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The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August…The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August…
The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich.The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich.
London: printed by T. Ratcliffe for George Thomason, 1663
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2 There is a Bond of Union between the members of the body amongst themselves, viz. The mutual Love of Believers unto one another, called thep Band of perfectness, whereby they are knit together; for this Grace is that Cement which joineth the Stones of this spiritual building into one Temple, being shed abroad into their hearts by the holy ⟨p. 35⟩Spirit, and is therefore called the Love of the Spirit, Rom. 15. 30. asq elsewhere the Unity, the Supply, and the Fellowship of the Spirit; For where this Unity of Spirit and Love is, every member doth make ar Supply according to the measure which it self hath, for the increasing and edifying of the body,s walking together in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost.
2 There is a Bond of Vnion between the members of the body amongst themselves, viz. The mutual Love of Believers unto one another, called thep Band of perfectness, whereby they are knit together; for this Grace is that Cement which joyneth the Stones of this spiritual building into one Temple, being shed abroad into their hearts by the holy ⟨p. 35⟩Spirit, and is therefore called the Love of the Spirit, Rom. 15. 30. asq elsewhere the Vnity, the Supply, and the Fellowship of the Spirit; For where this Unity of Spirit and Love is, every member doth make ar Supply according to the measure which it self hath, for the increasing and edifying of the body,