           
           a
           more
           excellent
           way
           then
           what
           ?
           why
           a
           more
           excellent
           way
           for
           edification
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           then
           Apostles
           ,
           Prophets
           ,
           Pastors
           ,
           Teachers
           ,
           Governments
           ,
           helps
           ,
           take
           them
           all
           ;
           he
           would
           shew
           them
           an
           excellent
           way
           beyond
           all
           these
           :
           what
           is
           that
           ?
           
             the
             grace
             of
             love
             ;
          
           which
           he
           discourses
           of
           throughout
           the
           whole
           thirteenth
           Chapter
           ,
           and
           tels
           you
           all
           miracles
           ,
           all
           abilities
           to
           preach
           ,
           all
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           man
           to
           be
           endowed
           with
           ,
           are
           not
           able
           to
           doe
           that
           good
           to
           the
           Church
           which
           the
           grace
           of
           love
           doth
           .
           And
           the
           same
           Apostle
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           
           Col.
           3.
           when
           he
           had
           exhorted
           Gods
           people
           to
           seeke
           after
           ,
           and
           put
           on
           all
           those
           graces
           ,
           wherein
           the
           new
           creature
           stands
           ,
           
             Bowels
             of
             mercy
             ,
             kindnesse
             ,
             humblenesse
             of
             minde
             ,
             &c.
          
           adds
           ver.
           14.
           
           
             But
             above
             all
             put
             on
             love
             ;
          
           why
           ?
           
             it
             is
             the
             band
             of
             perfection
             ,
          
           it
           is
           the
           perfect
           band
           ,
           
           or
           the
           band
           that
           perfectly
           tyes
           all
           Gods
           people
           together
           .
           And
           therefore
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           in
           
             Iohn
             .
          
           13.
           34
           ,
           35.
           makes
           
           it
           the
           Livery
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           whereby
           in
           all
           places
           of
           the
           world
           they
           may
           be
           knowne
           to
           be
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           even
           by
           their
           loving
           one
           another
           ;
           
           and
           therefore
           also
           the
           Apostle
           in
           the
           fourth
           of
           the
           
             Ephesians
             ,
          
           vers.
           16.
           when
           he
           had
           shewed
           that
           every
           joynt
           contributes
           ,
           and
           supplyes
           its
           part
           towards
           the
           building
           up
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           concludes
           it
           thus
           ;
           
             by
             that
             which
             every
             joynt
             supplyeth
             according
             to
             the
             effectuall
             working
             in
             the
             measure
             of
             every
             part
             ,
             maketh
             increase
             of
             the
             body
             unto
             the
             building
             up
             of
             it selfe
             in
             love
             ;
          
           as
           if
           the
           grace
           of
           Love
           were
           the
           thing
           that
           ran
           through
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           gave
           vigour
           and
           strength
           to
           them
           all
           ,
           in
           their
           working
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           one
           for
           another
           .
           Thus
           you
           have
           heard
           what
           the
           things
           are
           ,
           wherein
           all
           the
           Saints
           are
           one
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           bands
           are
           ,
           whereby
           they
           are
           thus
           united
           .
           Now
           before
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           application
           ,
           of
           necessity
           I
           must
           remove
           one
           great
           doubt
           out
           of
           the
           way
           :
           It
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           
           If
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           be
           but
           
             one
             Church
             ,
          
           whence
           comes
           it
           ,
           that
           wee
           read
           mention
           of
           so
           many
           Churches
           ,
           of
           a
           
             Triumphant
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             Militant
          
           Church
           ,
           of
           a
           
             visible
             ,
          
           and
           an
           
             invisible
             Church
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Church
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             Judea
             ,
          
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             Galatia
             ,
          
           the
           
             seven
             Churches
             ,
          
           all
           
             the
             Churches
          
           where
           the
           Scripture
           doth
           mention
           so
           many
           Churches
           ,
           how
           are
           these
           expressions
           reconciled
           with
           this
           ,
           that
           all
           Gods
           people
           are
           but
           one
           Church
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           
           First
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           cleare
           ,
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           hath
           but
           one
           mystical
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           body
           ;
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           is
           as
           we
           say
           in
           Logick
           ,
           
             Species
             specialissima
             ,
          
           it
           cannot
           be
           sub-divided
           into
           other
           Churches
           ,
           if
           we
           wil
           speake
           properly
           ;
           but
           though
           it
           be
           but
           
             one
          
           Body
           ,
           one
           reall
           individuall
           Church
           ,
           yet
           this
           one
           Church
           is
           capable
           of
           severall
           distributions
           ,
           from
           some
           properties
           ,
           or
           qualities
           ,
           or
           adjuncts
           which
           are
           found
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           those
           distributions
           ,
           or
           considerations
           of
           it
           ,
           doe
           ,
           and
           may
           in
           some
           sence
           obtaine
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           To
           give
           you
           a
           little
           taste
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           one
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           sometimes
           considered
           ,
           distributed
           ,
           or
           distinguished
           according
           to
           the
           
             manner
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             measure
          
           of
           the
           communion
           ,
           which
           the
           parts
           and
           members
           inioy
           with
           their
           Head
           ,
           thus
           ;
           one
           part
           of
           this
           Church
           injoyes
           communion
           with
           the
           Head
           by
           
             sight
             ,
          
           and
           not
           by
           faith
           ,
           and
           the
           communion
           which
           they
           have
           with
           Christ
           is
           
             perfect
             ,
          
           freed
           from
           all
           imperfections
           ,
           or
           infirmities
           ,
           or
           crosses
           ,
           in
           this
           respect
           these
           members
           are
           called
           the
           
             triumphant
          
           Church
           .
           Another
           part
           of
           the
           same
           Church
           hath
           communion
           with
           Christ
           by
           
           
             faith
             ,
          
           and
           not
           by
           sight
           ,
           and
           the
           communion
           which
           it
           injoyes
           with
           him
           is
           imperfect
           in
           all
           the
           Graces
           ,
           and
           mingled
           with
           corruptions
           ,
           temptations
           ,
           and
           afflictions
           ,
           in
           respect
           whereof
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           called
           the
           Militant
           Church
           ,
           but
           all
           these
           are
           not
           two
           Churches
           ,
           but
           one
           Church
           ,
           only
           one
           part
           of
           it
           hath
           shot
           the
           Gulfe
           ,
           and
           is
           at
           rest
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           is
           in
           another
           condition
           here
           upon
           earth
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           part
           of
           it
           which
           is
           upon
           earth
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           the
           very
           life
           and
           being
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           members
           of
           it
           ,
           lye
           in
           
             internall
             Graces
             ,
          
           which
           
             cannot
             be
             seen
             ,
          
           in
           that
           respect
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           is
           called
           
             an
             invisible
             Church
             ;
          
           but
           now
           as
           the
           same
           Church
           and
           Members
           doe
           make
           an
           outward
           profession
           of
           their
           faith
           ,
           and
           obedience
           ,
           sensibly
           to
           the
           eyes
           and
           eares
           of
           others
           ,
           in
           that
           respect
           it
           is
           called
           
             a
             visible
             Church
             ;
          
           but
           the
           visible
           is
           not
           one
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           invisible
           another
           Church
           ,
           but
           meerly
           the
           same
           Church
           under
           severall
           denominations
           ,
           the
           one
           from
           their
           constituting
           Graces
           ,
           the
           other
           from
           the
           external
           profession
           of
           them
           :
           How
           men
           ,
           who
           have
           no
           Grace
           ,
           come
           to
           be
           accounted
           
             a
             part
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           I
           shal
           endeavour
           to
           expound
           afterwards
           .
        
         
           Or
           ,
           Thirdly
           ,
           take
           it
           thus
           ;
           the
           selfe-same
           Church
           of
           Christ
           at
           one
           time
           hath
           been
           trained
           up
           under
           one
           kind
           of
           outward
           administration
           ,
           and
           forme
           of
           worship
           and
           Government
           ,
           one
           before
           Christs
           Incarnation
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           called
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
             ;
          
           since
           Christs
           time
           there
           is
           another
           Administration
           ,
           and
           thence
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           called
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
             :
          
           but
           
             Jewes
          
           and
           
             Gentiles
          
           before
           and
           since
           Christs
           incarnation
           ,
           are
           but
           one
           Church
           ;
           so
           likewise
           you
           may
           read
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           though
           he
           have
           but
           one
           Church
           ,
           yet
           he
           hath
           appointed
           that
           the
           multitude
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           professe
           his
           Name
           ,
           for
           their
           better
           
             discipline
             ,
             instruction
             ,
          
           and
           
             edification
             ,
          
           should
           be
           ranged
           ,
           and
           ranked
           ,
           and
           ordered
           into
           
             particular
             assemblies
             ;
          
           now
           in
           regard
           of
           this
           Marshalling
           ,
           and
           Disciplining
           of
           them
           ,
           these
           severall
           Associations
           ,
           or
           Congregations
           make
           so
           many
           Churches
           ,
           but
           these
           Churches
           are
           not
           severall
           bodies
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           only
           parts
           of
           his
           one
           body
           ;
           as
           in
           a
           great
           Army
           ,
           the
           number
           of
           all
           ,
           who
           ▪
           have
           listed
           their
           name
           in
           the
           Muster-role
           ,
           are
           all
           under
           one
           
             Generall
             ,
          
           and
           all
           under
           some
           
             generall
             Officers
             ,
          
           but
           yet
           for
           their
           better
           ordering
           ,
           there
           is
           this
           Brigade
           ,
           this
           Regiment
           ,
           or
           that
           Troop
           ,
           or
           that
           Company
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           of
           these
           under
           some
           meaner
           Officers
           ,
           yet
           all
           of
           these
           taken
           together
           are
           all
           but
           one
           Army
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           I
           might
           adde
           ,
           that
           sometimes
           these
           several
           associations
           are
           distinguished
           and
           known
           by
           the
           outward
           confessions
           which
           they
           make
           of
           their
           faith
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           you
           have
           in
           our
           dayes
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           
             Reformation
             ,
          
           the
           
             Protestants
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             reformed
             Protestants
          
           and
           these
           againe
           according
           to
           some
           of
           their
           confessions
           are
           purer
           ,
           and
           holier
           then
           others
           .
           And
           just
           as
           it
           is
           in
           a
           great
           building
           ,
           some
           rooms
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           are
           more
           light
           and
           glorious
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           more
           dark
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           some
           of
           them
           have
           more
           weak
           timber
           ,
           and
           other
           materials
           ,
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           yet
           all
           of
           them
           are
           but
           parts
           of
           the
           self-same
           house
           .
        
         
           So
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           these
           ,
           
             triumphant
             ,
             militant
             ,
             Jewes
             ,
             Gentiles
             ,
             visible
             ,
             invisible
             ,
          
           the
           
             severall
             Churches
          
           in
           the
           several
           quarters
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           West
           ,
           North
           ,
           and
           South
           ,
           all
           these
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           members
           of
           Christ
           in
           all
           these
           taken
           together
           ,
           doe
           make
           up
           that
           one
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           
             Body
             ,
          
           his
           
             Spouse
             ,
          
           his
           
             Kingdome
             ,
          
           his
           
             City
             ,
          
           his
           
             Vine
             ,
          
           his
           
             Love
             ,
          
           his
           
             Dove
             ,
          
           his
           
             Turtle
             ,
             his
             only
             one
             of
             her
             mother
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           whether
           this
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           is
           thus
           one
           ,
           be
           authorised
           to
           meet
           in
           her
           representatives
           to
           make
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           to
           exercise
           Discipline
           ?
           whether
           it
           be
           the
           first
           subject
           of
           the
           Keys
           ,
           whether
           the
           government
           of
           particular
           Congregations
           slow
           from
           this
           Church
           to
           the
           rest
           ?
           or
           whether
           any
           wayes
           at
           all
           it
           may
           doe
           any
           judicial
           ,
           or
           judiciary
           act
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           noble
           question
           ,
           and
           much
           disputed
           amongst
           learned
           Divines
           ,
           especially
           in
           our
           latter
           age
           ;
           my
           haste
           doth
           not
           allow
           me
           to
           meddle
           with
           that
           controversie
           ,
           only
           thus
           much
           I
           may
           safely
           assert
           :
        
         
           1
           That
           all
           the
           Officers
           ,
           Offices
           ,
           and
           gifts
           ,
           that
           Christ
           gave
           ,
           when
           he
           ascended
           up
           into
           heaven
           ,
           he
           gave
           them
           all
           to
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           they
           all
           serve
           for
           the
           gathering
           ,
           edifying
           ,
           and
           perfecting
           of
           this
           Church
           .
        
         
           2
           And
           as
           any
           ever
           were
           ,
           or
           are
           converted
           to
           Christ
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           primarily
           added
           to
           this
           Church
           .
        
         
           3
           Yea
           ,
           and
           all
           ,
           whether
           particular
           Christians
           ,
           or
           numbers
           of
           Christians
           associated
           ,
           all
           are
           to
           act
           ,
           as
           parts
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           consequently
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           good
           of
           this
           whole
           Church
           ,
           all
           having
           such
           relation
           to
           ,
           and
           dependance
           upon
           this
           Church
           ,
           as
           parts
           have
           to
           the
           whole
           :
           and
           a
           standing
           in
           a
           particular
           Church-relation
           doth
           no
           more
           take
           off
           from
           duties
           to
           this
           great
           body
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           great
           Common-wealth
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           being
           ranked
           under
           their
           several
           
           Tribes
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           particular
           Cities
           ,
           were
           taken
           off
           from
           the
           duties
           ,
           which
           they
           owed
           to
           the
           whole
           Common-wealth
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           &c.
           that
           therefore
           he
           who
           is
           justly
           
             (
             clave
             non
             errante
             )
          
           excommunicated
           ,
           or
           cast
           out
           of
           any
           particular
           Church
           ,
           is
           cast
           out
           from
           all
           Churches
           ,
           as
           he
           who
           is
           shut
           out
           of
           any
           one
           Gate
           of
           a
           City
           ,
           is
           shut
           out
           of
           every
           ward
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           yea
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           whole
           City
           it selfe
           .
           Having
           thus
           farre
           cleared
           the
           Doctrinall
           part
           ,
           
           I
           now
           proceed
           to
           the
           application
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           many
           excellent
           uses
           ,
           which
           this
           Lesson
           doth
           afford
           ,
           I
           shal
           handle
           only
           two
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           1.
           for
           instruction
           ,
           2.
           
