The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…

3. This UNITY of SPIRIT (and spirit of unity) is our necessary preservation against sins of commission (as well as of omission as aforesaid), even against the common iniquities of the world: LOVE and UNITY tyrannize not over inferiors, contrive not to tread down others that we may rise, and to keep them down to secure our domination: They oppress not the poor, the weak, or innocent: They make not snares for other mens Consciences, nor lay stumbling-blocks before them, to occasion them to sin, nor drive men on to sin against. Conscience, and so to hell, to show mens authority, in a thing of nought. Had this ruled in Ahab and his Prophets, Michaiah had not been smitten on the mouth, nor fed in a Prison with the bread and water of affliction; nor had Elijah been hunted after as the troubler of Israel: Had this unity of ⟨p. 37⟩spirit ruled in Jeroboam, and in Rehoboam, one had not stretched out his hand against the Prophet, nor the other despised experienced Counsellors, to make heavier the burdens of the complaining people. Had it overcome the SELFISHNESS of the Kings of Israel, their Calves and High places had not engaged them against the Prophets, and been their ruin. Had it prevailed in the Kings of Judah and their people, Jeremiah had not been laid in the dungeon, nor had they forbid Amos to prophesy at the Kings Chapel or his Court, nor had they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his prophets, till the wrath of the Lord arose and there was no remedy, 2 Chron. 26. 16.

3. This UNITY of SPIRIT (and spirit of unity) is our necessary preservation against sins of commission (as well as of omission as aforesaid), even against the common iniquities of the world: LOVE and UNITY tyrannize not over inferiours, contrive not to tread down others that we may rise, and to keep them down to secure our domination: They oppress not the poor, the weak, or innocent: They make not snares for other mens Consciences, nor lay stumbling-blocks before them, to occasion them to sin, nor drive men on to sin against. Conscience, and so to hell, to shew mens authority, in a thing of nought. Had this ruled in Ahab and his Prophets, Michaiah had not been smitten on the mouth, nor fed in a Prison with the bread and water of affliction; nor had Elijah been hunted after as the troubler of Israel: Had this unity of ⟨p. 37⟩