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A50395 Sichah: or, A continued tract of meditation Being a discussion of the depth of God. Methodized, legible, and intelligible, in the idea of the book. By R.M. Philopolites. The second part.; Sichah. Part 2. Mayhew, R. (Richard). 1683 (1683) Wing M1442; ESTC R217770 90,258 251

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So She is the Fabrick Heb. 1.6 Natural There is a natural Oneness The Vine and the Branches are naturally One Thus John 15.4 The branch cannot bear fruit of it self except it abide in the vine This is an Hieroglyphick of the UNION that is between Christ and Christians As He is the Vine so They are the Branches John 15.5 Moral There is a moral Oneness The Husband and the Wife are morally One Thus Mat. 19.5 6. For this cause shal a man leave Father and Mother and cleave unto his Wife The word here CLEAVE in the Greek importeth to be glued unto 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And shal be glued unto his Wife Hereby is intimated the straight knot which is between Man and Wife as if they were glued together like two Boards joyned together with Glue which are as firm and close as if they were but one Peice Unto his Wife not WIVES This gives Check to Folygamy And they twain Not more Shal be one flesh That God who in the Creation made Two of One did by Marriage make One of Two This also shadows out the UNION between Christ and the Church As He is the Husband Isa 54.5 So She is the Wife Rev. 21.9 Is not Vnion now one of the Depths of God PHYSICAL There is a physical Oneness There is an Oneness between the Head and the Body which is literal physical or natural The Head and the Body are One and make one Man Thus 1 Cor. 12.21 The eye cannot say to the hand I have no need of thee nor the head to the feet I have no need of you This is truth in the very Letter and we are not to understand here by Head and Foot as the Papists do the POPE and the CHURCH Pap●m Ecclesiam But by Head understand a Cedar in Lebanon and by the Foot understand a Shrub in the Valley As the little Finger in the material Body is of Vse to that Body so the lowest the least the last Member in the mystical Body is useful to that Body Doth this not also shadow out the UNION which is between Christ and the Church For as He is the Head so She is the Body Eph. 1.22 23. Thus as the aptest Similitudes Foundation and Fabick Vine and Branches Head and Body so the nearest and dearest Relations as Master and Servant Father and Son Husband and Wife are improved by the Spirit as Emblems to shadow out the noble UNION and Conjunction that is between Christ and those that are actually His Is not this then one of the Depths of God METAPHYSICAL There is a metaphysical Oneness There is an Oneness that is spiritual metaphysical or supernatural This is two fold An Oneness between Christians an Oneness also between Christ and Christians Ther 's an UNION between Christians 'T is pity that Sin should make Two whom Grace hath made One that Satan should make Two whom God hath made One that Antichrist should make Two whom Christ hath made One. Eadem velle et nolle est firma Amicitia Freinds acted by the same Principles wil and nil the same things Though we must not unite with any in their Iniquity yet we must unite with all that are Christians in their Christianity DIVISION is an ill Companion unto Glory Perpetuity and Safety Did not Dissention in two Brothers make a Gapp to the Turks Did not Dissention of Christians lose Constantinople In the material and natural Body ther 's a constant Amity and Vnity because one Spirit runs thorough all Thus should it be in the Metaphorical and Mystical For 1 Cor. 12.13 By one Spirit are we all baptized into one Body whether we be Jews or Greeks bond or free c. I am of this Opinion and I care not who knows it that SAINTSHIP must not be confined within one Party The new Creature is found in Circumcision and in Vncircumcision Yea as eminent in the one as in the other Were it not the highest Sacriledge in the World to make a Monopoly of Christianity Let none for the future monopolize that Title of Saints and godly Party to any one Party The Devil is pictured with a cloven FOOT signifying that 't is his Work to cause Divide Impera and continue Divisions in the World Is not this also his Sophistry Divide and rage divide and rule divide and reign divide and ruine Is not Vnion now one of the Depths of God Is not Division an unholy and unhappy Weed which prodigiously groweth at this Juncture of Time and under this Conjuncture of Affairs 'T is too connatural unto the best of Men who are but Men at best rather to take notice of that which wil divide than of that which wil unite Vis unita fortior though united FORCE be the most forcible and though Saints in more agree than wherein they can disagree and be SAINTS for they agree in Fundamentals and only differ in Circumstantials They differ in Paul Apollo and Cephas but agree in Christ Is not Vnion then among Christians one of the Depths of God Thus Gal. 3.28 There is neither Jew nor Greek there is neither bond nor free there is neither Male nor Female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus In this pure and pretious Text and Truth there is an Assertion and an Argument An ASSERTION There is neither Jew nor Greek Is not this written to check the Pride of the Jews and to cherish the Heart of the Gentiles There is neither Bond nor Free Is not this written to take away the carnal Difference between Professors There is neither Male nor Female Is not this also written to take away the base Difference between the two Sexes made by the Turkish-Mahomet when he saith that the Woman which is the weaker Vessel hath no Soul to save An ARGUMENT For ye are all one in Christ Jesus Here is an Argument to prevent Distinction upon the Account of Vnion No Nation whether Jew or Gentile No Relation whether Master or Servant No Sex whether Man or Woman makes a Difference for ye are all one in Christ Jesus It matters not whether ye be Jews or Gentiles whether ye be Masters or Servants whether ye be Husbands or Wives if ye be in Christ for ye are all one in Christ Jesus Is not Vnion now one of the Depths of God There 's an UNION between Christ and Christians That there is an Oneness between Christ and the Church between Christ and the Christian what is more legible and yet what is less intelligible what is more asserted and yet what is less understood Thus 1 Cor. 6.17 But he that is joyned unto the Lord is one Spirit He that is joyned He that is glued 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 There is not a word saith Leigh in all the Greek language that signifieth a neerer Conjunction than this word To the Lord To Christ so Estius Who is the Husband of the CHURCH so Piscator Is one Spirit Not essentially 〈◊〉