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Ble1ed
are
they
that
mal¿er
peace
bet
j
een
man
and
God.
be.
worth your
lives
had
you
a
thoufand.
This
is
the
work
that
I
require
of
you,
ö
it's
a
bleffed
and honourable work,and look
upon
it
fo
Look upon
it
as
the great
Ordinance
of
God, appointed
by
God to
make
peace
betweenGod
and
fouls
that are
in a
way
of enmity
againll him:
--
And then
indeed
hatlrthe
word
had
it's
proper
work upon
a
people,when
it
bath
made peace,
and
ô
how
careful
fhould Minitters
be
in
this,
in
thi§
their
work
;
whara
curfed thing
is
it
for
Minitiers to
be
negligent in
fuch
a
work
as
this
is, when they
have,
fucha glo-
rious
end appointed by
God
:
And
if
any
of
you
have
been
brought in by
the
Miniflry
of
the word,
and
peace made
be-
tween
Goa
and your
fouls
through
it;
you
are not
only
to
blelle
God
but
to-
ble.tle,
the inflruments of
it,
this
is
that the
Minifters of
God
may
require
as
what
is
due
to them,
.for
it`s
promifed
here,
Blef
f
ed
are
the
peace
-
makers
:
All
.thofe
vvhona
the Lord háth pleafed
to
work this
good
upon by
their
Mini
firy, they illould bleffe them, when
you
are alone in your
Clofets
bleffngGod
for peace made
between God and
you
-,
you are bound
in
confcience
tó bleile
the
inflrunents
of
chis,
to'bhife
thofe Minifiers of
God,and to
pray for
a
blefling
up-
on them,
becaufe
the
Lord made them inflruments of
fo
great'a
good
unto
you
:
And this
certainly
mull
needs
be
an
incouragement
to
any
Minifler
to
be faithful and
labori-
ous,
io
fpend
their
lives
iiflabouring
to
reveal
Chrifl
to
mens
foules, when they know
that
if
they do
but
gaine
any
mans foul
to
be at peace with
God,
that
foul wit
bleile
them,
and
Metre
them
for ever,and even
in
the
day ofJefus
Chrifl,they
Thal
find
the
bleffing.
Bl
ffeel
are the
peace
-
makers,
in
that fence.
And
if
fo,
O
how
bleffed
is
that great peace
-maker
Jefus
Chtitl,
who is-defigned
by
the Father
to
make
up
peace
be-
tryeenman and him,
all
the children ofmen being fallen
from
God
in
Adam they are all
in
an
eflate of enmity
againfl
God,
that's
certain:
and all
the
Angels in
Heaven, and men upon
earth,
all
the creatures
in
Heaven and earth could not make
peace
between
God
and one finful
foul,
it
was
too great
a
work for
any
creature, but
now
Jefus
Chrifl the
wifdom
of the
Father;
the-fecond perfon,
he
looks
upon the wretched
mile-
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