336 Peeachup Hodiuefs and Puce. mind and life, they will cheat the poor ignorant carnal people, by making them believe that God and Heaven may be forgotten , and good neigh- bourhood to each other is all that is needful to make them happy. And they will tempt the more religious fort to fin more againfl Love and Peace than before : Be- caufe they will think that it is but a confederacy for Satan againft Chrifi, and a fubmiflon to the wills of proud ufurpers , to ftrengthen their worldly interefi againfi godlinefs, which thefe preachers mean when they plead for peace. And thus as I have knownungodly Preachers by cry- ing down Schifm, bring Schifm into requeft, while it was no fuck thing as real fchifm, which they meant in their exclamations( till at lafi the true eruption of fchifm with its monfirous effedts, made good people fee that fuch an odious fin there is ;) Even fo I have known that a carnal Prea- cher, contemning Holiness, and crying up Love andPeace, hash tempted the people to have too light thoughts ofLove and Peace, (becaufe it was but a confederacy in fin with a negleí9t of godli- nefs, which the preacher feemed to cry up.)Tilt riper knowledge better taught good people to perceive, that Love and Peace are more Divine and excellent things, than carnal preachers or hearerscan imagine. The wifedome from above is firfi pure then peaceable : Let it therefore be a true conjunFlion of Holinefs and Peace which you cornmend, DI RPCT.,
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