5 I y Connexion of peace..making- and perfecutïon, And then laftly,Be filch a peace -maker as to love the peace, and that onely that God loves and deiig is in-: Your father loves truth, but he loves truth and peace and holine fe toge- ther Let there not be any thing a ainil holineffe in the main- tenance of peace :. God would not have any of his children commit any fin for peace, to fave themfelves from trouble, or to, fave others from trouble ; That they may purchafe their ovine peace,he would not have them purchafe it with fn ; It's true ; a man cannot buy peace to deare, except it be by fin But any one fin committed for the gaining of your owne peace; or the peace of others ; I fay,in that, you buy Gold rod deare. This is not the peace making that becomes. a child of Goa; but bleffed are they that are peace - makers, for they (bail be called the children of God. And thus much concerning the 9th verfe. But we proceed to the Loth; 1vI A T H. 5. io. 13fefred are they which are perfecuted for Righteoufnefe false, for theirs is the kingdorne ofheaven. It's a firange kind of blelf ng this too, as the other were , Some of the other bleflednelles feeme to be ftrange, as the firfl, Bleared are the poore , and they that mourne , that they fhould be bleffed ; and now they that are perfecuted; Is it nor as (range that they should be the bleffed.men in the ,world ? Chrifl begins with the peore,and ends with the perfecuted, when he would Chew who are the molt bleffed men in the- 'orld. My Brethren, fee whether the wit-dome of Chrifl, be like the wif- dome of the world, yea or no. When you would defcribe a bleffed man, wor.id you begin with the poore, and end with the perfecuted : O the wtfdome of Chrifl, it is not according to the wifdome of the, world ; the thoughts of Chriti concerning blefledneffe, are not according to the thoughts of the world, And them fecondly ; This is to be wondered at,that -hriPc fl-ould have need to fpeak of the bleffednelfe of thofe,thE tiarfe perfecuted, after he had mentioned the bleffedneffe of the for-
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