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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05349	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.	Leslie, Henry, 1580-1661.	1623 (1623)	STC 15501; ESTC S102368	36,074	58

purus So that he is not subiect unto anie change whether we consider his being or his attributes for if wee respect his being he is eternall that is without beginning without end and alwayes the same for as time being as the Philosopher defines it men sura motus per prius posterius hath in it three things there is principium successio finis even so eternitie which is contrarie to time must be free of all these free from beginning from end and from all change or succession So Phavorinus hath observed that the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth one qui non solum non desinit esse sed neque etiam desinit talis esse and this word is used of God Rom. 1.20 So that as I said he is not only without beginning and without end but also while hee is hee is ever the same as David saith Psal 102.25 Thou hast laid the foundations of the earth and the heavens are the workes of thy hand They shall perish but thou shalt endure yea all of them shall waxe olde like a garment as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed But thou art the same and thy yeares shall have no end And as his Being so also his Attributes are eternall not subiect to anie change his Iustice his Mercie his Wisedome his Power all are immutable and unchangeable for they are his verie nature whatsoever is in God is God himselfe Againe he is one and the same in his Will his Councell and his Decrees for God is not as man that he should lye neither as the sonne of man that he should repent hath he said and shall he not doe it hath he spoken and shall hee not accomplish it Numb 23.19 I am the Lord and change not Mal. 3.6 My counsaile shall stand and my will shall be done Isai 46.10 For when one changeth his purpose it is either because hee seeth that his purpose is not good at least that hee might have purposed better than hee did or else it is because he perceiveth that he cannot bring to passe his former purpose and so the change of his counsaile doth argue either want of wisedome or want of power But God wanteth neither of them he is and alwayes was the same most wise God and so could not have taken anie better counsaile than that which hee tooke from all eternitie And as hee is most wise so also omnipotent able to effect all his counsailes Hee doth whatsoever he will Psal 115.3 Yea who hath resisted his will Rom. 9.19 And therefore that doctrine of the mutabilitie of Gods predestination as it is contrary to the Scripture which teacheth that Gods purpose according to election must stand Rom. 9.11 so it is most blasphemous against God For to say that Gods predestination may be changed that the elect may become reprobate and so damned and on the contrarie the reprobate become elect and so saved is as much as to say that Gods absolute Will which is himselfe may be changed that his Prescience or Knowledge may be deceived that his omnipotent power may be weakened that his actions may be impeded and so that God may become no God Finally he is one and the same in his actions which may be declared three maner of wayes 1. where the occasion is the same Gods action is of the same kinde for example Did God in former times execute his iudgements against rebellious sinners ye may be sure that he will doe the like now Upon this ground the Apostle reasoneth Rom. 11.21 For if God spared not the naturall branches take heed least he also spare not thee As if hee should say They were cast off because of unbeleefe and if thou fall into the same sinne thou may be sure to taste of the same punishment forasmuch as where the occasion is the same Gods actions are alwayes the same So the Apostle 1. Cor. 10. alledgeth Gods iudgements upon the Iewes in the wildernesse and the Apostle Peter the great iudgements upon the Angels that sinned upon the old world and upon Sodome and Gomorrhe 2 Pet. 2. concluding from thence That if he spared not them so neither will he spare us if wee doe as they did For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodlinesse and unrighteousnesse of men Rom. 1.18 Againe hath God in former times performed mercie and deliverance to his owne people yee may be sure that he will doe the same still Upon this ground David built his assurance The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the Lion and out of the paw of the Beare he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistim 1. Sam. 17.37 And so in manie places of the Psalmes where hee lamenteth the miseries of the Church he reckoneth up Gods former benefites bestowed upon her that by the experience of Gods former favours both himselfe and others might be assured of a future deliverance forasmuch as God is alwayes the same visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate him and shewing mercie unto thousands of them that love him and keepe his commandements Secondly God is one and the same in his actions as being the same meanes to bring men to the same end There is not one way for the Iewes to be saved another for the Gentiles but it is one God which shall justifie circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith Rom. 3.30 There is for all the same Saviour Christ the same instrument Faith the same degrees of salvation interveening betweene Gods decree and the execution thereof namely Vocation Iustification