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14'hy

Peace

-

makers

azre,called

the

children

of

God,

ther

in

unity,

and

enjoy

their

confciences

in

the

fear of

God,

and

walking peaceably one

with

another,

but

this (hallfufíice

for

this

thing.

Bleffeci

are

they

that

are

peace

-

maskers

in

inch

times

as

thet

fo:

my

part,

fo

far-through

Gods

mercy

God

bath

made me

f;;nfible of

the evil

of breaches

of

peace,

that

fhould my

life

go for

the procuring of ir,

I

(hould account

it-

as

great a

mercy, next the revealing

Chrif}

to me,

as

ever

I

had in`my

life,

if

I

fay,

my life

might

go

for

the

making peace

bettiween

thefe

two

forts

ofmen,

and

fo

it

fhould be

all

your

refolutions not

to

go

violently

on in

any

way,

but

to

f

}udy

what

wayes

there

may

be for

peace between brethren

and

brethren:

--

Now

I

fhall

.ay

no

more

about this,

and it's like

you

alit

never

hear

me further

to

fpeak about fuck things

as

thefe are,:

except

there

should be

very great

occalion for

it

:

We

there-

fore

proceed to the promife.

ileffed are the

peace

-

makers

for

they

fhall

be

called

the chit-

siren

of

God.

Here's

a

moll excellent promife to peace- making,one would

think

it

would incourage

any

living

to labour

for

peace

"what

they

could, when

from

the mouth

of

Chrif}jt's

-faid, They

(hall

be

called

the children

of

God,

the

Sons

of

God,

fo

you

may

read

the

word.

Firfl,

Why

are

peace-

makers called

the children

of

God

?

And

Why

is

this promife

here

annexed

top

ace-making, rather

then

to what went before

?

They

flail

be called

fo

(faith

Chrif}) becaufe

.

in

this work

.

of

peace-

making,

they

are

like to

God,

they do

work

in

the

work

that the heart

of

God

is as much

in,

as

in anywork.

what-

foever

:

There's

no

work(asI

have told

you

before) that ever

the

heart

ofGod

was

more

in

from

all

eternity,no

work

ab

e

v-

tra,

iiaore

thenin

reconciling,

the

world to himfelfe, and

fo

thole

that are peace

-

makers, ,their hearts

are in

that

work.,

wherein'.ods

heart

is

its

fo

niuch,

therefore they (hall

be

called,

fhe

childrotsof God,

forthey

are

fo

like

God God

is

of

a

peace

CZq

cl

able