           For
           duty
           .
        
         
           First
           for
           instruction
           ,
           
           from
           all
           this
           it
           appeares
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           the
           Association
           of
           all
           Gods
           people
           into
           this
           one
           body
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           desirable
           good
           Fellowship
           ,
           and
           Society
           in
           this
           world
           .
           You
           shal
           read
           of
           a
           great
           many
           other
           Fellowships
           ,
           and
           Co-partnerships
           :
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           first
           of
           the
           
             Proverbs
          
           of
           a
           fellowship
           of
           Theeves
           ,
           in
           
             Isa.
          
           56.
           of
           a
           company
           of
           Drunkards
           ,
           in
           
             Psal.
          
           2.
           of
           a
           Society
           of
           Malignants
           ,
           
           and
           abundance
           of
           several
           companies
           ,
           and
           societies
           of
           men
           there
           are
           ,
           
           some
           joyned
           for
           pleasure
           ,
           some
           for
           profit
           ,
           and
           many
           glory
           ,
           and
           take
           great
           content
           in
           the
           society
           ,
           and
           fellowship
           ,
           and
           fruit
           they
           enjoy
           ,
           in
           those
           whom
           they
           are
           linked
           with
           :
           but
           ah
           !
           beloved
           ,
           when
           things
           are
           rightly
           viewed
           ,
           it
           will
           appeare
           ,
           that
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           or
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           first
           borne
           ,
           whose
           names
           are
           written
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           wherein
           all
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           to
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           all
           joyned
           in
           one
           body
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           united
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           having
           the
           same
           Spirit
           ,
           the
           same
           Lord
           ,
           the
           same
           hope
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           
             one
          
           in
           all
           these
           seven
           things
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           opened
           to
           you
           ;
           it
           will
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           one
           day
           appeare
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           only
           desirable
           society
           under
           Heaven
           .
           Let
           them
           therefore
           ,
           who
           are
           men
           of
           other
           societies
           ,
           glory
           as
           much
           as
           they
           please
           in
           their
           supposed
           good
           Fellowship
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           they
           are
           strangers
           from
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           
             Israel
             ;
          
           But
           let
           us
           count
           our selves
           happy
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           a
           part
           and
           lot
           in
           this
           communion
           ,
           
           wherein
           we
           have
           
             Fellowship
             not
             only
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             his
             Sonne
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           it
           hence
           also
           followes
           for
           our
           instruction
           ,
           That
           none
           in
           all
           the
           world
           are
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           judged
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           but
           only
           those
           that
           have
           the
           
             Spirit
          
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           them
           ,
           really
           
             regenerate
             ,
          
           really
           
             holy
             ,
          
           really
           
             united
          
           to
           Christ
           the
           
           Head
           ,
           these
           and
           no
           other
           are
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           Christs
           Body
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Lesson
           of
           very
           great
           use
           .
           You
           all
           know
           there
           is
           at
           this
           day
           much
           disputing
           ,
           about
           what
           things
           are
           requisite
           to
           make
           men
           Church-members
           ;
           some
           very
           learned
           men
           maintain
           ,
           That
           to
           make
           a
           man
           admittable
           into
           Christs
           Church
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           him
           a
           Church-member
           ,
           no
           more
           is
           in
           the
           Scripture
           required
           ,
           but
           only
           ,
           that
           he
           
             give
             up
             his
             name
             ,
          
           and
           professe
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           willing
           to
           learne
           the
           wayes
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           walke
           in
           them
           ;
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           being
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           appointed
           as
           a
           Schoole
           ,
           to
           traine
           Schollars
           up
           ,
           into
           which
           are
           admitted
           not
           only
           those
           that
           are
           Learned
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           are
           willing
           to
           learne
           .
        
         
           Others
           say
           ,
           That
           is
           too
           laxe
           ,
           if
           you
           wil
           own
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           a
           Church-member
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           able
           
             to
             give
             you
             an
             account
             of
             his
             faith
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             promise
             of
             a
             voluntary
             subjection
          
           to
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           for
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           come
           to
           that
           ,
           then
           you
           may
           take
           them
           in
           ;
           and
           owne
           them
           ,
           as
           Church-members
           .
        
         
           Others
           say
           ,
           You
           must
           yet
           goe
           further
           ,
           unlesse
           you
           can
           in
           the
           
             judgement
             of
             your
             owne
             charity
             conceive
             ,
             that
             the
             worke
             of
             Grace
             is
             really
             wrought
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
          
           you
           are
           not
           to
           owne
           them
           ,
           or
           joyne
           with
           them
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           probably
           hope
           that
           ,
           then
           you
           may
           take
           them
           in
           .
        
         
           Others
           will
           goe
           yet
           further
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           These
           things
           are
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           for
           unlesse
           there
           be
           a
           right
           admission
           by
           
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           when
           you
           make
           your
           first
           confession
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           is
           in
           vaine
           ,
           and
           upon
           these
           points
           we
           dispute
           ,
           till
           we
           have
           disputed
           our selves
           into
           a
           thousand
           peeces
           .
        
         
           Now
           Brethren
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           though
           there
           be
           good
           use
           of
           these
           debates
           ,
           to
           direct
           us
           to
           know
           the
           persons
           ,
           with
           whom
           we
           may
           exercise
           the
           acts
           of
           communion
           in
           the
           wayes
           and
           worship
           of
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           none
           of
           all
           these
           rise
           up
           ,
           to
           prove
           a
           man
           to
           be
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           there
           are
           indeed
           signes
           ,
           and
           rules
           ,
           that
           may
           teach
           us
           ,
           with
           whom
           we
           may
           joyne
           in
           visible
           and
           external
           Fellowship
           ,
           and
           whom
           we
           may
           reject
           ,
           or
           cast
           out
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           taken
           in
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           not
           rules
           to
           make
           us
           know
           ,
           who
           are
           reall
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           indeed
           as
           the
           Church
           is
           denominated
           from
           some
           external
           things
           ,
           these
           rules
           direct
           us
           to
           judge
           with
           whom
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           we
           may
           communicate
           in
           those
           external
           things
           ,
           but
           these
           are
           clearly
           two
           Distinct
           questions
           ,
           
             with
             whom
             we
             may
             joyne
             in
             visible
             and
             externall
             communion
             ,
          
           and
           
             who
             
             are
             truly
             Members
             of
             this
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           Of
           the
           latter
           there
           is
           but
           one
           note
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           united
           to
           Christ
           the
           Head
           ,
           have
           the
           quickning
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           grace
           of
           Love
           wrought
           in
           them
           ,
           which
           note
           is
           
             invisible
             ,
          
           and
           not
           external
           ,
           and
           can
           be
           knowne
           only
           in
           our
           owne
           Consciences
           ;
           if
           this
           be
           wanting
           ,
           let
           men
           carry
           themselves
           never
           so
           wel
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           the
           people
           of
           Christ
           under
           heaven
           should
           owne
           them
           ,
           yet
           Jesus
           Christ
           ownes
           them
           not
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           truly
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           they
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           communion
           with
           
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             ,
          
           have
           no
           
             reall
          
           communion
           
             with
             the
             Saints
             ;
          
           therefore
           let
           no
           man
           rest
           ,
           or
           pride
           himselfe
           in
           being
           joyned
           in
           this
           ,
           or
           that
           Church-fellowship
           ,
           a
           carnal
           ,
           or
           unconverted
           man
           ,
           whatsoever
           his
           outward
           shape
           or
           mould
           be
           in
           his
           profession
           ,
           that
           man
           for
           his
           Spiritual
           standing
           belongs
           to
           another
           Corporation
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           two
           great
           Spiritual
           corporations
           ,
           the
           one
           is
           ,
           that
           whe●eof
           Christ
           is
           the
           Head
           ;
           the
           other
           is
           ,
           the
           corporation
           of
           Hel
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Devil
           is
           the
           Prince
           ;
           now
           all
           men
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           of
           what
           Profession
           they
           wil
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           under
           Christ
           the
           Head
           ,
           they
           belong
           to
           another
           corporation
           ,
           and
           their
           external
           visible
           profession
           alters
           not
           their
           Spiritual
           relation
           .
           A
           lump
           of
           
             Lead
             ,
          
           whilst
           it
           is
           in
           the
           lump
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           lump
           of
           
             base
             Metall
             ,
          
           called
           
             Lead
             ,
          
           melt
           this
           ,
           and
           mould
           it
           into
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           Beast
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           then
           ?
           it
           is
           but
           a
           
             leaden
          
           Beast
           ;
           melt
           it
           ,
           and
           mould
           it
           againe
           into
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           a
           
             Leaden
          
           man
           ;
           melt
           it
           ,
           and
           mould
           it
           againe
           ,
           into
           the
           forme
           of
           an
           Angel
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           a
           
             Leaden
             Angel
             :
          
           So
           I
           say
           ,
           take
           a
           carnal
           Man
           ,
           an
           unregenerate
           Man
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           carnal
           man
           ,
           whilst
           he
           professeth
           no
           Religion
           ;
           suppose
           him
           then
           ,
           to
           professe
           himselfe
           a
           
             Protestant
          
           at
           large
           ,
           he
           is
           but
           a
           
             carnall
          
           Protestant
           ;
           suppose
           him
           next
           ,
           to
           joyne
           himselfe
           into
           some
           Church
           Order
           ,
           let
           him
           joyne
           with
           those
           that
           are
           called
           of
           the
           
             Presbyterian
             way
             ,
          
           he
           is
           a
           
             carnall
          
           Presbyterian
           .
           Take
           him
           off
           from
           that
           ,
           put
           him
           into
           the
           
             Congregationall
          
           way
           ,
           what
           is
           he
           then
           ?
           a
           
             carnal
          
           congregational
           man
           ;
           joyne
           him
           next
           if
           you
           wil
           ,
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           deny
           our
           Baptisme
           ,
           he
           is
           then
           but
           a
           
             carnal
          
           Anabaptist
           ,
           he
           is
           stil
           a
           carnal
           ,
           an
           ungodly
           man
           ,
           belonging
           to
           the
           corporation
           of
           Satan
           ,
           whatsoever
           his
           out-side
           be
           ;
           and
           know
           ye
           all
           for
           certain
           ,
           that
           no
           Bastard
           ,
           no
           Gibeonite
           ,
           no
           Hypocrite
           ,
           no
           man
           unconverted
           ,
           what
           gifts
           soever
           he
           may
           have
           ,
           what
           reputation
           soever
           he
           may
           have
           amongst
           men
           ,
           he
           is
           
             no
             member
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           unlesse
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           be
           in
           him
           .
           I
           say
           therefore
           againe
           ,
           beare
           not
           your
           
           selves
           too
           much
           upon
           your
           visible
           Church-standing
           ,
           as
           too
           many
           doe
           ;
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           it
           s
           an
           easie
           thing
           for
           the
           children
           of
           the
           world
           to
           put
           on
           an
           outward
           forme
           of
           Church-communion
           :
           but
           O!
           how
           hard
           is
           it
           to
           become
           a
           new
           creature
           ,
           to
           resigne
           up
           it selfe
           wholly
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           guidance
           of
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           ?
           and
           I
           presse
           this
           the
           more
           upon
           this
           account
           also
           ,
           viz.
           were
           this
           well
           understood
           ;
           it
           would
           satisfie
           ,
           and
           cure
           the
           mistake
           of
           many
           ,
           who
           thinke
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           the
           same
           rules
           to
           direct
           us
           ,
           with
           whom
           we
           must
           exercise
           our
           external
           communion
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           to
           judge
           with
           whom
           Jesus
           Christ
           exercises
           his
           communion
           ;
           no
           ,
           no
           ;
           we
           may
           exercise
           outward
           acts
           of
           communion
           ,
           by
           the
           appointment
           of
           God
           ,
           with
           those
           unto
           whom
           Jesus
           Christ
           never
           communicates
           himselfe
           ,
           nor
           his
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           one
           instruction
           more
           ,
           which
           I
           doe
           but
           name
           from
           all
           this
           ,
           
           That
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           is
           but
           one
           Body
           :
           it
           followes
           plainly
           ,
           that
           therefore
           among
           all
           the
           great
           multitudes
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           honourablest
           ,
           and
           noblest
           Members
           ,
           who
           are
           most
           useful
           for
           the
           common
           good
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           a
           Natural
           body
           ,
           the
           Liver
           that
           makes
           bloud
           for
           all
           the
           body
           ;
           the
           Heart
           ,
           that
           makes
           spirits
           for
           all
           the
           body
           ;
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           that
           digests
           meat
           for
           all
           the
           body
           ;
           and
           the
           Eye
           ,
           which
           sees
           for
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           &c.
           these
           are
           counted
           the
           noblest
           ,
           and
           excellentest
           :
           So
           among
           all
           Christians
           ,
           the
           man
           ,
           or
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           most
           useful
           ,
           best
           fitted
           for
           use
           ,
           and
           laid
           out
           for
           use
           ,
           these
           wil
           one
           day
           be
           found
           ,
           and
           acknowledged
           the
           honourablest
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           what
           esteeme
           soever
           the
           world
           hath
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           maine
           use
           ,
           
           which
           I
           purpose
           ,
           and
           which
           indeed
           we
           most
           need
           ,
           is
           to
           shew
           what
           duties
           doe
           arise
           from
           this
           unity
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           one
           body
           ,
           
           and
           they
           are
           two
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
          
           layes
           downe
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           of
           the
           
             Corinthians
             ,
          
           the
           twelfth
           chap.
           vers.
           25.
           when
           he
           had
           shewed
           ,
           how
           the
           Lord
           had
           framed
           all
           his
           people
           into
           one
           body
           ,
           he
           then
           tels
           us
           ,
           to
           what
           end
           and
           purpose
           all
           this
           was
           done
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           That
           there
           should
           be
           no
           schisme
           in
           the
           body
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           That
           therefore
           all
           the
           members
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           like
           care
           one
           of
           another
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           I
           purpose
           with
           the
           Lords
           assistance
           to
           speake
           somewhat
           to
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           
             because
             all
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             Saints
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             God
             in
             all
             the
             world
             are
             but
             one
             body
             ,
             therefore
             rents
             ,
             and
             divisions
             are
             most
             unnaturall
             ,
             and
             destructive
             to
             it
             .
          
