400 Mr. N E A L's IId Vol. of the Afa was commended , becaufe he removed Maacha from being J,ueen, becaufe the was an Idolatrefs. I may fay, what 7ehu faid to 7oram, What Peace can there be, fo long as the Whore- ' doms of 7ezabel the Qteen remain ?' Ib. p. 37. Is Peace and Truth the Ingredients that muff e heal us Oh ! then doat not too much upon < this Treaty of Peace, (which is this day begin- ' ning) as if, without all peradventure, this Treaty muft heal all our Diffempers, &c. Alas! Belo- ved, there is a great Gulph betweenour Enemies and us ; there are a Generation of Men, that < cannot, endure fuch corroding Corrofives, and purging Phyfick, as God in my Text prefcribes < Men, who are neither Lovers of Peace nor Truth. < Is it likely to have Peace with fuch Men as thefe? < Whilft they continue thus, we can as foon make Fire and Water to agree ; yea, I had almoft faid, reconcile Heaven and. Hell, as their Spirits and < ours. 'Tis the Sword, not Difputes nor Treaties, that < mull end this Controverfy : therefore turn your Plow- Shares into Swords, and your Pruning-Hooks into Spears, to fight the Lord's Battles, to a- venge the Blood of Saints that bath been fpilt. < It muff be avenged either by us, or upon us ; ply'd, Ile had. At which, excited by an unufual Curiofity, . they took the Poft: into a convenient place, out of the Road, and opening the Scotch Mail, they found this Letter of Re- prieve and Pardon for Love; upon the reading of which, one . of them immediately cry'd out, Oh! that is the Rogue that ruined us, by breaking the Treaty at Uxbridge; and thereupon putting the Letter in his Pocket, they reftored the reft to the Poff, telling him, There were his Letters again; and immedi- ately mounting, they putfued their intended Journey. The Mail arriving at London, and Letters from Cromwell to feveral Perfons, without one word concerning Love; the Party took it for granted, that this Silence was deligned as an abfolute Denial, &c. Therefore they ordered him to fuller upon Tower- hill, the z zd Day of Augufl.' < Curled
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