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Ji

by

Peace-makers

are

called

the

childreu,of

God.

that do not

much concern themfelves:

yea

they

are at

peace

fo

as

they

are willing

tofuffer

much

in

their

own

private.caufe

ió..

be

it

that they

may make p-eace,that

there

may

nit

be

fin

com-

mitted,

but the

Try

of

Go

danay

go

on,

that

this peace

-may.

be furthered

they

are

willing

themfelves

to

futfer

:Now

when

others that

are

of

froward and

fehith

difpolitions, whin

they

fee

this

in fuch

a

man

or

wimp,

it

catues

other

manner of

thoughts

:

Indeed

my,

confcience

tels

nie that

if

any

anger

me,

I

will be

even-

with

them, I

cannot bear

it,

I

but

I

lEe

others

bear

it My

confcience tels me, that

if

one, efpecially

my inferiour

Both

wrong

nie,

I

will-make

him

come

and fub-

mit

to

me,

and he

alai(

begin

zirli

:

I

but I

fee others,thougla

they

be

wronged,

they

will be

willing

to fuller,

and

all

óút

of

love to

peace,

for

they get

nothing

by

it

but

mealy

to make

peace

between

neighbour

and

neighbour,

or man

and

man,why

certainly this

ispo other

then

the child

of

peace, me-

thinks

.

every time

I

fee

there, I

am

put

in

mind of marl, the God of

peace,

I

am

put

in

mind

of )efus Chrifl, the Prince of

peace;

I

am

put

in

mind

of the

Holy

Gho11

that Dove-like Spirit, cer-

tainly thefe

are the children of

God,

by

this

men

lEali come

robe

convinc't that

th°

.are

the

children of

God; that's

the

meaning

of

this

promí

Now

then

for

-the

thing it

pelf, They

fhall

be

called the chil-

dren of god.

There

are

thefe two points.

Doi:

i.

That

it's

a

blefJ"ed

thing. to

be

a

child

of

God,

Doì:"

z,

It

is

a

great

mercy and bleinglikevvife,

-not

only to

be

fo,

but

fo to

to

give,

and

fo to ïvall¿,before

others,

as

to

convince the

confciencer

of

others,

fo

as

they

cannot

but

account

its to

be fo

:.

There

are the

two Points.

For the

opening now

of

this bleffednefs

of

being the child

of

God

;

The point

you

cannot

but

think should

be

large,

if

we

íhould

handle

it

in common plaine wayes,but that I fhall

not

do ,

I

need not

name

Scriptures

to

you

:

Behold

ohtit