           I
           hope
           
           you
           wil
           all
           judge
           it
           a
           necessary
           and
           seasonable
           Theam
           ,
           it
           being
           almost
           our
           epidemical
           disease
           ,
           we
           being
           rent
           and
           torne
           into
           multitudes
           of
           sects
           and
           divisions
           ,
           which
           this
           doctrine
           of
           the
           unity
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           doth
           utterly
           condemn
           ,
           and
           therefore
           though
           I
           know
           it
           is
           an
           unpleasing
           subject
           ,
           and
           possibly
           many
           may
           give
           me
           small
           thanks
           for
           it
           ,
           yet
           truly
           I
           durst
           not
           (
           being
           called
           to
           this
           place
           )
           but
           cast
           in
           my
           mite
           towards
           the
           healing
           of
           this
           wofull
           distemper
           ;
           and
           three
           things
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           cleare
           about
           it
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           What
           Schisme
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           :
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           it
           ,
           what
           a
           horrible
           sin
           it
           is
           :
        
         
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           and
           principally
           ,
           I
           will
           labour
           to
           shew
           you
           ,
           who
           they
           are
           ,
           that
           are
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           It
           s
           usually
           defined
           to
           be
           a
           rash
           or
           unjust
           separation
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           I
           would
           rather
           describe
           it
           to
           be
           a
           
             renting
             ,
             violating
             ,
             dissolving
             ,
          
           or
           
             breaking
             of
             that
             unity
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             amongst
             Christians
             ,
          
           or
           amongst
           all
           the
           Saints
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           rending
           or
           breaking
           of
           this
           union
           properly
           lyes
           in
           two
           things
           ;
           one
           is
           
             inward
             ,
          
           and
           that
           is
           dissolving
           or
           breaking
           the
           band
           ,
           or
           bands
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           given
           to
           tye
           them
           all
           together
           ,
           which
           band
           on
           our
           part
           (
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           before
           )
           is
           
             the
             grace
             of
             love
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           the
           breaking
           off
           of
           love
           among
           Christians
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           from
           all
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           from
           a
           particular
           Church
           ,
           yea
           ,
           or
           from
           a
           particular
           man
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           dissolving
           or
           breaking
           of
           this
           spirituall
           band
           ,
           hath
           in
           it
           the
           very
           intrinsecall
           nature
           of
           the
           sinne
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           the
           Lord
           having
           appointed
           
             that
             grace
          
           to
           be
           the
           band
           to
           tye
           his
           people
           together
           ;
           but
           because
           the
           inward
           band
           is
           invisible
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           easie
           to
           judge
           of
           ,
           therefore
           there
           is
           a
           second
           thing
           in
           Schism
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           denying
           ,
           or
           with-drawing
           from
           the
           exercise
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           Christ
           hath
           given
           ,
           as
           the
           
             symboles
          
           or
           
             pledges
          
           of
           love
           amongst
           his
           people
           ,
           as
           conversing
           together
           ,
           praying
           together
           ,
           hearing
           together
           ,
           conferring
           together
           ,
           receiving
           Sacraments
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           together
           ;
           the
           with-drawing
           from
           these
           ,
           or
           the
           denying
           of
           these
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           Jesus
           Christ
           directs
           in
           his
           Word
           .
           These
           things
           are
           visible
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Divines
           use
           to
           appropriate
           the
           name
           of
           Schism
           to
           such
           with-drawings
           ,
           or
           denyings
           ,
           which
           indeed
           are
           but
           the
           fruites
           of
           the
           other
           :
           for
           the
           dissolving
           of
           the
           band
           of
           love
           ,
           is
           the
           root
           of
           the
           disease
           ,
           and
           the
           denying
           of
           the
           expressions
           ,
           and
           exercise
           of
           love
           are
           the
           bitter
           fruits
           growing
           from
           that
           evill
           root
           ;
           So
           then
           ,
           he
           ,
           or
           
           they
           ,
           who
           ever
           they
           are
           ,
           that
           do
           deny
           to
           exercise
           ,
           or
           with-draw
           from
           the
           exercise
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           Jesus
           Christ
           hath
           made
           to
           bee
           both
           duties
           ,
           and
           pledges
           of
           love
           among
           his
           people
           ,
           are
           truly
           and
           properly
           guilty
           of
           the
           sin
           of
           Schism
           ;
           the
           nature
           of
           this
           sin
           of
           Schism
           lying
           properly
           in
           this
           ▪
           that
           it
           is
           against
           
             Christian
             love
             ;
          
           and
           hereby
           also
           you
           may
           learne
           the
           difference
           between
           Heresie
           and
           Schisme
           ;
           Heresie
           is
           a
           false
           opinion
           ,
           which
           destroyes
           
             faith
             ,
          
           but
           
             Schisme
          
           is
           either
           an
           opinion
           ,
           or
           practice
           against
           charity
           .
           The
           first
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           against
           faith
           ,
           tends
           to
           rend
           off
           from
           Christ
           the
           head
           .
           The
           second
           ,
           which
           is
           against
           love
           ,
           tends
           to
           the
           rending
           off
           from
           the
           body
           ;
           This
           for
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           
           let
           us
           consider
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           this
           sin
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           in
           truth
           ,
           the
           name
           and
           charge
           is
           grown
           so
           common
           amongst
           us
           ,
           (
           as
           formerly
           the
           name
           of
           Puritan
           was
           )
           that
           many
           make
           no
           account
           of
           it
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           charged
           justly
           ,
           or
           unjustly
           with
           it
           ;
           but
           who
           ever
           considers
           of
           it
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           wil
           find
           that
           the
           sin
           of
           Schisme
           is
           a
           most
           hainous
           sin
           ;
           The
           greatness
           of
           it
           not
           easily
           set
           forth
           in
           words
           ,
           whether
           you
           consider
           it
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           ,
           
             or
             the
             effects
             of
             it
             .
          
           In
        
         
           1
           The
           nature
           of
           it
           ;
           
           its
           contrary
           to
           one
           of
           the
           highest
           ends
           of
           Christs
           great
           undertaking
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           people
           should
           bee
           one
           ,
           he
           dyed
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           
           to
           make
           them
           one
           with
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           one
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           
           he
           begged
           it
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           one
           ;
           now
           this
           sinne
           tends
           to
           frustrate
           this
           great
           designe
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           And
           secondly
           ,
           It
           is
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           Commandements
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           Commands
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           his
           people
           for
           the
           ordering
           of
           their
           conversation
           ,
           himselfe
           tels
           us
           ,
           That
           
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Commandement
             is
             love
             ;
          
           
           2
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           effects
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           most
           dreadful
           and
           mischievous
           :
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           
           it
           is
           wonderfully
           dishonourable
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           for
           whereas
           he
           holds
           out
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           his
           people
           are
           
             one
             house
             ,
             one
             body
             ,
             one
             city
             ,
          
           which
           is
           at
           unity
           ,
           compacted
           together
           ,
           &c.
           this
           is
           a
           publick
           confutation
           of
           it
           ,
           makes
           
             Jerusalem
          
           appeare
           as
           a
           
             Babel
             ,
          
           a
           City
           of
           confusion
           ,
           a
           Kingdome
           divided
           ,
           wherein
           is
           nothing
           but
           
             disorders
             ,
          
           and
           
             tumults
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           it
           is
           dishonourable
           to
           Christ
           ,
           so
           it
           wonderfully
           hinders
           and
           destroyes
           the
           
             edification
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           both
           the
           edification
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           make
           the
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           the
           edification
           of
           them
           ,
           from
           
           whom
           the
           rent
           is
           made
           ,
           depriving
           them
           of
           that
           spiritual
           good
           they
           might
           ,
           and
           should
           receive
           and
           supply
           from
           ,
           and
           to
           one
           another
           ;
           for
           though
           Iesus
           Christ
           the
           head
           ,
           be
           the
           only
           fountaine
           of
           our
           spiritual
           life
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           as
           true
           that
           Christs
           usuall
           way
           of
           exercising
           ,
           strengthning
           ,
           increasing
           ,
           and
           perfecting
           it
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           fellowship
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           
             that
             by
             what
             every
             joynt
             supplyes
             ,
             the
             whole
             may
             be
             increased
             ;
          
           so
           that
           if
           we
           weigh
           it
           seriously
           ,
           
           we
           must
           conclude
           ,
           That
           as
           nothing
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           Church
           more
           argues
           a
           conformity
           to
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           then
           the
           study
           of
           unitie
           ,
           peace
           ,
           and
           concord
           ,
           so
           few
           things
           more
           argue
           an
           opposition
           to
           Christs
           worke
           ,
           and
           his
           peoples
           good
           ,
           then
           this
           spirit
           of
           division
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           third
           is
           the
           greatest
           question
           ,
           
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           it
           ?
           and
           before
           I
           enter
           upon
           this
           discovery
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           premise
           this
           ,
           that
           in
           our
           dayes
           it
           is
           in
           this
           point
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           of
           old
           in
           the
           primitive
           Church
           in
           the
           first
           point
           of
           Heresie
           :
           what
           opinions
           the
           Ancients
           would
           make
           odious
           ,
           they
           would
           brand
           with
           the
           name
           of
           
             Heresie
             ,
          
           and
           thereby
           sometimes
           very
           truths
           of
           Christ
           were
           condemned
           ,
           as
           Heresies
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           at
           this
           day
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           the
           Papists
           cry
           downe
           all
           ,
           who
           professe
           Christianity
           through
           the
           whole
           world
           as
           Schismaticks
           ,
           
           who
           joyn
           not
           with
           ,
           and
           subject
           not
           unto
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
           The
           
             Prelatical
          
           party
           usually
           account
           all
           Schismaticks
           who
           are
           not
           under
           the
           Church-government
           of
           Bishops
           ;
           come
           among
           them
           who
           are
           for
           the
           
             Presbytery
             ,
          
           many
           of
           them
           call
           all
           Schismaticks
           ,
           who
           joyn
           in
           any
           other
           way
           :
           the
           
             Congregational
             men
             ,
          
           (
           as
           they
           are
           called
           )
           have
           the
           same
           esteeme
           of
           them
           who
           depart
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           goe
           into
           another
           way
           :
           I
           premise
           this
           ,
           only
           for
           this
           end
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           hence
           conclude
           ,
           that
           doubtlesse
           sometimes
           the
           name
           is
           given
           ,
           where
           it
           should
           not
           be
           given
           .
        
         
           Now
           let
           us
           returne
           to
           our
           Question
           ,
           
             Who
             they
             are
             that
             are
             guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           Truly
           with
           sorrow
           I
           must
           reply
           ,
           
           It
           is
           a
           hard
           thing
           to
           say
           in
           our
           sad
           dayes
           who
           is
           not
           guilty
           ,
           as
           in
           Common-wealths
           ,
           where
           the
           bands
           and
           sinews
           of
           Civil
           government
           are
           cut
           asunder
           ,
           &
           no
           conjunction
           ,
           or
           associating
           of
           a
           people
           into
           or
           under
           government
           ;
           Politicians
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           such
           times
           ,
           
             Every
             man
             is
             at
             war
             with
             every
             man
             ,
             every
             man
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             every
             man
             ;
          
           so
           the
           Lord
           for
           our
           sinnes
           hath
           poured
           this
           evil
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           lye
           in
           confusion
           ,
           almost
           every
           man
           is
           divided
           from
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           so
           deep
           hath
           the
           malady
           taken
           root
           ,
           that
           many
           are
           in
           love
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           like
           their
           very
           divisions
           ;
           
           and
           as
           it
           is
           in
           popular
           tumults
           
             no
             man
             will
             heare
             any
             man
             ,
          
           but
           still
           the
           confused
           noyse
           goes
           on
           ;
           so
           in
           truth
           is
           it
           with
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           heare
           of
           agreement
           ,
           he
           is
           almost
           an
           enemy
           ,
           who
           would
           labour
           a
           pacification
           ,
           or
           reconciliation
           .
           The
           Lord
           have
           mercy
           upon
           us
           ,
           our
           divisions
           are
           very
           great
           and
           sad
           ;
           but
           as
           a
           generall
           declaiming
           against
           sin
           ,
           never
           converted
           a
           man
           from
           sin
           ,
           untill
           he
           bee
           convinced
           that
           himself
           be
           guilty
           of
           this
           or
           that
           sin
           ;
           so
           my
           declaiming
           against
           Schisme
           in
           generall
           wil
           not
           heal
           it
           ,
           until
           I
           discover
           more
           particularly
           ,
           who
           they
           are
           that
           are
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
           And
           to
           this
           I
           answer
           first
           negatively
           ,
           
           all
           departure
           ,
           separation
           ,
           and
           denying
           to
           joyn
           in
           Ordinances
           from
           some
           such
           ,
           as
           call
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           is
           not
           Schisme
           ;
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           separation
           from
           
             Jeroboams
          
           Calves
           was
           no
           Schisme
           ,
           if
           the
           faith
           of
           a
           people
           be
           
             heretical
             ,
          
           
           or
           their
           
             worship
             be
             idolatrous
             :
          
           the
           Lord
           bids
           his
           servants
           
             come
             out
             from
             such
             a
             people
             .
          
