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Rules -ef peace between

man and man.

467

will

prevail with

their

hearts more then

all

other

means

that

you

did

ufe

to

make

peace between

you

aid

them. And truly,

now

-in

thefe dayes,

the

people of

God are put to

as

much

try

-

al

in

this

as

in

any

age.

I

would

to

God,

he would

but fatten

this one thitàg

I

am peaking

of:upon

theirhearts,

fuch

clamors

and

out-cryes and reports

there

are among us,

that

one

would

wondeè how

`fomuch

duff

fhould

come

robe

railed,

how

men

that

he~e-ofere

feem'd to

be

Godly

and

Religious,their fpirits

are

fo

imbittered,

and

even

mad again, one would

wonder at

ir,

but

the

heft

wayis

this, waite

on

the Lord

and

keep

his

vay,.

walk

ftri &ly,

inoÆfenfively,

commit

day

caufe

to God,and

in

time

all

thefe

clamours and

airs

will wash away, will come

to

nothing,

and thy

light will

break forth

as

the

noon

-day, and

God

will

incline

the

hearts of others to

thee,and

they

!hall

be

convinc't

and

fay,

verily

here's

a

Son

of

God,

obferve

his way

and

courfe,

there

is

nothing but the

Spirit

of

God

appears in

him,

this

is

our

way,

to

walk

in

a

convincing

converfatton, in

a

c

infant

way,when

we

cannot

quiet

men other.wayes this wil

doe

it.

_

Eightly,

And then

in

the

loll

place,

ufe much

prayer;

Pra7

for

the

peace

of

ferufalem, pray fo: the peace

of Kingdom,

Ci-

ties, Churches, Neighbours,

-To,vns, Families, be much in

prayer

-for

it;

this

is

a

good

füirirtull help,

I

might

thew

you

Scripture

-for

every thing, but the point is

fo

large,

and

I

have

fpoken`heretofore about

tr,

fo

(hat

I

thallbut

onely name

the

very heads

of things

There's

many

of

you

cry out

.nf

the

troubles

of

the

times,

and

of the contentions that

there

are

a-

mong

men,

and

bitternefs of

nzens

fpirits,

you

cry

-out

of

but

I

appeal

this

day

in

the

name

of

God to

your

confciences,

what

time

have you fi

eiat

ih

fecret

to

make your moan

to

God,

to complain

to

Goi

in

fecret, between God and

your

foules,

perhaps

force men

in

prayer with

others,vil

(peak

of the

con

-

tentions,

and

it

is

with

a

fpirtt

of

contention, but

when

you"

have

been

in=fecret;have

you

powred

out your hearts with cor-

nea paver

that

God

would

find

out means

of reconciliation?

O

Lotd,wecanìiot

fee-how men can

be

reconciled;naens

hearts

are

at

fuch

a diftance, but

Lord

thou

that

knowetl_

ho,,t

to re

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