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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.
Prop. 2. There is a Common Unity of humane Nature that we have with all men, and a common Peace ⟨p. 18⟩that as much as in us lieth we must hold with all, Rom. 12.18. But this is nothing to the Unity in question, which belongeth to our happiness. The Devils have a Unity of Nature, and some order and accord in Evil; for if Satan be divided, how can his kingdom stand? Mat. 12.26.
Prop. 2. There is a Common Vnity of humane Nature that we have with all men, and a common Peace ⟨p. 18⟩that as much as in us lyeth we must hold with all, Rom. 12.18. But this is nothing to the Unity in quest•on, which belongeth to our happiness. The Devils have a Unity of Nature, and some order and accord in Evil; for if Satan be divided, how can his kingdom stand? Mat. 12.26.
Prop. 3. The Unity of the Saints in the Spirit of Holiness, consisteth in this life with much imperfection and discord, according to the imperfection of their Holiness. But as Grace is the seed of Glory, and the beginning of Eternal Life, for all its weakness, and the sins that accompany it (John 17.3.); So the Unity of the Spirit of holiness, is the seed and beginning of the perfect Unity in Heaven, for all the differences and discord that here accompany it.
Prop. 3. The Unity of the Saints in the Spirit of Holiness, consisteth in this life with much imperfection and discord, according to the imperfection of their Holiness. But as Grace is the seed of Glory, and the beginning of Eternal Life, for all its weakness, and the sins that accompany it (