           
        
         
           I
           adde
           further
           ,
           that
           although
           the
           faith
           of
           a
           Church
           be
           sound
           ,
           and
           the
           worship
           pure
           for
           the
           substance
           ,
           yet
           if
           that
           Church
           ,
           or
           Company
           ,
           wil
           presse
           some
           such
           things
           ,
           which
           others
           cannot
           practise
           without
           sin
           ,
           and
           which
           unlesse
           they
           will
           practice
           (
           though
           against
           their
           consciences
           )
           they
           must
           be
           under
           intollerable
           persecution
           ,
           as
           losse
           of
           state
           ,
           life
           ,
           &c.
           or
           spirituall
           anathematisme
           ,
           unjust
           excommunications
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           
           to
           with-draw
           from
           such
           a
           people
           (
           provided
           that
           still
           they
           will
           retaine
           those
           truths
           which
           are
           held
           by
           that
           persecuting
           Church
           ,
           and
           be
           ready
           to
           perform
           what
           Christian
           duty
           of
           love
           lyes
           in
           their
           power
           towards
           them
           )
           this
           with-drawing
           is
           no
           Schism
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           more
           then
           Christ
           and
           his
           Disciples
           did
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           and
           no
           more
           then
           the
           Lord
           hath
           bid
           his
           people
           do
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           persecuted
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           to
           with-draw
           and
           flye
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           2
           I
           answer
           positively
           ,
           
           they
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           the
           sin
           of
           Schisme
           may
           be
           reduced
           under
           two
           heads
           :
        
         
           Some
           are
           guilty
           of
           Schisme
           from
           their
           principles
           of
           judgement
           ;
           their
           principles
           of
           judgement
           carry
           them
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           that
           which
           is
           a
           rending
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Others
           ,
           though
           their
           principles
           of
           judgement
           be
           right
           ,
           yet
           are
           Schismaticall
           ,
           
           through
           principles
           of
           a
           corrupt
           
             heart
          
           and
           
             spirit
             ;
          
           I
           shall
           speake
           to
           both
           these
           ,
           but
           principally
           to
           the
           first
           sort
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           all
           those
           whose
           erroneous
           judgements
           make
           them
           Schismaticall
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           may
           all
           be
           brought
           to
           these
           foure
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           Independency
           properly
           so
           called
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           highest
           principles
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           all
           such
           Christians
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           
             single
             persons
          
           
           or
           
             associated
             bodies
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           though
           all
           the
           Christians
           in
           a
           Nation
           ,
           associated
           into
           a
           body
           ,
           doe
           looke
           upon
           themselves
           as
           absolute
           ,
           and
           independent
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           with
           whom
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           hath
           nothing
           to
           doe
           ;
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           highest
           principles
           of
           Schisme
           in
           the
           world
           :
           but
           doe
           not
           mistake
           me
           ,
           I
           know
           there
           are
           some
           called
           ,
           and
           branded
           with
           the
           name
           of
           Independency
           ,
           who
           professe
           they
           abhor
           both
           the
           name
           and
           thing
           ,
           I
           meane
           such
           ,
           as
           conceive
           that
           a
           particular
           Church
           hath
           all
           power
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           other
           assembly
           can
           authoritatively
           call
           them
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           dissolve
           their
           sentences
           ,
           or
           excommunicate
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           conceive
           ,
           that
           the
           government
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           not
           placed
           in
           Synods
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           Assembly
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           a
           particular
           Congregation
           ;
           yet
           readily
           acknowledge
           that
           themselves
           are
           but
           part
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           countable
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           for
           their
           wayes
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           if
           upon
           brotherly
           counsel
           given
           by
           other
           Churches
           ,
           they
           reforme
           not
           ,
           they
           may
           and
           ought
           to
           with-draw
           from
           all
           Christian
           communion
           with
           them
           :
           whether
           their
           way
           of
           being
           countable
           be
           right
           or
           no
           I
           dispute
           not
           ,
           only
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           the
           Independency
           here
           intended
           ;
           but
           I
           meane
           any
           man
           ,
           or
           company
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           looke
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           as
           an
           intire
           Civil
           State
           ,
           or
           Common-wealth
           lookes
           upon
           it selfe
           ,
           how
           small
           soever
           it
           be
           (
           as
           in
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           there
           are
           some
           such
           ,
           which
           containe
           not
           above
           one
           City
           or
           two
           )
           yet
           they
           count
           all
           the
           world
           hath
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           them
           ,
           nor
           are
           they
           to
           be
           countable
           to
           any
           other
           State
           ,
           no
           not
           to
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           any
           further
           then
           their
           owne
           interest
           carries
           them
           ,
           either
           for
           their
           owne
           safety
           ,
           or
           as
           they
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           this
           is
           true
           State
           independency
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           here
           when
           any
           persons
           ,
           or
           company
           of
           Christians
           looke
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           as
           
             totum
             quid
             seorsum
             ,
          
           as
           men
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           intentions
           ,
           carry
           not
           themselves
           as
           parts
           of
           the
           great
           Common-wealth
           ,
           accounting
           it
           a
           thing
           little
           or
           nothing
           materiall
           ,
           so
           they
           professe
           the
           Name
           ,
           and
           faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           serve
           him
           ,
           whether
           they
           doe
           it
           in
           the
           communion
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           not
           persons
           contained
           within
           the
           whole
           ,
           or
           part
           of
           the
           same
           Common-wealth
           ,
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           high
           and
           deep
           Schism
           ;
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           Christs
           Church
           ,
           being
           one
           Body
           ,
           requires
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           any
           ,
           whether
           persons
           or
           Churches
           do
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           
             teaching
             ,
          
           or
           
             being
             taught
             ,
             praying
             ,
             fasting
             ,
             Almes-giving
             ,
          
           in
           
             word
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sacraments
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           in
           
             beleeving
             ,
             
             loving
             ,
             hoping
             ,
             &c.
          
           should
           all
           be
           done
           intentionally
           with
           relation
           to
           ,
           and
           communion
           with
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           this
           first
           principle
           lies
           deep
           rooted
           ,
           many
           live
           by
           it
           ,
           though
           few
           wil
           own
           it
           .
        
         
           2
           Others
           are
           deeply
           schismatical
           from
           principles
           of
           judgement
           ,
           
           who
           are
           so
           farre
           in
           love
           with
           their
           own
           constitution
           ,
           or
           way
           of
           Association
           into
           Church-Order
           ,
           that
           they
           condemne
           all
           the
           other
           Assemblies
           throughout
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           no
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           because
           they
           be
           not
           modelled
           and
           moulded
           according
           to
           the
           Plat-form
           of
           their
           own
           particular
           Church-order
           ,
           and
           association
           .
           I
           doe
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           possible
           that
           some
           of
           Gods
           people
           may
           have
           some
           such
           great
           mistakes
           lye
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           possibly
           joyne
           in
           all
           Christian
           ordinances
           with
           any
           congregation
           in
           the
           world
           :
           as
           the
           converted
           Christian
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           while
           they
           were
           under
           that
           apprehension
           that
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           be
           owned
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           was
           circumcised
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           that
           errour
           possest
           them
           ,
           they
           could
           never
           joyn
           in
           all
           Ordinances
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ;
          
           and
           how
           farre
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           people
           of
           God
           should
           beare
           with
           such
           ,
           and
           still
           own
           them
           as
           Christs
           servants
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           worth
           the
           studying
           ,
           but
           certainly
           the
           principle
           it selfe
           is
           most
           destructive
           to
           the
           unity
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           To
           refraine
           fellowship
           and
           communion
           with
           such
           Churches
           ,
           or
           Companies
           ,
           who
           professe
           Christ
           their
           Lord
           ,
           whose
           faith
           is
           sound
           ,
           whose
           worship
           is
           Gospel-worship
           ,
           whose
           lives
           are
           holy
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           will
           come
           into
           that
           very
           particular
           way
           of
           Church
           order
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           pitched
           upon
           ,
           is
           a
           dreadfull
           renting
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           to
           peeces
           ;
           for
           if
           all
           Christs
           people
           in
           the
           world
           are
           one
           body
           ,
           and
           all
           thereby
           bound
           to
           have
           communion
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           then
           certainly
           that
           principle
           ,
           which
           necessitates
           men
           to
           cast
           off
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           nine
           hundred
           ninety
           nine
           parts
           of
           a
           thousand
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           Schismatical
           ;
           
           of
           this
           none
           are
           so
           guilty
           ,
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           who
           circumscribe
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           within
           the
           precinct
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           cast
           off
           all
           Christians
           ,
           and
           all
           Churches
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           West
           ,
           North
           ,
           and
           South
           ,
           yea
           ,
           cast
           them
           off
           from
           all
           hope
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           who
           subject
           not
           themselves
           to
           their
           way
           .
           2.
           
           Nor
           can
           our
           rigid
           Separatists
           bee
           any
           way
           excused
           ,
           who
           censure
           and
           condemne
           all
           other
           Churches
           ,
           whatever
           their
           faith
           ,
           worship
           ,
           and
           conversation
           be
           ,
           meerly
           because
           they
           are
           not
           gathered
           into
           Church-order
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           own
           patternes
           .
           This
           so
           strict
           bounding
           of
           our
           christian
           communion
           by
           outward
           formes
           ,
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           
           hath
           been
           a
           great
           ,
           and
           almost
           generall
           fault
           among
           the
           Churches
           of
           
             Europe
          
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           :
           in
           some
           Churches
           ,
           the
           
             large
             forme
          
           of
           the
           confession
           of
           their
           faith
           is
           made
           the
           
             Shibboleth
             ;
          
           without
           owning
           ,
           and
           subscribing
           to
           this
           ,
           without
           abating
           of
           a
           tittle
           ,
           no
           communion
           to
           be
           injoyed
           ;
           in
           other
           Churches
           ,
           without
           conforming
           to
           their
           
             formes
             of
             Prayers
             ,
             Rites
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ceremonies
          
           in
           administration
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           no
           communion
           to
           be
           injoyed
           ,
           in
           others
           without
           submitting
           to
           their
           
             forme
             of
             Church-government
             ,
          
           no
           communion
           ;
           and
           with
           these
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           now
           speake
           ,
           without
           submitting
           to
           their
           manner
           and
           
             forme
             of
             gathering
          
           into
           Church-fellowship
           ,
           none
           to
           be
           owned
           ,
           or
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ▪
           but
           alas
           !
           how
           little
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           Scripture
           to
           bound
           our
           fellowship
           and
           communion
           of
           Saints
           by
           any
           of
           these
           things
           ?
           In
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           Churches
           are
           cryed
           up
           or
           downe
           ,
           commended
           and
           blamed
           ,
           according
           as
           their
           
             fundamentall
             faith
          
           was
           sound
           ,
           and
           their
           lives
           holy
           ▪
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           one
           day
           ,
           we
           shall
           all
           judge
           those
           Churches
           the
           best
           ,
           whose
           substantial
           faith
           is
           soundest
           ,
           and
           lives
           most
           holy
           ,
           whether
           their
           first
           manner
           of
           gathering
           were
           every
           way
           regular
           or
           not
           .
           Suppose
           that
           in
           an
           Army
           ,
           the
           Lawes
           of
           that
           Army
           were
           ,
           That
           none
           should
           be
           
             prest
          
           to
           serve
           ,
           but
           all
           to
           come
           in
           as
           
             Volunteers
             ,
          
           that
           their
           Officers
           should
           bee
           so
           and
           so
           chosen
           ,
           and
           qualified
           ;
           now
           suppose
           in
           this
           Army
           should
           be
           found
           some
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           at
           first
           were
           
             forced
          
           in
           ,
           or
           Officers
           ,
           who
           came
           
             corruptly
          
           by
           their
           places
           ;
           suppose
           whole
           Troops
           or
           Companies
           of
           these
           ,
           who
           yet
           being
           in
           ,
           prove
           as
           
             good
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           as
           
             faithful
             ,
             skilfull
             valiant
          
           for
           the
           Cause
           ,
           as
           any
           other
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           beyond
           any
           others
           ,
           think
           you
           these
           would
           not
           be
           owned
           by
           the
           Army
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           be
           found
           such
           ?
           Or
           ,
           suppose
           in
           
             Marriage
             ,
          
           at
           the
           first
           the
           Parties
           
             marry
             ,
          
           while
           not
           of
           years
           of
           
             discretion
             ,
          
           or
           to
           
             please
             Parents
             ,
          
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           yet
           afterward
           come
           to
           love
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           their
           
