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A sermon preached before the Commons-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at…A sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at…
A sermon preached before the Commons-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By James Usher. Professor of Divinity in the University of Dublin, in IrelandA sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By Iames Vssher. Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Dublin, in Ireland
London: printed by I.Dawson for John Bartlett, 1624London: printed by I.Dawson for Iohn Bartlett, 1624
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To conclude therefore this first use which we are to make of our communion with the Body: let us call to mind the exhortation of the Apostle: Above all things put on love, 1which is the bond ⟨p. 8⟩of perfectness, and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one Body. 2Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity: what a goodly thing it is to behold such an honourable Assembly as this is,3 to be as a house that is compact together in it self; holding fit correspondence with the other part of this great body, and due subordination unto their and our Head! Such as wish not well to the public good, and would rejoice at the ruin of our State, long for nothing more, then that dissensions should arise here, betwixt the members mutually, and betwixt them and the Head.
To conclude therefore this first vse which wee are to make of our communion with the Body: let vs call to minde the exhortation of the Apostle: Aboue all things put on loue, 1which is the bond ⟨p. 8⟩of perfectnesse, and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one Body. 2Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in vnity: what a goodly thing it is to behold such an honourable Assembly as this is,3 to bee as a house that is compact together in it selfe; holding fit correspondence with the other part of this great body, and due subordination vnto their and our Head! Such as wish not well to the publike good, and would reioyce at the ruine of our State, long for nothing more, then that dissensions should arise here, betwixt the members mutually, and betwixt them and the Head.