Rules' for peace betn ecn man and man, fpirits, that if any one doe difl;leafe them,they doe not fitisde themfelves in oppoí ng the perfon that Both ir, or the thing that is un uf}, btit they will fly out againit all men that have but any kinde of correfpondency with tech that are of the way that they are of ; And will not onely oppofe them that doe dif- pleafe them, in the thing wherein they are difpleafed, but in all things elfe. O this is an unpeaceable fpirit ; as we read of Haman, when Mordecai had difpleafed him, he did not think it enough to proceed againa Mordecai's perfon, but againflr ail the people of the eaves, his heart was againfi them all. And thus. it is withmany, if they be but angered with any one that is in fuch a way different from others, they will prefently fall upon all that are of that way. It was jute the Prebs-icall way in former times, if any that were called a Puritan did but an- ger them, they would fall upon all that went on in that way, and cry out of them all , and if they were difpleafed in one thing, they would feeke to revenge themf .Ives all the wáyes . they could, in oppofing of them in all other things. Nov this isa way of turbulency, and not the way of peace. That's the fecond rule ; when violence is to be ufed, yet let it extend i» further ( either in regard of the meafure, or the fubject ) then needs muft.: Such a one bath done ámiffe , whti,. I will deale with him in his perfon, and deale with him;about that particular thing wherein he bath done amiffe. It's a very ufu- all thing in neighbours., if one be but angery with one in a F a- mily,they are prefently ange,y with all in the Family ;and this caufes a great deale of divifion ; fo likewife in a.T,owne, a Church, or Common-w filth:: But thefe Itnks. are in Gene- rall. Thirdly, If you would have peace in the world, you muff refolve before -hand to be willing that it thould cofl:.you fame - thing ; Every man would faine have peace : When.we fpeak of peace,faith Aufttn in bis Comment upon the Pf dme.f ;,till ma i,- kind delires it prefently ": When you fpeak of'peace,.:w th órte mouth, Q I de(ire it, I .would with it, I would have ir,. I lave. it : every one would faine have peace,, but men and women are loth, that it fhould coft them any thu g,what's -tile nleanin 463
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