·or EM/ion. rhat immcdiarcl v follow them, you moy obfervc that the other Verfes rurion~ fm oothly wirho~t them; fo as thole words ore a Parenthefis i 1pray f or them, C!' "P: 7· _ whrcb tbou haft givrn me, for tbry are thr,.e, Verf. 9· and I am glonjied m~ them Verr: 1 o. And (o on. And fntcrpreters gen'erally are fd wholly intent upon ;his , J thatthoPerfons of the Apoilles are only intended iu his faying , .A!Jmine"" thrne, as they fill up the whole of Chrtfls me3nmg therewith; which "llo bath c'ufed them to)udge rhe O,renefs of the Sai'nts themfelves; t n be only mr•nt in thofe woros, .Thatthry may be one: But l hope I have fuf· licicntl y prov'd it, that our OnencfS with God, and with Chriil is here to be underlbud. 2. That Tber may 6e o11r, is the centre of Iris Prayer, whicl•, what is before, determine>, and falls into; and therefore this paffage of all mi11e ccntcrs rhere: n. alfo. i• The fuitablenefs, and correfpondency; yea; farnenels of fenfe, that is bn-w<en thefe two Paffages, .Ait thmgs tl>11t are mme 11re tbiue; and that which is lafl ofall, As wr are oue, is fuch as makt s it undeniable. For if any lhould have !ludied nevet fo much to eJprefs what rhc Father and Sons being one is, or what rhe Unity of the Perfons, in refpedl of theirEffenccs, or Godhead, is, itcouldnotbemore fully, and adequately fer out, than by this, that it is a Communion of all things in God between rhofe perfons; and that faying of Chrifi which exprc!Tes this Communion, /lit mint 11rr thine, is the fame with thi~ other As wt are o1u: So th~n. that our Umon with God, lhould be cxpreffed by our being one in our mcafure and proporti<m, /Is tbe Father and rbt Son are 011r, is tl:e moO: Ggnif.cant way of <·xprdling it that could be : So as we fee all to agree in a blelfed Harmo• 11\". ' Now the force of the Plea therein, wherewith he moves his Father is, That they [l(J11g One in the injnyment of all thcfe increated riches of the God-head, which are mutually theirs; as of that effenrial Wifdom, Pow– er, Omn fciencr, Holinefs, Bleffednefs, Glory, [At/:] And being thus One in EtTence, had agreed and confpired in Love towards thcfe : (For nil the aCts of the God-head internal, are comn\on to the Three Perfons.) And fo it is; as if he had laid, I am co11Ctlrri11g with thu, Oh Father, M Srcon d 'PerjoH, i11 the choice of theje per{o11s, a11d i11 the love of them, or ;,, wbat dtgra of Jptci.Jl love foever tbere u, in rtfpefl bf whicb tbey m.~ bt fud to be thiut , ;,, the (.1me love a;rd dtgret thtreof, thry a•e miut a!fo .u Seco11d ToJ01z : .A1Jd Q ,) therefore, 6ri!Jg tho('e whom we h zve loved, into a Commttnicatiorz of all tbofe Glories, m;d Rrcbes with 11s : Let them h,zve all tbi1rgs that are ours, with a •• a,;,, [an As] by way offimilitttde of what we bave 1hereiu; let m not be happy alont, 11or ketp tht com.mtmicatiou of thejr things wholly among o11r {elvts, but let them b.IVt all M ft~r M meer Creaturts are capable of: lfhich that it mrght be jtdly accomplifht according to my tme inre11t, i11 my [aying, .All mrne are thine, &c, a.nd compltatwg my Tra;·er abotJI t hu; 1 nrl,~rge it tre I conc!t1de, and md it with thu {11rthtr rtquefl, That thott wouldfl kt,tp them iiz thu life lrz Ho!iurjs, th•t Jo they ""·'Y perfet:ll_y attaiu, thu h!effedrre(s, that all that u mi1Je, mzd thi11e, 11/t!)' be thrin aljo, tiJ hath l.ree11 de(igned 6y liJ for thefh ; which I rei1force i11 thefe w crd.r , to br g rauted them, That they may be 011e [As we are One] which u ejjfl1ed br their having all i11 commo11 between 114, wf.ereby we are 011e, commtt– rricated unto them alfo : Whereby it u, thty fh_a/1 6t m11de one with' tu al(o• .A11d Oh let them tbm h.1ve all, thot~gh uot with m1 ejft~rtial s,,mwefs, th zt u twpojfi6!r; yet with a jruitio11; let tbem h.we all tht l'owtr, Jf?i(dom, Grace, Lovt, /]lef[tdtieji, that u iiJ thee, and me; let them h.1Vt them all"' tbe nrjo-ymr,,t to mnte tbtm htrppy pof[tffi-uely , though . 1101 tJ!entia!ly; (or M c brifl afterwards drjf'ermceth zt ) let them be One io us, Ver(. 21. 11ot One with us ; aiJd as tve our (ttves, art ont wrth mrotbtr: For at thtir Vuio11 witb 114U of a lower ki11d, fo the corn· mtt,ucrllto1l of at! tht[e mufl be; ,et let them h,n;e all a; fat tlS u commfl.. niC4llt : Let ,z/l their illlerejl he ours, but their ji11s, which let m fe– p.zrme from Jbem, that Jo they may be intirtly Oue in<U, that they m,~· 6e ab!t 111 rbe knowledge and jfll{e of thtir 011eneJs with tu, to fay irt [T 2] their
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