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A86190	A peace-offering in the Temple; or, A seasonable plea for unity among dissenting brethren: in a sermon at St. Paul's Church, London, before the Right Honouable the Lord Mayor, &c. on the 14th of October, 1660. By Richard Henchman, Rectour of St. James-Garlick-Hyth.	Henchman, Richard, d. 1672.	1660 (1660)	Wing H1429; Thomason E1048_3; ESTC R208108	22,545	39

Jesus There are jars discords and divisions too many God knows amongst others the Lord stand in the gap and save us that we be not utterly destroyed by ours For our divisions we have great reason if we have any grace to have sad thoughts of heart to see so glorious a Church and People as once we were so miserably shattered and divided as now we are to see our dear Mother thus set upon the Rack and her bones as it were put out of joynt surely this if any thing must needs make a good Christian's heart to bleed and to wish his eyes were a Fountain of tears c. And to pray and weep and weep and pray for the peace of this our Jerusalem that all they that confess thy Holy Name in this city and Nation may yet agree c. Now the God of patientce and consolation grant you to be alike-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus I 'le conclude with that Excellent conclusion of St. Paul in the second Epistle to the Corinthians Chap. xiii II. Farewell Brethren be prefect be of good comfort be of one mind live in peace and the God of Love and Peace shall be with you And let all of us jointly to this say Amen Amen So be it FINIS Prov. xxv II Vide Cyprian ad Jubajan Epist. 73. The Occasion * Gal. vi 1. He seals up his former Exhortation with a word of Benediction so should we pray for the People as well as Instruct them so would our Labours bring more comfort to our selves and more profit to our hearers It is either meant of God's Patience or ours that is either of that Patience which God uses towards us or of that Patience which God by his Grace and Holy Spirit works in us Now he is the God of both And the God of Consolation because sound Comfort is from God alone and therefore the Holy Ghost is called by his proper Name when he is called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Vide Psal. xxiii 4. Patience is an help to Vnity for what is it but Pride and Heat of mens spirits that both sets Contentions afoot at first and afterwards keeps them so See Prov. xiii 10. and Prov. xv 1. Patience is the true Peace-Maker And as Patience is an help to Unity so is Comfort a special fruit and effect of it See Hebr. x. 36. Pax cum bonis custodienda est non cum sceleratis iniquis qui pacem inter se habent in peccatis suis Pax cum bonis Bellum cum vitiis semper habendum est Aug. Tom. 10. De Temp. Ser. 166. Maneat potius nobis adversus Manichaeos pro veritate certamen quam cum illis in falsitate concordia Aug. Tom. 6. contra Faustum Manich. lib. 29. cap. 2. Charitas laudat Deum discordia blasphemat Aug. in Psal. 149. * {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Coagmentati sive coadunati at compacti as Learned Beza reads it Satanae Triumphus est Christianorum dissentio Aug. Tom. 10. Serm à L●van edit. Serm. 74. It is a Shame for Christians to be like other men as Sampson was after he had lost his Hair It ill becomes them to Contend and quarrel as those Terrigenae fratres use to do These Overflowings of the Gall and Spleen dom● from a Fullness of bad Humours Christians should be as S●ul was Higher then the people by Head and Shoulders Something singular is expected from them If ye wrangle and quarrel the World will think you mad Vide locum Ecce quám bonum ●●●cundum Gen. xiii 8. Gen. xlv 24. Scilurus that Scythian King in Plutarch De Garr * Luke xii 32. See Dr. Sanderson Bishop of Lincoln in his Sermon ad C●erum on Rom. xiv 3. and pag. 21 22 23. Men must grant though they be unwilling that every particular Church hath Power for Decency and Order's sake to Ordain and Constitute Ceremonies See Salv. Lib. 4. Instit. 〈◊〉 10 27. Alass whereto serves all this Ado about Gestures and Vestures and other outward Rites and Formalities that for such things men should make such Clamours against the Times I say whereto serves all this but to give scandal to the Enemies of our Church and Religion Believe it we shall never grow to Christian unanimity in any tolerable measure so long as every man seeks but to please himself onely following his own liking and is not desirous withall to please his Neighbor Dr. Sanderson pag. 168. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} I Cor. XV ult. V. See Arch-Bishop Laud's Speech at his Death Ne veniant Romani c. Jude 22. Heb. iv 14. 