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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
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 ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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3. That Believers cannot have Unity but from Christ, till he command these dry bones to come together, and be united, they lie scattered up and down. Let us consider,1
- 1Consid. I. Unity is the Churches glory. Their glory actively and passively.
First, That Unity is part of the Churches glory. It's their Glory both actively and passively; Their glory actively, they may in an humble and holy manner rejoice in it: Not indeed as the Papists, who confidently and falsely triumph in their Unity, but in a godly and sober manner; for if schisms and divisions in the Church, did so greatly divide and rend Pauls heart, no doubt but their Unity and accord did as much rejoice him: Therefore how emphatically doth he speak, Phil. 2.1, 2. If any consolation, if any bowels, fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be like minded, &c. It's then the Ministers glory, and the Churches glory to walk in lovely accord, when in the Church, as in Solomons Temple, the voice of the hammer is not heard; whenas God promised in respect of temporal peace, The sword should be turned into plough-shares, so the controversial and polemical part of Divinity shall be changed into the practical and affectionate part.
First, That Ʋnity is part of the Churches glory. It's their Glory both actively and passively; Their glory actively, they may in an humble and holy manner rejoyce in it: Not indeed as the Papists, who confidently and falsly triumph in their Unity, but in a godly and sober manner; for if schisms and divisions in the Church, did so greatly divide and rend Pauls heart, no doubt but their Unity and accord did as much rejoyce him: Therefore how emphatically doth he speak, Phil. 2.1, 2. If any consolation, if any bowels, fulfill ye my joy, that ye may be like minded, &c. It's then the Ministers glory, and the Churches glory to walk in lovely accord, when in the Church, as in Solomons Temple, the voice of the hammer is not heard; whenas God promised in respect of temporal peace, The sword should be turned into plow-shares, so the controversal and polemical part of Divinity shall be changed into the practical and affectionate part.