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A vvay unto true Christian unitie the worship of God in spirit and in truth : together vvith many spirituall benefits therein received now in this life and everlastingly ...
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Reeve, Edmund, d. 1660.
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A VVAY VNTO TRVE Christian Unitie The worship of God in Spirit and in Truth TOGETHER VVith many Spirituall benefits therein received now in this life and everlastingly All expresly delivered in the Holy Scripture And declared in an Exposition of a certain Fundamentall portion of the Sacred Text. Written for the lessening of Differences and for the increasing of Concord in the godly truth eternall Also for to make more manifest a firme Ground whereon holy Unity may be built up unto the highest degree of perfection attainable in this World Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in Vnitie Psal 133.1 But the houre commeth and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth for the Father seeketh such to worship Him Joh. 4.23 Illo tempore nihil tam conveniens servo Dei videbatur quà m Unitatem sequi Hieron cont Lucif cap. 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LONDON Printed by John Legatt and are to be sold by Edward Wright at the signe of the Bible neere Pie-corner 1648. To my very loving and much honoured friend and neighbour Mr. JOHN BATHURST Doctour of Physick in London be the gracious accomplishment of the promise which Godlinesse hath of the life that now is 1 Tim. 4.8 and of that which is to come THe eternall God blessed for ever saying a Ier. 8.22 Is there no Balme in Gilead Is there no Physician there Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered signifieth thereby that as there is salve for corporall infirmitie so is there likewise for spirituall maladie And therefore He that hath b Mal. 4.2 healing in His wings having pronounced c Mat. 9.12 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The sick have need of a Physician hath taught therein That d Isa 55.2 3. endeavour should be for health in soule Ut sit mens e 2 Tim. 1.7 sana in corpore sano Also like as the Sentence saith concerning what is bodily f Sir 38.4 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth and he that is wise will not abhorre them so hath Hee out of his infinite wisdome brought forth his most holy word and whatsoever his Servants publish for to further spirituall welfare and being the g Prov. 1.8 true doctrine of the sacred Scripture it should not be h 1 Thess 5.20 21. despised but i Acts. 17.11 taken into due consideration It is a Saying among the Jewes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A man learneth not so much of his own self as he learneth of another One k Buxtorfius Lexico Chaldaico Rabbinico ad radicem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 expresseth it Non tantum valet studium privatum quam id quod cum alio quis habet commune The Almighty Creatour doth so l 1 Cor. 12.8 9 10 11 25. powre out of his Spirit upon the Mysticall body of his Sonne to Whom be honour and glory everlastingly as that one member may make use of another according to his holy ordinance Moreover whereas the wise mans Exhortation is m Sir 38.1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Honour the Physician and having my selfe consulted with you my much beloved neighbour and Physician for bodily infirmities and by Gods blessing finding much helpe and comfort from you in mutuall love and thankefulnesse I offer unto you these Spirituall counsels and soule-salves praying that He who is the true Tree of life Whose leaves are for the n Rev. 22.2 healing of the Nations may universally blesse them to you yours and all the o Gal. 6.16 Israel of God And although some have as the Apostle relateth p Acts. 28.27 refused to be healed yet the Heavenly q Ezek. 2.7 command was Thou shalt speake my words unto them whether they will heare or whether they will forbeare Also howsoever unto them which r Phil. 3.19 Luke 12.20 21. 2 Tim. 3.4 minde and esteeme most the earthly things the meditating and observing of such matters as are in this Treatise following declared by the Word of the Lord to bee Christian duties may seeme ſ Job 2◠14 15 Mal. 3.14 unnecessary yet unto those that will search all the places of Scripture quoted therein to know more and more the t Eph. 5 17. Rom. 12.2 will of God for to doe u Mat. 6.10 Ps 40.8 it there will * Joh. 7.17 and 8.31 32. appeare that the very true x 2 Tim. 3 5. Power of Godlinesse is herein some manner testified And whereas the mysteries of the Gospel of Jesus Christ are more and more manifested praise be given to the high and loftie y Isa 57.15 One which inhabiteth eternity whose Name is holy there is hope that the greatest measure of z Isa 30.26 Rom. 11.12 15 26. light therein foretold in the Writings of the Prophets and Apostles to be given by God in the last Time shall shortly be enjoyed * Nazianzenus oratione in laudem Cypriani habita 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Divine Wisdome knoweth long afore to lay the foundations of great matters and to procure contraries through the contraries that It be also had in the more admiration From my lodging in the Old-Baily Yours ever respectively E. R. To the unpartiall Reader IT is one of the Arabian a Prov. 8.8 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In libro cui titulus Proverbiorum Arabicorum centuriae duae proverbs Looke not unto him that speaketh but unto what he speakes And the Holy Ghost saith The wisdome which is from above is without b Jam. 3.17 partiality c Isa 53.6 Isaiah writeth That we all like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his owne way Now it is the will and commandement of God as d Ier. 50.6 Jeremiah signifieth That wee should not passe our time in this world going from mountaine to hill and forgetting our resting place but as it is taught in Ezechiel our e Ezech. 34.14 15. Fold should be upon the high Mountaines of Israel there to feed in a good pasture also to f Ier. 33.12 Zeph. 3.12 13. lie downe as saith the Lord. There have been some in these latter times which by their writings endeavoured to promote Unitie because they saw it testified That the multitude of them which beleeved were of g Acts. 4.32 one heart and of one soule Also that the Apostle said h 2 Cor. 12.18 walked we not in the same spirit walked we not in the same steps Yea Christ foretold That there shall be i Joh. 10.16 See Mat. 9.36 37 38. 1 Cor. 1.10 11 12 13. one fold and one shepheard And therefore so fervently prayed for his people That they all may be k Joh. 17.11 21 21 23. See 1. Cor. 12.12 13. and 3.3 4. one as thou Father art in me and I in thee that they also may be one
