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458

Blejfed

arethey that

make

peace between

man

and raen.

done

it

elfe-where,

shall not

mention particulars

now.

Blefed are

the

peace

maters

;

For they

are Inilrunaentall for

God

in

the

work

that God

takes much

delight in;read but the

Scripture,

you

will find

there

is

no

duty

in

all

the

book

of

God

more

urged,

more

backt with

arguments

and

motives

and

per

fwaf

ons, no

duty bath

ílronger

exhortations ro

ir,

theta

peace;

read

but the Epülles

t)the

P6ilippienr, Epdsefians,,Colofans,

.

Romans,

Corinthians, when

you

read them,

you shall find con

-

tinitally,

peace

is

the

thing

that_the holy

Ghoft

loth, moa per-

fwade men too: And

Chrtff hiinfelfe

who

is

the

great

peace-

taker,

he

is

render of

peace,

nor onely

between God

and use

but between

man and man.

He glories

in

this

title. Other

great

Captaines did

ufe

to

glory

in

the places where they

had,

Warts,

as Scipio

Aji,:can;is. But Chrifl

he

takes

his

denomina-

tion

from

peace,

he

was

typed out

by

Solosnon,

who

was

the

Prince of peace,

And he came into

the

world in

the

time

of

peace,

--

And the Angelis they

lung

a

fong

of

peace,;

Glory

to

God

on

h

i;h,

peace

on

earth

;:

----

And

his

Minií}ers

were appointed to

goe

and preach

peace;

--

And

his

King-

dome

it

conffls in

Righteoufneife and peace

;

And his

Bleffing

is

a

blefling

of

peace

;

And when

he

rote

againe

he

fpake

peace

And

his Legacy

is a

Legacy of

peace,

My

peace

I

[cave

with

yoyo

And

an

Apoffolicall Benz-,

diaion,

it

is

Grace and

peace

Rill

;

So

that

by

these things

we

may

eafily

conctede,that there

is

no one

thing

that Gods

heart

is more

ùpön

then

to

fee peace Blef

'ed

then

are

the peace-

makers

in

being

fo

Inllrumentall

in fuck

a

thing,

in

which

the

lord

bath

fo

nïuch.glory

Certainly, they fl,allhave the

bleffinglikewife of

many

up-

on

them.

As when

David

had

an

itnpeaceable difpofition in

his

fpirit towards

Naball,

and

he would

doe

this

and

that

a-

g

ainil

Nabatl,whan

Abigail

came,

and

through her wifdome,

and

the

peaceableneffe

of her

fpirit

did

allay

theheate

of

Da-

vid's

ang,r,and

fo

b:

ought

David

into

amore

quiet

and

peace

able

difpofition,

why

prefenrly

David

bleiled

God

for

A6-

call,

and

bleffed. Abigail,

Bleffed be

thou,

and

blejj'eàbe

thy

lreusrjelly

faint

`Dávsd.

co

her;

ForI

intend:d to

doe

thus

and,

thus..