sx6 Noab's Do'Ue. authority yee have with our GraciousKing, with the Peere;, and commons ofthis A R.ealme, improve ic all with your befr prayers and counfds,to the utter extermimtionof Idolatry , eo che happy vtfiory, and advancement of the fincereTrmh of God. And rhus yefeewi~h how fwifta pace I ha~erun o;•cr the00per~/iour,Minifteries Gifts, and che diverfines of ehemall ; One chmg one1y r~mJmes to be duly cor. fidered ofus· and that is, Thac all thefe Minifteriu,Giftspperationr,doe flow from one and che flme, Spirit, Lord, and God; ThisT rmity ft om an Unity ; Wherein yee eafily difcover rhe Empha6s to lie not fu much in the A urhor, as in the Identity . (,,; ·=•) I !hall not cherefore in che rem•inder ofmy difcourfe profc·cure, either th~ wonderful! wifdome,ofabfolure perfe/lion, or rhe boumifullltbcrality ofGod, bur rather drive my fpeech ro che confiderarion ofrhe Hniry ofthis gracious giver of all 8 rhefe. Wee filly men, in che height ofour bounry, befiow fome one favour upon fome one Subje{i; Bm chisone God harh befrowed all upon all , and upon everyone, fome: Neither may we conceiveofany orher,whether fountain,or OcC3nofgood; And why bathour Apofile fo carefully beaten upon rhis point; urging nor forr.nch the beneficence,nsthe unity ofrheGiver?Surely,a<Sa/merMgueffes well,•t Ji.hijma· tum radices evell<r<t,rhat he might pullup rhe roms of fchifmcs: For ifthere were divers givers, rhere might be fame reafon for every fell ro frand for theauthor ofhis ownegifr,ofhis owne ~inifre~ie; BuD now, that one and the fame Spirit harh gi· ven to every one rhefe dtvers gtfis, that one and the fame Lord harh appointed ro every one rhefe diversminifreric:s, thar oneand rhe fame God hath difrributed ro C every one rhefe diversOJ"'rations, Why lbould not all thefegifts, minifreries,operationsunanimouOy confpire to the gloryof that one giver and founderofrhem al l? Certainly,every thing here founds ofunity: The Church is an intire body(as om Apo!l!e fpcakes foon after) w~ are members ofit: Oneman is an eye, another, an care, athird isa tongue;One tsa palare,anocher a hand, another a foot. yea oneis aThumbe,another a little finger, or(iflower yer)a joint ofthat fmallllmme: We mufr all concurre in our defires and endevours m rhe confiirurion and maintenance ofthis one body : Whofoever he be that dorh or herwife, he is jufily found guilty, noronelyofrhevtolarionofrhe publikeweale , butofDivine Unity: And now, 0 ye Reverend Fathers, I find my felfeenrred into a plealingand amplecommon place;and fuch aone,as wherein 1 could wifh with Peter ro fix the Tabernacleofmy D abode: Would to God your leifure could allow you to \Valk along with me awhile rhrorow thefc !iveet, and flowry Meades of Uni ry , and happie confpirationof thoughts: And yed ih?ll nor fo much bend the refidue ofmy fpeech .1i the praife ofunity (ro wharpurpofewerethatwafre?) a5to the neceffary vi'f'ltation ofir from the unjufr challengesofthe enemiesofpeace. It is an heavy crime, and, ofallorher, the mofr hainous,wherewith we are chlt· ged by theRomanifrs, That we are fain offfrom the Carholick Church, rhat wee have rent the feamlcffe coat ofChrifr, yea broken his bones, and rorne his very body!in pieces,whereofifwewere indeed guilty,howunworthy were we ro breath in this aire, howmofr worthyofrhe lowefr Hell? Bmwecall heaven and earth ro record, how unjufily this calumny is cafr upon us, yea, we protefr before God and E men, that the envy of this fo foule acrimination lights mofr jufilyupon the headsof tbeaccufers. May it pleafeyou m heare afhmt Apologue; Acerraine man invited to a fcafr oneor two ofhis friends, entertained rhem bountifully; They f:lte rogerher lovingly, they ate together, and weremerry onewith another; In the fecond courfe(as the cufrome is) theMafrer offererh themwine, fers before them an apple: nowawormehad (omewhat earen theapple, and a fpider by chance h•d fallen into the cup; The guefr fees and balks it; TheMafrerurgeth him; Why doe you nor eat,quorh he, whydr~nk yo~no~? I dare nor, faith.rhcorher, t'is nor fafetodoe eirher· fcefi thou not thiS vermmem rhc cup, and that mrhe apple? Tulh,fanh the Mafie~, what fogreat matcer is thi•?lt was I that fet this before rhcc;I t was I that be· gan to rhee in rhe other;drink it,eat it,at leafr for my fake. Bur, fufferme firfr(replies the
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