404 The BleJdnefs of the Peace - makers. S E R M. reproveth them, and warneth others againft XIV. it, the 3d chapter of his epiftle, ver. iq.. if ye have bitter envying and flrife in your hearts, glory not in it, as if it were wife and good, and lie not againft the truth, pretending it is for the truth, when really you are acting againft it. And then he deferibeth, in the i 5th and i 7th verfes, two oppofite kinds of wifdom, the former not from above, is earth- ly, fenfual, devilifh ; which laft character feemeth to relate to flrife, and the great fpring of it, pride, ,which are the genius of Satan. The other, which is from above, is pure, peaceable, gentle, and ea/ to be in- treated, full of mercy and good fruits, with- out partiality, and without hypocriify ; worthy to be the gift of the Father of lights, and by which men are prepared to fow the fruits of righteoufnefs in peace, and to make peace, there. by becoming the children of God ; happy, therefore, in a molt honourable Rate, and a claim to the molt valuable privileges. SER-
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