The Order of this Beatitude. 445 Follow peace and holineff e, without which no man can fee God : They Cannot fee God without peace ánd holineff e ; Thofe rnvo are joyned together in the Epirle to the lieb: And purity of heart and peace-making are joyned together here.A pure head, and a pure heart, will snake peace. In the 3 pries 17, nrarke there what the Scripture (peaks of the head ; The wifdome that is from above, is firft pure, then peaceable. The wifdome that is from above is pure, that's not defiled, there's no by and bale ends and tricks and devices, and cunning crafty wayes in the wifdome that is from above, that's Hi pure ; then peaceable. And here, the heart is fira pure, then peaceable : The pure ni heart,and then the peace-makers; There's nothing makes more dilturbance then mens Corruptions.Jarnes 4. z v.Frons whence' come warrs and fightiogs among you ? come they not hence, ever o f your lulls that Warr to your members. Here's a Queilion, From whence come warrs and fightings among you ? If fog be that this Q eflion were askt among us , From whence are warrs and fightings ? from whence are Jarrs and Divifions a- mong us ? One would fay, 'tis from fuck a party that would have fuch a thing ; And tine other would fly, 'tis from fuch a party that would have filch a thing ; but few would ariwer it as the Apoftle doth here ; O 'cis from the lulls that:are in oùr hearts, warrs and fightings between Nations, and in Common- wealths, are from the lugs of mens hearts ; And warres in the Church and Divifions there are from the lulls in mens hearts ; Warrs and Divifions in Cities,Divifrons in Families, and Con- tentions in mens ovine fpirits, they are all from the lulls of our hearts. Saul before he had dehl'd himfelfe fogrofsly,asaf- ter he did, was of a very quiet and peaceable difpofition ; But when he came to be corrupt, and had a defiled Confcience and heart, 8 then he was of ,a cruell, rugged,and very pervetfe fpirit.' Thofe that keepe dremfelves pure, whole Confciences and hearts are cleàne, they are peaceable,and fit to' rake peace . with others But corrupt hearts , they_make aíl the flirre a- mong us, and therefore fo much Divifion, fo much Corrcipti on, fo much Impurity, in a Family, in a particular perfon, fo farre as thou art contentious and troublefome in the place where,
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