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A05349
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A treatise tending to unitie in a sermon preached at Droghedah on Whitsunday (being the ninth of Iune 1622.) before the Kings Majesties Commissioners for Ireland. By Henry Leslie.
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Leslie, Henry, 1580-1661.
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STC 15501; ESTC S102368
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in_o like_a sort_n as_o we_o be_v yet_o without_o sin_n and_o so_o forasmuch_o as_o christ_n jesus_n be_v a_o man_n we_o may_v go_v bold_o unto_o he_o and_o by_o he_o have_v access_n unto_o the_o one_o god_n he_o be_v the_o only_a mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n this_o be_v the_o fullness_n of_o all_o comfort_n so_o this_o text_n be_v like_o jacobs_n ladder_n arise_v step_n by_o step_n till_o it_o bring_v we_o to_o comfort_v my_o speech_n then_o at_o this_o time_n shall_v as_o it_o be_v climb_v up_o by_o these_o six_o stair_n 1._o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n 2._o that_o this_o god_n be_v one_o 3._o that_o he_o be_v make_v one_o with_o we_o by_o a_o mediator_n 4._o that_o the_o mediator_n be_v one_o 5._o that_o this_o one_o mediator_n be_v christ_n 6._o that_o christ_n jesus_n be_v a_o man_n in_o handle_v whereof_o you_o will_v perceive_v i_o to_o omit_v many_o point_n that_o be_v incident_a for_o i_o must_v attend_v upon_o the_o time_n and_o aim_v at_o the_o occasion_n as_o to_o the_o first_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n i_o shall_v spend_v my_o breath_n in_o vain_a if_o i_o shall_v labour_v to_o prove_v it_o for_o it_o be_v ingraft_v into_o every_o man_n heart_n by_o nature_n and_o plain_o teach_v by_o all_o the_o dumb_a and_o senseless_a creature_n so_o that_o never_o man_n deny_v it_o but_o a_o fool_n the_o fool_n say_v in_o his_o heart_n 1.20_o psal_n 19.1_o rom._n 1.20_o there_o be_v no_o god_n psal_n 14.1_o therefore_o as_o it_o be_v presuppose_v in_o my_o text_n so_o shall_v it_o be_v in_o my_o speech_n the_o second_o be_v that_o this_o god_n be_v one_o whereby_o three_o thing_n be_v signify_v of_o god_n that_o he_o be_v indivisible_a one_o only_o not_o many_o that_o he_o be_v immutable_a and_o unchangeable_a one_o and_o the_o same_o yesterday_o and_o to_o day_n and_o for_o ever_o and_o that_o he_o be_v without_o all_o respect_n of_o person_n one_o and_o alike_o to_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n first_o god_n be_v one_o that_o be_v indivisible_a one_o only_o and_o not_o many_o according_a to_o that_o 1._o cor._n 8.6_o unto_o we_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n so_o do_v the_o nicen_n creed_n acknowledge_v i_o believe_v in_o one_o god_n for_o god_n as_o bernard_n say_v be_v vnissimus_fw-la most_o one_o si_fw-mi non_fw-la est_fw-la unus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la say_v tertullian_n either_o one_o or_o none_o here_o we_o must_v take_v heed_n of_o sundry_a wicked_a error_n and_o heresy_n on_o each_o side_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n we_o have_v those_o who_o acknowledge_v many_o god_n on_o the_o left_a hand_n we_o have_v those_o who_o do_v so_o far_o maintain_v god_n to_o be_v one_o that_o they_o fall_v upon_o the_o other_o extremity_n to_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v three_o person_n subsist_v in_o this_o one_o god_n or_o divine_a nature_n and_o of_o either_o side_n there_o be_v several_a sort_n differ_v one_o from_o another_o as_o they_o do_v all_o from_o the_o truth_n all_o which_o i_o forbear_v to_o remember_v as_o unworthy_a to_o be_v 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distinct_a faculty_n and_o yet_o but_o one_o essence_n of_o they_o all_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o fountain_n the_o stream_n flow_v from_o it_o and_o the_o river_n flow_v from_o they_o both_o which_o be_v three_o distinct_a thing_n yet_o for_o substance_n be_v but_o one_o water_n the_o similitude_n of_o a_o tree_n wherein_o there_o be_v three_o distinct_a thing_n the_o root_n the_o stock_n and_o the_o branch_n the_o root_n depend_v from_o none_o the_o stock_n from_o the_o root_n and_o the_o branch_n from_o they_o both_o yet_o all_o be_v but_o one_o tree_n final_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o light_n of_o the_o moon_n and_o the_o light_n of_o the_o air_n be_v three_o distinct_a light_n the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v from_o none_o the_o light_n of_o the_o moon_n be_v from_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o light_n of_o the_o air_n from_o they_o both_o and_o yet_o for_o substance_n they_o be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o light_n even_o so_o the_o father_n the_o son_n the_o 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acknowledge_v their_o inability_n to_o behold_v much_o less_o to_o comprehend_v so_o glorious_a a_o majesty_n second_o by_o this_o that_o god_n be_v one_o be_v signify_v that_o he_o be_v immutable_a and_o unchangeable_a 13.8_o heb._n 13.8_o one_o and_o the_o same_o as_o say_v the_o apostle_n yesterday_o and_o to_o day_n and_o the_o same_o for_o ever_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o may_v be_v god_n be_v call_v one_o gal._n 3.20_o but_o god_n be_v one_o he_o be_v one_o or_o immutable_a in_o his_o nature_n in_o his_o decree_n in_o his_o action_n his_o nature_n or_o essence_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o immutable_a and_o unchangeable_a because_o he_o be_v void_a of_o all_o kind_n of_o composition_n both_o physical_a and_o metaphysical_a and_o as_o we_o speak_v in_o the_o school_n actus_fw-la