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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91475	Good tydings for sinners, great ioy for saints; or, A word to the world, and two to those that are chosen out of the world. Wherein is held forth, first, the sweet tenders of grace from the father through the son to all dejected sinners; he invites them, he woes them, he intreats them, nay, he beseecheth them to accept of mercy. In the second part of this book, called, Two words to those chosen out of the world, is spoken to the saints under their severall forms, taking notice first of the things commendable in them: and in the second place reproving them for things amisse among them. With a short prophesie of the downfall of presbyterie, independencie, anabaptismie, vaine notions, free-will. With a brief description of a true church-state, against which the gates of Hell shall not prevaile; it being founded upon a rock, it will stand against all waves and storms, that either men or devils can raise against it. I will give you all one heart, and one way. Then the Lord shall be one, and his name one. / Robert Purnell.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.; Parnell, Robert, attributed name.	1649 (1649)	Wing P542; Wing P4234; Thomason E557_12; ESTC R27528	60,728	77

from the Lord if it come not to passe it is not from the Lord. Againe I have by faith seene all these opinions fallen and I have heard from many others that they have seene them fallen also Therefore that which I have heard and seene declare I unto you that you might have fellowship with the Father and the Sonne in the spirit for then and not till then you will give over saying as in effect you doe I am of Paul I am of Appollo I am of Cephas Then you will not so much crye up a forme but endeavour the power of godlinesse Deliver thy selfe then oh Zion that dwellest with the daughter of Babilon Zecha 2.7 For the Lord shall slay Babylon and call his Servants by a new name Isa 65.15 A short description of a true Church-state or communion of Saints that shall stand against al opposers PAul writing to the Church of Corinth beseecheth them in the name of Christ that they would endeavour a perfect joyning together in one minde and one judgement and good reason he had for so doing for he well knew that all joynings whatsoever that were imperfect were not of God and so could not stand In opposition to all such imperfect unitings or unsound communions he disswades this Church of Christ from pleading or standing for patties and from saying I am of Paul I am of Apollos c. He doth in effect tell them they must cease from knowing Christ and Christians after the flesh for that must vanish He doth perswade them not to build upon the sand for that will fall The Spirit of Christ doth exhort you to give over saying lo here is Christ lo there is Christ for that is unsound and cannot stand That communion of Saints that shall stand against which the gates of hell shall not prevaile let the winde blow the raine descend and the floods come and beate upon it it will not fall for it is founded on a rocke That communion then is this A communion that doth arise or flow from union I say It is a communion of Saints arising from a cleare apprehension of their union with Saints 1 Cor. 12.13 14. For by one Spirit are we all baptised into one body whether we be Jewes or Gentiles bond or free And have beene all made to drinke into one spirit for the bod●●s not one member but many verse 20. For now are they many members yet but one body Now when a Saint comes to see that every one in whom the Lord Jesus appeareth though in the least measure is a member together with him in the same body whereof Christ is the head then his heart longeth to joyne himselfe in fellowship with such who have fellowship with the father and the son in spirit whether in ordinances or otherwise He considers that he and all the faithfull under the whole Heavens have all one father all one mother all one elder Brother all one calling all one hope of their calling all cloathed with the same robe all inclined to the same worke all united by the same spirit all ruled by the same word and so he honours them all as the body of Christ and nourisheth and cherisheth them all as his owne body Oh who can breake the linkes of this golden chaine Who can throw downe this spirituall building No no The gates of hell cannot prevaile against it Reade and well consider that in the 1 Pet. 2.5 Yee also as lively stones are built up a spirituall house an holy Priesthood to offer up spirituall sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ c. or as it is in the margin be you built up a spirituall house Goe now through all the Shires and Cities of England and enquire nay make diligent search among all sorts of people professing and pretending to Christ for such a Congregation that of lively stones hath built up such a spirituall house and note that Church It shall never fall Oh where is such an assembly of Saints to be found as is spoken of Ephes. 2.22 that are built together for an holy habitation of God through the spirit Shall I appeale now to thy very conscience and aske thee oh thou zealous Presbyterian Is your building which is so much cried up in England such a building Shall I appeale now to thy conscience oh thou Independent and aske thee Art thou built up for an habitation of God through ●he spirit Doest thou indeed offer up a spirituall sacrifice Me thinks there is so much truth in both the Presbyterian and the Independent as to answer in the negative Well then Hence it is you love one Saint and hate another because you are not perfectly joyned together You yet know Christ and Christians after the flesh you have been joyned together in one forme but not united together in one spirit But the day is dawning before you and the day star is rising in you at the appearance of which your communion shall be in the spirit as well as in the forme and your love shall be to all as well as to some and when you are absent in body as Paul you will be present in spirit joying and beholding their spirituall order Now there are many reasons why the Saints ought to bee thus joyned together Take two 1. Because they are commanded to stand fast in one spirit Phil. 1. 27. And how can they stand fast in the Spirit if they be not joyned in the Spirit 2. Because that worship wherewith they must worship God must be a spirituall worship John 4.23.24 1 Pet. 2.5 And untill Saints are thus joyned together they are not fitly joyned according to that Ephes. 4.16 Neither untill they be thus united in one spirit can they be said to have any fellowship of the Spirit according to that Phil. 2.1 Againe untill they be thus united in one spirit how can they yeeld obedience to that command Ephes. 4 3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace And that they might keepe the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace see what powerfull convincing arguments hee brings Ephes. 4.4 5 6. There is one body saith he and one spirit even as yee are called in one hope of your calling One Lord one Faith one Baptisme One God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all Mark then I beseech you the Lord by Paul doth here lay downe 1. The union thou hast with him 2. The union thou hast with his people and from both these as from the ground he puts his people upon a sweet communion and fellowship both with himselfe and his people Upon this rocke hath Christ built his Church and the gates of hell shall not prevaile against a Church thus stated But I have beene in communion with all sorts of Professors now extant in England and waded out of one forme into another and at the last I have clearly found that much of their building hath beene upon