Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	faith_n	life_n	5,642	5	4.7136	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45163	Union pursued, in a letter to Mr. Baxter, concerning his late book of national churches published for a fuller disquisition about this subject, by the sober and composed of all sides, in order to comprehension which hath been forming, and a larger constitution of the church to be formed, when that Day of Concord comes, which the gentle aspect of Heaven in God's appointment (and the King's) of so many choice moderate bishops together at this time does presage to the nation, that the Presbyterians and Independants, that have united within themselves, may both be united also with the Church of England / by a lover of Him, and follower of peace.	Humfrey, John, 1621-1719.	1691 (1691)	Wing H3716; ESTC R15748	28,717	40

Articles of Faith in the three Creeds and the same Rule of Manners in the Decalogue There is one Body one Spirit one Lord one Faith one Baptism They cannot indeed have all Communion in the same External Worship but they can have it in the Internal Adoration of the same Blessed Trinity and in one Hope of our calling unto Eternal Life through Christ Jesus They must separate into several Congregations but there shall be no Schism in the Body by this means for all that For as while the Supreme Power allowed only Parochial Meetings as established by Law it hath been accounted Schism to go to separate Assemblies So the Scene being altered and these separate Congregations also made Legal this Schism or Mens being called Schismaticks in that Fegard must vanish and be at an end Indeed these diverse Congregations will accuse one another as guilty of Sin and Schism before God for each separating from the others Communion and threaten His Judgment But so long as there is no separating from the Church whereof the King is Head while he tolerates the Meetings of both and makes them Parts of it as National there shall be no Prosecution of Law against any but all quiet as Fellow-Members upon that account Only as to the Catholicks as they call themselves we must consider there are many of them that have received such Principles as that they cannot swear to the Supremacy of the King and so are uncapable of this National Order with others it being an inconsistent thing to disown the Head and yet be of the Body and these are to be accounted therefore as without that is out of the Church who yet as the Jews do may live in the Land And there are many it is like that can swear to the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy it being rational to think they may do that now which in Henry the Eight's Reign they one did and will submit too to every thing else required to the rendring them tolerable and these are to be dealt with as within who yet are not to imagin for all that that a Protestant King and Parliament should allow of their Mafs in Publick as they do the Service-Book This were not to tolerate the Papists but to set up Popery whereas the determining what is to be permitted to one Party and what to another so as no Detriment may be brought to the Church or State and no Sin or Guilt upon the Nation by that Permission is a nicer thing and requires the weighty Debate of a Convocation if not more than one before it be handed to a Parliament There is one Motion farther should be added and that is for another Bill also to be brought in for the preventing and taking away two things which are the Pests of the Conforming Clergy the one is Simony and to be done effectually by the imposing only the Simoniacal Oath on the Patrons of all Benefices as well as on the Incumbents The other is Pluralities we mean both of Livings and Dignities impartially to this end that the King may have wherewithal to engage those he receives into the Church thus enlarged and consequently restores to their Labours by this Accommodation for that is a thing will make the Favour indeed significant to such persons We will conclude with one Argument for what we have proposed There is no Power given upon Earth for any man to command that which he in his Conscience does judge to be Sin Non datur potest as ad malum But to Conform in all things to the present Church according to Law is Sin in the Judgment of Dissenters Catholicks and others and the late King was a Dissenter of one sort himself The King therefore that was so lately could not really put the Roman Catholicks upon Conformity and if he would appear equal to all People he could not put any other Dissenters on it neither for the same cause That which the Law requires was both in his Conscience and in theirs a thing prohibited of God He could not therefore put the Laws in execution being against God And if he could not do it acting only but as an honest man that abides by his Principles we have no reason to apprehend that the King and Queen we have now should be ever brought to do it maugre all the Enticements of the Church of England or Frowns of the Church of Rome FINIS