CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Name: CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
Author: Anthony Burgess

CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...

Anthony Burgess d. 1664London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656

[31], 672 [i.e. 702], [24] p. · 465k words · Wing B5651 · ESTC R13734

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Sermon 59: That it's a special Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein the…Sermon 59: That it's a speciall Mercy for the Ministers of the Gospel to agree in one; Wherein the…

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1. Unity of Faith, That they believe the same doctrine, called therefore Eph. 4 5. One Faith. And 1 Cor. 3. There is no other Foundation but one even the Lord Christ; And indeed this must be the ground of all other Unity, when the Papists would make Unity a note of the true Church; We say Unity without true Doctrine is but a Faction, a Conspiracy; The Turks have Unity, The Jews have Unity, but yet because they have not the true Doctrine, it's not true peace and concord; So that true Doctrine, that is, the Soul, the fountain and the root of all.

1. Ʋnity of Faith, That they beleeve the same doctrine, called therefore Eph. 4 5. One Faith. And 1 Cor. 3. There is no other Foundation but one even the Lord Christ; And indeed this must be the ground of all other Unity, when the Papists would make Unity a note of the true Church; We say Unity without true Doctrine is but a Faction, a Conspiracy; The Turks have Unity, The Jews have Unity, but yet because they have not the true Doctrine, it's not true peace and concord; So that true Doctrine, that is, the Soul, the fountain and the root of all.

:1521p. 321–322¶2

2. A second Unity is in the same Confession and acknowledgement of Faith, and ⟨p. 322⟩that in the sam• words, and truly this is very desirable not only to hold the same doctrinal Points, but the same words also, for new words bring in new Doctrines: Hence the Apostle 1 Cor. 1.10 pressing for Unity, doth not only exhort them to be of the same mind and judgement, but to speak the same thing,

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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

SERMON LX. The great Pattern of Unity; The Nature and Properties of the Unity that is between God the Father, and the Son, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Unity, even to be One, as the Father and Son are. Also some Rules guiding thereunto.

SERMON LX. The great Paterne of Ʋnity; The Nature and Properties of the Ʋnity that is between God the Father, and the Sonne, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Ʋ nity, even to be One, as the Father and Sonne are. Also some Rules guiding thereunto.

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SERMON LX. The great Pattern of Unity; The Nature and Properties of the Unity that is between God the Father, and the Son, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Unity, even to be One, as the Father and Son are. Also some Rules guiding thereunto.

SERMON LX. The great Paterne of Ʋnity; The Nature and Properties of the Ʋnity that is between God the Father, and the Sonne, against the Socinians. That the Ministers of God should endeavour after a perfect Ʋ nity, even to be One, as the Father and Sonne are. Also some Rules guiding thereunto.