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Epheflrns,
Chap.
+.
V
E
R.
4,
courfe ofaffe ions,
yet the
foule
of
one
cannot
be
in
the other,
every
man
hath
his
own fpirrt:
But in all
of
us
there
is
one Spirit which doth
inform and
.quicken
every
member
of
the body of Chrift.
But it may be
asked,how
it
commeth to
paffe,
ifall
have one fpirit,
that
Chriftians
are fo divers
in
judgement
and converfation?
It
is
one
thing to
have one fpirit,
another thing to have
it working
alike
in us:
Every part
in
the
body
bath
the
fame foule,
yet
fo that
it
workethfarre
more vitalls
in
the
heart,
then
in
the foot
:
So
it
is
with
the Spirit,
it is in
every
member, yet
it
doth not
enlighten every
man
alike,
nor
fanâify
every one
in
one
meafure,
from thence commeth
fuch diverfity
of
judgement
and
praEtife
,
that
one
mans meat
is a
nothers
mans
poyfon.
Well,
we
muff
think
of
this, that
all
of
us
are
aapiultitude living
with
one foule, and
therefore
live
as
one
in
the
Vni-
ty
ofthe
Spirit
:
The
Apoll
le
Philip.2.
r.
doth lay down this
as
a
vehe-
mentmotive
:
If
there
be any
communion
ofthe Spirit,then
be
like minded;
having
all
but
one fpirit
of
life
in all
the members
of
the body: Though
this
fpirit
of
life
and
health
be more
in
force members then
in
others,
whereby
force are
more nimble,
quick, lively, and have fewer
infir-
mitiesand
difeafes
of
the old
t
/dam
and
the
fiefh
then others
have.
As
in
the body
of
man,
there
is
but
one foule
in
all
the
members,
and
thofe members that
are
moll difeafed,
unfound and
foae,
yet
have
the
fame fpirit
of
life
to
quicken them
and live
by
as
other
have
:
So
having all
the
fame
effemials
of foule and
body
& life,
though
we
dif-
ferin force
accidentals
of
outward
aEtuall
wrongs
or
infirmities, thefe
fhould
not
break Peace or Vnity
of
Soule
and
Spirit,
and rend the bo-
dy
and
members
of
Chriff
one
from another.
Again,
it
is
to be obferved by the
way,that the
Apoftle doth
extend
the
Spirit
as
farre
as
the
body;
teaching
us
thereby,
That
whofoever doth belong
asa
proper member
to
this
body ,
he
alfohatb
this quickning
fpirit. The
wicked are not properly members
of
Chrift,
they want the
inward
conjunEtion
:that
inward quickning which
all
have
that
are
Chrifts.
So
many
as are Chrifls are led
by
the Spirit
of
Chrifi.
Wicked
men and
temporary
beleevers
they
are
in
the
vifible
Church,
but are not
living
members
of
the
body;
but look
as a glaffe
eye,or
a
wooden
leg,
or
a
wenne on
the body,are not proper
members
of
it, for they have
not the
foule
quickning them
to
the
function and
afe
of
members:
no more
are
the
unregenerate
that
want this Spirit
which giveth the
being
ofa
member to
a
member. This
fhall
fuffice
to
havetouched
by way
ofobfervation.
It
followeth:
At
ye
have
been
called
in
one hope
of
your
calling.] The
third
argu-
ment followeth; where
obferve: That
we
mujJ labour
to
live
here as
one,
becacfe
ire
fhaR
he one
in
glory
forever. As
our prefent condition
in
the
effentials
is
thefame
here,
fo
our future condition
in
heaven for
the
effentials
of
eternall life
andglory
is
the
fame ;
wee
are
all called
to
the fame inheritance immortal and
undefled,the
common
inheritance
of
the
Saints
in
light. For the underftanding
of
ir,
three
things
muff
be enquired.
r.
What
uuefl:
Diverfity of
judgements
amongChri-
niana
whence.
Philipp.n.t
t.
This diverfity
ought
not to
break our
uni.
ty.
DOa7.
The
wicked
are
no true
members
of
tbe
myfficall
body
ofChrrlt
ftom,8,g.
Doïé:
Our
unity in
glory
a motive
toChriftian
unity
here.