Instead of my going on to do That, I rather pass now to say, That I would have you lay aside all Thoughts, of any Foundation for an Union among the Professors of Christianity, but what shall be in the Unity of the Spirit; or that Work of the Holy SPIRIT on the Hearts of Men, that ⟨p. 125⟩inclines them to Glorify GOD with an Obedience to His Will revealed in His Word, and Glorify CHRIST with a Dependence on Him for all their Happiness; and Love their Neighbour as themselves. Other Foundation can no Man lay! All Attempts to build the Tower of Zion on any other Foundation, will come to nothing; You'll prosper no better in them, than they who go to build a Tower of Babel. But then, Let ALL that are by Visible PIETY qualified for it, find a due and a kind Reception with you. Let your Feet stand in a large Place, and, Add unto your Faith, Godliness, and unto your Godliness, Brotherly-kindness, and unto your Brotherly-kindness, Charity: And, Pay the Regards of Brethren in CHRIST, unto all those, who by owning and living the Everlasting MAXIMS of PIETY, may claim what the true Citizen of Zion will yield unto them that Fear the Lord. Allow to, yea, Challenge for, this People, the Rights which belong unto them, and the Liberties with which the SON of GOD has made them free. The People, who Worship GOD in the Spirit, and who Rejoice in CHRIST JESUS, and who have no Confidence in the Flesh, or, value not themselves upon a Religion which is nothing but Flesh, and exterior; THESE are the true People of GOD: The PEOPLE, which have the Promises in the Covenant of GOD pertaining to them; and whereto the Kindnesses, or the Injuries that are done, are done unto their Glorious Head, in the Heavens. Be not such a Donatist, as to dream, that the People of GOD are no where to be found, but in One Party, which you have your greatest Esteem for. But, look for them, as to be found under various ⟨p. 126⟩Forms; and let your Judgment, how it fares Well or Ill with the People of GOD in the World, fetch its Measures not from the Good or Bad Circumstances of One Party only, but from the Prevailing or the Suppressing of true PIETY, and what has a Tendency to That, wherever it is to be met withal.
Instead of my going on to do That, I rather pass now to say, That I would have you lay aside all Thoughts, of any Foundation for an Union among the Professors of Christianity, but what shall be in the Unity of the Spirit; or that Work of the Holy SPIRIT on the Hearts of Men, that ⟨p. 125⟩inclines them to Glorify GOD with an Obedience to His Will revealed in His Word, and Glorify CHRIST with a Dependence on Him for all their Happiness; and Love their Neighbour as themselves. Other Foundation can no Man lay! All Attempts to build the Tower of Zion on any other Foundation, will come to nothing; You'l prosper no better in them, than they who go to build a Tower of Babel. But then, Let ALL that are by Visible PIETY qualified for it, find a due and a kind Reception with you. Let your Feet stand in a large Place, and, Add unto your Faith, Godliness, and unto your Godliness, Brotherly-kindness, and unto your Brotherly-kindness, Charity: And, Pay the Regards of Brethren in CHRIST, unto all those, who by owning and living the Everlasting MAXIMS of PIETY, may claim what the true Citizen of Zion will yield unto them that Fear the Lord. Allow to, yea, Challenge for, this People, the Rights which belong unto them, and the Liberties with which the SON of GOD has made them free. The People, who Worship GOD in the Spirit, and who Rejoyce in CHRIST JESUS, and who have no Confidence in the Flesh, or, value not themselves upon a Religion which is nothing but Flesh, and exteriour; THESE are the true People of GOD: The PEOPLE, which have the Promises in the Covenant of GOD pertaining to them; and whereto the Kindnesses, or the Injuries that are done, are done unto their Glorious Head, in the Heavens. Be not such a Donatist, as to dream, that the People of GOD are no where to be found, but in One Party, which you have your greatest Esteem for. But, look for them, as to be found under various ⟨p. 126⟩Forms; and let your Judgment, how it fares Well or Ill with the People of GOD in the World, fetch its Measures not from the Good or Bad Circumstances of One Party only, but from the Prevailing or the Suppressing of true PIETY, and what has a Tendency to That, wherever it is to be met withal.