1 Cor. 12.2 How have the Divisions among the Christians made may for and given advantage not a little to the Turk for the making of and Inrode into Christendom Vlysses demonstrates it to Achilles that the discord between him and Agamemnon would in probability prove the ruin of the Greeks Hom Iliad {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Frangimur si collidi mur Simul colligamus neè dividendo perdamus Aug. De 5. Haeres cap. 6. We should be insupe rabiles if we were once inseparabiles Quisquis ab Ecclesia Catholica fuerit separatus c. ab unitate Christi disjunctus ext c. Aug. Epist. 152. ad Pop. fact Don. * 1 Kings iii 26. 1 Kings vi 7. Exod. xv 25. Ubi Pax ibi Christus quia Christus Pax saith St. Ambrose Tom. 3. Epist. 82. If ye bite and devour one another take heed that ye he not consumed one of another Gal. v. 15. I remember Saint Augustine thus argues against the Schism of the Donatists Tom 8. in Psal. LV Fratres sumus saith the there Vnum Deum incocamus in unum Christum credimus unum Evangelium audimus unum Psalmum cantamus c. Quid in foris ego intus sum c And elswhere Qui Adoramus unum Patrem cur non agnoscimus unam Matrem Tom 6. De 5. Haeres cap. 6. * Acts ii 1. Ephes. iv 32. Jer. ix 1.

And therefore it was that he prayed so earnestly for his Disciples before he left them That they may be on That 's the first Secondly Vnity amongst Christians is very necessary that God thereby may be glorified because it is a special Means to bring the world to believe the Truth and receive Christ See this is twice affirmed to be the consequent of unity Joh. xvii 21 23. That the world may believe thou hast sent me It is a special way to convince all the enemies of the Truth What confirms the Papists and Hereticks and Prophane persons in Errours and Wickedness nothing more then the differences and strange Opinions that are amongst us Do they not by Books and otherwise in derision say One Sect says That ha's the Spirit of God Another saith That hath and yet both are contrary one to another Can the Spirit of God be contrary to it self Can it be a Spirit of Truth in one and a Spirit of Falshood in others This is a great stumbling-block in their way and confirms them in their evil ways So that if nothing else should make us tender about causing any breaches in the Church of God this should Wo be unto us if we hinder others from embracing the Faith by our divisions Oh then in these Times of differences and breaches amongst us what should we run unto what should we plead for in Prayer but this O Lord it is a sad Judgement to be thus miserably divided as we are to have Altar against Altar Church against Church Minister against Minister what is preached one day is decryed the next Is this to have one heart and one way is this to be alike-minded one towards another according to Christ Lord what will become of us if we continue thus Oh that all those that do confess thy Holy Name may agree in the Truth of thy holy Word and live in unity and godly Love because this is a special Means to bring the world to believe the Truth and receive Christ That 's a Second Thirdly Vnity amongst Christians is very necessary that God thereby may be glorified because hereby a serviceable and beneficial helping one another in spiritual things is preserved There is strength in unity Vis unita fortior A Kingdom divided against it self cannot stand says our Saviour When one piece of the wall divides from the other it foretells ruin As that Heathen to his Sons giving them a Quiver of Arrows intimating thereby as long as they agreed they were invincible All the united power of the Church is little enough against their common enemies and shall they weaken themselves The People of God are compared to living Stones built up together now whilest the stones keep in the Building they bear up one another but if once removed it falls down They are compared to Members in the Body while they are joyned togather there is a mutual Ministration to each other but when divided from the Body no part can receive any nourishment Thus it is with us while we are in union Oh the wonderfull help we shall be one to another We provoke one another to love and to good works but take these Coals from one another and the Fire goes out Fourthly Vnity amongst Christians is necessary that thereby God may be glorified because God many times suffers sad and heavie Persecutions to befall them that thereby their discords and divisions may be removed and they be more endeared to one another Times of Prosperity in the Church made the greatest Heresies and Schisms but the times of bloody Persecution made the godly more united Thus the Martyrs some of them in Queen Mary's days did bewail their differences and contests they had formerly one with another but the Prison and Persecution made them highly prize one another