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Metamorphosis Christiana: or, The old man changed into the new. An occasional discourse.
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Beare, Nicholas.
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1679
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Wing B1563A; ESTC R172674
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let us not rent it but cast Lots for it whose it shall be Whereupon one of the Ancients hath an elegant Observation The Merciless and Cruel Hang-men of Pilate did not dare to attempt the rending of Christs seamless Coat and wilt thou dis-member the Church which is One divide Charity which is God himself He that blows the Coals of Contention promotes or makes a disturbance in Christian Society does not only lacerate Christs seamless Garment but tear in pieces his Body rend his Spouse argues himself guilty of Barbarity beyond Comparison greater than the former Abraham Gen. 13.8 urges an Argument for the reconciling all Differences between him and Lot and their respective Attendants from that near Relation in which they stood Let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee and between thy Herdsmen and my Herds-men for we are Brethren If there be any weight in this as we have great reason to believe I am sure it comes home to us with Improvement We proceeded out of one common Stock and so are Brethren At the Font we engaged in the same Baptismal Vow and Promise and so are Brethren We met in this Holy place professing the same Faith and practising the same Duties and so are Brethren our Houses and Estates join to each other we make up one Society and so are Brethren Therefore though our Herds-men for want of Breeding and Education quarrel let there be no strife between Us. O let us provoke one another to Love and if there be any Contention let it be who shall exceed in Acts of Kindness the only Emulation justifiable Let us imitate the Ancients who as St. Luke tells us were of one accord of one Heart and one Soul Acts 2.44 and 4.32 Let us put off the Old Man and put on the New as the Elect of God Holy and Beloved Bowels of Mercies Kindness Humbleness of Mind Meekness Long-suffering Forbearing one another and Forgiving one another and above all put on Charity For Christs sake For the Gospels sake For our Souls sake For our Brethren and Companions sake For the sake of our own present temporal Welfare and Quiet Let us become New Creatures So shall we find the two excellent Properties of the Psalmist Psal 133. meeting and conspiring in our Felicity The Goodness and Pleasantness of our Vnity to the general benefit of all Like the Dew of Hermon which fell upon the Hill of Sion and that sacred Oyntment which was poured out on the Head of Aaron to the Advantage of his Beard and the Skirts of his Cloathing So shall we be able to give Laws and Presidents to the lesser Villages round about us So shall our Sons grow up as the young Plants and our Daughters as the polished Corners of the Temple our Garners shall be full and plenteous of all manner of Store our Sheep shall bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our Streets our Oxen shall be strong to labour there shall be no decay no leading into Captivity and no complaining in our Streets So shall we grow sweetly old in Love live an Heaven upon Earth here and be quietly translated to that Kingdom where the other Graces cease Charity still continues It remaineth that with bended Knees and contrite Hearts we all joyne in Prayer Beseeching that God Who maketh men to be of one mind in an House yea who maketh Wars to cease in all the World who breaketh the Bow snappeth the Spear and burneth the Chariot in the Fire That he would be graciously pleased to put an end to all our unhappy Divisions to beat our Swords into Plow-shares and our Spears into Pruning-hooks That he would be pleased to give us one Heart to put a new Spirit within us to take away the Stony Heart out of our Flesh and to give us an Heart of Flesh that we may walk in his Statutes and keep his Ordinances That we may be of one Mind live in Peace so shall the God of Love and Peace be with us FINIS Books newly Printed for James Collins in Essex-Street without Temple-Bar THE Reward of Diligence By Lewis Sharp 8o The Confinement an Ingenious Poem 8o A Letter from a Protestant Gentleman to a Lady revolted to the Church of Rome 12o A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Mrs. Dorothy St. Johns By Antony Hornick Minister of the Savoy Popery or the Principles and Positions approved by the Church of Rome when really believed and practis'd are very dangerous to All. And to Protestant Kings and Supreme Powers more especially pernicious and inconsistent with that Loyalty which by the Law of Nature and Scripture are due to Supreme Powers In a Letter to a Person of Quality By Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln Quarto A Discourse of Truth By the late Reverend Dr. Rust Lord Bishop of Downe and Connor To which is added The Way to Eternal Happiness By Joseph Glanvil Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty 12o