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Bleffed

are

they

that

make

pease

tetwcer! man and man.

457

every

evil

works,

James

3.

16.

0

my

Brethren,, this

it

is

that

makes

the

Devil

10

foment our divifions, becaufe he fees

that

there

is

fo.inuch

fin

committed,

what rayling

and reviling;

what

hatred;

what brawling,

what

fins

in

thoughr,plotting,con-

triving, counfelling, and what

fins

in

vord,what

fins

in aótions

are

where

there

is

itrife

and

envie,

nothing but labouring

to

nnifchiefe

one

another

what

pot;bly

they

can

;The

Devil

looks

at

the

fin,

and aimes at

that

;

It's

nor

fo

much

the divition

that

the

Devil

fo

much cares

for

as

the

fin

that

is

committed

by

it

Asfometirrnes I have

made

ufe

of

a

fimilitude

that

Auflin

hash,

faith

he, whena fowler

goes

to

catch fowl,

he fees

his

net

on

the other fide

of

the hedge, and then

he

takes

flones

and

flings

into

the hedge,

why he

doth not expect to

kill

the bird

by

his

(ones,

but

to

make

a

dillurbance,

and

to

caufe

the bird to

flye

out,

and hopes

that

he

shall catch the

bird

in

the

rier,

that

is

on

the other

fide

of the hedge, that's that

which

be aimes at;

fo

faith he

it

is, when the

Devil

would make divifìons and (sirs,

he

tempts

men

as

it

were

to rhrowftones

one

au

another,

and

firs

ua

ftrife

one

against

another,

and makes a

great deale

of

fir,

but that the

devil aimes at

is

the

net

on

the other

fide o?

the hedge,`

he fees

that

this will be

the occafón

of

aboundarsce

of

fin,

there

will be

bitternefíe of fpirit

and wrath, and

there

will be

wicked words and

aecions;

and

fo

he fluff catch

peor

fouls,.when you are

tempted to

a

fit

of

paflion,

know

then the

Devil expects

agreat deal

of

fin

that

will

follow

:

Now

bleffed

are

the

peace

-

matters for they

are

the

rseanss

to

prevent

aboun-

dance

of

in,

and

that's

a

moll

blefèd-thing,

what

blelfed

work

can

a

man

be more

blefled

in

then to be

a

means

to prevent

fin,

it's

a

bleffed thing

to prevent

any

one

fin,

but

to

be

an

in-

fttriiment

to prevent

fo

muchfin,

that

mutt needs be

blefi4ed:-

Bleff

ècl'are

the

peace

-rnak

e

;rs, for

they are 'inliruments

ofa-

boundance

of

good

likewife,

all

things flouriîla

where

there's

peace, Spiritual things

fourith

where

there's

peace

:

little

things

grow

to

a

great height

where

there's

peace;

O

Bleffed

are the

peace

-

makers,

they

are

the

caufe ofmt:ch

good

:

---

Tò (hew

both

the evil

of

the

want

of

it,

and

the

good

that

is

in

peace, either of thefe

would

be

a

large

point,

and

I

having

N

n n

done