Santification and the same outward meanes Gods Word and Sacraments But here wee must remember that albeit God worketh the same things in all the faithfull yet not in the same measure and degree He did illuminate his Saints under the old Testament but not in that measure that he doth his people under the Gospell The Disciples received the holy Spirit when they were first called and after when Christ breathed on them and said Receive the holy Ghost Ioh. 20.22 but not in that measure that they did in the day of Pentecost when the Spirit came downe upon them in a visible shape Before they had only tasted of the Spirit Act. 2.4 but then they are said to be filled with the Holy Ghost Eadem semper fuit virtus charismatum quamvis non eadem semper mensura donorum saith Leo The day of Pentecost was not the first time they had received the holy Ghost non fuit inchoatio muneris sed adjectio largitatis saith the same Leo but yet in respect of the abundance of the Spirit which was powred out on this day they are formerly said not to have received the Spirit And well may this day be called the feast of the descending of the holy Ghost because the holy Ghost did never come downe in such a measure nor in such a

get advantage It was a true speech cyted from that Father S Hilary by Bellarm. Bellum haereticorum pax est ecclesiae but our experience doth invert it upon us Bellum ecclesiae pax haereticorum Our discord is their musicke our ruine their glory they laugh and scorne and clap their hands at our bickerings Thirdly it is a most grievous oftence against God to rent the Church which is his bodie with schismes and contentions it is no lesse than sacriledge no better than Idolatry For as an ancient Father saith Non minor is est laudis non scindere ecclesiam Dyonis apud Niceph. quam idolo non sacrificare S. Cyprian thought that God sent the persecutions of his time Lib. 4. epist 4. for no other cause than their contentions and Eusebius beginning to entreat of the bloodie persecution which the Church suffered under Dioclesian Lib. 1. hift c. 2. saith The contentions of the learned therein was the cause And why may not I say That it was for this same cause that God at this time suffereth our neighbour Churches to be under so cruell persecution and threatneth the like iudgement against us he will try if affliction can humble us and the rage of the common enemie make us friends For so doe men use saith an old History speaking of this matter as long as strangers wrong them to hold together Zozom l. 6. c. 4. but vvhen they are delivered from outward troubles then they fall out among themselves These be the hurts we sustain by our dissentions And therfore if ever we would see the good dayes of the Gospell the flourishing of religion the unhorsing and confusion of the strumpet Rome if wee desire to escape the iudgements of God which did fall upon the primitive Church for their contentions let us labour to reconcile our selves and at length to embrace unitie let us all compose our selves to peace and love Oh pray for the peace of Ierusalem But thankes be to God the Church of this land is not much troubled with such iarres and therefore I come to the other sort of unitie As wee are one in opinion so must we be one in affection Ye that are of one Church and professe one faith be like minded having the same love being of one accord and of one judgement Philip. 2.2 that nothing be done through contention and vaine-glory c. Let us dwell together as brethren Psal 13 3.1 which is a good and comely thing let us love one another as God hath loved us Ioh. 13.35 for hereby shall it be knowne that we are Christs disciples if we love one another This is indeed the mark of a Christian the commandement of God the fulfilling of the law and especially at this time when we celebrate this Feast of Pentecost should our hearts be united together through love For it is said when the Apostles were wayting for the comming of the holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost that they were all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 2.1 with one accord in one place and then did the Spirit come downe upon them in a visible shape So if wee would have the holy Ghost to descend on us this day and every day though not in a visible shape yet in invisible favours leading us into all truth and making our whole life a merry Whitsontide we must be as the Apostles were unanimes with one accord in one place For he is the spirit of love and will not rest in a contentious heart but where there is unitie of spirit there doth rest this spirit of unitie and the fruit of this spirit is Love joy peace long suffering gentlenesse Gal. 5.22 c. but on the other part Hatred variance emulations Gal. 5.19.20 wrath strife seditions are not the fruits of the spirit but the workes of the flesh Wherefore since it is so I beseech you Men Brethren and Fathers let mee speake to you in the words of the Apostle S. Paul Put on as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercie Col. 3.12 13 14. kindnesse humblenesse of minde meekenesse long suffering forbearing one another and forgiving one another if any man have a quarrell against any even as Christ forgave you so also doe yee And above all these things put on Charitie which is the bond of perfectnesse And let the peace of God rule in your hearts So shall we be one as God is one and the Mediator one Ioh. 17 2● in this life one amongst our selves and the life to come one with God in glory To this one God c. Amen FINIS