Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 1:10

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ , that ye all speak the same thing , and that there be no divisions amongst you: but that ye be perfectly joyned together in the same mind, and in the same judgment .

By the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ is as much as by Christ, by the Authority of Christ, for this is his will, or by the love which you bear to the Lord Iesus Christ, who hath so often recommended to you peace with, and brotherly love, one towards another.

That in matters of Doctrine you all speak the same thing (for it is capable of no other▪ sense.)

And that you neither be divided in sentiments or opinions, nor yet in affection, that there may be no divisions ▪ amongst you.

Which is also [illegible: 1 letter]urther evidenced by the last Phrase, being joyned together in the same mind and in the same judgment. An union in affectio[illegible: 1 letter] is the necessary and indispensable duty of all those that are the Disciples of Christ, and such a duty as not only concerns Christians of the same Nation, with relation one to another, but also Christians of all Nations, and may be attained, if by our lusts we do not hinder it. An union in opinion, as to the fundamental Truths of Religion is (though not so easie) yet what the Church of God hath in a great measure arrived at. But for an union in every particular proposition of truth, is not a thing to be expected, though we all are to labour [illegible: 1 letter]or it. God hath neither given unto all the same means: nor the same natural capacities.

Marginal references: Rom. 12. Phil. 2.2.3.16.; Gr. [illegible: 1 word]