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Puler
for
neighbourly-
Peace,
you
do intend
their
good
:
Let
a
man love
me
and
beat
me,
as
the
Proverb-is,
if
you have occafion
to
manifeft
difpleafure
ilk
your family,
then
your
care fhould
be
to
-manifeft
love, that
thofe that
you manifeft
difpleafure
againft may be
convinced
thateven
at
that time
you love
them
:
Certainly
this will
mightily
allay
the bitterneffe of fpirit,
for otherwife,
if
you
oppofe
thèm
.out
of
.bitterneffe,
though
the
caufe be
jufl
why they fhould be oppofed, yet-if
it
be out
of
bitternefíe,bit
terneffe
will raife
bitternetfe,
and
fo
though
the other
be
the
guilty perfon, yet
inflead
of
fubduinghis
corruption,
you,will
but
onely
ttirre" up his
corruption, but
nowif
you
i
gall
fo
op-
pofe him
in
his way as
to reproove
him, or
if
there be
caufe
punifh him,
yet
fo as
to
carry
your felves
towards
,him fo
as
he
cannot
but be convinc't
you
intend
good and
no
hurt
to
him,
this
will mightily overcome
his
fpirit,
and fo will -be much
peace
in
the
family
:
It's
the promifemade
to.3erufalerre,
in
the
Prophetic of
Ifar
That
it
fháll
be
a
quiet habitation
;
O
'u
s
a
great
blefling upon
a
family if
it
may
be
faid this
is
-a
quiet
habitation,
come from-morning
tonight,from
the begin
-
ning
ofthe
week to the
end,
yea from
the
beginning of the
year
to
the end,
you (hall fee-nothing but
quietneffe
here,
-it's
the
bleflìng
upon j'erufalem, and
fo
upon your`families,
O
there
are the children of
God,
here's
-nothing
but
peace and 'Viet-
here,
every
one knowes.how
to
do
his
duty, the Governours
theirs, -children
and
fervants
theirs,
and
fo
it's
a,
quiet
habita
ton.
l
eieboars.
Now
then
for neighbours,
Whofoever
will
meddle
in
that,
had
need
be
much
Pelf-
denying,
and
very
wife,and very loving,
and
very
meek in dealing
-with
them,
and
there
rule§ are
to
be obferved for peace
between neighbour
and
neighbour..
Firft , Entertaine
nothing
again{t
a
neighbour meerly
upon
hearfay,
-take
heed
of that,'a-
greardeale
of
fire-
is
kindied,and
flirre
there
is
between
one
neighbour and another,
why
lwhat's
the matter
?-
when
it
-comes
to
be examined
it's
nothing
at
all,
it
was
à
mere
fancy
As fometimes Souldiers
have-
afalfe
allarum
;
and
there's-no
truth
in any
rhing;but
asfoone
as
they
come
to
conferre
one.
with
another,
they
á
ialce
finds
and
are
friends