Burroughs - Houston-Packer Collection BX7233.B87 G67 1660

ohy Peace-makers fhaR. be called the childrex of God. zournfor them, but let not them diflurb my peace O my pule returne u,Ito thy refs, I end that that fatisiles me : and fo thefe will be very peaceable towards others, and therefore this is joyned to the peace makers, they (hall be called the chtl- dren of God, that is, they fhall be fo, and fo accounted. And they fhait be fo accounted, that is a higher degree, it's á greatblefling to be a child of God, that you will all fay, though the world fhould think you the child of'the Devil, and call you Devil!, though they fhould deal with you as they did With Sohn Hasffe, they piílured Devils upon his coat when he Went to Martyrdorne, as if he were come:out of hell, I but he was the Son of Go for all that : Chao himfelf he was not al- wayes called the Gild of God, but he was called Belx,ebub,and the Prince of Devils : But it is come addition to this bleflèd- nelle here, that they are called fo : that is, that they have fuch a promife from Chrifi, as not only to be the children of God, but they fhall be fo in the very hearts and confciences of the men among whom they live: Peace - making is fo convincing, "there is fo much beauty and excellency in it, as will convince almotl any man, peace - making path fuch a convincing power, as that men that are wicked themfelvggi yet they (hall be for - ced in their confciences to beleeve, Silty thefe peo le, thefe men and women are no other then the children of God, it is the Spirit of t,od that aas them and quids them : -- You may plainly fee that peace - making is very convincing, becaufe no man or woman will own to have any hand in breaking of peace, as I remember 1 told you, that if we should go cask all the men in England from one to another, what do you hin- der our peace ? there's never a man or woman would own ir, and yet there are many guilty certainly.Well,as that's fo foul .to break peace,that none will own it,fo to make peace is fo ex- cellent, that every body is in love withal!`, though men and women that have perverfe and crooked fpirits of theirown, fo that they cannot bring their hearts to be peaceable with othere, yet trey can love it where they fee it in others, and efpecially when they fee men to be of peeaacgablle2difpofitions in thing; e q 48 3

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