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464

Roles of

peace between

man and man,

of

that

;

O

they

woitld faine have

peace,

but

they would

faine

have

every body

to

be all

of their

mime

;

they

would

faine

that

they might

doe

every thing wharfoever they pleas'd,

and

no

body

(peak

again('

it.

But now, when

the

heart

is

fet

upon

peace,

and

is

used

by

Chrilt

to

be

a

peace-maker,

lúch

a

one

is

for

upon

peace,

fo

as

willing to purchafe

it

at

a

deare rate,

yea

to

purchafe

it

at

any

rare but

fin

The truth

is, peace

is

never bought too deare

but

by

fin

;

And

as'We

fay,we may buy

Cold

too

deare

fo

we may

buy

peace too

deare, if

we berra+

ourConfci;nces

for

peace

sake

;

or

the

Truth

for peace

fake

;

But

let

us

be

willing

co

facritice what

is

our owne and not

Gods,

efpecialiy

when

it

is publikepeace.

If

every

man

or

woman had

this

refolution

f

}rongly

fer, well,

I am

refolved

fo

long

as

I

live, wherefoever

God

cafts

me, Ile

make

it

my en-

devour,

that there

may

be peace where

I

live

;

and

I1e

be

at

any

coil

that

fo

I

may

procure

it

;

yea wharfoever

thall be pro-

pofed

as

a way

óf peace

betides

fin,I

am

refolved that

that

way

Ile

také

where I fee that God

may

have

Glory,and

the

publick

good may goe on, yea where

I

fee

the good of

my

Brothers

i`oule

doch

depend

upon

it

;

for where

there

are

jarres

and

contentions,

I

have

heard that

there

is-abundance

of

fin, and

I

find

it

fo

by

experience

;

now where

I

may

prevent

fin, and

doe

;ood,

I am refolved

though

it coil

me

deare,I

will

not

be

wanting for

the furtherance of

this

;

this

refolution muli

be

in

every

man,

to

be

willing

that it mutt

coil himBeare, for peace

is

a

precious

Commodity,

and

it

comes nor

by

wishing,

O

I

would have

peace,

and

it comes not by

crying

out

one

won

another, but

be willing that

it fhau

ld

-coil

me fomething. You

That

cry

out

fo

much for

peace, I appeale to

you, what doth

it

coil

you

?

And then

the

fourth

Rule

for

the furtherance

of

peace

ia.

chis,

1

hat every man or

woman

should

account

it

the

matt

honourable thing

to

yeeld

ñrf}

;

That

curled

.principle

that

there

is

in

mem hearts, that it

is

a

difgrace

to

begin

to

ye

Id,

'tis that that

makes dil}urbance in

the world,

in

all

.focreties

;

but

if

men were principled

in

this, That

Where

there

are any

bre

aches,

-that

manor

woman

begins

firfb

to

yeeld,

is

the

Malt,

honou-