473 / 808
V
a
R.
3.
Epbefianr,
Chap.
t}.
453
doe,
take
up
quarrel's
and
will not lay
them dowse. Labour
for
Unity
of
fpirit, and
let
no man think
that to
be
his
glory which
is
his
Chame,
but
endeavour
for Unity
in
Chrift,
for
the Chriftian
faith and for the
Church
of
God,
this 'hall
be
our
glory, for
this
is
the
will
of
God,
that we
live in
Unity
of
the Spirit.
The
fecond thing
to be
marked
is
this:
That
it
is not enough
for
us
to
entertain
agreement,but
we
mull
give
diligent
endeavour to comrade
it,and
continue
it:
Studying:.
keep
the
Vuity
of
the
Spirit,
if
it
be
pofible,as
much
as
in
you
lyeth have
peace
with all
men. Follow
peace
with
all
men.
And the Pfalmift,
Pfal.
34.14.
Seek peace
andpurfue
it.
He that
is
not
a man
of
peace,
is
not
a
man
of
God.
The
Apoftle tells
us,
the
wifdome which
i
from
dove
,
is
fir/i
pure,
then
peaceable.
He had
faid
before,
if
ye
have
bitter
envying and !trite
in
your hearts,glory
not;
this wifdome
is
not
from
above, but
is
earthly,
fenfuall
and
devilli/h;
that
wifdome wherein
a
man
is
wife
to himfelfe,
and reproves and contemnes
others,
and
hath
envy
and
malice, it
comes not from heaven
,
but
is
a
baftard,
it
is
the daughter
of
the
earth;
it
is fenfuall,
proceeding from
the corruption
of nature;
yet
we
are not at
the right father; It
it
devilli
fh,
of
the devil', the father
of
al
l
eviti;
and
then be goes on,
the
fruit
of
righteoufneffe
ù
fewne
in
peace
,
of
them
that
make
peace.
Let
no man then
think
himfelfe
to
have
the
wifdome
of God
that
is
not
peaceable.
We
mull ftudy for
thit.Unity
, Peace and
Concord
, becaufe
there
is
that
bred
in
the
bone
and dwelling
in
us,
that
is
prone
to
diffention,
the
feed
of
fchifine.G
al.
5.2o.
Hatred,
Debate,
Emulation, Wrath, En-
vy,
&c.
And
S.
lames
tellsus,The
firit
which
is
in
you
lufieth after
envy;
that
is,
the corrupt
difpofition
of
mans naturali frame
and
temper
of
fpirit carrieth him
ftrongly to the
execution
of
his envious and
malici
ous purpofes
and
dcfires.
The envious man
(the
devill)
doth molt
diligently watch
to
fow
his
tares ofdiffention, ever
Paul
and Barnabas
are
let
at
variance;
and
in
all
the Churches which the Apoftles planted
,
there
were rents and
fchifines foone hatched.
Againe
it
is
a
comely thing,
Pfal. 133.
r.
and
a
credit
to
Religion:
Behold
how
good andpleafant
a
thing
it
is
tofee
brethren
to
dwell
together
in
Ytty.
Laftly,
God
takes
td
himfelfe
the title
of
the
God
of
peace,as
well
as
of
confolation,
The
God
of
peace
be
with
you.
Rom.
15.
33
The God
of
peace
'hall
tread
Satan under your
feet.
The
Lord
by his Spirit never be.
gat
an unpeaceable fpirit.
The
Sonne
of God
alto
is
called
the
Prince
of
peace.
So
that
in
thefe confiderations wee mutt bend our bell
endeavours
that
wee
uphold the Chriftian
Concord
when
it is be-
gun.
Here many may be
reproved,
thofe who delight
to
fow ftrife and
contention
,
fire
brands of Chriftian focicty, who
are fo farre
from
endeavouring
and ftudying for
Unity
and
Concord
,
that
they
flye
from
it.
Such
is
our
waywardneffc
often,
that
the
more we are
fought
R
r
3
unto
Doll.
2.
we
mutt
doe
men
e
then en-
tertains
peace:
vi
¿.diligently
fl
udy
to main.
taint
it.
Rom.t2. t8.
Heb.t2.
t4.
7l4tuJ:m
r
.
Iam.;.
19.
'The
pedegree
of
contentious
wifdome.
verá
t5.
Iam.3.
t8.
Afafon
2
A contentious
nature is bred
within
us.
Iam.4.
5,
Reafon
3,
Ads
15.39
Realm
4.
pfal.t33. t.
Wefon
s,
t
Cor.13.1s.
Y.
It
blatneth
towers
of
ca
tention.