             Marriage-relation
          
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           ,
           thinke
           wee
           these
           shall
           not
           be
           owned
           as
           Husband
           and
           Wife
           ?
           so
           is
           the
           case
           here
           :
           Let
           mee
           for
           present
           suppose
           these
           men
           ,
           or
           Churches
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           speak
           ,
           to
           be
           at
           their
           fi●st
           gath●ring
           according
           to
           the
           purest
           patterne
           ;
           and
           let
           mee
           also
           suppose
           another
           Company
           irregularly
           joyned
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           forced
           in
           ▪
           and
           that
           also
           whilst
           they
           are
           
             ignorant
             ,
             prophane
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           that
           their
           Minister
           also
           was
           put
           upon
           them
           ;
           now
           if
           the
           Lord
           please
           to
           worke
           upon
           those
           effectually
           ,
           so
           that
           Minister
           and
           people
           grow
           sound
           in
           the
           faith
           ,
           holy
           in
           their
           lives
           ,
           pure
           in
           their
           worship
           ,
           zealous
           for
           the
           truth
           ;
           when
           possibly
           
           they
           who
           boast
           of
           their
           first
           joyning
           ,
           are
           grown
           like
           
             Sardis
             ,
          
           to
           have
           a
           name
           to
           be
           alive
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           dead
           ,
           &c.
           shal
           we
           thinke
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           wil
           not
           owne
           the
           other
           before
           themselves
           ?
           yes
           doubtlesse
           ,
           and
           so
           should
           all
           his
           people
           ;
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           adde
           one
           thing
           more
           ;
           That
           the
           notion
           of
           making
           the
           first
           gathering
           of
           people
           into
           Church-fellowship
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           rule
           to
           direct
           us
           with
           whom
           we
           may
           joyne
           ,
           or
           not
           joyne
           ;
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           may
           make
           us
           refuse
           some
           Churches
           ,
           upon
           whom
           are
           apparently
           seen
           the
           
             Scripture
             -
          
           Characters
           of
           a
           Golden
           Candlestick
           ,
           and
           imbrace
           communion
           with
           others
           ,
           only
           upon
           a
           
             humane
          
           testimony
           or
           report
           ;
           for
           in
           that
           Church
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           I
           may
           see
           a
           visible
           profession
           of
           soundnesse
           in
           faith
           ,
           and
           holinesse
           there
           ;
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           
             men
          
           only
           tell
           me
           ,
           the
           
             first
          
           were
           not
           orderly
           gathered
           ,
           and
           the
           others
           were
           ;
           to
           conclude
           this
           branch
           ,
           this
           principle
           of
           renouncing
           all
           Churches
           for
           want
           of
           a
           supposed
           orderly
           gathering
           ,
           or
           for
           want
           of
           some
           such
           desirable
           perfection
           ,
           which
           themselves
           injoy
           ,
           is
           so
           dangerous
           and
           schismatical
           ,
           that
           I
           feare
           not
           to
           say
           ▪
           that
           it
           is
           more
           lawful
           to
           have
           a
           Church-standing
           in
           the
           corruptest
           Church
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           where
           salvation
           and
           life
           may
           be
           obtained
           ,
           by
           the
           doctrine
           held
           out
           ,
           and
           the
           way
           profest
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           though
           there
           should
           be
           very
           many
           frailties
           ,
           and
           corruptions
           amongst
           them
           ,
           then
           with
           that
           company
           ,
           how
           holy
           soever
           it
           seemes
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           wil
           necessitate
           such
           as
           joyne
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           renounce
           communion
           with
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           upon
           earth
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
           another
           principle
           of
           Schism
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           of
           larger
           ,
           and
           of
           farre
           greater
           extent
           ,
           and
           may
           make
           a
           fairer
           plea
           for
           it selfe
           ,
           then
           yet
           any
           named
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           which
           shuts
           up
           many
           servants
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           joyne
           ,
           nor
           afford
           Christian
           communion
           unto
           others
           for
           some
           particular
           errours
           found
           in
           their
           profession
           of
           faith
           ,
           or
           some
           frailties
           found
           in
           their
           conversation
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           principle
           which
           makes
           the
           
             servants
          
           of
           Christ
           deny
           communion
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           whom
           
             Christ
          
           wil
           not
           deny
           communion
           ,
           to
           
             interdict
          
           communion
           with
           them
           ,
           with
           whom
           Christ
           doth
           not
           
             interdict
          
           communion
           ,
           is
           a
           renting
           principle
           .
           Conceive
           my
           meaning
           in
           a
           plaine
           comparison
           .
           Suppose
           in
           a
           Corporation
           ,
           there
           were
           some
           rules
           given
           by
           their
           Charter
           and
           Founder
           ,
           concerning
           their
           infranchizement
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           is
           so
           ,
           and
           so
           qualified
           ,
           shal
           be
           a
           Free-man
           ;
           if
           that
           Corporation
           ,
           or
           any
           number
           shal
           deny
           freedome
           to
           any
           so
           qualified
           ,
           or
           shal
           disfranchise
           any
           for
           any
           offence
           ,
           for
           wch
           the
           Charter
           
           whereby
           they
           all
           stand
           ,
           doth
           not
           warrant
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           rending
           their
           Charter
           ,
           and
           they
           usurpe
           a
           power
           not
           given
           them
           by
           their
           founder
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           let
           me
           give
           a
           few
           instances
           ;
           Take
           the
           Churches
           in
           the
           Apostles
           time
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           did
           think
           it
           utterly
           unlawful
           to
           eat
           any
           meat
           that
           had
           been
           offered
           to
           an
           Idol
           ,
           some
           did
           think
           all
           days
           were
           alike
           ,
           some
           thought
           that
           it
           was
           utterly
           unlawful
           to
           eat
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           herbes
           ,
           &c.
           
           Suppose
           now
           that
           the
           number
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           held
           these
           opinions
           ,
           should
           have
           gone
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             You
             are
             too
             lax
             in
             your
             principles
             unlesse
             you
             will
             renounce
             that
             carnall
             ,
             ungodly
             liberty
             ,
             which
             you
             take
             ,
             to
             eate
             in
             Idols
             temples
             ,
             or
             to
             eate
             meat
             that
             hath
             been
             offered
             to
             an
             Idol
             ,
             &c.
             we
             professe
             we
             must
             renounce
             communion
             with
             you
             ,
          
           they
           had
           been
           Schismaticks
           in
           doing
           so
           .
           If
           on
           the
           other
           side
           the
           Church
           had
           called
           them
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             You
             by
             your
             strict
             opinions
             cut
             short
             the
             liberty
             Christ
             hath
             purchased
             for
             us
             by
             his
             bloud
             ,
             unlesse
             you
             lay
             aside
             these
             conceits
             of
             yours
             ,
             we
             cast
             you
             out
             ,
          
           then
           the
           Schisme
           had
           laine
           on
           their
           part
           ;
           because
           the
           Charter
           of
           Christianity
           hath
           provided
           ,
           
           that
           for
           these
           things
           the
           people
           of
           God
           should
           not
           rent
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           but
           bear
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           might
           heale
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           Come
           a
           little
           nearer
           our
           own
           times
           ,
           Take
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ,
           as
           now
           they
           stand
           ,
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           though
           they
           be
           sound
           in
           their
           faith
           ,
           yet
           generally
           they
           are
           against
           
             the
             divine
             institution
          
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           .
        
         
           Goe
           to
           
             Helvetia
          
           amongst
           the
           
             Switzers
             ,
          
           generally
           the
           Churches
           there
           are
           against
           all
           Divine-right
           of
           any
           Church-government
           ,
           and
           require
           nothing
           but
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           keep
           their
           people
           in
           order
           .
        
         
           Go
           from
           them
           ,
           if
           you
           wil
           among
           the
           
             Lutherans
             ,
          
           among
           them
           are
           many
           (
           as
           we
           judge
           )
           dangerous
           opinions
           ,
           the
           Arminian
           points
           ,
           and
           besides
           them
           ,
           Consubstantiation
           ,
           and
           the
           ubiquity
           of
           Christs
           body
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           The
           like
           might
           be
           said
           in
           many
           particulars
           of
           the
           
             Swedes
          
           and
           
             Danes
             ;
          
           all
           these
           Churches
           being
           sound
           in
           the
           fundamentals
           ,
           and
           owned
           by
           Christ
           ,
           ought
           also
           to
           own
           one
           another
           ;
           there
           are
           indeed
           some
           doctrines
           ,
           wherein
           if
           men
           or
           Churches
           be
           not
           sound
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           wil
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           if
           a
           Churches
           worship
           be
           Idolatrous
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           wil
           not
           hold
           communion
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           some
           errours
           in
           doctrines
           ,
           and
           corruptions
           in
           conversation
           ,
           for
           which
           (
           though
           Christ
           like
           them
           not
           )
           he
           doth
           
           not
           reject
           them
           ;
           apply
           this
           to
           our
           purpose
           .
           At
           this
           day
           the
           
             Socinians
          
           deny
           the
           Deity
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Deity
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           the
           Trinity
           of
           Persons
           ,
           they
           deny
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           hath
           merited
           ,
           or
           satisfied
           for
           his
           people
           ,
           these
           doctrines
           overthrow
           our
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           we
           count
           the
           holders
           of
           these
           to
           have
           nothing
           with
           Christians
           in
           common
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           name
           ,
           therefore
           we
           renounce
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Papists
           also
           ,
           besides
           some
           fundamentall
           errours
           ,
           as
           justification
           by
           the
           merit
           of
           our
           owne
           workes
           ,
           &c.
           are
           most
           abominably
           Idolatrous
           in
           their
           worship
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           therefore
           bids
           us
           
             come
             out
             from
             them
             ;
          
           but
           take
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           that
           we
           ought
           ,
           and
           must
           owne
           them
           to
           be
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           therefore
           when
           the
           
             Calvinists
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Lutherans
          
           had
           had
           many
           disputes
           ,
           to
           see
           if
           they
           could
           fetch
           off
           one
           another
           from
           their
           principles
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           the
           
             Calvinists
          
           even
           the
           holiest
           ,
           and
           learnedst
           of
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Calvin
             ,
             Beza
             ,
             Martyr
             ,
             Zanchy
             ,
             Vrsin
             ,
             Pareus
             ,
          
           have
           offered
           to
           owne
           them
           as
           brethren
           ,
           as
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           been
           willing
           to
           heare
           them
           ,
           to
           receive
           Sacraments
           with
           them
           :
           the
           rigid
           
             Lutherans
          
           refused
           it
           ,
           and
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             From
             communion
             with
             the
          
           Calvinists
           ,
           
             Good
             Lord
             deliver
             us
             :
          
           Now
           say
           I
           ,
           the
           Schisme
           was
           on
           the
           
             Lutherans
          
           part
           :
           if
           the
           
             Lutherans
          
           had
           offered
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Calvinists
          
           had
           rejected
           ,
           the
           Schisme
           had
           laine
           on
           the
           
             Calvinists
          
           part
           .
        
         
           Bring
           it
           yet
           nearer
           ,
           many
           of
           these
           opinions
           are
           got
           in
           among
           us
           ,
           especially
           about
           free-will
           ,
           Infant-baptisme
           ,
           formes
           of
           Church-government
           ,
           &c.
           and
           we
           should
           not
           refuse
           communion
           with
           any
           of
           them
           (
           supposing
           their
           lives
           unblameable
           .
           )
           If
           they
           will
           hold
           communion
           with
           us
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           
             if
             they
             will
             ,
          
           for
           ordinarily
           erroneous
           persons
           are
           proud
           ,
           and
           must
           have
           all
           mens
           sheaves
           bow
           down
           to
           theirs
           ,
           and
           will
           close
           only
           with
           teachers
           and
           companies
           according
           to
           their
           owne
           lusts
           ,
           but
           if
           we
           in
           a
           spirit
           of
           Christian
           love
           would
           have
           peace
           ,
           and
           they
           refuse
           it
           ,
           then
           both
           the
           errour
           and
           schisme
           lyeth
           at
           their
           doore
           .
        
         
           But
           against
           all
           this
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           
           and
           is
           objected
           :
           What
           a
           speckled
           bird
           would
           you
           make
           a
           particular
           church
           ?
           Suppose
           the
           church
           you
           should
           be
           an
           Officer
           unto
           ,
           should
           be
           such
           a
           medly
           ,
           of
           some
           holding
           the
           morality
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           some
           denying
           it
           ,
           some
           for
           Infant-baptisme
           ,
           some
           condemning
           it
           ,
           some
           like
           the
           Presbyterian-government
           ,
           others
           are
           for
           the
           Episcopal
           ,
           others
           like
           a
           Congregational
           better
           then
           
           either
           of
           them
           ;
           some
           would
           have
           their
           children
           baptised
           ,
           others
           are
           utterly
           against
           it
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           
             Calvinists
             ,
          
           some
           
             Lutherans
             ,
          
           to
           have
           a
           Church
           made
           up
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           would
           not
           this
           be
           a
           reproach
           to
           you
           to
           be
           a
           Pastor
           to
           such
           a
           flock
           ?
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ;
           
           what
           reproach
           would
           it
           be
           to
           me
           to
           be
           Pastor
           of
           such
           a
           Church
           ▪
           as
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           a
           head
           of
           ?
           If
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           wherein
           his
           Spirit
           rules
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           is
           a
           head
           ,
           and
           which
           shal
           be
           saved
           ,
           be
           made
           up
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           what
           reproach
           (
           if
           prejudice
           did
           not
           blinde
           mens
           eyes
           )
           could
           it
           be
           to
           any
           of
           us
           ,
           to
           have
           such
           members
           to
           be
           members
           of
           our
           Congregations
           ?
        
