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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56700	A sermon preached in the chappel of St. James's before His Highness the Prince of Orange, the 20th of January, 1688 by Symon Patrick ...	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing P846; ESTC R23233	16,187	39

under the care of one and the same God and of the same Mediator and were become one Corporation by submitting to the same Laws They were all both Jews and Gentiles indifferently endued with one and the same Spirit This St. Paul frequently inculcates especially in the forenamed Epistle to the Ephesians where you read presently after the words now mentioned v. 18. that through Christ they both had access by one Spirit unto the Father And again v. 22. Ye also are built together in him for an Habitation of God through the Spirit The Holy Ghost that is falling down in great variety of wonderful Gifts upon the Gentiles as well as the Jews was an undoubted Testimony of the same Divine Favour towards them both alike an evident Token that the same Divine Presence was among the Gentiles which had been among his ancient People and was likewise the Bond of Union whereby they were knit together without any distinction between them unto one God in the same Religion of Jesus Christ So the Apostle tells them Chap. iv where he requires them v. 3 4. to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace because there is one Body and one Spirit They were all made Members that is of the same Society and one Spirit moved and wrought in them all which could not but dispose and incline them unto Love and Kindness unto Peaceableness and the stricctest Friendship imaginable Of this alone it would not be hard to make an entire Discourse and to show withal that by the Power of this Spirit only and not by armed Force and Violence his Religion was propagated and advanced in the World in a very quiet and peaceable manner But my design is meerly to represent what effectual means our Lord imployed had they been observed and pursued to bring about his end and to fulfil this Prophecy Which will further appear if you cast your Eyes a while upon his Precepts which is the second thing I propounded to be considered under this Head. I will briefly mention some of them for that will be sufficient to make you sensible of their Efficacy if they were heartily obeyed First Exact Justice all the Duties of which he hath comprised in so few but very forcible words that as in an instant they enter into our Minds and gain our Assent and recommend themselves to our best Affections so they are easily remembred and preserved in Mind For all things whatsoever ye would that Men should do unto you do ye even so to them Mat. vii 12. is a Rule so pregnant that it comprehends in it the Wisdom of all Laws and so equitable that it makes every Man's own Desires to be the measure of his Actions towards others and so powerful that this alone were it observed would turn the whole Earth into a Paradise in which the Lions should be as tame as Lambs and no body destroy or hurt or so much as molest others any more 2. For this Rule comprehends in it Mercy also which is another Lesson our Saviour hath taught us no less than Justice Which if Men would exercise as they desire it should be shown to them in their Necessities they would not merely cease to be hurtful to their Neighbours but become helpful and beneficial and that in an extraordinary measure for our Lord hath raised this Vertue to the sublimest pitch by requiring all his Disciples to be merciful as their Heavenly Father is merciful 3. But suppose some to be so far from doing Good that they do nothing but Mischief and continue to be as unruly as the Bears and as spiteful as the Asps of which the Prophet speaks in the next Verses In this Case our Lord hath taught us Meekness and Patience and would have us to suppress those angry and furious Motions which are apt on such Occasions to rise and boil up in our Hearts So that notwithstanding the brutish Nature of some if the rest were generally possessed with the Christian Spirit the World might see more happy Days than now it doth 4. For he requires us also not only to pass by and forgive those Wrongs and Affronts we receive from our Enemies but to bless them and to do them Good. Which hath a strange Power in it to charm and conquer even the most fierce and barbarous Natures and to reconcile them to the Love of that Vertue which makes Men requite Injuries with Courtesies even when it is in their Power to take a terrible Revenge 5. Nay further he would have us contented with such things as we have which evidently destroys that envy emulation and ambition from whence no small stirs and confusions arise in the World. 6. In questions also and disputes about matters of Liberty he charges those that are satisfied not to despise such as are not and those that are not satisfied he commands not to judge those that are Rom. XIV 3. 7. Nay in all manner of differences which are apt to arise among us he would have the peace of God rule in our hearts Coll. III. 16. so that this having the Umpire there and all being referred to its judgment we should rest in the determination of what will make most for peace 8. He instructs likewise our behaviour in our several Relations teaching Husbands and Wives Parents and Children Masters and Servants Pastors and People to demean themselves so to their mutual satisfaction as to take away the cause of all discord not only in Families and Parishes but in the larger Societies of Church and State. When the Flock for instance know those which labour among them as St. Paul discourses 1 Thess V. 12. that is have a great respect to their Spiritual Pastors and Instructors whose faithful discharge of their Office in labouring among their Flock presiding over them in the Lord and admonishing them procures a great regard to them and inclines the People to esteem them very highly in love for their works-sake they cannot well miss of that Blessing which there immediately follows to be at peace among themselves For from wise and faithful Instructions on the one hand and affectionate Regard to holy Counsels on the other there cannot but issue such an Accord as will make them no less happy than by their Divisions they make themselves unquiet and miserable For lastly the Root and Foundation of all these our Lord hath laid in much Humility and Charity which as they are the very Soul and Spirit of Christianity and utterly destroy that Selfishness which is the great Make-bate among men so they are of such a sweet and obliging Nature that did they universally prevail there would be an end of all Impatience and Wrath Jars and Contentions Injustice and Violence Cruelty and hard Dealing all Factions in the State and all Schisms in the Church would either be prevented or presently quasht and gently healed I need not distrust the evidence of these things so much as to add one word more about them Let me