Alleine - Houston-Packer Collection BX5201 .A42 1664 pt.2

: ( . ' ' 5· Prize Peace and Union, as the firength and honour of the body. , q· , ' ' > I - - · 6"' P~rfue Pe~ce ·and Union, 'with the utmofi · .flrength of thy Soul. And that you mayobtain ir, ' . x_. Let al partie~ tliat axe named of Chrifr, be humbled .under former Divifions. What peace fo ~. long as.God is angry-? Oh how have we provoked the Lord, by provoking one another.! L~t himonly who hath be~n withG>ut fiti in this matter,. be with- ()utJorrow and {\larp~~ . . . . · $ . Sure they are har4 h~~rts , wpo ar:.e not broken .uu~.er 1uch brcache~. Lt!t ps not.miitake qu r fel ves, nor mif-call that zeal f9~ God,wh.ich Gpd will call Pride, and peevithnefs. ·. . · I fpf(alc not againfi our be~ng ot{~nded, either with errour or iniquity; we n~,ay not c~ll eviJ,goo.d; or darknefs light, for peace fake; but at our unrea– ronable paffions, ag_ainft whonl we (uppofe erring Brethren. . · , Ifthe reprdach of theGofpel, the harilning of the l'erverfe, the fi:itmbling of che weak,ifrhe hind- \ ringof Edifica.t1·on,thepromoting ofconfufion,and · every e-vil work, whi~h qave been the fad .effe{)$ of our Divifions; if Pride and Haughtinefs.) if Vanity ~nd Wanll~nnefs, if E;nvy ~nd unc'haritablenef~~ · .which have l;;e.en th~ Womb frotn .which 9U.f cou~en· tiona; have fprung,. l.Je maner of Wun1ili~tion> then fure we had need be br.ought upon our knees: We lnuft be n1eltcd, e"re we can pe mowded \JP i.~to QU~~ , L \ a. Let ' '

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