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ge.8
7ë
be
acccatnted
a
child
ofGed agrçe.t
'tis
a
great bie
f
ng cob:. fuch
a
one
as
íhatl
force-
even
wicked'
naen
to
call
them Gods children,
wherefore
let
us
Fira,
Know 'cis
not
enough
then
to
have
grace
in
the
heart-,
to. fay
w
hat
do I
ca
-re
for
men,
fo
long
as
I
have
a
good confci-
ence
: No,
'tis the duty of
all
to
walk
fo as
they
may
be'cal-
led the children of
Gcd,therefore
it
is
not
enough to have grace
in
the heart but it mull appear.
Secondly, How vild
are
thofe then that
make.profefEon of
a
neer relation
Unto
God,
and
yet
walk fo
as
there
is
nothing
of God
appears
in
them,
fo
as
by
their
fcandalous wicked lives
they
make men
to
think they
doGod
good fervice
to perfe-
cute them,
and
all
in that
Croy,
if
ever there were times where-
in
Gods
children lhould
walk as
children,fhould
make
could
ence
co
walk
fo
as
to
convince
the world, then
now
it is,
and
wo
to
thofe,
that
now are
of
enfve
;
Wo
to
chofe
that
are
fc
n
-.
dais
in
fuch
times
as
thofe:
that
doopen
the
mouths
of
wicked
men, not
only
agaipa themfelves, but
again!!:
ail
that
are
in
their
way
The
world
is
feu
upon
offences,
and glad
.
of
offences
,
an
therefore fhould Gods
children
labour
to
walk
the
more
inoffenl've,
:--
But
either of
thef
we !hall come
to
fpeak
tojlore
fully,
and
of
the
point to, if
we !hall ever come to
thew'
6.ver: Let
your
light
fo
ff
ine
before
men
that
they may fee your goedworks,
and
glorifie your
Fathee
which
is
in
Heaven. And therefore
I
only
fpeak
to
this
nosy,
In
reference to
that
in
the Text, to
peace-making,
Bieffed
are
the
peace-mnkers
for
theyfhall
be
called
the
children ofGod:peace
making
is a
very
convincing
thing,
and
therefore
fuch as
hope
they
are
Gods children,
they
f
could
manifefi
it
in
this,
in
be-
ing of peaceable
difo1
tions,
there
are
forne
that
we hope
do
belang to
God,
and
yet
they are
of
Etch
rugged difpohtions,
of
fuch
harsh
natures,
of
fuch
froward
difpoftions
that
`there
is
little
of,the Spirir
of
God
appears
in
them,
they
are
as
futi-
ous,
and froward and
peevilhrn their
wayes,
as
if they
had no-
thing of
God
in
their hearts,they manifea
nothing
but
an
evil;
and
a
proud,
and
a
perverfe,
and
a
froward fpirit
in
their
fami-
lies,
and where
ever.they convene
with
any,0
this
is
i'ild,but
now
ailfech
as
profeffe
themfelves
to
be
óf God,íl:ould
mani-
fifí