So this one heart, and one way, is the new covenant Christ Jesus. And so all his people are of one heart in the one head, in the one faith, in the one spirit, in the one grace that teacheth and brings the salvation, in the one word that reconciles them to God, which is in their hearts, and mouths, and in the one heavenly divine light, which is the life, by which they are grafted into Christ, having one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and one Lord God and Father of all, who is over all.

And in Ezek. xi. 19. the Lord said, I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take away the stony heart out of their flesh.'

So these are the children of the new covenant, that have this new spirit, and in it they are all of one heart; and so as the apostle said, They are members one of another, all baptized into one body, which Christ is the head of.'

And the apostle said, 'The multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul.' This was the true church who believed in the light, and became children of the light, and so were grafted into Christ the heavenly root and head that bears them.

And the apostle said to the Philippians, 'That ye stand fast in one spirit, (to wit, the church the body of Christ,) with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; [mark,] all striving together in the unity of the spirit, for the faith of the gospel,' which Christ is the author of; which gospel brought life and immortality to light, and the faith in it preserved them in life and immortality.

So here the church was to strive for unity, but it was in the spirit. And the apostle said, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, and being of one mind.'

So the saints were to be in one mind, and one love, as in Phil. ii. 2. And Peter in his general epistle, 1 Pet. iii. 8. said to the church of Christ, Finally brethren, be ye all of one mind,' that is all the church, the holy nation, 'having compassion one of another, and love as brethren; be pitiful and courteous.'

And the apostle said to the Romans, 'rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep; be of the same mind one towards another; mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate; be not wise in thy own conceit.'

So here he exhorts the church to unity, and to shun that which would hinder it.' Rom. xii. 15, 16, 17.

And the apostle said, 'that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.' Rom. xv. 6.

And the apostle further said to the Corinthians, I beseech you bre thren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same

thing, that there be no division amongst you, that ye be perfectly joined together, in the same mind, in the same judgment. 1 Cor. i. 10.

So here the church was to have one mind, and one judgment, perfectly joined together in the same thing, which church Christ is the head of, and they are the members of his body.

And the apostle said to the church of Corinth, finally, brethren farewell, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, and live in peace.' 2 Cor. xiii. 11.

So here the church was to be perfect, and of one mind, and then the love of God, and his peace would be with them.

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made, not unto seeds as of many, but as one, to thy seed,' which is Christ.

And so the apostle tells the church, 'ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus; for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ, (this one seed,) for there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, male nor female, but ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal. iii. 16, 28.

And so through him, to wit, Christ, we have access by one spirit unto the Father, who hath raised Christ from the dead, and set him on his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principalities, powers, might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come, and hath put all things under his feet, and given him to be the head over all things, to the church which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.' Ephes. i.

So here is seen the great power of Christ, who has all power in heaven and earth given to him, who is the heavenly head, that is the ruler and orderer of his church, the living members, the true believers, that are grafted into him.

And God the Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand, and he that believeth in the Son of God, hath everlasting life, mark, hath it; and he that believeth not in the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him. John iii. 36.

And Christ saith, verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, bath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is past from death to life.' John v. 24.

Now this is and was their belief in the light, that were the children of the light, and born of God, which are the living members of the living head, that have this everlasting life.

And Jesus said, 'I am the bread of life, he that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that cometh to me shall never thirst.' And again Christ said, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.'

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And Christ further said, he that believeth on me, as the scriptures have said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.' John vii. 38.

Now these believers were more than formal historical believers; for the devil believed, and the Jews believed, but they did not believe in Christ the light for the Jews' belief was but an historical belief, and the devil's belief did not graft him into Christ: and wicked men will say they believe, but they and the devil have not eternal life, nor the Jews; for Christ hath destroyed death, and the devil the power of it; neither have the Jews eternal life, nor any wicked men by an historical belief, except they believe in Christ the light, who is the life.

But the true belief is that which passeth from death to life, by which belief they are grafted into Christ; and every true believer hath eternal life, and he shall not perish, but have everlasting life, as God hath said. Now Christ is the heavenly, living, spiritual head of these his heavenly, living, spiritual members: and he that sanctifieth, and they that are sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, 'I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.'

So here you may see the unity and the love that is betwixt Christ and his church, which is his body, which he is the head of.

And the apostle said, but we have the mind of Christ,' (we the church,) the body, the living members, the household of faith, which faith Christ is the author of, the holy nation that are baptized by one spirit into one body, which Christ is the head of, and so they have the Son of God, and they that have him have life eternal, and this life is in his Son, as you. may see in 1 John v. 11, to the end.

So here you may see the heavenly unity and agreement betwixt the heavenly man, and his heavenly members, which he prayed for, and the apostles exhorted to, which the saints did and do enjoy, that perfect oneness in the Father and in the Son, and the heavenly, spiritual fellowship with the Son, and with the Father in his light, grace, and truth, and heavenly spirit and glorious gospel.

