The Confci~nce of C~ritie. 203 t.oprevail in io neceiiarie adut}e· ln the Cap.hf.. fecond verfe he prelfeth four dutte.t, and hee _ · _ laieth down jiveMotive~ before.. hand to car- , : l"J them h9me, laying before themAll that is in·Chrift, ip the Spirit,in G.offel fi!Jowfhip, aridGrace, andwhat-ever refpect theyhad trJ him, that tltey be like minded, &c. If there cot1ld have been fo~nd any thin.g in beave1~ it felf ofmore torce to perfmide, he would have fetched it thence._There are four particulars ahor.ted to of like nature : 1 To be lik,pnintlotd, 2 h4v~ thi fame l6ve, .3 f(} be of one a.cc(Jf'd, and 4 ofone minde. All are to be en.. deavoure:.d after, and if poflible,tobe attain- . t:d ; but if we .cannot reach the firft and /aff · of them, we mull: never part with the two midrllemoff, if we cannot come to 'I'~ tiu7i f~ OI/;;f'' and 7e a/ ~rorEiv' To thinft end bold the f.lme One thing, yet muft we be flu [J.~UK.ol, ';f one acoord, and having nev~r the leis love. S. Peter Hkewiie exhorts to the fame purpofe , 1 1; Pet.,. 3. 8. tofive things of like nature, Beye '-;«,u t : , al/ of Qnt· minde, having compa(Jion one ·of P'fJ- ll[.ta,:;~' tPtbeY',Jov.e ar brethren, be pittiful, be courteo'Uf. Q'CI(Jo;J' e1r, .And here we are to hold thefe five links of''"' .,•"'– this-golden cl}ain all intire, and united, if~''' tt~- poffible; , but if we cannot reach the firft '"'"'ti.'JIX• andhigheft lit~, we mufi n~erth€1efs hold VII' fJJl\~all the other (our. If we cannot attain to ~povef. be ,o[J.6~povH, we mufi be neverthelefs ~, '11.6fJ o 1~') if we cannot be [ 1:me-minded ( fo the _word ilgni fics) yet m~dl: we be lovingminded. ~hwhat happie times, andChurches, and - Chriftians
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