Text Opened: Stares, Paid you know was cryed out of as it man that toirned the world upfide downe And whatfoever trouble they had,pre- fently they cryed out of the "Chrifiians, that they were the Caufe of it, -- And what kind of men now are cryed out of as Caufes of trouble and difiurbance You know, and God knowes, that the Lord will cleare thófe men one day for walk- ing according to the rule that Chrift would have them ; and keeping themfelves from uncleanneffe,and impurity ;they are they who bare up the world, and let the world think what they will of thole that walke moil clofely and f }richly with God, according to the Rule of his Word, yet thefe are the peace- makers, and the fans of God ; But thus much for the or- der of this Beatitude, Bleff ed are the peace -makers. We come to the Beatitude it felfe ; To the Subjec`is, who are bief fed, And to the bleffedneife, what it is that is here promi- fed to them. The peace - makers. The word that is tran{lated peace - makers, I find it general -. ly underf }ood by Interpreters, Thole that either keepe peace, or make peace, any that are furtherances of peace any way, for the preferving of it where it is,or the procuring ofit where it is nor; -- Ir is a bletfed thing to,have a peaceable, heart ones felfe, to keepe peace within in ones awne Joule, that's. bletfed. It's bletfed to be of -a peaceable di1pofirio: towards all with whom we live ;' A fròwird, a perverfe diï ,oíitiori,.Ir's a, curled difpofition; But a peaçeabi a, quiet, And gentle d it's a bletfed difpofition ; - But further, It is mo -e blefl;.d .po(tion ; for ro be a meanes to procure ; eaçe,in the, places where we live, among thole wi h Whom w.: converfe And if ever we had Caufe to account_ it a bi ifed thing ro be a peace maker, then ,fit this day, Bleffed áße the peace maters. Firfi, hole that labour, ró make peace between man and Gad. And fecondly , Thole., that doe tabour, ta'naai peace be- tween man and man. Bleffed 447
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