Joseph's Brethren in their Plenty envied and fell out with one another but in their distress they were glad to cleave together and truly so it may one day come to pass with many of us who are now so shie and strange to one another God may in time work so that we may be glad to enjoy one another's company to have society and communion one with another The Sheep that are scattered one from another when a sudden Storm arises it makes them company together And therefore if love and godliness do not unite us take heed God does not make some outward Trouble and Affliction to put us together If we will not embrace one another willingly he may bind us in chains together and then we 'le be glad to hug one another That 's a Fourth Lastly There ought to be unity and concord amongst Christian Brethren that God may be glorified thereby because they are but a Few in comparison to those that bandy themselves against the Church therefore they had need united * Fear not says Christ little Flock Christ's Flock is but a little Flock the Divel 's is a great Herd And one says excellently upon that Place Justorum tanta paucitas ut unitas videatur And the Apostle tells us 1 Cor. ix 24. All run in a Race but one receives the Prize to teach us unity in all our undertakings And Luke xvii 15. when ten Lepers were cleansed there was but One returned to give Thanks intimating to us that we should join unanimously in blessing and praising God for his Mercies Deo grata Vnitas ingrata Divisio It 's worth our Notice that when Christ's Body was rent and crucified they did not suffer them to break his legs john xix 33. Now Expositours give an excellent reason for this They understand the Church Christ to be as his Bones Signifying that he suffered his real Body to be rent and torn and wounded but his Mystical Body which is his Church he would not have any Discord or Rent amongst them His Coat was without Seam they said therefore amongst themselves Let us not rent it John xix 24. Intimating to us that we should not onely be united but as One as many Members in one Body Though a Multitude of Spiritual Gifts yet joyned in the unity of the Spirit And therefore when the Apostle heard there were Divisions amongst the Corinthians he tells them Ex parte credit non ex toto that He partly believed it He could not altogether It seemed almost an incredible thing that Members of one and the same Church should be so much to pieces You see the wicked Multitude unites in Sin and Prophaness Oh that we were once united in Truth and Holiness Now the God of Patience and Consolation grant you to be alike-minded one towards another So much shall serve for the Proof of the Point Come we now to make some Practical Improvement of it to our selves Vse 1. Is it so that Christian Unity is to be preserved That thereby God may be glorified then there are a great many People amongst us liable to a sharp Reproof who delight to sow the Tares of Strife and Contention amongst their

as his Majesty does in his late seasonable Declaration enjoyn We have but one God and therefore we must worship by one Rule We have but one Sepherd and therefore must be commanded by one Voice We have one Head and therefore must follow one direction He that rends himself from the Church of God in God's Worship and Service here will one day be rent from Christ and the Church for ever hereafter Cain was the first Separatist we read of and what became of him When he went out of God's presence the Text says Gen iv 12 15 16. he was a Fugitive and a Vagabond and a Mark of Infamy was set upon him all his days Corah and his rebellious company they were the second sort And they made a cleft in the Congregation and God made the earth to cleave and open upon them and swallowed them up Numb. xvi Oh let us take heed of their Sins lest we also partake of their Punishments The * good Mother you know had rather lose her childe then divide it so a good Son of the Church will rather suffer any thing then cause divisions Oh therefore let us be alike-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus and let us endeavour to keep this unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace This is the crown honour ornament and glory of a Christian a salt seasoning all our actions We read that there was a kind of concord between the Stones in Solomon's Temple they were so fitted and disposed that there was no Noise heard in the Building thereof such a sweet conjunction of affections should there be betwixt God's People that no noise no clamour no brawlings should be heard amongst us Oh that the Lord would cement us thus once again This would sweeten all our Possessions and all our Afflictions as the Tree sweetened the Waters of Marah Indeed my Brethren without this