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Ruler
for
Neighbourly-
peace.
are
lovely,
whatfoever
things
are
of
good
report,
if
there
be
any
vertue, and
it'there
be
any
pra
fe,
think
on
thefe things.
Cer=
tangy, thole that
shall
-be
.lnílruments
ofthis,
are Ini#ruments
of great
good
,
they are
bleílins
to
the
places where they'
live,
and many will
bleife
God
for
them
:
what abundance of
good
may
but
t
a
dozen chiefe men in
a
Pariih
or Towne
do
this
way ,
if
they
would
fet
thenafelves about
it
And ndt.
fay,
well, I
have
.bufinetfe
of
my own,
and
What
have
Ito
doe.
with
them
:
This.
I
had almofl
laid,
is
the language
of
Caine,
when
as
God
inquired about
his
brother
Abel,
Am
I
my Bro-
thers
keeper,
faith he
?
Let
no man fay,Am
I
my
Brothers
kee-
pet
?
I
mull
look
to
bufineffe
of
mine
ovine
know,
it's
thy
buGneífe
if
thou wilt approve thy felfe
to
be
a
child
of
God
As
God
hath
made
it to
be
the greatefl
work that
ever took
up
his
heart, to
reconcile
the
world
to
himfelfe
;
So
you
that
are eminent
in
places, íhould
account
it
your own work
to
re-
concile differenées in
Parifhes
;
and
not
let
things
break
out
to
bitterneffe,
and violence, and rage,what
good
is
there,done
then
?
Many
times
when you
have meetings,
perhaps you
are
in
a
faire
way
of
Compofing
things,
and
carrying
all
thing,
with
a
joynt Confent,
for
the
furtherance of the Gofpel, and
the'good
of the place
that God
bath
let
you
in.
Wfay
One
fro-
ward word
puts them
all
into
a
fire
prefently;
and
there's
the
Joffe
of
an
opportunity
of
abundance of
Glory that might
have
come
to
God. What
doeft
thou
regard more
thy
paffion
and
humour,
and
to
Eland
upon
thy tearms
and
honour,
doca
thou
regard
this
more
then
pu,blick
fervice för
Cod,
or Church,
or
Common-wealth,
thou
art not
one
ofGods
;
A child
of
God
would
regard the Caufe
of God
more then
his
private
caufe
And therefore
blef ed are
the peace
-
makers,
either
in Fami-
lies,
or
Parishes
;
O
then blefléd are the peace
-
makers,
in
Church,
and Common-wealth.
I
confeffe many things
I had
in
my
thoughts
to
have fpoken concerning
thefe
two.But rimes
arc
fo
for
the prefent,
and
the fpirits of men
are in
finch
a fit,
that I
could not
fatisfie my Confcience
in
this,
to
thinke
it
a
feafonable
time
to
meddle
with
any
thing. For
I
could
not
meddle with
making
peace,
but
I
mull;
fhewyou
°force
thing
about