14. â— Jer. 32.39 2 Cor. 12.18 Unity in observing the duties of the Morall Law contained in the Ten Commandements so is there also Unity in the most holy d Jude 10. Tit. 1.1 faith of Gods elect The Apostle saith There is e Eph. 4.5 one faith And he hath these words f Eph. 4.13 Till we all come into the Unity of faith and of the knowledge of the Sonne of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fulnesse of Christ And as all which truly endeavour to make preparation of the way of the Lord within them according as it is prescribed by the aforesaid heavenly crying voice shall see more and more the g 1 Tim. 3.9 mysterie of the Christian faith and what the true Christian h Joh. 8.12 Mal. 4.2 See wisd 5.6 life and conversation is unto the increase of godly Unity so such as are i Eph. 4.3 studious of all holy Unity shall partake of the greatest measure of heavenly light which God now communicateth unto his servants It is said in the Booke of Chronicles k 2 Chron. 5.13 14. It came to passe as the trumpetters and singers were as one to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord and when they lift up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick and praised the Lord saying For he is good for his mercy endureth for ever that then the house was filled with a cloud even the house of the Lord. So that the Priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God So it is said in the Acts of the Apostles l Acts 2.1 3 4 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord or with one mind in one place And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire and it sate upon each of them and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost Then did God m Acts 2.16 17 18. powre out of his Spirit upon all flesh namely on all ages and states as on old persons and young persons on sonnes and daughters on servants and hand-maids and in great abundance on his Apostles who had n Acts. 1.4 waited for the promise and had kept in Jerusalem Which saith David is builded as a City that is o Psal 22.3 compact together or as some translate which is at unity in it self For where brethren dwell together in unity p Psal 133.3 Where there is such concord us saith the Geneva note The Ratification of this oracle there saith he the Lord commandeth the blessing even life for evermore There remaineth also that something be said concerning the Ratification of this Oracle which is contained in these words For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it The which words are added for to assure us That our labour in the work of the Lord shall not now be in q 1 Cor. 15.51 vain our true endeavouring for to performe the aforesaid preparation shall not be unconsidered For God saith the Apostle is not unrighteous to r Heb. 6.10 11 12 13 14 15. Mat. 10.41 42. Ps 19.11 Heb. 11.26 forget your work and labour of love which ye have shewed toward His name c. And we desire that every one of you doe shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end That ye be not sloathfull but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises For when God made promise to Abraham because he could sweare by no greater He sware by Himself saying Surely blessing I will blesse thee and multiplying I will multiply thee And after he had patiently endured he obtained the promise Whereas it is said For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it it giveth us to consider that a mouth hath uttered it which Å¿ Tit. 1.2 cannot lye and that the Almighty holy righteous eternall Spirit hath promised it which is t Eph. 3.20 able to performe it Who hath promised many spirituall blessings to be inherited in the life that u 1. Tim. 4.8 now is according as His Divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godlinesse through the knowledge of him as S. Peter * 2. Pet. 1.3 4. saith that hath called us to glory and vertue whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these ye might be partakers of the Divine Nature having escaped the corruption which is in the world through lust That as the Apostle writeth unto the x Eph. 1.12 13 14. Ephesians We should be unto the praise of his glory who first trusted in Christ in whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the word of truth the Gospel of your Salvation in whom also after that ye believed ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance untill the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of his glory And as the Lord Jesus Christ saith y Mar. 10.29 30. There is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the Gospels but he shall receive an hundred fold now in this time houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions and in the world to come eternall life Moreover it is to be observed that these words for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it being so often used in holy Scripture What the mouth of the Lord signifieth do in speciall manner note forth unto us the power and truth of God upon which we may build and ground our selves and be secure or z See of Heb. 11.1 the marginall reading confident that what duties we for our parts are to endeavour are a Ps 19.7 8. Deut. 4.6 7 8. perfect wisdome to be done and that the benefit signified to be received in the doing of them is most sure and certain It is said in Ezechiel * Ezech. 37.13 14. And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I have opened your graves O my people and brought you up out of your graves And shall have put my Spirit in you and ye shall live and I shall place you in your own land then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it and performed it saith the Lord. And to conclude this point there is observed to be understood by these words The mouth of the Lord hath spoken Such a more inward manifesting and communicating of the Divine will as whereby matters were made knowne unto Moses as it is written With him will I speak b Num. 12.8 mouth to mouth apparently For so Isaiah framed not out of his own mind this crying voice as Jeremiah saith That the false Prophets doe speak a vision of their own heart