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446

'The

order

of this

Beatitude.

wherethou art, there

is fo

much

impurity in thy

(pint. Wick,

ed

men

that are

full

of

fin, cannot

but be full

of

trouble. In

the

S7

/jai,

20)

at.

I

But the

wicked

are

like

the

troubled

Sea,

when

it

cannot refs,

whefe

waters

c41

up

mire

and

dirt

;

There

is

no peace

faith

¡y

God

to

the

wìcke,d..

'I.h,:

wicked

are

trouble

-

fome,

they

are

troublefome wherefoever they live.

In

the

5

Gal

:'zo.

you find

what

the fruits

of

the-flefh are

;

Now the

works

of

the

fifth are

manifefl

;

Firfi

*teaks

of

uncleannef

f

e

;

then

in

the

2,0

v.

Idolatry,witchcr

aft,hatred,

variance,

emula-

tions,

wrath,

firi

fe,

feditións,

here

es,

envying,

murders, drun-

kenneffe,

revilings,

and

fuch

like,

Thefe

are

the

fruits

of

the

flefh;

mark

how

many words

there

are

that tend

almofl

to the

fame

thing;

hatred,

variance,

emulations,

wrath,

flri

fe, fediti-

ons,

herefaes,

envyings,

murders.

All

comes from

the

fruit

of

the flea).

Bleared

then are the pure in heart, for

then,

as

they

fhall fee God,fo

they will be peace-makers. Although ordina-

rily men

lay all

the trouble

upon

fuch

as

delire

to

walke

moli

confcionably,

that delire to keepe their hearts

and

wayes

molt

cleane.

Indeed

men who

can

yeeld to

any

thin,

this

way

or

that

way,

they

are accounted

quiet

men

;

But

men that

muff

walke

according to

the

rule

that God

bath,

appointed,

fo

fa

:-re

as

they

can fee

light for, and whatfoever becomes

of

their pri-

vate

Interefls,

or

private peace,

due

nat

goe contrary to

the

Rule

;

dare not

got

one Rep

in

the

darke

;

there are

accoun:_ed

the

Troublers of

Ifr.ael.

And

who

.were, they,

in

former rimes

that

were accounted the troublers of the State, but thole that

were called Puritans

;

But

Chriti

accounts them the belt

for

making

peace

:

The

pure

in

heart firft,and then

peace

makers

Yea

it

was

jeremies

lot,

Chap.'

5.

r

o.

to.

be

accoutred

a

t:

e-

blefont

man

;

Woe

is

me my

mother,

that

thou

haft borneme

a

man of

firife,

and

a

man

of

contention

to

the

whole

earth :

_ere-

my

a

man

of

firife and contention-to

the whole

earth

;;

and

yet

he pleads

his

innocency;

he

walked with

a

pure

Confcience

before them

all, and

yet they all

did

account

of

Jeremy,

as

a

man of flrife and contention:

to

the

whole

world.

This

is

the

perverfe

Judgement of

wicked

men

;

It

was

ÿufi fo

in

the

pri-

mitive times , they were accounted

the

great tumblers of

States.