/ ' _(l44) /}el of Pt'#Ce ~andwitl you not be perf\vaded to oe Surts of Pt•ct l Your God is onr, ·your M.ediator is one, your."Faith one, your Baptifn1 one,you~ Hope , one; you are .one Bodic, t>ne Spiritj . and will you not yet be one Soul ? · · Oh h·ow hopeful would 8ur condition be, were our hearts generallie fet upon peace ! We fhou1d c·ertainly obtain; did·we more l"tfolvedlie pttrfue it ,: aJ~d what lhoul~.• hinder 1 haveyou.not yet enough of your contentions, and quarrelltng~' ? have not your Souls been fufficiently neglet\:ed, .your Lulh firengthened, your Fai'th weakned:~· your Love wi,. therc:d,your con1forts wafted,your names blemifhed, your holyProfeffion' blamed? Hath not your God been fufficiently provoked, and the Devil fufficient· ly, gr.atitied? arit1 ygur bellies fo filled with galt,.and ~your mouths with.gravel, and have you not yet: ~ nough of yorir contetl·tions ? · . . ·Cpr:ijtia1zs, Slight .not thefe Counfels .and Warn– ings. As you would prov.e your felves the Friends of Chrift, be ye followers of peace. I Stuaie; oh flu– die t hcfe , thingsthat make for peace. -Follo-rP Peac1 'gitb all nun, at much M in J9U if, but efpectally:With the houfholdof Faith. Let fhere be no lang~r ftrife ·be• twixt M, fr;r we are brethren. ·, Yet :atwaies re~cmb.cr.; I am ·.pr:effing ·yotf to ari holy Union; wh'iht I perfwade Y9iJ.tq.follow peace, I muft fiili add [4nd holinefl:ll perfwade younot te purfue peace,upon cearms diThonou~able or prejtidi• cial to 7:ruth ; They muft ·: have oot h ·together, th~~ will ·be bl:effed in either :· T rut · w·th~t ·Peace, is as a Jewel ·witho~1t, i ts; C,a~i net ; . P~eac e ~ithout l'rutli, is as a Cabinet with not.hing,.in.it, · P~a~c - W1t he I .... "\'
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