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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64226	A brief enquiry whether they who assert, and they who deny, the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, may have communion together at the Lords table By Joseph Taylor.	Taylor, Joseph, 17th/18th cent.	1698 (1698)	Wing T536; ESTC R220650	24,202	72

A Brief Enquiry Whether they who ASSERT And they who DENY THE Divinity OF OUR LORD Iesus Christ May have Communion together at the Lords Table By JOSEPH TAYLOR Therefore thus saith the Lord if thou return then will I bring thee again and thou shalt stand before me And if thou take forth the precious from the vile thou shalt be as my Mouth let them return unto thee but return not thou to them Jer. 15.19 London Printed in the Year 1698. To the Churches of our Lord Jesus Christ Beloved Brethren HOW displeasing is it to him who walketh in the midst of the golden Candlesticks Rev. 2.1 to see his Churches either corrupted or divided to find his Body either defiled or torn Christ is the Head and we are the Members of his Body and as the Purity of the Head calls for the greatest Purity in the Body so the Oneness of the Body requires the strictest Vnion among the Members 1 Cor. 10.17 For we being many are one Bread and one Body for we are all Partakers of that one Bread Such cannot be Members of the Body who do not hold the Head Col. 2.19 From which all the Body by Joynts and Bands having Nourishment ministred and knit together increaseth with the increase of God And such cease to be Members who make a Schism in the Body it behoveth the Churches of Christ therefore to take great heed to avoid both these Evils The desire of Vnity with all that call upon the Name of the Lord in Truth put me on the serious Consideration among other Things whether Persons who believe or disbelieve the Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ ought to have Communion together as Members of the same Body and here you have the result of my Thoughts with the Reasons wherefore I believe they ought not I have no personal Prejudice against any it is only the Glory of God the Honour of Jesus Christ and the Purity of the Churches that hath engaged me in this Work and I cannot conceive how any who believeth Jesus Christ to be God of the same Essence with his Father can account the denial of his Deity a small Thing Is it a small Thing to take Christ from his Throne his Crown from his Head and his Royal Sceptre out of his Hand To deny him that Nature without which you believe he could not be a Saviour nor the Object of Faith and Trust which gave all the value to his Sufferings that made the Offering up of his Humane Nature Eph. 5.2 An Offering and a Sacrifice to God of a sweet smelling Savour Whereby his Justice was satisfied and his Law answered if he thought it no robbery to be equal with God what robbery will he account it in such who make him no more than a Man And is it a sign of Love to Christ to hold the most intimate Communion with such who having stript Him of His Royal Ornaments put a Crown of Thorns on his Head a gorgeous Robe on his Body a Reed in his Hand and then Salute him with Hail King of the Jews For what is it less to give him all the Titles and Characters of God and yet deny Him his Nature It is no Argument to say they do it ignorantly for so did the Jews when they crucified Christ 1 Cor. 2.8 For if they had known they would not have Crucified the Lord of Glory And therefore though we are to Pity and Pray for them yet we are not to embrance and receive them into our Communion On the other Hand there is nothing more desirable in the Churches of Christ than Peace and Vnity it is a Blessing to be prayed for and laboured after Night and Day Psalm 133.1 How good and how pleasant is it for Brethren to dwell together in Unity For sweetness v. 2. It is like the precious Oyntment upon the Head that ran down upon the Beard even Aarons Beard that went down to the Skirts of his Garments For Profit v 3. It is as the Dew of Hermon and as the Dew that descended on the Mountains of Zion and there the Lord commands his Blessing even Life for evermore There he will be graciously present there he will dwell and there he will dispense the choisest of his Favours But this Unity that is so good and so pleasant is among Brethren among such who believe in exalt and glorifie the same God the Father the same Lord Jesus Christ and the same Holy Spirit Peace and Truth must be joyned together For that is not the Peace of God which is purchased with the loss of Truth we are obliged to take as much Care that we have Vnion only with the faithful As to preserve among them the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace Eph. 4.3 I hope I can truly say I write only for Truth and shall be so far from being displeased at the disproof of my Arguments as thankfully to acknowledge my mistake and be one of the first as shall give them I now write against the right Hand of Fellowship But in the mean Time for the Reasons herein mentioned I must intreat they who believe their Saviour is God by Nature to be concerned for his Glory to be consistent with their own Principles and not have Communion with such that profess the contrary and use all due means to recover such who are seduced by the sleight of Men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive Eph. 4.4 5 6. Let the Exhortation of our Lord be diligently hearkned to Have Salt in your selves and Peace one with another Mark 9.50 And of the Apostle Endeavouring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace for you are one Body and have one Spirit and are called in one Hope of your Calling you have one Lord one Faith one Baptism one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all Eph. 4.3 4 5 6. The great design of Satan is to divide you which he endeavours to effect by sowing Seeds of Discord about lesser Matters and stirring up such who cause Divisions and Offences contrary to the Doctrine of Christ Rom. 16.17 who are to be mark't there is nothing can weaken our Hands more than Discord nor strengthen them more than Vnity hereby is the Father gloryfied the Son honoured the Gospel spread and the Churches Edified There are many Things about which the dear Children of God do differ in their Judgments and will do whilst they are on this side the Grave for we know but in part they have not the same degrees of Light and therefore are not of the same mind in all Things but their differences are only about such Things which they may believe or disbelieve and yet hold the Head they agree in the great and necessary Doctrines of Salvation in the Foundation Principles of the Christian Religion and Things of lesser moment I humbly conceive should make no difference among the Churches of Christ