508 7-6 be accounted a child ö f Ged 61e a grea.t ll . 'Co a great bl :fftng foie. fuch a one as fluff force even wicked' men to call them Gods children, wherefore let us Firfl, Know 'tis not enough then to have grace in the heart; to.fay w hat do I care for men, fo long as I have a good confci- ence : No, 'tis the duty of all to walk fo as they may be'cal- lcd the children of Gcd,therefore it is not enough to have grace in the heart but it mull appear. Secondly, Howvild are thofe then that make profelfïon of a neer relation Unto God, and yet walk fo as there is nothing of God appears in them, fo as by their fcandalous wicked lives they make men to think they do God good fervice to perfe -. cute them, and all in that Way, if ever there were times where- in Gods children fhould walk as children;thould make could- once ro walk fo as to convince the world, then now it is, and> wo to thofe, that now are offenlve; Wo to thofe that are fcan- dais in fuch times as thefe: that doopen the mouths of wicked men, not only again(} themfelves, but againll all that are its their way : The world is fet upon offences., -and glad . of offences , an therefore should Gods children labour to walk the more inof enGve --- But either of thole: we °hall come to fpeak to4nore fully, and of the point te, if we í7;a11 ever come to then 6.ver: Let your light fo fhine before men that theymay fee your goedworkS!, and glorifie your Father Which is in Heaven. And therefore I only fpeak to this no'y, In reference to that in the Text, to peace making, Bleffed are the peace - makers for they fhall be called the children ofGod:peace making is a very convincing thing, and therefore fuch as hope they are Gods children, they fhould manifefi it in this, in be- ing of peaceable difroftions, there are fome that we hope do belong to G od, and yet they are of fuch rugged difpofitions, .. of fuch harfh natures, of fuch froward difpofitiotis; that there is little ofthe Spirit of God appears in them, they are as furs- ous; and froward and peevish;:in their wayes, as if they had no- thing of God in their hearts,they manifefl nothing but an evil; and a proud, and a perverfe, and a froward fpirit in their fami- lies, and where ever they converfe with any,0 this is vild,but now allfuch as profefle themfelves to be of God,4:ould mani-
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