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…

4. There is no possibility of having Unity with those that have not the same ultimate principal end. But the sanctified and the unsanctified have not the same end, nay have contrary ends. If one of you will go to York, and the other to London, how can you possibly go one way? This is the great difference that sets the world and the sanctified by the ears: You serve Mammon, and they serve God: You have one portion, and they another: Your portion is in this life, Psalm 17.14. Here you have your good things, Luke 16.25. and here you lay up ⟨p. 25⟩your treasure, Mat. 6.19, 21. Your belly is your God, and you mind earthly things. Phil. 3.18. But it is the Lord that is the portion of the Saints, Psal. 16.5. They lay up a treasure in heaven, Mat. 6.20. and there they have their conversations, Phil. 3.20. Being risen with Christ, they seek the things that are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God; for they are dead, and their life is hid with Christ in God, Col. 3.1, 3, 4. The business that the Saints, and that the ungodly have in the world, is clean contrary. Their business is for Heaven; and yours is for earth; They are sowing to the spirit in hope of everlasting life, and you are sowing to the flesh, and shall reap corruption, Gal. 6.6, 7. They are making Provision for another life, that never shall have end; and you are making provision for the flesh, to satisfy its desires, Rom. 13.14. And how is it ⟨p. 26⟩