         
           But
           doe
           you
           then
           intend
           a
           toleration
           of
           all
           these
           opinions
           ?
           
           would
           you
           have
           
             Lutherans
             ,
          
           and
           
             Anti-sabbatarians
             ,
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           and
           others
           tolerated
           among
           us
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           first
           ,
           
           what
           the
           Magistrates
           office
           is
           about
           toleration
           ,
           or
           non-toleration
           ,
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           doe
           to
           meddle
           with
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           my
           doctrine
           confines
           me
           to
           speake
           only
           of
           Church
           forbearance
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           account
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           if
           by
           toleration
           ,
           you
           meane
           an
           approbation
           of
           these
           ,
           God
           forbid
           ,
           we
           must
           approve
           of
           no
           errour
           ,
           we
           should
           all
           seeke
           to
           make
           one
           another
           imbrace
           every
           truth
           of
           Christ
           ;
           But
           if
           by
           toleration
           you
           meane
           a
           not
           cutting
           them
           off
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           lay
           downe
           their
           errours
           and
           renounce
           them
           ,
           that
           indeed
           I
           plead
           for
           ,
           we
           should
           hold
           Christian
           communion
           with
           them
           for
           Christ
           thus
           beares
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           will
           have
           us
           beare
           one
           with
           another
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           in
           our
           naturall
           body
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           have
           an
           ulcer
           in
           his
           hand
           or
           his
           leg
           if
           ordinary
           medicines
           wil
           not
           cure
           it
           ,
           he
           wil
           wait
           till
           the
           strength
           of
           nature
           work
           out
           the
           humour
           ,
           or
           till
           by
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           can
           light
           of
           some
           more
           happy
           medicines
           ,
           then
           yet
           have
           been
           propounded
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           not
           cut
           his
           hand
           or
           his
           leg
           off
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           it
           may
           be
           any
           wayes
           usefull
           to
           him
           ;
           so
           is
           the
           case
           here
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
           Some
           will
           yet
           object
           ,
           indeed
           if
           you
           meane
           to
           bear
           with
           them
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           till
           the
           truth
           hath
           been
           set
           before
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           all
           meanes
           of
           conviction
           ,
           it
           wil
           be
           granted
           ;
           but
           suppose
           all
           paines
           have
           been
           taken
           ,
           the
           truth
           hath
           been
           propounded
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           reasoned
           with
           ,
           and
           they
           still
           hold
           the
           same
           ,
           then
           they
           may
           be
           judged
           obstinate
           and
           self-condemned
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           plainly
           ,
           
           
             faith
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           the
           imbracing
           of
           any
           particular
           truth
           is
           as
           well
           the
           gift
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           that
           faith
           whereby
           we
           receive
           Christ
           for
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           no
           wisdome
           ,
           or
           rhethoricke
           of
           man
           can
           ever
           
           make
           a
           man
           receive
           the
           faith
           of
           any
           one
           doctrine
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           till
           Gods
           Spirit
           inable
           him
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           far
           easier
           matter
           to
           
             non-plus
          
           a
           man
           in
           disputing
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           to
           clear
           his
           understanding
           ,
           and
           inable
           him
           to
           receive
           a
           truth
           ;
           and
           when
           such
           persons
           do
           appeal
           to
           the
           searcher
           of
           hearts
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           meer
           want
           of
           light
           which
           hinders
           them
           from
           being
           of
           one
           minde
           ,
           our
           Christian
           love
           (
           which
           ever
           judgeth
           the
           best
           )
           should
           rest
           satisfied
           ,
           especially
           when
           their
           lives
           are
           unblameable
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           take
           upon
           us
           to
           be
           Lords
           of
           their
           faith
           ;
           and
           therefore
           after
           many
           disputes
           and
           conferences
           between
           the
           dissenting
           Churches
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           when
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           dispute
           one
           another
           out
           of
           their
           principles
           (
           as
           I
           before
           noted
           )
           the
           
             Calvinists
          
           propounded
           to
           hold
           an
           amicable
           Christian
           communion
           one
           with
           another
           ;
           and
           if
           in
           a
           fair
           debating
           way
           they
           could
           afterward
           satisfie
           one
           another
           ,
           well
           and
           good
           ,
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           they
           would
           wait
           ,
           till
           Christ
           would
           give
           more
           light
           :
           and
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           the
           
             Calvinists
          
           and
           
             Lutherans
          
           in
           
             Polonia
          
           doe
           at
           this
           day
           live
           in
           concord
           ,
           both
           of
           them
           retaining
           their
           opinions
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           truth
           ,
           we
           all
           professe
           to
           doe
           the
           same
           toward
           them
           ;
           for
           I
           hardly
           know
           any
           amongst
           us
           ,
           but
           confesse
           the
           
             Helvetians
             ,
             Lutherans
             ,
          
           &c.
           are
           true
           Churches
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           errours
           :
           Now
           (
           say
           I
           )
           shal
           a
           company
           associated
           in
           such
           ,
           and
           such
           opinions
           ,
           bee
           counted
           a
           true
           Church
           ?
           and
           shal
           not
           a
           particular
           man
           ,
           who
           holds
           the
           same
           points
           ,
           be
           counted
           a
           true
           visible
           member
           ?
           or
           shal
           we
           hold
           communion
           with
           them
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           and
           shal
           we
           deny
           it
           to
           our
           brethren
           in
           
             England
             ?
          
           God
           forbid
           ,
           that
           the
           exercise
           of
           our
           Christian
           charity
           ,
           and
           communion
           should
           vary
           ,
           according
           as
           Regions
           vary
           .
           If
           
             whole
             Churches
          
           be
           owned
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           faith
           and
           holinesse
           of
           life
           (
           notwithstanding
           their
           errours
           )
           to
           be
           true
           visible
           Churches
           ,
           then
           
             one
             man
          
           that
           hath
           those
           errours
           ,
           may
           goe
           for
           a
           true
           visible
           Christian
           ,
           because
           of
           his
           faith
           and
           holinesse
           .
           And
           in
           truth
           they
           who
           are
           the
           brethren
           of
           our
           elder
           brother
           ,
           are
           our
           brethren
           ,
           wil
           we
           ,
           nil
           we
           ,
           and
           we
           shal
           repent
           ,
           if
           we
           use
           them
           not
           as
           brethren
           .
        
         
           Yet
           againe
           ,
           
           it
           wil
           be
           said
           ,
           but
           
             Paul
          
           did
           
             wish
             they
          
           were
           all
           cut
           off
           that
           troubled
           the
           
             Galatians
             .
          
           
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           
           But
           mark
           who
           they
           were
           ,
           they
           were
           such
           who
           brought
           such
           a
           doctrin
           that
           he
           profest
           ,
           
           if
           they
           imbraced
           it
           ,
           
             Christ
             would
             profit
             them
             nothing
             ;
          
           they
           ,
           who
           would
           set
           up
           a
           new
           Christ
           ,
           a
           new
           way
           of
           salvation
           ,
           to
           seek
           justification
           by
           their
           own
           works
           ,
           he
           prayed
           they
           might
           be
           cut
           off
           ,
           but
           he
           never
           wished
           it
           for
           errours
           of
           a
           lower
           nature
           .
        
         
         
           But
           lastly
           ,
           some
           may
           yet
           demand
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           What
           if
           they
           who
           hold
           such
           Opinions
           ,
           joyn
           in
           communion
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           in
           your
           communion
           make
           it
           their
           worke
           and
           practise
           ;
           (
           for
           errour
           is
           very
           Pragmatical
           )
           to
           draw
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           company
           into
           their
           errors
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           infect
           all
           ;
           yea
           ,
           to
           put
           all
           into
           flames
           of
           division
           and
           confusion
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           can
           prevaile
           .
           Shall
           we
           indure
           to
           see
           our
           brethren
           ,
           and
           our
           people
           before
           our
           eyes
           drawne
           into
           errors
           ,
           although
           those
           errors
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           are
           not
           fundamentall
           ?
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           
           First
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           great
           hurt
           for
           men
           to
           be
           permitted
           modestly
           ,
           and
           humbly
           to
           debate
           among
           their
           Brethren
           the
           things
           wherein
           they
           differ
           ;
           But
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           answer
           ;
           If
           men
           ,
           who
           hold
           differing
           opinions
           in
           these
           lesser
           points
           ,
           can
           neither
           be
           content
           to
           follow
           
             Pauls
          
           counsel
           ,
           
             to
             have
             their
             faith
             ,
             in
             these
             ,
             to
             themselves
             before
             God
             ,
          
           nor
           modestly
           propound
           their
           arguments
           ,
           and
           grounds
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           quiet
           ,
           but
           must
           make
           it
           their
           work
           to
           draw
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           weak
           ones
           ,
           into
           doubtful
           disputations
           ,
           and
           thereby
           take
           them
           off
           from
           the
           study
           and
           prosecution
           of
           more
           weighty
           things
           ;
           I
           can
           bee
           no
           Advocate
           for
           such
           people
           ,
           if
           they
           judge
           the
           spreading
           of
           their
           opinions
           to
           be
           such
           a
           duty
           ,
           that
           they
           take
           themselves
           bound
           in
           conscience
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           that
           is
           possible
           ,
           to
           draw
           all
           others
           in
           to
           them
           ;
           I
           know
           no
           remedy
           ,
           but
           such
           people
           must
           be
           contented
           to
           with-draw
           ,
           and
           joyne
           with
           such
           Churches
           ,
           where
           their
           opinions
           are
           received
           ;
           for
           it
           cannot
           be
           conjectured
           that
           in
           any
           Society
           ,
           of
           any
           nature
           ,
           men
           will
           be
           quietly
           tolerated
           ,
           who
           shall
           professedly
           be
           boutefues
           ,
           and
           kindle-fires
           ,
           to
           disturbe
           their
           peace
           ,
           and
           alwayes
           putting
           them
           into
           flames
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           a
           man
           were
           of
           
             Erastus
          
           his
           opinion
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Church-Government
           by
           Christs
           appointment
           ,
           and
           yet
           withall
           should
           joyne
           in
           a
           Congregationall
           ,
           or
           Presbyterian
           way
           ,
           and
           they
           also
           willing
           to
           joyne
           in
           Church-Fellowship
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           knowing
           his
           errour
           not
           to
           be
           fundamentall
           ,
           if
           this
           man
           will
           now
           make
           it
           his
           worke
           to
           draw
           them
           off
           ,
           from
           what
           they
           beleeve
           to
           be
           Christs
           Ordinance
           ,
           and
           their
           duty
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           either
           all
           yeeld
           to
           him
           or
           enjoy
           no
           quiet
           ,
           this
           I
           say
           will
           prove
           intolerable
           ;
           thus
           also
           it
           is
           in
           Civil
           associations
           .
        
         
           Suppose
           in
           any
           Corporation
           ,
           where
           a
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           or
           Common-Counsell
           should
           bee
           Judges
           ,
           if
           the
           major
           part
           judge
           any
           Cause
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           residue
           ,
           who
           judge
           otherwise
           ,
           wil
           not
           be
           content
           to
           sit
           downe
           ,
           but
           be
           alwayes
           quarrelling
           ,
           and
           calumniating
           
           the
           rest
           ,
           charging
           them
           to
           be
           erroneous
           ,
           or
           unrighteous
           Judges
           ,
           such
           unquiet
           and
           turbulent
           carriage
           over-throws
           all
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           compatible
           with
           humane
           Society
           .
        
         
           Beloved
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           pardon
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           been
           so
           long
           upon
           this
           third
           Branch
           ,
           for
           I
           confesse
           it
           is
           deeply
           settled
           upon
           my
           spirit
           ,
           that
           were
           this
           rule
           received
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           a
           great
           influence
           upon
           the
           healing
           of
           our
           divisions
           ;
           I
           know
           indeed
           ,
           that
           many
           learned
           and
           holy
           men
           think
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           doe
           conceive
           ,
           that
           their
           zeale
           for
           Christs
           truth
           must
           not
           suffer
           them
           thus
           far
           to
           tolerate
           them
           ,
           who
           hold
           errors
           derogatory
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           that
           zeale
           for
           Christs
           truth
           should
           never
           use
           other
           meanes
           to
           preserve
           Christs
           truth
           ,
           then
           Christ
           himselfe
           hath
           appointed
           ;
           zeale
           to
           preserve
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           and
           to
           punish
           disorders
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           is
           very
           commendable
           ,
           but
           yet
           that
           zeale
           would
           not
           be
           commendable
           in
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           who
           should
           hang
           a
           man
           for
           such
           a
           fault
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Law
           hath
           only
           appointed
           the
           house
           of
           Correction
           ,
           or
           Whipping-post
           .
           Let
           us
           confine
           our selves
           to
           Christs
           rules
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           our
           zeale
           burn
           ,
           as
           hot
           as
           may
           be
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
           There
           is
           yet
           one
           sort
           more
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           such
           ,
           whose
           principles
           carry
           them
           to
           separate
           from
           particular
           Churches
           for
           light
           causes
           ;
           suppose
           some
           defects
           ,
           or
           some
           miscarriages
           in
           their
           Church-government
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           some
           too
           great
           connivence
           at
           unworthy
           or
           scandalous
           persons
           ,
           or
           it
           may
           be
           some
           defects
           or
           miscarriages
           in
           their
           publick
           administrations
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           renting
           off
           ,
           and
           departing
           from
           particular
           Churches
           for
           such
           causes
           ,
           as
           these
           ,
           wil
           be
           found
           to
           be
           but
           Schism
           ,
           to
           separate
           from
           Churches
           ,
           from
           which
           Christ
           doth
           not
           separate
           ,
           is
           schismatical
           ;
           now
           it
           is
           cleare
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           Christ
           Jesus
           owneth
           Churches
           ,
           who
           are
           defective
           in
           many
           things
           ,
           and
           if
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           Churches
           should
           bear
           with
           particular
           persons
           in
           their
           errors
           ,
           certainly
           particular
           persons
           should
           bear
           with
           Churches
           ;
           and
           therefore
           when
           a
           Churches
           faith
           is
           sound
           for
           the
           substance
           ,
           and
           their
           worship
           Gospel-worship
           ,
           though
           their
           Government
           be
           not
           perfect
           ,
           and
           other
           defects
           found
           among
           them
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           separate
           ;
           and
           separation
           from
           them
           is
           the
           more
           unjust
           ,
           if
           that
           Church
           bee
           seeking
           for
           light
           ,
           and
           willing
           to
           be
           informed
           ;
           I
           grant
           ,
           there
           may
           bee
           slitting
           from
           one
           Church
           to
           another
           ,
           for
           greater
           edification
           ,
           which
           is
           without
           condemning
           that
           Church
           ,
           they
           slit
           from
           :
           but
           separation
           from
           a
           true
           Church
           for
           want
           of
           some
           desirable
           perfection
           ,
           is
           a
           fruit
           of
           this
           bitter
           root
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           because
           it
           rents
           where
           Christ
           rents
           not
           ;
           for
           if
           
           we
           looke
           into
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           we
           shal
           find
           there
           were
           Churches
           ,
           who
           had
           many
           errours
           in
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           others
           disorderly
           in
           their
           
