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A56221	Twelve considerable serious questions touching chvrch government sadly propounded (out of a reall desire of vnitie and tranquillity in church and state) to all sober-minded Christians, cordially affecting a speedy setled reformation, and brotherly Christian vnion in all our churches and denominations, now miserably wasted with civill unnatuall warres, and deplorably lacerated with ecclesiasticall dissentions / by William Prynne ...	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1644 (1644)	Wing P4117; ESTC R32182	10,363	9

Whence those of different Churches or contrary religions as Christians Turks Papists Protestants c. are alwayes for the most part at variance enmity seldome or never friendly brotherly charitable or assistant one to another Since then this New-Invention of Independency is apt to produce snch uncharitablenes unsociablenesse strangenesse differences coldnesse of brotherly love care reliefe and mutuall assistance even among Christians who professe themselves true Saints of God and tends apparently to the violation of these Principall precepts of the Gospell and cheifest badges of Christianity by which we know we are of the truth that we are Christs Disciples indeed translated from life to death and may assure our hearts hereof namely to love one another to love all the Saints and Brethren unfeinedly not in word in tongue but indeed in truth with a pure heart fervently i to walk in love as Christ loved us to put on as the elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy kindnesse humblenesse of minde meeknesse long-suffering to be kind and tender hearted one towards another and above all things to put on Charity which is the bond of perfectnesse endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace to which we are called in one body there being we all having but one body one spirit one hope of our calling one Lord one faith one Baptisme one God and Father of all who is above all and thorough all and over us all I humbly referre it to the serious consideration of all pious and peaceable Christians whether it can be any Church Goverment of Christs invention approbation or institution fit to be embraced in any Christian Realme wherein we should with (k) one minde and one mouth glorifie God and all speake the same thing without any divisions among us being perfectly joyned together in the same minde and in the same judgement This Gods owne precept and it shall be my dayly prayer it may now prove all our reall practise I shall close up all with this exhortation of the Apostle necessary for our distracted times (l) If there be any consolation in Christ if any comfort of love if any fellowship of the spirit if any bowels and mercies fulfill yee my joy that you be like minded having the same love being of one accord and of one mind Let nothing be done henceforth as to much I feare hath formerly bin through strife or vain glory but in lowlines of mind let each esteem of others better then himselfe Looke not every man on or after his owne things but every man also on the things of others (m) And I beseech you Brethren marke them which cause divisions offences contrary to the doctrine which yee have learned and avoid them Follow after the things which make for peace and such things only wherewith one may edefie another laying aside all bitternesse and wrath and anger and clamor and evill speaking with all malice covetousnesse pride and self seeking which duly practised will speedily reconcile and terminate all our differences eternally unite us in a lasting bond of reall Vnity and brotherly love against our Common enemies who endeavour to ruin●●s by our unnaturall sad divisions FINIS (a) Matth. 