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

It is a gross oversight of them that look at nothing but the Regeneration of the members, as essential to the Church, and take Unity to be but a separable Accident. Yea indeed Regeneration it self consisteth in the Uniting of persons by Faith and Love to God and the Redeemer and to the body of the Church: And if Union be Life, then Division is no Less than Death: Not every degree of division: For some breaches among Christians are but wounds: (But to be divided or separated from Christ, or from the Universal Church which is his body, is Death it self: And even wounds must have a timely cure, or else they threaten at least the perishing of the wounded part.)

It is a gross oversight of them that look at nothing but the Regeneration of the members, as essential to the Church, and take Vnity to be but a separable Accident. Yea indeed Regeneration it self consisteth in the Vniting of persons by Faith and Love to God and the Redeemer and to the body of the Church: And if Vnion be Life, then Division is no Less than Death: Not every degree of division: For some breaches among Christians are but wounds: (But to be divided or separated from Christ, or from the Universal Church which is his body, is Death it self: And even wounds must have a timely cure, or else they threaten at least the perishing of the wounded part.)

II. UNITY is the health, ease and quiet of the Church and all Societies, as well as of each person: And Division is its smart and pain: And a divided disagreeing Society is a wounded or sick Society; in continual suffering and disease: But how easy, sweet, and pleasant is it, when brethren dwell together in Unity? when they are not of many minds, and wills and ways; when they strive not against each other, and live not in wrangling and contention, when they have not their cross interests, wills and parties, and envy not or grudge not against each other: But every one taketh the common interest to be his own; and smarteth in all his brethren's sufferings and hurts: when they speak the same things, and mind the same interest, and carry on the same ends and work?

II. UNITY is the health, ease and quiet of the Church and all Societies, as well as of each person: And Division is its smart and pain: And a divided disagreeing Society is a wounded or sick Society; in continual suffering and disease: But how easie, sweet, and pleasant is it, when brethren dwell together in Unity? when they are not of many minds, and wills and wayes; when they strive not against each other, and live not in wrangling and contention, when they have not their cross interests, wills and parties, and envy not or grudge not against each other: But every one taketh the common interest to be his own; and smarteth in all his brethrens sufferings and hurts: when they speak the same things, and mind the same interest, and carry on the same ends and work?