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A90974	Unity our duty. In twelve considerations humbly presented to the godly, reverend, and learned brethren of the Presbyterian judgement; and the dissenting godly, reverend, and learned brethren, commonly called independant; contending together about church governement. Which tends earnestly to dissvvade them from bitter speaking, and writing one against another. By I. P. Licensed and published according to order.	Price, John, Citizen of London.	1645 (1645)	Wing P3350; Thomason E26_14; ESTC R6462	7,462	11

UNITY OVR DUTY IN TWELVE CONSIDERATIONS Humbly presented to the Godly Reverend and Learned Brethren of the Presbyterian judgement and the dissenting Godly Reverend and Learned Brethren commonly called Independant contending together about Church Government Which tends earnestly to disswade them from bitter speaking and writing one against another By I. P. Phil. 2. 3. That nothing be done through strife or vaine glory but that in meek●nesse of minde every man esteeme other better then himselfe James 3. 14 15 16 17. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts rejoyce not neither be lyers against the truth This wisedome descendeth not from above but is earthly sensuall and devilish For where envie and strife is there is sedition and all manner of evill workes But the wisedome that is from above is first pure then peaceable gentle and easie to be intreated full of mercy and good fruits without judging and without hypocrisie Rom. 14. 19 Let us then follow those things which make for peace and wherewith one may edifie another Licensed and Published according to Order London Pinted by T. Paine for John Hancock and are to be sold at his shop at the entrance into Popes-Head Ally out of Cornhill 164● VNITY OVR DVTY In Twelve considerations humbly presented to the godly Reverend and learned Brethren of the Presbyterian judgement and the dissenting godly reverend and learned Brethren commonly called Independent contending together about CHVRCH GOVERNEMENT THe errors of the times doth abunantly vindicate the defect of our faith in the knowledge of the truth And the divisions of the times the defect of our love in the prosecution of the same the forme of sound words is to be held fast in faith and love 2 Tim. 1. 13. The devouring sword abroad and the deviding pen at home rendreth our condition very neere the pit of distruction and that by a Divine hand of Justice for as the want of sound knowledge argueth the weakenesse of our heads and so our unprofitablenes for God so the want of love the rottennesse of our hearts and what shall God doe with a weake headed and rotten hearted people It is hard to say whether is the saddest Omen of our approaching misery either the unhappie divisions of our owne party or betweene our selves and the common Enemy whose promising advantage against our selves in that particular is their greatest hopes and our greatest feare they are united we divided they are all one against us each of us one against his brother unity acteth the sons of error division the sons of truth which is as if the good should with the wicked change quallities and yet retaine priviledges the spirit of pride peevishnesse ●ssion perversenesse mallice confidence envy and Emulation doth apparently look as through a lettice through these late times of contention about Church Discipline betweene I hope godly parties on each side which is as sad in it selfe as the consequence if not prevented are like to be The Melancholy and serious observation whereof hath cast mee upon these present suddaine but seasonable thoughts which I have moulded into severall considerations and motives unto a more sweete christian and lovely demeanour of our selves in our mutuall pleadings and writing against one another unhappily dissenting about the truth first consider the minde of God revealed in the Scriptures about the same who hath commanded us to love one another John 15. 17. to follow the truth in love Ephes. 4 15 to provoke one another to love Heb. 10. 24. to reduce the fallen brethren either in judgement or practise with the spirit of meekenesse bearing one anothers burthens and so fulfilling the law of Christ Oal 6. 1 2. to take heede of biting and devouring one another least we bee consnmed one of another Gal. 5. 15. to walke by the same rule so farre as we have mutually attained and if any be contrary minded to wiate with Christian respect and love in confidence that God will seasonally reveale the truth unto the mistaken Phil. 3. 15 16. To bee kindly affectioned one towards another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another Rom. 10. 12. and that this love should not be complementall but without dissemulation Rom. 12. 9. with a pure heart fervently 1 Pet. 1. 22. in deede and in truth 1 John 3. 18. that this brotherly love should continue Heb. 13. 1. and be daily increasing and abounding one towards another 1 Thes. 3. 12. with many other Scriptures of the like importance Consider the patterne which is set before you God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him 1 John 4. 16. Wee differ from God in heart in life in judgement in practise and yet still God is love the father himselfe loveth you John 16. 27. be ye therefore followers of God as deare children and walke in love Ephes. 5. 1 2. the Sonne hath loved you in nature kinde and degree even as the Father hath loved the Sonne John 15. 9. That is infinitely Eternally and in things infinite there are not degrees of comparison he gave himselfe a measure of his love to us then the which there could be no greater love John 15. 13. the inference from hence is verse 17. that ye love one another the holy spirit is a spirit of love 2 Tim. 1. 7. and the fruit of it is love Gal. 5. 22. And where ever it is in truth it knits the heart with the Saints in love Colos. 2. 2. rooting and grounding them in love Ephes. 3. 17. causing not onely the report of their faith in Christ Jesus but also of their love to all Saints to be heard abroad in the world Colos. 1. 4. the father the sonne the holy spirit loveth us not withstanding our vast and infinite disproportion and difference from this holy Trinity in our judgements wills affections lives and conversations and surely they that are taught of God do love one another 1 Thes. 4 9. Consider how sweetly and kindly the almighty treateth with the sonnes of men his words are soft breaking our bonds Prov. 25. 15. and his writings are words of reconsiliation sending his Embassadors to beseech us and most kindly to pray us in Christs name and stead to bee reconciled unto God 2 Cor. 5. 20. Thirdly consider wee cannot as yet bee all of one minde which is our affliction as well as our sinne yet may we be all of one heart the fallings wherein is more our sin then our sorrow unity in judgement is the promised blessing of another age but unity in affection is our present duty though we cannot speake all the same things of saith though our difference in judgement yet we may all speake the same things of love through the unity of our affections though wee cannot agree in all things which should be all our griefe yet we all agree in this thing to strive together to know the truth as it is in Jesus which calles for our love to one