And therefore, this may encourage all to keep in this heavenly oneness and agreement, which they have in the heavenly man Christ Jesus, and one with another, who reconciles in one, both things in heaven, and things in earth, and he is the living head of his church, that be the living members, the true believers born of God, which have overcome the world, and are grafted into him.

Now this is the church, which is the pillar and ground of truth, which the gates of hell cannot prevail against; for Christ who is the head of his church hath power over death and hell, and the devil the power of death, and by his power casts him and it into the lake of fire.

Glory be to God and the Lamb, who is over all from everlasting to everlasting, blessed for ever.

Now Adam and Eve disobeying the command of God which he taught them, by that they lost the image of God, and righteousness and holiness, and the power which God had given them, and in it had set them over all the works of his hands; so he came into misery, death and darkness.

And this death reigned from Adam till Moses, and the Lord gave his law by Moses, and the Lord poured out his spirit upon the house of Israel, that they might understand his law, which is spiritual: now the Jews erred from this spirit that God had poured upon them, and then they erred from his law, and then they erred from cleanness, and holiness, and righteousness, purity and uprightness, and perfection, and so there came rents, schisms and divisions amongst them, when they went from the spirit of God and God's holy law, and then they broke to pieces, and into sects one against another, but all against the prophets and Christ; but such as kept in the spirit of God, and in his law.

Such believed in Christ, and received Christ when he came.

The law came by Moses to the Jews, so grace and truth is come by Jesus Christ; and God, who said he would 'pour out his spirit in the last days upon all flesh,' which days are the days of Christ, and he having tasted death for every man, and was an offering for the sins of the whole world; and the apostles were sent by Christ to preach the gospel, which was preached in every creature under heaven; and Christ doth enlighten every man that comes into the world with the life which is in the word, and saith, believe in the light.'

So now all christians, and the world that do not believe in the light, that they may become children of the light, nor receive the gospel which is the power of God in every creature under heaven, if they do not receive the power and the light which enlightens all, and the grace of God which brings salvation, that hath appeared unto all men to teach them.

I say, if they do not receive this light, and this grace, and this spirit, which God hath poured upon all flesh, the world, christians, and Jews, though they may make a profession of God and Christ, yet if they receive not his light, his spirit, his grace and gospel, but do err from the spirit of grace, and abuse his power, they are all in confusion and rents, and divisions one amongst another, being erred and rent from the gospel, and from the light, and from the power and spirit of God, and so from the church and Christ the head thereof, and are not like to come into unity and concord; but as they believe in the light and walk in the light, and in the spirit, and their faith standing in the gospel the power of God, and in the grace to teach them and bring their salvation; for in the grace, light, power, and spirit, and truth are all united into Christ, and to the Father in the perfect oneness.

Now concerning Schisms and Errors amongst the Christians.

FIRST, you presbyterians and other sects, that say you have not the same Holy Ghost, and spirit, and power as the apostles and primitive church had; and the papists manifest by their fruits, they have not the same power and Holy Ghost as the primitive church had; it is, because you are erred from it; for you that be erred from the same Holy Ghost the apostles were in, which led them into all truth, and which reproved the world of their sin, righteousness, and judgment, then how can you have the same spirit they had?

Now the reason why you have not the same grace, light, and spirit, is, first, because you hate the divine light, which is the life in Christ, which he commands you to believe in, and so to become children of light.

And so you hate that which should unite you to Christ the head, and to make you members of his body, and to graft you into Christ by belief. So hating the light you are erred from the body, and are not of the body of Christ, of his true church.

· Secondly, You turning not at the reproof of the Holy Ghost, which is for your sin, and for your righteousness, and judgment, and unbelief, you cannot be lead into all truth; so no ministers of the truth, and so are in no true substantial, standing comfort, seeing all the true comfort is in the Holy Ghost, which is the true comforter, and takes of Christ, and gives unto them that are led by the Holy Ghost.

So by this you cannot receive any thing from Christ, as you say, now from heaven; for how should you, if you will not turn at the reproofs of the Holy Ghost, which proceeds from the Father and the Son; for it takes of Christ, and gives unto them that are led by him, as is aforesaid.

Thirdly, You say, there is no assurance of salvation on this side the grave; we grant that you have none, but the church of Christ hath assurance, though you have not; and what is the reason you have not? because ye turn the grace of God into wantonness, and walk despitefully against the spirit of grace: and some of you say, the grace of God is not sufficient to teach, and bring their salvation, and therefore they dare not trust in it, the grace of God which taught the saints, and brought their salvation, and taught them to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and established their hearts.

And this grace (God said to Paul,) was sufficient; and this grace the apostle exhorted the church unto, which the true church knew then, it was sufficient to teach them, and to bring their salvation; and the true church knows it so to be now.

And now you will not come to this grace of God, which comes by