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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
diversity_n	body_n	member_n	unity_n	542	5	10.1952	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90062	The duty of such as would walke worthy of the Gospel: to endeavour union, not division nor toleration. Opened, in a sermon at Pauls, upon the Lords Day, Feb. 8. 1646. / By Matthevv Nevvcomen, preacher of the Gospel at Dedham in Essex.	Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.	1646 (1646)	Wing N909; Thomason E329_6; ESTC R200691	35,616	55

First saith he There is one body ver 4. whereof you are all members therefore be ye one let there be no discord among you Secondly There is one Spirit ver 3. Even as in the naturall body there are not divers spirits or souls according to the diversity of members but one spirit that gives life and motion to every member so is it in the body of Christ there are not as many severall spirits as members but one Spirit which is so in the whole body as he is in every member and gives life and motion to every member For by one Spirit we are all baptised into one body 1 Cor. 12.13 and we have accesse unto the Father by one Spirit Ephes 2.18 And though there be diversities of gifts yet there is the same Spirit 1 Cor. 12.4 There is one Spirit therefore be you one keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace This bond cannot be broken this unity cannot be violated without offence to this one Spirit Thirdly You are called in one hope of your calling ver 4. So many of you as are called by the Gospel one and the same salvation Heaven glory is promised to you and so many of you as have obeyed this calling you are all commanded to hope for this salvation and glory all of you there you shall live sweetly and blessedly together for ever therefore your peace and union ought no more to be divided here then your inheritance can be divided hereafter It is a shame for them to quarrel and fall out in via that must live for ever together in patriâ Indeed if God had not called all of us to the hope of the same inheritance in light but had called some to a better others to a worse condition given some a double portion as Joseph did Benjamin or a party-coloured coat above others as Jacob did Joseph there might be some pretence for strife and envying something that might give occasion to a falling out by the way but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith the Greek Scholiast God gives not to one beleever more then another but gives unto all of them immortality eternall life immortall glory the brotherhood the inheritance you are all called into one hope of your calling therefore be ye one O si animis nostris insideret saith Calvin c. O that we would consider that we are under this Law Calvin ad loc that the children of God may no more differ among themselves then the Kingdom of Heaven can be divided oh how wary would we be in preserving brotherly love how would we tremble at contentions if we did consider as we ought that they all estrange themselves from the Kingdom of God that divide themselves from their brethren But I know not saith he how it comes to passe that we can securely boast our selves to be the children of God and yet forget brotherly love one to another The children of God have all but one hope one inheritance therefore should all be but one Vnum Dominum oppoponit multis Paganorum penat thus es Dijs rutularibus quos tanquam Dominos suos varijs officijs demerebantur Fourthly saith the Apostle There is one Lord ver 3. even the Lord Jesus Ye are not as the Heathen that have many gods and many Lords but to you there is but one Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 8.6 and ye are all his servants Therefore be ye one It redounds to the disadvantage and dishonour of him who is your only Lord if there be envying divisions strifes among you that are his servants therefore be ye one Fifthly There is one faith ver 3. Both one grace of faith quâ whereby ye beleeve and one doctrine of faith quae which is beleeved for all the Saints do by one and the same grace beleeve in one and the same Christ. Not in one Christ before the Law in another under the Law in another after the Law Nor the Jews one way the Gentiles that are converted another way Non aliter in oriente aliter in meridie aliter in occidente therefore all beleevers ought to the utmost to endeavour to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace There is one faith therefore be ye one Sixtly There is one baptisme ver 5. Christ hath not instituted severall but one baptisme All are baptised with water in one Name of one God Father Son and holy Ghost The Jew converted hath not one baptisme the Grecian another the free one the bond another the rich one the poor another but as they are all one in Christ Jesus so they are all by one baptisme baptized into Christ your baptisme is but one therefore be ye one Seventhly saith the Apostle there is one God and Father of all therefore be ye one If all beleevers call upon one and the same God and Father how dare they how can they break the bond of brotherly love To see brethren the children of one father live in rankor and malice one agains another is a displeasing sight to all but O how wounding is it to the heart of their own Father So is it to God to see his children out of charity at discord There is one God and Father who is over all and therefore able to punish the miscarriage of all and in all and therefore thorowly acquainted with the miscarriages of all and in you all for you are all the temple of God and one God dwells in you all Ergo qui fidelium scindant unitatem proinde faciuns ac si●nnum Deum patremque in partes vellent scindere They that would divide the unity of the faithfull do as much as it were to divide God that dwels in them Here then you see a seven-fold argument which the Apostle useth for the enforcing of this duty of my Doctrine Quotles unum hic iegitur toties nectatur conclusio Quod unum est discerpt non possit Beza ad to●uia There is one body whereof you are all members therefore be you one There is one Spirit whereof you are all temples therefore keep the unity of the Spirit Ye are called in one hope of your calling therefore be ye of one heart There is one Lord one faith one baptisme one God and Father of all c. therefore be you one seeing you are one in all these particulars there is abundant reason you should be one among your selves Look again into this fourth chapter to the Ephesians vers 12 13. you shall finde another argument for this endeavour after unity He gave some Aposties and some Evangelists and some Prophets and some Pastors and Teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the Ministery for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the faith c. The Text shews clearly that one main end which Christ aimed at in all the officers which he hath set in his Church and the guifts bestowed upon those officers