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Bleff'ed

gre

they

that

n4ake

peace

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:

Awe'And

man,

-ienr

himfelfe

to

live at

the Court,and

have all

kind,of pleafure

:and

delight

there, but

he

would

lntereft

himfelfe

in the

fal-

lings

out of

kis

Brethren,

fo

as

if

pollibly he

could

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:.at one agairae,

The

holy Ghoa}

remembers this

in

after

ages

;

Then fomewhat

is

to

be

faid

about

this

of

making,

and

keeping

peace.betweenmen

and

men:

It

is

not

blefled

are

thole

that

-are

at

peace with

fin,

or feek

to

make

peace with mens

fins

and

corruptions; But peace makers, that make peace

between

-

Brethren

and

Brethren,Neighbour

and

Neighbour;

for though

-we

fi,ould labour

to

be

at peace, with

all men

as

much

as

pot

h71ÿ

we

can, yet

we

mutt

nor

fo

much

as

endeavour, nor

deer,

:to

be

at

peace

with

any

fin;

Though

God were

i

r

inirely

wil-

ling and

defirous

to

reconcile the world

to

hint

1`c

yet

h

e

would

never reconcile

fin,

God

and

fin

can

never

be

reconci-

led,G

d and

the

leafy

fin-

cannot

:

All

the

Angelis

in

heaven.,

and

men upon

earth,

can

never,

reconcile God

and

tin, Yea

what

ever

Chrift

did,

as

it

was

not intended

by him,fo

it

could

never

reconcile God

and

fin

together

;

but

God

would

re-

wine

to

be

an

eternal! enemy

ro fin, and

that's the Glory of

God.

So

whenwe

are

endeavouring to

nuke

peace,

we

mutt:

not

think

ro

make

peace

with mens

corruptions,

with mens

fns,

we

mull

not

fo

love

peace

as

to

fwallow

it

wrapt up.with

the

dirt

of

giil;ineffe,

and

of fin,

not

fo

as

to

loath and

Im-

mormens

corruprions.Cerrainl ,there

is

no

bleffedncßë

here,

but

a

curie.

But

yet

thus

farre,

though

we

ought never

to

be

at

peace with mens

fins,

yet

we may

.forbarc

men

though finfull,

we may

forbare finners,yea and

when we come

to

oppofe

their

fins,

we

mull oppofe

them

only

with thofe weapons

that

God

hath

appointed.

The

Magiílrare

in his

place,

and

the Church

in

it's place

mutt

opfo

:e

fin.

There

may

he

a

great

dealt

of

turbulency

of

fpirit more

then,God

allowes

in

men,

in

cr.-To-

ting

mens

diflerpers

and

corruptions

;

But

that that

we

are

now

fpeaking

of

is.

peace between

man and man.

--

I

fi

all

therefore

f

rft labour

to

pro;cound forne

generall

Rules

of

peace

between

man and man

;

-

Secondly,

fonce

more

fpeciall

Rules

in

reference

un-o Fancily

peace,

Thirdly, force

Rnles

in

reference

unto neighbourly peace

;

And