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B1ef

ed

are

they

-that

make

peace

betzwcan

man and

God.

God

bath

reveal'd

in his

Ward

concerning the

Glorious

work

ofReconciliation

of

(inners

to

himfelfe. Thus we

lhoufd be

pleading one

with another,

and praying one for

another,

and

labouring

to

Inllru& 'one another to.be

at peace with

God,

O bleffed

is

that-man

or woman

that 'hath

in

a

gracious way

laboured

to

draw

any

to

be

at_

peace with

God,

and whom

God

bath

bletfed in

thefe endeavours

;

bath

God

brought thy

heart

tobe

at peace

with him, and

to delire

that' others

might

be brought in

to

love

the

wayes

of

God

:

O

bleffed

that ever

thou

Wert

borne

to

be

an

Inftrument

of

fo

great

a

good, if

it

be

but

to

bring in one

foule

to

be

at peace with

God

fo

that

God

hath one enemy in

the

world

leffe through

thy.meanes

and

endeavours;

Thou mayeít

bleffe

God,

I

fay,

that ever

thou had'1t

a beefing

that

canft have

this Comfort to

thy foule,

though

I

am

a

poore wretch my felfe, and

was a

long

time

an

enemy

to God,

yet the Lord did

not

onely

bring

my foule

to

be

at

peace

with him,

but

made me

an

Inftrument

to

bring

o-

tbefs

to

be at

peace with him likewife,

fo

that the Lord

bath

one

enemy leife in

the world through

my

endeavours,

O

it's

that that

would'rejoyce

thy foule. Bleffed

art

thou

that

haft

a

hand

in

this work, for

it

is

the'greateft

work

that ever

took

up

the

heart

of

God

fróm

all

Eternity, of

all

the

works

that ever

were

in

the

heart

of

God

from

Eternity,

the

work

of

Recoil-

ciling foules

to

himfelfe

was

the greateft

work of all, and

of all

the.

things

that

God

expeedts

Glory

from unto all

Eternity,

the

work

of Reconciling

foules

to

himfelfe

is

the

thing

that

God

makes

account

to

have

the greateft glory from

that ever

he

(hall have

to

all

Eternity: Now

then

if

God

Ihall imploy

thee

to be

Inftrumentall

in

fo

great

a

work

as

this

is,

bleffed

ít

art thou

that ever

thou

did''

live in

the world. That

man is

not bleffed

that

is

great

in

the world, or

bath

fine

cloaths,

but

that's the man

that

is

a

bletfed

man,

that

the

Lord

makes

In

ftrumentall

for the furtherance

of that

work,

for

ch`ät

abore

á1l

things his

heart

is

molt

in

;

Betides, we might

fpeak

of the

great evills

that

thou

delivereft

the

foule

'of

thyBrother from,

and

the

great

good

that

thou

bringelt to the

foule of thy

Broom

ther:And

the great

blelfing

that

thy Brothers foule does bleffe

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