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Catholic unity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one…Catholick vnity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one…
Catholic unity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one religion by Rich. Baxter.Catholick vnity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one religion by Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R. W. for Thomas Underhill and Francis Tyton, 1660
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Doct. The true Unity of the Catholic Church of Christ consisteth in this, that they have all one Sanctifying spirit within them.
Doct. The true Vnity of the Catholick Church of Christ consisteth in this, that they have all one Sanctifying spirit within them.
By the Holy-Ghost within them they are all United to Christ and to one another: By this One Spirit they are all made •aints, or an Holy people, having One Heaven for ⟨p. 15⟩the matter of their Hopes, One Christ their Head, One sum of Christian doctrine, which they believe, containing all the Essentials of Christian Faith; and One living principle of Faith to believe it; One solemn Covenant with Christ; and One God the •ather their End and All.
By the Holy-Ghost within them they are all United to Christ and to one another: By this One Spirit they are all made •aints, or an Holy people, having One Heaven for ⟨p. 15⟩the matter of their Hopes, One Christ their Head, One summe of Christian doctrine, which they believe, containing all the Essentials of Christian Faith; and One living principle of Faith to believe it; One solemn Covenant with Christ; and One God the •ather their End and All.
It is only the Sanctified that have true Christian Unity; and it is unholiness or ungodliness that is the cause of the miserable Divisions of the world. Now, Sirs, you see the Only way to Unity: Even to have One Sanctifying spirit within us, and be all an Holy People; and there is no way but this: Now you see the principal cause of Division; even unholiness, and refusing the Spirit of Grace.