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

Indeed if there were many Lords, as the Papists set up many Saints in heaven to have their peculiar worship, then no wonder if there were several faiths and worships also, but the Lord Christ is one; This the Apostle urged the Corinthians with to compose their divisions, Is Christ divided? 1 Corin. 1.13. unless there were many Christs, or Christ be divided into many parts, there ought not to be many divisions in the Church; how absurd would it be to say, I have one Christ, and another he hath another, a third a third Christ; There is one faith, one system of doctrine to be believed, Though there may be many particulars, yet they make up one entire Truth, So that although there be many Religions, and many faiths in the world, yet indeed there is but one; Even as the Apostle saith, There are [Greek or Hebrew] called gods, nuncupative gods, but to us there is one only God, So there are many called Religions, many called Churches, but indeed there is one only; The next argument is, there is one Baptism, that is one profession of the doctrine of faith; Though there is not one baptism in number, yet there is one in kind; Christ hath appointed but one way for the profession of his name▪ and being called upon by us; The Sacrament of the Lords Supper is also made an argument of unity, 1 Cor 10.17. So that the Sacraments in their signification denote unity; They manifest one body, one spirit, how sad then is it that so many •ents and divisions should be made in the Church about Sacraments, which yet are the bodies and seals of unity and communion! Lastly, there is one God and Father of all; Because there is one God only, therefore we ⟨p. 572⟩ought to be at unity, God being One cannot be divided in himself, he cannot command things to be believed or done contrary to himself; Therefore let all these unities make us serious in endeavouring after unity, yea, we might add, that in hell there is unity, all the devils agree against the Church, There could be a Legion of devils in one man; Shall there then be unity against us, and not we at unity among our selves?

Indeed if there were many Lords, as the Papists set up many Saints in heaven to have their peculiar worship, then no wonder if there were several faiths and worships also, but the Lord Christ is one; This the Apostle urged the Corinthians with to compose their divisions, Is Christ divided?