             Worship
             ,
          
           others
           had
           many
           among
           them
           loose
           in
           their
           conversations
           ,
           but
           not
           one
           word
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghosts
           counselling
           the
           Lords
           people
           to
           with-draw
           from
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           go
           and
           gather
           into
           a
           body
           by
           themselves
           ;
           they
           are
           often
           called
           upon
           to
           do
           what
           they
           can
           ,
           to
           heale
           them
           ,
           but
           not
           one
           word
           of
           separating
           from
           them
           ,
           
           or
           with-drawing
           from
           them
           ;
           indeed
           we
           sometimes
           read
           of
           some
           ,
           
           who
           separated
           themselves
           ,
           but
           we
           may
           also
           read
           in
           the
           same
           places
           ,
           what
           sad
           brands
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           gives
           them
           ;
           and
           should
           it
           bee
           lawful
           for
           every
           errour
           ,
           and
           every
           miscarriage
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           want
           of
           some
           desirable
           perfection
           thus
           to
           rend
           off
           ,
           we
           must
           rend
           ,
           and
           rend
           ,
           and
           rend
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           union
           and
           communion
           of
           Christs
           people
           would
           come
           almost
           to
           nothing
           ;
           whereas
           he
           would
           have
           all
           his
           throughout
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           they
           injoy
           communion
           with
           himselfe
           ,
           so
           to
           injoy
           (
           as
           their
           occasion
           and
           need
           requires
           )
           communion
           with
           all
           his
           Saints
           ;
           now
           such
           limitations
           and
           restrictions
           ,
           as
           these
           are
           ,
           make
           such
           a
           communion
           impossible
           ;
           I
           am
           veri●y
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           were
           the
           union
           and
           communion
           of
           the
           people
           of
           Christ
           rightly
           knowne
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Saint
           in
           any
           part
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           where
           ever
           he
           comes
           ,
           might
           demand
           upon
           the
           profession
           of
           his
           faith
           ,
           and
           his
           voluntary
           subjection
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           his
           right
           in
           the
           Ordinances
           ,
           hear
           the
           Word
           with
           them
           ,
           pray
           with
           them
           ,
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           with
           them
           ;
           I
           say
           onely
           upon
           that
           ticket
           ,
           that
           hee
           professeth
           that
           faith
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           common
           faith
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           and
           while
           hee
           is
           with
           them
           ,
           walkes
           according
           to
           the
           Gospel
           rule
           ;
           now
           where
           mens
           principles
           doe
           shut
           them
           up
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           I
           have
           been
           treating
           of
           ,
           these
           things
           are
           not
           practicable
           .
           I
           shut
           up
           all
           this
           discourse
           ,
           concerning
           all
           these
           ,
           who
           are
           schismatical
           through
           erroneous
           judgements
           ,
           with
           this
           briefe
           corollary
           ;
           The
           communion
           of
           Saints
           one
           with
           another
           is
           not
           only
           a
           priviledge
           ,
           but
           a
           duty
           injoyned
           by
           Christ
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           left
           us
           at
           liberty
           to
           chuse
           with
           whom
           we
           wil
           hold
           communion
           ,
           and
           to
           refuse
           whom
           we
           lift
           ,
           no
           ;
           as
           ever
           wee
           wil
           appear
           before
           him
           with
           comfort
           ,
           wee
           must
           hold
           communion
           with
           those
           ,
           who
           professe
           his
           name
           ,
           
           and
           labour
           to
           
             keep
          
           with
           them
           all
           ,
           
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             .
          
           Now
           ,
           as
           these
           are
           schismatical
           from
           erroneous
           judgements
           ,
           so
           there
           are
           others
           from
           principles
           of
           a
           corrupt
           heart
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           name
           them
           ,
           and
           indeed
           naming
           them
           is
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           them
           ,
           for
           no
           man
           dares
           take
           upon
           him
           to
           
           justifie
           them
           ,
           yet
           named
           they
           must
           be
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           as
           mischevious
           as
           the
           others
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           therefore
           all
           selfe-lovers
           ,
           and
           selfe-seekers
           ,
           with
           whom
           all
           others
           in
           their
           affections
           and
           spirits
           are
           regarded
           ,
           onely
           as
           they
           can
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ;
           we
           know
           that
           if
           the
           members
           of
           the
           body
           were
           thus
           affected
           ,
           the
           whole
           body
           would
           soon
           perish
           .
           Private-wealths-men
           ,
           are
           never
           good
           Commonwealths-men
           ;
           
             Paul
          
           exhorted
           the
           Saints
           
             not
             to
             looke
             upon
             our
             owne
             things
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             every
             man
             on
             the
             things
             of
             others
             ,
          
           else
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           divide
           from
           them
           ,
           
           as
           our
           private
           interest
           leads
           us
           :
           This
           self-seeking
           ruined
           and
           overthrew
           
             Carthage
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           of
           seeking
           the
           publick-weale
           ,
           built
           up
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           so
           is
           it
           in
           our
           great
           ,
           and
           spiritual
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           All
           proud
           ,
           insolent
           ,
           arrogant
           ,
           high-minded
           men
           ,
           who
           must
           have
           rule
           ,
           and
           beare
           sway
           where
           ever
           they
           come
           ,
           or
           who
           use
           to
           despise
           and
           contemn
           others
           ,
           
             I
             have
             no
             need
             of
             thee
             ,
          
           full
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           sleighting
           of
           others
           :
           This
           spirit
           of
           pride
           is
           a
           cursed
           root
           bringing
           forth
           heresie
           ,
           schisme
           ,
           contention
           ,
           and
           every
           evil
           work
           .
           The
           first
           rent
           which
           ever
           was
           in
           Gods
           family
           ,
           was
           the
           
             pride
          
           of
           the
           Angels
           ,
           and
           ever
           since
           it
           hath
           born
           the
           like
           fruit
           ;
           examples
           are
           innumerable
           ,
           
             Cain
             ,
             Esau
             ,
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
           All
           quarrelsome
           ,
           railing
           ,
           froward
           spirits
           ,
           who
           upon
           every
           dissent
           from
           them
           in
           any
           opinion
           ,
           or
           in
           matters
           of
           conversation
           ,
           fall
           into
           railing
           language
           ,
           branding
           others
           with
           odious
           terms
           ,
           seeking
           to
           make
           them
           infamous
           and
           hateful
           :
           railing
           never
           cures
           errour
           ,
           or
           infirmity
           ,
           but
           keeps
           division
           open
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           breach
           wider
           ;
           truth
           and
           love
           joyned
           together
           may
           work
           great
           things
           ,
           but
           truth
           and
           bitternesse
           can
           do
           little
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
           And
           so
           are
           all
           busie-bodies
           ,
           who
           must
           have
           an
           oare
           in
           every
           mans
           boat
           ,
           who
           cannot
           be
           content
           to
           keep
           within
           their
           owne
           calling
           ,
           
           but
           as
           the
           Apostle
           expresseth
           their
           nature
           in
           this
           Text
           ,
           are
           
             wise
             ,
          
           
           or
           thinke
           more
           highly
           of
           themselves
           then
           they
           ought
           to
           think
           ;
           all
           these
           polypragmatical
           spirits
           ,
           which
           delight
           to
           be
           Bishops
           in
           all
           mens
           Diocesses
           ,
           are
           dangerous
           persons
           ,
           nothing
           more
           divides
           or
           rends
           the
           body
           ,
           then
           when
           the
           members
           keepe
           not
           to
           their
           owne
           worke
           .
        
         
           And
           fiftly
           ,
           All
           factious
           people
           ,
           who
           ,
           where
           ever
           they
           come
           wil
           be
           making
           parties
           ,
           
           (
           though
           it
           may
           be
           )
           they
           draw
           them
           not
           into
           a
           new
           Church
           ,
           yet
           divide
           into
           several
           parties
           ,
           some
           for
           
             Pauls
             ,
          
           and
           some
           
           for
           
             Apollos
             ,
          
           and
           some
           for
           another
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           but
           to
           make
           themselves
           seem
           some
           body
           ,
           and
           serve
           their
           own
           bellies
           .
        
         
           Paul
           
             often
             complains
             of
             such
             kind
             of
             men
             ,
             these
             carnal
             men
             made
             the
             schisme
             in
          
           Corinth
           ,
           
             of
             these
             he
             admonishes
             the
             Romans
             ,
          
           Mark
           them
           ,
           who
           cause
           divisions
           and
           offences
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           doctrine
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           learned
           ,
           
           and
           avoid
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           that
           are
           such
           ,
           serve
           not
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           
           but
           their
           owne
           bellies
           .
           
             A
             very
             sad
             sentence
             .
          
        
         
           Sixtly
           ,
           
           and
           lastly
           ,
           All
           they
           ,
           whose
           spirits
           carry
           them
           to
           foment
           and
           cherrish
           such
           ,
           as
           make
           rents
           and
           divisions
           ,
           who
           not
           onely
           bear
           with
           such
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           bear
           with
           a
           disease
           ,
           so
           bear
           with
           ,
           as
           yet
           to
           lance
           it
           ,
           and
           seek
           to
           cure
           it
           ,
           but
           delight
           in
           them
           as
           to
           make
           them
           the
           men
           of
           their
           counsel
           and
           confederacy
           ,
           and
           thereby
           doe
           harden
           them
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           expose
           themselves
           unto
           snares
           ,
           and
           occasion
           others
           who
           are
           weak
           ,
           to
           incline
           to
           these
           dividers
           ,
           all
           these
           ,
           some
           from
           one
           principle
           ,
           others
           from
           another
           ,
           help
           to
           rend
           and
           divide
           that
           body
           ,
           which
           Christ
           would
           have
           preserved
           in
           unity
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           thus
           far
           ,
           according
           to
           my
           weaknesse
           ,
           discovered
           to
           you
           the
           true
           causes
           ,
           and
           in
           part
           the
           instruments
           of
           our
           woful
           divisions
           ,
           which
           have
           made
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           present
           it selfe
           such
           a
           rueful
           spectacle
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           at
           this
           day
           :
           what
           remaines
           ,
           but
           only
           these
           two
           things
           ?
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           we
           all
           lament
           this
           ,
           and
           mourn
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           we
           all
           labour
           to
           help
           to
           cure
           it
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
           That
           we
           all
           lament
           it
           ;
           I
           confesse
           our
           divisions
           in
           opinions
           are
           very
           sad
           ,
           but
           our
           divided
           affections
           are
           sadder
           :
           were
           our
           spirits
           united
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           love
           would
           have
           such
           a
           power
           upon
           our
           hearts
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           had
           once
           learned
           to
           follow
           the
           truth
           in
           love
           ,
           truth
           and
           love
           would
           carry
           all
           before
           them
           :
           Ah
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           teach
           us
           to
           lay
           it
           to
           heart
           ,
           and
           to
           mourne
           ,
           that
           wee
           should
           be
           as
           so
           many
           
             Ishmaels
             ,
          
           our
           sword
           against
           every
           man
           ,
           and
           every
           mans
           against
           us
           .
           Beloved
           ,
           we
           little
           consider
           how
           precious
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           even
           more
           precious
           then
           our
           lives
           ;
           we
           little
           consider
           how
           dishonourable
           our
           divisions
           are
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           making
           his
           
             Jerusalem
          
           appeare
           as
           
             Babel
             ,
          
           a
           disordered
           and
           confused
           heap
           ,
           when
           he
           dyed
           to
           make
           us
           one
           ,
           and
           prayed
           to
           his
           Father
           that
           we
           might
           be
           one
           ,
           we
           thus
           to
           expose
           his
           body
           to
           be
           a
           scorne
           and
           reproach
           ,
           is
           very
           sad
           .
           We
           little
           consider
           how
           pleasing
           our
           divisions
           are
           to
           Satan
           ,
           
           who
           prevailes
           upon
           our
           hearts
           ,
           
           while
           we
           thus
           furiously
           busie
           
           our
           heads
           ;
           nor
           how
           pleasing
           are
           they
           to
           our
           common
           enemies
           ,
           who
           ,
           no
           doubt
           do
           secretly
           foment
           them
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           may
           destroy
           us
           ▪
           and
           get
           the
           rule
           over
           us
           ;
           our
           divisions
           and
           sub-divisions
           are
           strong
           weapons
           in
           their
           hands
           against
           us
           .
           Little
           doe
           wee
           lay
           to
           heart
           these
           things
           ;
           if
           wee
           did
           ,
           our
           hearts
           would
           bleed
           in
           secret
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           you
           ,
           let
           these
           things
           be
           to
           us
           for
           a
           lamentation
           .
        