28.19 20. Mar. 16.15 Rom. 10.18 Col. 1 5.6.23 Ephes. 3.5 to 12. (b) 1 Cor. 14.40 c. 11.34 (c) See the Harmony of Confessions Section 10 11 16. (d) 1 Cor. 14.32.33 Rom. 13.1.2 1 Pet 2 13 14 15. 1 Cor. 10.32.33 (e) 1 Cor. 12.12 to 29. c. 14.33 c. 1.10 to 15. c. 11.16 Eph. 4.3 to 17 Rom. 15.56 Ia. 3.14.15 16● 17 18. Phil. 2.1.2 3. 1 Cor. 3.3.4 * Gen 4 17. c. 10. 11 14. Arist. pol. lib. 1. c. 1.2 c. * Rom. 16 15 1 Cor. 16.19 Acts 11.19 to 25 13.14 16. and 17. and 18 c. 28.30 31. (h) See Binius Surius Crab Merlin Syrmond Caranza and Sir Hen. Spelmans TOMES of Councels Bochellus De●reta Ecclesiae Gallicanae Gratian I●o Carnote● si● The harmony of Confessions Lyndewood and other Canonists (i) Communi Presbyter●rum concilio Ecclesiae regebantur Hier. Epist. ad Ev●grium Com. in Tit. 1. Igna●ius Epist. 5.6 18. Tertul. Apolog advers. Gentes cap. 39. Ireneus adv Haereses l. b 4. c. 43.44 Cyp. epist. 6.18.28.39.45 Sedulius Anselm in Tit. 1. ●ee my Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy c. part 2. c 8.9 Where this is largely proved Harmony of Confessions Sect. 11.12 (k) Exo. 23.17 c. 34.23 ●4 c. 35.1 Deu. ●6 15 17. c. ●1 1. Lev. 8.3 Num. 8.20 c. 13.26 Iosh. 22.12.10 34. c. 23. 2. c. 24 1. to 20. Iudg. ●6 1.2 c● 2● 5 1 Chron. 31.1.10 9. c 28.1 2. c. 29.1 c. ● Chron. 5. ● c. 6 3.12 13. c. 7 8 9. c. 20 4 5.14 c. 23.2.3 c. 30.1 to 27. c 31.1 Ezra 31. c 10 1 c Neh. 8.1.10.18 Luk. 1.41 (l) Acts 15.22 to 32. c. 16 14. c. 21.25 (m) ● Cor. 7.17 c. 11.6 c. 4. ●3 c. 16.1.2 Gal. 1.1 See Rev. 1.11.20 c. 2.7 c. 22 1● n Acts 9.31 c. 15 4● c. 16 5 Rom. 16 4● 16. ● Cor 7.17 c. 11 16● c. 1● 33 34. c. 16.19 2 Cor. 8.1 18.19.23 24. c. 11.13 2 Thes●● ● Rev. 1.11.20 c. 2.7.11.13.19 c. 3 6.13.22 c. 22.16 o Isay 2 2 3. Mic 4.1 to 5. Ps. 72.17 Ps 82.8 Psal. 86.9 Ier. 16.19 Mal. 1 1● Isa. 11.9 to 16 c. 9.12.23 c. 54.1.2 3. c. 60.3 to 22. Zach. 8.22 (p) Lu. 2.32 Mar. 13.10 Act. 1● 46.47.48 Rō 10.18.20 ● 1.12 c. q Rom. 16.5 1 Cor. 16.19 Col. 4 15. Philem. 2.23 Heb. 11.37.38 Acts 20.7.8 Acts 1.13.14 I●h. 20 19. (r) Gal. 1.1 Acts 9.31 c. 15.41 c. 16.5 Rom. 16 4.16 1 Cor 7.17 r. 11.16 c. 14.33 c. 16.19 2 Co● 1.18.19.23.24.11.28 2 Thes. 1 Rev. 1. ●1 20 c. 22.16 (s) Acts 6.1 to 8. 1 Tim. 3.8 (t) Act 11.30 c. 15.2.4 Phil. 1.1 Tit. 1.5 1 Tim. 3. c● to 6. c. 5.17 Iam. 5.14 1 Pet. 5.1.2 1 Cor. 1● 28.29 Eph. 4.21.12 13. 1 Tim 5.3.9.10 2 Pet. 1.20.21 (v) 2 Tim. 3.16.2 (x) 1 Cor. c. 1 3. 4. 5. 6 c. 11.34 7. 8. 9. 10.11 12. 14. 16. c. 1. 〈◊〉 2 Epist. to Tim. Tit c. 1. 2. 1 Cor 7.17 c. 3.4.3 * A Bloudy Tenent (y) Gen. 2.18 c 9.17 c. 10.11 r. 4. Arist. Polit. l. 1. ● z 1 Cor. 12.10 31. Acts 10.5 to 48 c. 11.21 22 26 c. 15.1 to 37. 1 Cor. 16 1 32 2 Cor. 2.11.11 2 Cor. 11.28 15. Acts 19.9.10 c. 11.21.22 (a) Rom. 10.14 Isay. 65.5 Lu. 18.10 to 19. Pro. 30.12 Math. 7.1 (b) Ph●l ● 3 (c) Lu. 18.10.11.12 Math. 18.17 (d) Math. 7.1 Rom. 2.1 r. 14.10 (e) 2 Chron. 6 30 17.9.10 f Acts 2.44 45 46. 1 Cor 12.12 to 26. c. 16 ● ● 2 Cor 8. Ephes. 4 3 4 5 6● c. ●● 25 to 23. 1 Tim 5 8 2. Cor 11 21. c. 12 14. g Iudges ● 28. Luk 9● 53 5● 〈◊〉 8 〈◊〉 Iohn 13.34 35. 1 Iohn 4.21 c 3.14 18 19● 1 Thes. 4.9 1 Pet. 1 2●● c ●●17 i Ephes. 5 2. c 4 ● to 7. Col. 3.12 3 14 15. (k) Rom 15.5 6. 1 Cor. 1.12 (l) Phil. 2.1.2 3 4. (m) Rom. 6.17 c. 14.19 c. 12.16 Ephes 4.31 c. 5.3