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448

BlejÇed

are they

that.

make

peace

between

17144

assdGad.

Bletfed are

thofe that labour

to

make

peace between

man

and

God,

they

are

the

words of

Chrifl,

and

therefore

we

mull

under(

}and

them

in

the molt

fpirituall fence, we'muft not

ex-

clude

that however. Blefíed

are thofe who having found

the

blefiediieffe

of peace

thmfelves,

and

fo

having

peace

with

God,rhey

are

very defirous

to

make

"peace

between

other

men

and

God

too

;

thëy

finding the fweetneile

in

their

own

hearts

of

Their

peace with

God

;

their

Barnet+

dares

are,O

that

they

-could

bring

others

to

be

at

peace with

God

too

:

when

the

Husband bath

had

the

work

of

God

in

purifying

his

heart

by

Faith,

and hath found

the

fweetnefle

of

peace with

God,

O

that

I

could be

a

meanes

to

make

peace between the

foule of

mÿ wife and

God

too;

and

fo

the

wife

that

hath

made her

peace with God,having

her

heart purified

by

Faith,and feeler

the

fweetnefle

of

it,

O

now

that

I

could doe

any

thing in

the

World

,

any

way, with

prayers

and

reares,

and walking con-

vincingly

before

my

husband

to

work his

heart to

God,

that

there

may

be peace

between God

and his foule likewife

;

fo

one

Brother

having his

heart purified

by

Faith,

and'having

the

fweetnefle

of

peace with

God

,

O

that

I

could

but

doe

any

thing before

I

die to

further

this

great

work of peace between

the

foule of

my

Brother

and

God:

O the Grace

of

God

to

my

foule, in.bringing

it

to

be

at

peace with

him and

ô

that

Ì

could

be

any

Inftrumentall for

the

furtherance

of the

work

of

the Grace

of

God

on

the

foule

of

my Brother;An'd fo one

ñinf--

man

to another,

and one neighbour

to

another;

Certainly,

thofe

that

ever

knew what

the peace of God meant,

will

en-

deavour what

pofliibly

they

can

to make

peace

between

their

Brethren

andGod,

by

tellingof.

them 'what

their'

Condition

was

;

There

was

a

time

that I

went

on

in

a

wretched

way,

as

yôii

arenow

going

on

in, I

was

an

enemy to

Cod,

there

Was

nothing in my

heart but

enmity

againit.God,

.0

I

would not'

Tor

ten

thdufand thoufand worlds be'

one

houre

in

that Condi-

tion

that

I

was

once in

,

for feare

I

íhoúld die

in

it,-and

fo

lie

eternally an

-enemy

toGod, O

that

yotr

would

Confider your

wayes

;

The

way

that you

goe

on

.

in,

it

is

certainly a

way

of

enmity agaiiilltlfé bleffèd and'eternall

God

;

O

confider

what

God