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truth_n	seek_v	spirit_n	worship_v	7,034	5	9.8542	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59925	An additional supplement to the Eirenikon, or, Peaceable considerations of Christs peaceful kingdome to come upon the earth in the thousand years Rev. 20, lately published, 1665.	Sherwin, William, 1607-1687?	1674 (1674)	Wing S3396; ESTC R34218	66,984	74

Water even aiming at the true good of so many invisible members of Christs Church as yet remain to be called out of great Mystical Babylon it self that they may not partake of any of her Plagues Rev. 18. And this for all such the rather however differing in the Modes Forms and Wayes of seeking serving and worshipping of the great God in Spirit and Truth and so being real members of Christs mystical Body do love him in sincerity and consequently must love one another as such though the selfish persons of all those said wayes love themselves only in reality and all or any others only for self-respects But let sound Christians of all sorts know Though Rivers fall fiercely into the Seas yet suddainly become one with it there is one Faith one Hope to Gods People one God and Father of all who by such graces in Christ makes his all one in Spirit and soul We must therefore beware of Disunion c. that herein is Satans Master-piece in these divided and sadly still dividing times to work what dis-union he can amongst those which he knows though few yet believe it shall shortly be one or made perfect in one as our Saviour prajed John 17. Therfore to prevent Satans design all such have great need to pray and labour earnestly for Unity and this cannot be without putting on the Apostles bond of perfection true Christian charity so excellently decyphered 1 Cor. 13.4 5 6 7. whose Office is not so much to find what fault she can as to hide what faults she may in others and is not so sollicirous about the cutting off or ordering the hair of Christs Spouse or paring her nails which nature will teach as to preserve her body and person safe and sound and yet this Charity will not be without her inseparable companion also Purity but she must keep close to her three necessary attendants Holyness Righteousness and Sobriety according to Gods pure Word Psal 12. and 19. for without these all pretences of Purity Piety or any thing respecting Religion how specious outwardly or otherwise soever they may appear are but meer vanity at the best lut also lesides that may have many abominations in them c. That one Rule for edification 1 Cor. 14.26 would regulate all such things amiss for what respects Order and Decency vers 4. would so in their natural course fall in of themselves The said Penman apprehending these Doctrines of Christs Kingdom very pertinent to improve and encrease these needful Graces gives thee Christian Reader this direction to use this his prefent help to those ends First That thou mayest find the Key of such Doctrines by some light of the Book of the Revelations of Jesus Christ use that short cornprisal in the Fore-runner dated May 20. 1664. pag. 22 23 24 c. And that Summary of the said Book given to the Lamb Rev. 5. In the Irenicon pag. 26 27 28 29 c. which together with the Paper of December 7. 1664. In the Forerunner pag. 26 27 28 29 c. Which may serve for many persons as an A. B. C. to spell the meaning in some useful measure of that divine Book and reckon likewise the Abridgment on Daniels Visions a like A. B. C. to spel out some things of that Book also and by the help of both those A. B. C's thou art like to make a more profitable use of the ensuing Parallel which contains again a Summary of the main matters of both those Books joyntly witnessing unto the same divine Truth though the Revelation is the sure Key to unlock Daniel's before shut up Visions in great part by which means with Prayer c. thou mayest by Gods blessing find much light come into thy soul respecting many other portions of holy Scriptures c. I suppose thy reason wil ldirect thee to turn to pertinent quotations First Of Scriptures only pointed out for brevity And Secondly Of any other of these parcels referred unto for thy advantage and these latter parts after the Irenicon being attentively so perused will much enable thee to get a discovery of the substance of all matters contained in the whole work FINIS Pag. 19. line 22. read sheltered not shattered