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spirit_n	holy_a	person_n	son_n	20,542	5	6.1434	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61182	A sermon preach'd to the natives of the county of Dorset, residing in and about the cities of London and Westminster, at St. Mary Le Bowe, on Dec. 8, 1692, being the day of their anniversary feast by the Lord Bishop of Rochester.	Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.	1693 (1693)	Wing S5062; ESTC R13442	15,232	42

of Heaven as well as the other and as such are to be distributed by the same Laws They were therefore all of one Heart and one Soul than which a nearer Agreement cannot be described or imagin'd The Heart if there be any difference of the Expression in Scripture-Language being to be taken for the chief Seat of the Will and Affections and the Soul of the Judgment and Understanding Nor was this only spoken of St. Peter and the rest of the Twelve nor only of the Apostles and Seventy Disciples nor only of the first Hundred and Twenty in the Upper Room nor only of the Three Thousand Converted by one Sermon but of All of the Multitude of them that Believed Certainly some strange and unusual thing must needs happen as here it did that could bring together and cement such a Multitude so as to make them be of one Heart that could persuade such a Multitude to converse together and conspire in the same Thoughts and Desires as if they had but one Soul Whereas a Multitude however composed too commonly seems by its inconstant and fluctuating Counsels its partial Debates and perverse Opinions and head-strong Resolutions to have more Hearts and more Souls than it really has even more than it has Bodies In the Weakness and Ignorance or prejudicate Knowledge of a Multitude how easily are the Seeds of Dissention and Contradiction sown By the various Interests or wilful Humours or violent Passions of a Multitude how quickly are they rais'd and inflamed And when once a Multitude is engaged in Divisions how hard a thing is it to compose them again A Multitude therefore could never have been so united had they not been a Multitude of Believers Nor then neither had not the Holy Ghost the Blessed Author of all Peace and Truth inclined them to it Had not that taught them to make the Matter of their Belief to be the Cause and Ground of their Concord not of their Separation as too often since has been experienc'd The Difficulty of so Divine a Work to Unite a mixt Multitude of all People and Languages to Unite them so closely to Animate them all with such Cordial Affections did well become the Almighty Power of the Holy Spirit It well became and could only belong to that Blessed Person who is one GOD the same with the Father and the Son GOD Blessed for ever to inspire so great a Degree of Union into the Minds of all whom it fill'd with its first Gifts and Graces and Benedictions And Beloved in our Lord and Saviour this Heavenly Fruit of the Heavenly Spirit 's being thus pour'd forth on the Primitive Christians was not only intended as some of the other Fruits of it were to confirm our Faith but also to instruct us in one of our most necessary Duties The Apostles Miraculous Acting and Speaking with such Invincible Freedom and Power requires our Belief of the Faith that they Preach'd And GOD took this way to establish it But that Marvellous Unanimity of their first Converts concerns our practise and was design'd to direct it It is not given us to follow them Step by Step in their other extraordinary Privileges and Prerogatives But in their humble and Fraternal Condescentions to each other their peaceable Acquiescence in the same Divine Truths their meek Obedience to the same Holy Laws in these we may and ought to follow them The Glory of the Signs and Wonders which they wrought was enough for GOD's purpose in propagating the Gospel to all Times and Places But we of these latter Ages can never arrive at the same Abilities nor ought we to emulate them in what was Peculiar to their time and Personal to Themselves Whoever does he is likely to shew more Proofs of his own Natural Vanity or Spiritual Pride than of any Supernatural Power or Illumination Yet still it is left to us and it is incumbent upon us with the utmost of our Zeal to imitate their other Virtues and Graces which are though of a lower Degree yet of a Perpetual Duration for the Benefit of the Church Such as their Simplicity of Heart their Agreement in the same Acts of Piety and their Consent in the same Christian Faith In those their more exalted and inspired Endowments we must of necessity be defective since we cannot have any the least proportion of their immediately-Divine Helps to acquire them And because those are not so necessary indeed not at all necessary in this common and setled Course of Christianity as they were for the first Founding of it But as for these their other good and gracious Dispositions such as their Meekness Self-Denial Patience Long-suffering Forbearance of each others Frailties and Fellow-feeling of each others Infirmities such as inclined them to this Unity of Heart and Soul and are all still equally necessary to us towards our attaining of these we have still a sufficient Assistance from that Father of Lights from whom they are derived Of all these My Brethren it was especially design'd that there should be a perpetual Succession deriv'd down on all that succed them in the same Faith In these they are to be our lasting Patterns to the End of the World I mean in this Mutual Concurrence and Conformity of Minds This Charitable Compliance of Judgments and Endearment of Affections among our selves this mild gentle tender-hearted Temper towards all Men this submissive Uniformity in GOD's Worship All of them Virtues and Graces that exceedingly contribute to the very Being much more to the Well-being of the Christian Church All of them so peculiarly the Effects and certain Influences of the Holy Ghost that they are expresly call'd the Unity of the Spirit and that which is inseparably annext to it The Bond of Peace Wherefore in the Name of GOD let us all fix our Eyes and our Hearts on that uncorrupt Original of the first Christians Agreement in sound Doctrine and holy Worship which was as you have heard the genuine and immediate Off-spring of the true Spirit of GOD. That most Christian Communion which began so soon so gloriously That most happy Word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That most Spiritual one Accord That most desirable Unity of Heart and Soul which was most frequently and most religiously enjoyn'd all Christians by the Author and Finisher of our Faith And which took so effectually in them that were the first Publishers of it When they come to recommend it to us you see with what Vehemence they do it Beseeching us If there be any Consolation in Christ if any Comfort of Love if any Fellowship of the Spirit if any Bowels of Mercies Fulfil ye my Joy saith the Apostle Phil. 2. 1. That you be like-minded having the same Love being of one Accord of one Mind And when they come to use Arguments for it you see how they press us all the ways that can be thought of to make it enter into our Souls how they oblige us to it by all the Considerations of Duty