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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
38. It is called in the Text [The Unity of the spirit] 1. As it is One species of Spiritual Grace which all the members are endowed with, which is their Holiness, or Gods Image on them which is called, The Spirit in us, because it is the immediate and excellent work of Gods spirit: As the Sun is said to be in the room because it shineth there. 2. As the Spirit is the efficient cause hereof. 3. And because this One spirit in all the members inclineth them to Unity; even as the soul of every animal inclineth it to preserve the Unity of all its parts, and to abhor wounding and separation, as that which will be its pain and tendeth to its destruction, by dissolution.
38. It is called in the Text [The Vnity of the spirit] 1. As it is One species of Spiritual Grace which all the members are endowed with, which is their Holiness, or Gods Image on them which is called, The Spirit in us, because it is the immediate and excellent work of Gods spirit: As the Sun is said to be in the room because it shineth there. 2. As the Spirit is the efficient cause hereof. 3. And because this One spirit in all the members inclineth them to Vnity; even as the soul of every animal inclineth it to preserve the Unity of all its parts, and to abhor wounding and separation, as that which will be its pain and tendeth to its destruction, by dissolution.
39. The Holiness, or spiritual qualification of souls, which is called The Spirit, is Holy or Divine, Life, Light and Love, or the holy disposition of the souls three natural faculties, Vital Power (or Activity) Understanding and Will. As all men have One species of humanity, so all Saints have this One spirit.
39. The Holiness, or spiritual qualification of souls, which is called The Spirit, is Holy or Divine, Life, Light and Love, or the holy disposition of the souls three natural faculties, Vital Power (or Activity) Vnderstanding and Will. As all men have One species of humanity, so all Saints have this One spirit.