love unity peace and concord the Fulness of the world will be uncomforatable to us And with this the greatest afflictions will seem but light and inconsiderable A Wilderness with peace and unity is better then a Paradise with discord and dissension I beseech you remember that your God is a God of peace your Jesus is the Prince of peace your Gospel is the Gospel of peace your Calling the Calling of peace and your Way to heaven the Way of peace I beseech you therefore seek and pursue it Acquaint your selves with God and be at peace one with another Follow the example of the Apostolical Primitive Church Acts ii 1. They were all with one accord in one place Oh what sweet and heavenly harmony must there needs be when all the strings were so in tune I would to God it were so with us of this miserable divided Kingdom Oh my Brethren we must never expect the Spirit of Vnityto enter into our Hearts but where there is Vinity of Spirits There cannot I am sure be a more fatal and forceable Opposition to the Holy Spirit's Entry then discord disunited Hearts I remember what Homer observes of Agamemnon that whilst he was in Love and Amity with all and bare no Malice he was like Jupiter in Feature Mars in Valour c. but when once he became Passionate Envirous Malicious he was as a Lion Tigre or Savage Beast So it is with us So long as we are unanimous ruled by reason Correcting our Inordinate Appetites and conforming our selves to the rule of God's Word we are as so many Living Saints nothing can prejudice us but when once we let loose the reins óf our affections to lust anger ambition pride envy malice or uncharitableness then we overthrow all and bring in a Chaos of confusion amongst us provoke God's anger against us and are like so many divels roaring and ranging about seeking whom we may devour It is recorded of a city in Spain that there was not known any quarrellings Law-suits or contentions for twenty years together but all quiet and Peaceable having excellent Trading and Commerce Oh that this and all our Cities were thus disposed How contentedly might we live and enjoy God's blessings sweetly and have a more free and blessed intercourse amongst us It was the praise of the Primitive Church that they sang their confessions joyntly and aloud and their Amens as Saint Hierome reports were like a clap of thunder and their Hallelujahs were as the roaring of the sea Oh that we would imitate those Primitive Christians that we may praise God with one heart and one mouth This was their practice Oh that it was ours when they prayed they prayed all together when they brake Bread they communicated together when they heard t was all together * They were all with one accord in one place met together to perform God's Worship and Service Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be alike-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus The same Spirit that loves unity loves uniformity Thus the Church was began and thus it should be continued That we may be as St. Paul speaks Ephes. iv 4 5 6. One body and one spirit having one Lord one Faith one Baptism one God and Father of all That yet it may be said of us Protestants in England which now are the scorn the hissing and by-word of other Nations because of our divisions that it may yet be said of us as of the children of Israel in Judges xx 1. A Congregation gathered together as one man Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be alike-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus If after all this that I have said there be any so proud and selfish and uncharitable that they will set up their own conceits and wills against the plain commands of Christ and hinder Christian unity impede the peace of their Brethren and the unity of the Church and will have no agreement unless all others will be conformed to their Wills I shall say no more to such but that these are not the Sons of peace nor the living compassionate Members of the Church but self-Idolaters that God is engaged to pull down and let me tell you that 't is not by such as these that the Church must be headed and repaired but it is by them that are sensible of their own infirmities and compassionate to others by them that are of a meek humble Christian spirit Principles and affections whom I pray God bless that they may endeavour to settle this poor distracted Church Now the God of patience and consolation grant us all to be thus minded Let all bitterness and wrath anger and clamour and evil-speaking be put away from you with all malice And be ye kinde one towards another tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you Let there be no divisions amongst you that hear me this day Let us be alike-minded one towards another according to Christ