though there benppof(ions againfi vs,as all faithful /peacema. kers !haI1 meet froward perfons that will bee vnpcaccable, yet iftee God ofpeace beat peace with vs,andprotector ofvs,what caulehauewe to fland in any fearc?he wouldnot promifevs ioy vnlefie he were refolued to performe it:and he wouldnot incou- rage vs tobe ioyfull,vnleffe our flare were Cafeand happy. And wily then are twie fo timorous to fpeake when we fee difention a- mong ecuals,contempt of fuperiors, opprcfìïon ofinfrriours, finning agaíuuamens owne foules, and tivarre againf1 the Lord !lima-IfO?lt is becaufe we would not give offence?Iris an offence to be filent at theoffencescommitted againfa God, and thehurt that men doe to thetnCelues and their neighbours. Is it becaufe we would auoide trouble and difpleafitre, and keepe our felues fromgriefe and furrow ? The way to doe that is to pieafe God, who can make themwhole anger we feare,to fauour vs, and bee -manesof our peaceartd confolation.But in counfellingofpeace we mutt looke to thole things, fat, that we be iuflly called to deal in that particular cafe,leafl medling with theflrife that belo;s- geth not vnto vi, weebee 44 one tbat taketb a dogby the cares. ;Se, Prou,Z6 condly,that we make no attonemer,t betweene wicked men in theirwickednelíe,as Hefter would not make Hamanand iIfl.rn. rru friends when they were fallen out :for ár ow much concord had been between Hannan and the King,fo much difcord would hauebeen between theKing and the Church. So that in fetting agreement between man and man, it is good to let variance be- tween aman andhis (inne, and to leaue (infull men at variance, wholereconciliation cloth tend to the diilìonor ofGodand the hurt ofhis people. Reproofè and terror ofmakebates, which arecounlcllours of T'fe. contention,offinfulnelie,and wrong doing :which fhall be han- dled in a fitter p!ace,when we come to thefewords:tvithosdtmood thefire is quenched,anal withoett . talebearerf ife ceaferh. Cha.2 6. 2o. In the mean; time let them bee admonifhed thatincenle great rnen,as Landlords, andMagi(trates,and wafflers, againfl their porc,weake infcrsours chat line under tllem.The Lord w11 heare th,'ircriesandgroaoes, not onlyagainfl the mightyones that lay too heauyburdens vpon them but aifo againll all chofe Z . that
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