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Ble

f

f

'd

are

they

that

make

peace between

man and

God,

thee withal,if

thou

beef+

an

inftrunaent

to

make peace

between

him

and

God

:

O

thofe

that are inîtrumental this

way,

have

the

bleiling

of

fuck

as

they

have

been

íni}rumental

of

goo

-1

un-

to..

They bleife

God

that ever they

law fuch a

ones face,

O

the

bleii,ng

of

Cod

be

upon fuch

a

man or woman,

I

was

going

on

in the

wayes of

eternall death,and partly through the

holy

car-

riage of

lt:ch

a

one

I

was

convinc't,and partly through

their

ho-

ly

perfwahoni

I was

brought to the word,and

there

I

met

with

.

thofe

things

that wrought

upon my

heart, that

I

would

not

have

been without for ten

thoufand

worlds

:

O the

biefng

of

God

be upon the

foul

of

fuch

a

man,of

fuch a

woman,why when

fuch

a

one

f

gall

lye

a

dying, going the

way

of

all

fíeih,

lancing

into

the infinite ocean

ofeternity,he

thall

lye

biding

God that

ever he

knew

thee;

yea and when he

'lull

come

to heàven,íhal

be there

bletf.ng

God

that ever

he knew

you.

Is

it

not

a

bief

.fed

thing

to

labour

to

draw others

to

be at peace with

God

?

What

a

bleffed work

is

the work of the

Miniftry

then

?

and

the

calling

is

a

Welled calling.;

O

how

beasátifull

are

the feet

of

thofe

that

bring

theglud-

tydt,iás of

peace

?

So

people thould

accotnt it.

And the

lira

work

that

a

Minifler bath

to

do

when.

he comes

to

a

place,

it

is

to

fay,

peace

to

that place,

To

u

(faith

a.

`I'aui)

is

committed the

word

of

reconciliation,

that's

our

great

embaflàge, this

is

the

work

that the Lord

hath

defigned

Tome

men

to:

God

may

bleffe

the endeavours

of

Tome

private

men

to be

peace-

makers in this

fence, but the

work

ofthe

Mi-

nìflry

is

appointed

by

God,

God

bath

let

them

a

part

tobe

his

great

ordinance for

the

reconciling the world

to

himfeif,

faith.

the

Lord

there

are

a

company

of

pool

wretches that

are

now

in

vyayes

of

enmity

againfl,me,

yet

I

have

thoughts

of

peace

rOward4them,and

I

fend you among

them

for

to

carry

the em

-,

balfige

of

peace unto

them,

and

I require

and

command

you

thatyou

open,

the

glad

tydings

of

peace to them,

and

that

you

tel

them

how

my

heart

is

towards peace with

them;&

that

you

fhen them,

the

way

how

they

may

come

to

be reconciled

to.

mend

that

you

dowo

and labour

with them

witl1l oli

your

might,

though

it

lae

to

fpend,

your

lives with

them,

yet if

you

can but

labow

to

bring

them to

be at peace with me,

it

would,

be