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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37542	The Mischief of dissensions, or, A perswasive to Dr. Stillingfleet, Dean of St. Pauls, together with his respondents, &c. to a seasonable alliance from their literal war, shewing the danger thereof, especially at this ambiguous juncture of time and affairs.	A. E.	1681 (1681)	Wing E1; ESTC R55	12,314	31

Spirit in the Bond of peace See his Argument For there is one Body and one Spirit It was Christs Intercession to his Father Oh how Pathetick is that his Prayer in John 17 th That they may be one as we are one that they all may be one that they also may be one in us that they may be made perfect in one And this tendeth much to Gods glory the Supream ultimate end of his true Worshippers according to that in Rom. 15 th That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorifie God And I cannot but mention another Scripture very pertinent to the purpose 1 Cor. 1. 10. wherein the blessed St. Paul does most earnestly beseech them by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ that they all speak the same thing and that there be no Divisions among them but that they be perfectly joyned together in the same mind and the same Judgment And to the Philippians we shall find him pressing it as the only thing to be desired coming in with an Only let your Conversation be as becometh the Gospel of Christ that whether I come to see you or else be absent I may hear of your Affairs that ye stand fast in one Spirit with one Mind striving together for the Faith of the Gospel And truly Sir why should the Apostle so adjure us to Unity were it not of high Concernment to the Promotion of Christianity for if we inspect but his concluding Farewell to the Corinthians in the Second Epistle Chap. 13. Vers 11. Finally Brethren farewell be perfect be of good comfort be of one mind live in peace and the God of Love and Peace shall be with you We know not how great a Mischief a little fire of Contention may do it may verily encrease to more ungodliness Division is the Devils Musick but it will center in our sorrow But Unity it is Christs delight let us follow it because Gods Injunction Follow Peace with all men and because a branch of the Covenant of Promise I will give them one heart and because an Evidence of a Discipleship to Christ By this shall all men know that ye are my Disciples if ye love one another For which also we have the Practice of the Primitive Christians for our Presidents The Multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul And in short There is but one God one Christ one Faith c. Therefore as the Wise man sayes let us hear totum hominis Fear God and keep his Commandments and let us not waste our inch of Time troubling our heads about all the Controversies in the world We must know this for certain that there 's but one way left us for Salvation Let us hearken to the summe He that believeth on the Son hath Life but he that believeth not on the Son shall not enter into Life but hath the wrath of God abiding on him Again He that would be my Disciple let him deny himself take up his Cross and follow me Here is no Glossography plain Terms the Simple may understand it with facility though the Wise cannot practise it without the Operations of Omnipotent Grace therefore our Duty is in leaving Disputing to fall upon Practice But how greatly is it to be bewailed and how dolorous a Complaint may we take up in that we are circumvented with multitude of erroneous Principles and hereby the breach of Division groweth wider and wider and I profess let what will be said That to teach us Wisdom and Unity God will send some severe Dispensation and it is well if Gods Judgments are not impending over our heads for this our sin shall we then go on to provoke the Lord Certainly he will vindicate his own Glory when we have tasted by fearful Experience the smart of Gods Judgments for our Divisions and he hath let in our Enemies on us and suffered our Fears to overtake us and let us suffer together then shall we certainly cry è bello Pax No more Warre we have experimented its evil but candid Peace shall return but till God by an eminent Act of his Righteousness putteth forth his hand and executeth Judgment there is little hope hereof we being so greatly degenerated and the malignant Diseases of our Minds grown inveterate But then Sir to conclude how daring are we when the Symptoms of our uineby the malicious intentions of our Enemies is presaged which through abundant mercy hath been detected and thereby hindred to which Plotts and Conspiracies against our King Government Persons and Religion have we given much advantage and encouragement by our Divisions yet hath God freely been Gracious still in detecting and defeating them hitherto and shall we be so foolish and unkind to God as to still persist in our Iniquity and as it were wilfully to draw down Judgements on our own heads and provoke God to withdraw his protecting Providence from us I would perswade all men to Obedience to the Higher Powers for they be of God and it is Gods will that we should obey Magistrates and not speak evil of Dignityes they are an Ordinance of God and we highly advance Gods honour in esteeming and submitting to his Ordinances but Conscience prohibiting what the Magistrate enjoyns whom should I obey God or Man judge ye Conscience in mans Soul is Gods Vicegerent and Conscience wronged will reproach whose reproaches are intollerable for my part I rather choose that the whole world should defame me than my own Conscience accuse me for Conscience is a bosom Friend and consequently if a Friend a most sweet and intimate if enraged it is an enemy from which there is no flying it will pursue a man in every place company action c. if therefore one Christian that expecteth salvation by Faith in Jesus can act that which another professing the same Faith cannot let them not censure bite and devour each other this is the temper rather of ravenous Woolfs than of Christs Lambs And Sir my Respects and Service to you craving your Acceptance of this poor but I can say well-meaning Epistle wherein as I have said so do I reiterate that Unity is the way for our Church and State to flourish it promotes the twisted Interest of Gods glory and our good it plucks down Satans Interest and Popish Plotts and Projects it discourageth greatly And if still we will have no regard to the Commands of the Gospel to the Love of Christ to the Fellowship of the Spirit which is Love which worketh Love wherever it dwelleth If we will have no respect to the Glory of God in the Propagation of the Gospel if we refuse to love our Nation our Families our selves our own Souls and Bodies let us go on in Divisions Strifes and Contentions but be content to suffer what miseries follow which most certainly will come upon us and if God in infinite free Grace and Mercy prevent not be our total Destruction and Overthrow Eor preventing whereof let us unanimously with one Consent with one Shoulder bear one anothers Infirmities and endeavour to serve one another in Love That this Heavenly Benediction may fall upon us our Church and Nation viz. That the God of Peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus that great Shepheard of the Sheep through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant make us perfect in every good Work to do his Will working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight thorough Jesus Christ to whom be Glory for Ever and Ever Amen So heartily Sir desires and prayes Your sincere and Willing Servant A. E. FINIS