Pewce-milZing a d,ifleralr mork. fcarce any one thing wherein a Mini tier is more put to it, to fbe,V the wifdoire and the meeknefs and the Spirit of Chrifi, then when hemeddles with this argument at fuch a time as this is, very difficult it is, becaufe mens hearts are fo impure, fuch filth and uncleanefle is upon the fpirits of men, and to make peace with them, how should one go about it ; -- diffi- cult it is, becaufe there's no man almofl in the world can be 'brought to judge himfelf as any caute of want of peace among others; If all the people in England were together, and you fhould go from One to another and ask, what are you any caufe of the divifions that are in England, he would profeflè againtl it : Ask everyman and he would difavow it; God forbid that I fhould have any hand in breaches and divifions, one parry -cafes it upon another,and the other catis it upon them againe, all cry for peace, and many times even thofe that cry much for it, are the great hindrances of it, yea cry after it in fuch manner as do very much hinder it when they are fpeaking a- bout it: It's very difficult to medle with this, becaufe a Man cannot tel how to come tó thepraó%ical part of this,but he mutt intrench upon one fide or other, he mutt bring Tome to yeeld fomething,it's itrpoll ble there should be any peace between any two that are fallen out, if there be no yeelding on either .fide. The Spaniards have a Proverb, .That Stone and Morter - mekes a wall, becaufe one yeelds, but two hard things will not; Now becaufe it's to hard for any to yeeld to another, therefore its hard for any to meddle with the point of peace, yea; its more difficult now then ever,becaufe we find all forts of men that are the grearefi means of divifion and contention,yet they will all plead the National Covenant, that was a Covenant for union,they will all plead it for their parties,and for the fomen- ting and maintaining of dif-union: It is jut} here as itfals.ouc in the point of the Sacrament, that's appointed by God" to be the means of union in the Churches, it is therefore called the Communion ; It's an Ordinance for the union of the Churches, and through mans corruption, there's nothing that ever harp been occafion of fo much dif- union as the Sacrament hath been. And fo even our Covenant, though certainly intendxd:foruni- on,
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