         
           And
           secondly
           ,
           
           Labour
           to
           heale
           them
           ;
           Beloved
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           done
           ,
           Christ
           wil
           have
           it
           done
           ,
           
           he
           wil
           compel
           us
           to
           it
           ,
           he
           wil
           beat
           us
           into
           one
           ,
           or
           he
           wil
           beat
           us
           til
           we
           are
           none
           ;
           he
           wil
           not
           bear
           long
           ,
           if
           we
           remaine
           as
           we
           are
           ,
           and
           therefore
           let
           all
           Gods
           people
           first
           pray
           earnestly
           for
           it
           ,
           
           
             Oh
             pray
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           intreate
           the
           Prince
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirit
           of
           peace
           to
           grant
           us
           peace
           ,
           to
           heale
           our
           divisions
           ,
           to
           raise
           up
           healing
           instruments
           ,
           make
           it
           our
           supplication
           every
           day
           ,
           that
           our
           Lord
           ,
           the
           good
           
             Samaritan
             ,
          
           would
           poure
           in
           oyle
           and
           wine
           ,
           and
           bind
           up
           these
           our
           woful
           rents
           ,
           he
           ,
           and
           he
           alone
           can
           doe
           it
           .
           I
           read
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           divisions
           in
           
             Germany
          
           about
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           were
           extream
           hot
           and
           fierce
           ,
           the
           Emperor
           
             Charles
          
           the
           fifth
           made
           a
           decree
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Interim
             ,
          
           that
           there
           should
           bee
           common
           and
           publick
           peace
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           and
           none
           to
           make
           war
           upon
           other
           for
           the
           cause
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           that
           Christian
           amity
           should
           be
           practised
           by
           all
           until
           a
           free
           and
           general
           Councel
           should
           be
           called
           :
           Oh
           pray
           to
           Christ
           for
           such
           an
           
             Interim
             ,
          
           that
           we
           might
           not
           quarrel
           ,
           but
           live
           in
           love
           ,
           
             untill
          
           himselfe
           reveale
           such
           light
           ,
           as
           wil
           make
           his
           people
           all
           of
           one
           minde
           ;
           
             Charles
          
           made
           the
           Decree
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           give
           the
           heart
           :
           our
           Lord
           can
           give
           the
           
             Decree
          
           and
           the
           heart
           also
           .
           Follow
           him
           with
           this
           Suite
           .
        
         
           And
           secondly
           ;
           Let
           us
           not
           onely
           pray
           ,
           but
           let
           us
           labour
           to
           promote
           it
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           examine
           our
           owne
           principles
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           count
           no
           principle
           ,
           no
           affection
           ,
           no
           disposition
           of
           spirit
           worth
           the
           keeping
           ,
           which
           wil
           not
           let
           us
           bee
           one
           with
           them
           ,
           with
           whom
           Christ
           is
           one
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           while
           we
           are
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           shal
           all
           of
           us
           know
           in
           part
           ,
           and
           but
           in
           part
           ;
           beleeve
           in
           part
           ,
           and
           but
           in
           part
           ;
           let
           us
           never
           expect
           to
           finde
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           all
           who
           agree
           in
           fundamental
           truths
           ,
           to
           agree
           in
           all
           other
           truths
           ;
           and
           let
           us
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           though
           every
           truth
           of
           Christ
           be
           precious
           ,
           and
           worthy
           to
           be
           contended
           for
           ,
           yet
           every
           truth
           is
           not
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           ,
           nor
           necessary
           to
           be
           found
           in
           all
           ,
           with
           whom
           we
           ought
           to
           hold
           and
           exercise
           
           Christian
           communion
           ;
           many
           meats
           ,
           which
           are
           whole
           some
           ,
           yet
           cannot
           be
           relished
           by
           all
           ,
           with
           whom
           we
           may
           sit
           at
           the
           same
           table
           ;
           while
           we
           are
           here
           ,
           we
           shal
           often
           see
           cause
           ,
           to
           differ
           in
           our
           
             judgement
          
           about
           many
           precious
           truths
           ,
           but
           wee
           shall
           never
           see
           cause
           to
           differ
           in
           
             affection
          
           from
           those
           whom
           Jesus
           Christ
           loveth
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           I
           may
           love
           ,
           where
           Christ
           loves
           ;
           and
           I
           may
           imbrace
           ,
           where
           Christ
           imbraceth
           ;
           and
           I
           may
           not
           interdict
           ,
           where
           Christ
           doth
           not
           interdict
           ,
           and
           wee
           may
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           bee
           of
           one
           heart
           with
           them
           ,
           with
           whom
           wee
           cannot
           be
           of
           one
           minde
           in
           all
           things
           ;
           the
           time
           is
           coming
           when
           we
           shal
           be
           of
           one
           
             minde
             .
             Luther
          
           and
           
             Calvin
          
           are
           of
           one
           mind
           in
           heaven
           ,
           while
           their
           Disciples
           wrangle
           on
           earth
           :
           at
           which
           day
           he
           will
           appeare
           with
           more
           comfort
           ,
           who
           
             beares
             and
             forbeares
          
           with
           his
           weak
           and
           erring
           brethren
           ,
           then
           he
           is
           like
           to
           do
           ,
           that
           
             loves
             not
             his
             brother
             ;
          
           
           sure
           I
           am
           this
           is
           
             Pauls
          
           counsel
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           
             Whereto
             we
             have
             attained
             ,
             let
             us
             mind
             the
             same
             things
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             be
             otherwise
             minded
             ,
             the
             Lord
             will
             reveale
             it
             to
             him
          
           in
           his
           due
           time
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           conclude
           this
           Use
           with
           that
           speech
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             Above
             all
             ,
             put
             on
             love
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             band
             of
             perfection
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             peace
             of
             God
             rule
             in
             your
             hearts
             ;
          
           I
           meane
           that
           peace
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           the
           Authour
           of
           ,
           let
           that
           rule
           in
           your
           hearts
           ;
           The
           Greeke
           word
           signifies
           ,
           let
           it
           bee
           as
           the
           Officer
           the
           Greekes
           had
           in
           their
           solemne
           Games
           ,
           who
           determined
           and
           quieted
           all
           differences
           ,
           in
           all
           strifes
           and
           contentions
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           gave
           the
           Palm
           ,
           that
           quieted
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           So
           let
           the
           peace
           of
           God
           be
           such
           a
           
             brabeutes
             ,
          
           let
           it
           rule
           in
           our
           hearts
           .
           And
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           presseth
           it
           there
           upon
           this
           very
           ground
           ,
           
             because
             we
             are
             called
             thereunto
             in
             one
             body
             .
          
        
         
           We
           are
           brethren
           ,
           let
           us
           not
           strive
           ,
           or
           if
           we
           do
           contend
           ,
           let
           us
           contend
           who
           shal
           be
           most
           holy
           ,
           who
           shal
           love
           most
           ,
           who
           shal
           beare
           most
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           till
           that
           blessed
           day
           come
           ,
           when
           Christs
           light
           shal
           shine
           so
           perfectly
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           wee
           shal
           be
           all
           of
           one
           minde
           ,
           and
           one
           heart
           in
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           
             Thus
             much
             for
             the
             first
             great
             duty
             ,
          
           That
           Saints
           are
           all
           one
           body
           ,
           therefore
           there
           should
           be
           no
           schisme
           ,
           no
           divisions
           among
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           
           
             That
             all
             the
             members
             should
             have
             the
             like
             care
             one
             of
             another
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           should
           not
           onely
           
             love
          
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           study
           to
           bee
           at
           
             peace
          
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           but
           they
           
           should
           all
           
             sympathize
          
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           if
           
             one
             be
             honoured
             ,
             all
             should
             rejoyce
             ;
             if
             one
             suffer
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             should
             mourn
             ,
          
           yea
           ,
           they
           should
           all
           account
           themselves
           but
           as
           
             Stewards
          
           for
           the
           
             good
             of
             all
             ,
          
           and
           expresse
           this
           in
           using
           all
           their
           talents
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           soules
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           the
           bodyes
           of
           all
           ,
           each
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           his
           owne
           calling
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           the
           particular
           Church
           ,
           where
           the
           Lord
           hath
           set
           them
           ;
           These
           things
           are
           of
           great
           concernment
           ,
           and
           for
           daily
           use
           ,
           and
           therefore
           most
           worth
           the
           handling
           ;
           But
           I
           suspect
           I
           have
           already
           presumed
           upon
           your
           patience
           .
        
         
           Consider
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           give
           you
           understanding
           in
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A52054e-320
           
             Introduction
             shewing
             the
             coherence
             and
             scope
             of
             the
             Text
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             The
             generall
             Doctrine
             propounded
             .
          
           
             The
             Church
             is
             Christs
             body
             .
          
           
             And
             explained
             
          
           
             And
             proved
             out
             of
             Scripture
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             12
             ▪
             &c.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             7.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             12.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             13.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             from
             1●
             .
             to
             16.
             opened
             and
             explained
             .
          
           
             Wherein
             the
             comparison
             stands
             between
             the
             Church
             and
             a
             natural
             body
             
          
           
             The
             union
             of
             the
             Saints
             one
             with
             another
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             15.
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Ephes.
             4
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             opened
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             18.
             
          
           
             Iude
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             5.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             16.
             
          
           
             Titus
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             What
             are
             the
             bands
             of
             this
             Union
             ?
          
           
             
               Answ
            
             First
             ,
             The
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             teaching
             and
             ruling
             them
             all
             .
          
           
             Esai
             11.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Ezek
             ,
             11.
             19
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             36.
             27
             
          
           
             2
             Band
             ,
             the
             grace
             of
             love
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             31
             ▪
             and
             cap.
             13
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             14
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             13
             ,
             34
             ,
             3●
             ▪
             
          
           
             Ephes.
             4.
             16
             
          
           
             3
             ▪
             Q.
             How
             is
             it
             then
             that
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             of
             many
             Churches
             ,
             if
             all
             are
             but
             one
             Church
             
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             Application
             .
          
           
             1
             Instruction
             Therefore
             this
             communion
             of
             Saints
             is
             that
             brotherly
             good
             fellowship
             ,
             Prov.
             1.
             14.
             
          
           
             Esa.
             56
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Instruction
             .
             Therefore
             none
             are
             true
             members
             of
             this
             Church
             but
             regenerate
             men
             .
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             3
             Instruction
             .
             Therefore
             the
             most
             usefull
             Christians
             are
             the
             most
             noble
             members
             .
          
           
             2
             Use
             for
             exhortation
             .
          
           
             1
             Therefore
             there
             must
             be
             no
             Schisme
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             25.
             
          
           
             What
             Schisme
             is
             .
          
           
             2
             The
             greatnesse
             of
             the
             sin
             of
             Schisme
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             nature
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             17.
             21.
             
          
           
             ●
             Tim.
             1.
             5
             
          
           
             2
             In
             the
             effects
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
             3
             Who
             are
             guilty
             of
             it
             ,
          
           
             Who
             are
             guilty
             of
             the
             sin
             of
             Schisme
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             1.
             
             In
             generall
             most
             Christians
             this
             day
             are
             guilty
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             opened
             more
             particularly
             .
          
           
             Negatively
             .
          
           
             All
             separation
             is
             not
             Schisme
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             Schismaticks
             ,
             who
             separate
             from
             Hereticks
             ,
             or
             Idolaters
             .
          
           
             Or
             from
             persecutors
             .
          
           
             Some
             are
             schismaticks
             from
             principles
             of
             an
             erroneous
             judgement
             ,
             some
             from
             principles
             of
             a
             corrupt
             heart
             .
          
           
             Schismaticks
             from
             corrupt
             judgement
             are
             
          
           
             Independents
             properly
             so
             called
             .
          
           
             2
             All
             who
             renounce
             all
             other
             Churches
             because
             not
             of
             their
             own
             manner
             of
             constituon
             .
          
           
             Of
             which
             the
             Papists
             are
             most
             guilty
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             All
             who
             refuse
             communion
             with
             persons
             erring
             in
             points
             not
             fundamentall
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             10
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             First
             objection
             against
             this
             third
             branch
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             14.
             22.
             
          
           
             4
             They
             are
             Schismaticall
             who
             separate
             from
             true
             Churches
             for
             light
             cause●
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             25.
             
          
           
             Jude
             19.
             
          
           
             2
             Some
             are
             Schismaticall
             from
             principles
             of
             a
             corrupt
             heart
             .
          
           
             1
             As
             self-lovers
             and
             self-seekers
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             Plutarch
             .
          
           
             2
             Proud
             and
             high-minded
             spirits
             .
          
           
             3
             Quarrelsome
             and
             railing
             spirits
             .
          
           
             4
             Busie-bodies
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             5
             All
             factious
             spirits
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             6
             All
             who
             delight
             in
             the
             society
             of
             Schismaticks
             .
          
           
             Exhort
             .
             1.
             
             To
             lament
             our
             divisions
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             17.
             2●
             .
          
           
             Exhort
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             To
             endeavour
             to
             cure
             them
             .
          
           
             1
             Pray
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
             The
             members
             :
             to
             have
             the
             like
             care
             one
             of
             another
             .