466 Rules of peace between man and man, Sixthly, If you find peace be hard to aaake,purfue ia;purfua peace and try one means after another : Let it not be fuffici- ent for yoti w fay, well Gód knows I would fain be at peace, and I have ufed means to be at peace, I have made fair offers, well, but hash not that done the work that you delire ? fallxo it again and again. Try more conclufions, whatfoever the heart or a man is in, and fet upon, he will try all the conclufions that he can for the effecting òf it,if your hearts be fetupon peace, though you have a rep lié the lira and fecond time you evil on main The Scripture bids us purfue peace,and follow peace, and mark my Text. Bteffed are the peace -marl ers, he doth not fay; Melted are the peace-withers. Some men have good affections, and lay,_ I would there were peace, and it may he they ufe Tome Light indeavours, as for my part I have donefotnething for peace, I but is the thing effected, haft thou made peace ? Thou i1'tould'f+ never be at ref+ tit thou hall made it,if there be any means iii: the.world untryed, try what that meanes will do: Seventlily, Further if after allthe means ufed that you can, you do not find it come,; but flail men will be of contentious spirits, then obferve this rule, However for thine own part re= solve to walk before fuch in a convincing way, they are of trot:blefome fpirits, and reitçvery word you fpeak, you .Fan -. not Meddle but you foul your fingers, yet for all this, break'off with this refolution, I fay, I will doe what I can to convinçe them in a conf+ant way of good, of bolineße and juflice, and righfeoufnefs, if it may will heap coals of fire. upon their head; and melt their hearts that way,I am refolved whatfoever evil they do to me, Ile doe good to them: As Calvin fail con- cerning Luther, Luther was of a violent hot fpirit, cell (faith Calvin) let Luther call me a Devit,let him call-me-what he.will, I will ack¿owledge Luther to be a precious fervant of God, whom God doth ufe.asaninflrumentofgreatgood; Here's a peaceable fpirir, this is the way to snake peace, when the means have been tryed and yet it cannot be done, mens fpirits will not be eLuieted, yet walk convincingly before thern,and' a convincing cetaverfitdon in a few months it may be, but what ifit:be years, will
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