another God in Christ and Christ in God is the pure spring of that divine love which is alwaies running from God to Christ and from Christ to God the streames whereof doe cheare the hearts of all the Saints but the Saints in Christ and Christ in Saints should make each lovely in each others eyes our mutual interest in Jesus Christ should make us value each other as pretious jewells which God will make up in the day of his glory Mal. 3. 17 We are all acceptable to God in the beloved Ephes. 1. 6 and why not then unto one another Fourthly Consider we all know but in part 1 Cor. 13. 9. And therefore none are so perfectly acquainted with one truth that he needs no further light about the same and it is to beconceived that the errors of judgement in the godly ariseth not from the love of error but the mistake of truth so that the light of the Saints possibly may be dim and their darkenesse or ignorance not absolutely without or utterly remote from some light they ought therefore to here on another patiently and to beare with one another kindly it is the propertie of the Father of lights and of the Sonne of righteousnesse the light of the world that in him should be all light and no darkenesse at all He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in light for God is light He that saith he is in light and hateth his brother is in darkenesse and walketh in darkenesse Notwithstanding his great presumption of his large abilities He knoweth not whether he goeth because that darkenesse hath blinded his eyes verse 11. Fifthly Consider a passionate peevish froward pettish perverse Professor is seldome acquainted with the truth as it is in Jesus meeknesse encapableth a man to receive the truth Iames 1. 21. A froward heart and a perverse tongue or pen commonly goeth together and Salomon saith that one findeth no good and the other falleth into mischiefe Pro. 17. 20. He that thinketh he knoweth nothing as he ought to know is in the sweetest capacity to be taught of the father who filleth the hungry with good things but sendeth the rich empty away Resisting the proude he giveth grace to the humble the Lord guideth the meeke in judgement and them will he teach his way Psal. 25. 9. Those who are become like weaned children doth he teach knowledge and understand doctrine Esay 28. 9. A froward heart tongue or pen is an abomination unto the Lord and therefore the secrets of the Lord cannot be with such Swelling words commonly come from shallow braines and the most ignorant are most conceited With the lowly there is wisedome Pro. 21. 2. A rayling tongue or pen is like the rageing waves foming out it's owne sham● Jude 13. The Lord teacheth the lowly person and such is fit to teach his brother Sixtly Consider how much men preiudiceth the truth by apassionate endeavour to vindicate the same rayling language and invective lines vailes the truth that it cannot be seene who loves to drinke in troubled waters or puddle streames When mens foame of mallice envie and discontent appeare in the surface of their peevish lines who will looke for truth therein A smooth pen shall not bewitch me for I will examine what it affirmes A scolding dialect shall not corrupt me for I will never bestow the paines to read it truth hath never need of passion but oft of patience A froward pen oft times stir up other mens passions but seldome setleth any mans judgement frowardnesse raiseth up frowardnesse and strife stirreth up strife and both together rejoyceth the Divell and sporteth his children and the truth is neglected all the while He that endeavors to conquer error with good successe must bring along with him meekenesse and truth and having both may ride on and prosper Psal. 45. 4. Seventhly Men doe seldome contend for truth in a rayling dialect it is mistery more then truth that is so sought out passion envie hatred mallice are the fruits of the flesh and can these contend for their distroyer the spirit of truth an unbridled tongue a licentious pen is the common charracter of a rotten heart 1 James 26. The passion of the pen above that of the tongue is the more dangerous signe that the heart is rotten A passionate tongue doth many times argue the distempers of the head when the consent of the heart cannot begotten but a rayling pen doth clearly evince the hearts mallice commanding the head to subserve the same a passionate tongue doth often declare a man robbed of his reason but a passionate pen doth more clearely evince a man robbed of the truth for his reason is ranged in his malicious lines the passion of the tongue doth largely proclaime sin in the heart but the passion of the pen the heart in sin for deliberation invention memory witt reason all are commanded by that heart of sin truth triumphs only in tittle but pride and arrogancy in the matter it selfe Eightly Consider how doth it gratifie the designes of the adversarie that the Saints should thus wrangle each with his brother how doth this cheare up the popish Episcopall Presbyteriall Independent Antinominicall Annabaptisticall Jesuite For I presume the Jesuite personates them all and whose ends we prosecute by our unhappie divisions amongst our selves how is this told in Gath and published in Askalon how doe the daughters of the Philistims rejoyce and the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph How doe they jeare at our discord that we our selves proves thornes in one anothers eyes and goade in one anothers sides boasting that they lasht us with rods but we our selves with scorpions and that our own little fingers will be heavier upon one another then their loines were upon us all They opprest us and we were pitied of all we oppresse our selves and then who pitieth us They ruin'd us by an usurpation and shal we strive to ruine one another by a law They crush't us by the heavie sentences of the Heigh Commission Star Chamber shal we endeavour to do the same by the Authority of Parliament If we love not one another let us love our selves for each undermineth his owne security by circumventing his brothers peace Ninthly Consider how do Saints loose in each others hearts when they gall and greive and vex one another in each others pen To give milke and honey for vinegar and gall blessing for cursing kind words for bitter language this is indeed our duty but hereunto who hath attained And shall we tempt one another with such provocations Sorrow and trouble persecution and affliction envie and mallice evill speaking and railing we expect from the world but bitter quarter from bitter people The Saints should be each others shelter we doe not gather grapes from thornes not briers from vines men doe not gather figs from thistles nor prickles from figg trees Churlish language I expect from a Nabell not from a David Scoffs from an Ismael not from an Isaack Rayling from