On Unity
There is a two-fold union, one mystical, between Christ and believers; another moral, between believers themselves. Faith knits them all to Christ, and then Love knits them one to another. Their common relation to Christ, their head, endears them to each other as fellow members in the same body. Thus they become glued together by the blood of Christ. Union with Christ is fundamental to union amongst the Saints. Perfect union would grow from this, their common union with Christ their head, were they not in an imperfect state, where their corruptions disturb and hinder it; and as soon as they shall attain to complete sanctification, they shall also attain unto perfect unity. How their unity with one another comes by way of neccessary resultancy their unity with Christ; and how this unity amongst themselves shall at last arise into just perfection. That one text plainly discovers: John 17:23: "I in them and thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one." &c.
Unity amongst those who hold not the head is rather a conspiracy than a gospel unity. Believers and non-beleivers may have a political or civil union. bit there is no spiritual unity but which flows from unity in Christ. I will not deny but in particular churches there may be and still are some hypocrites who hold communion with the Saints and pretend to belong unto Christ, the same head with them; but as they have no real union with Christ, so neither have they any sincere affection towards the Saints; and these for the most part are they that raise Tummults and Divisions within the church, as disloyal citizens do in the commonwealth. Of these the Apostle Speaks: 1 John 2:19
Sincere Christianity holds fast the soul by a Firm Bond of Life to the truly Christian community, wherein they reap those Spiritual pleasures and Advantages which assure their continuance therein to a great degree. But those that join with the church upon carnal and external inducements make little conscience of rending from it, and God permits their schismatical spirits to act thus for the discovering of their hypocrisy. [John Flavel]
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Nothing much to tell. I’m walking a single solitary pilgrims walk, in England, that is not an easy one. I am a Calvinistic Covenanter Christian, My Autonomic Nervous system is failing slowly, which has led to severe disability, with an ultra rare disease than medics don’t even understand, often misdiagnose.and will no doubt kill me at some point. But, I trust the Lord to get me where I’m going. All glory to HIM.
The symptomology listed on the link, most porphyrics will only have most of those symptoms if in an acute attack. A few of us, with the ongoing, smouldering symptoms, that never go away, have most if not all of the symptom list, even when not in an acute attack, and are persistent and constant. Anyone who has ever been in the psychiactric system, diagnosed as this or that, even if physically well, should consider this illness could be responsible. King George III, the most famous porphyric, his sole symptom was “insanity.” Its so rare in part, because it’s massively under-diagnosed. But in making this illness known, when it struck me physically a few years ago, God vindicated me from every mis-diagnoses and bersmirchment upon me medically that has ever been made, and has made them all null and void.
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