500 The true Peace-ma~er. - forPeocc?Ohthat theChurchofGodmightonce befo happy; That there were A but anylife in that pofiibility; In the meane time, let God and hisholy"Angelswit· nes betwixt us, that on their pm thePeace faileth ; we are guildeffe: VVhat have we done? VVhat have we attempted? VVhat have we innovated? Onlywe have frood upon a jufr and modefr negative, and have unjullly fuffered. Oh that all the innocent blood we have lbed could walh their hands from injufrice, from enm\tie to Peace. Tht 1;/ct dif That from themwe may return toour felves; for the publick, we enjoy an happy co~rfito thUye Peace; Bleffed beGod futJufrice: and i£in this common harmonyofPeace, therebe Jhafl {indt in found fame privat jarresofdifcord, whence is it but from our own injufrice? The Conrra.Schluf (elburgiusinhil worldisofanotherminde; whofe wont is to cenfure him that punilhesthefiult, prt[«£tll/lui3 nor him that makes it; Severity, not guiltineffe in co111mon opinion , break., the B >"'<C.ral, Peace: Let thequefrion be who is the great make-bateofthe world; begin with the Hzt·a. family; who troubles the houfe? Not unruly, headfrrong, debaucht children, that are ready to throwthe houfeout ofthewindowes, bur the aufrere father, that reproves, that corrects them; would he winke at their diforders, all would be quiet. Nor carelelfe, flothfull, falfe, lime-fingred fervanes, bur the frrict mafrer, that obferves and rates and chafrifes them; would he hold his hands, and tongue, there would be peace. Notthe peevifh and turbulent wife,who fOrgetting the rib,ufurps upon thehead, but the refolure hu!band, that hates to leefehis authority in his love; remembring that though the rib be neere the heart, yet the head is above the !boulders; Would he fall from the termes ofhis honor, there wouldbepeace. c In the coumry,not the oppreffingGentlermn,that tyrannizes over his cottagers, incroaches upon his neighbors inheritance, inclofescommons, depopulates villages, fcruzes his Tenants to death, but the poore foulesthat whenthey are crufbed, yeeld the juyce ofteares, e•hibit billsofcomplaint, throw open the new thornes,mainrain theold mounds,would thefe men be content to be quietly racked and !payled,there would be peace. In the City;not the im1>ureSodomitilh brothels,that fell themfelvesto workwickednes; nor the abominable Pandars, not the jugling Cheater, not the Counterfeit Vagrant, but theMarCball thatdrawes thefe to correction ; ,not the deceitfullMerchant that fopbifricates his commodities, inhanceth prices, fels every inchof (what D he cannot warrant) Time; not the unconfcionable and fraudulent Artifan, but the Promoter and the Bench. In the common-wealth; not the cruel robber by fea or land, that lies in the wsy like a fpider in awindow, fur abooty, fur blood : Not the bold night-walkenbat keeps fava~e houres fit for the guilty intentions ofhis burglaries, but the watch that takes him; Not the rank adulterer that neighs after his neighborswife, and thir!lsafter only froln waters, butthe fworn men thatprefenthim; Notthe rrayterousCoyner, that in every frarnp Kads his own conviction, whiles hefrill renews that face a· gain!l which he olf<nds, but theSheritfe that attaches him. Nor theunreformable drunkard,that makes aGod ofhis liquor,a beafrofhimfelf: and raves,and fwaggers in hiscups,but theConfrable that punilhes him;would thefc E Officers connive at all thefe vila'!ies, there would be peace. In theChurch,not the chaffermgPatron,or perjur'd Chaplain; not the reducing hererick, or feditious fchifmatick; not the fcandalous Levite, not the careles Q_\lefl· man, not the corrupt Ofliciall, but the clamorousPreacher, orrhe rigorous High· Commiffion. In theworld; lafrly,Not theambitious incrochen uponorhersdominions, not violaters ofleagues, notufurpersofmif-gotten titlesand dignities, not fuborners, or abettorsofconfpiracies,and traytors,bur the unkind patients that will not recipere ft"""': I wis the great potentamofthewotld might fee a ready way to peace. Thus in family, countrey,city,common-wealth,church, world, tbegreatefr part feek alicencious peace in a difotslered lawlefneffe; condemningcruejufriceofcruelry, frtipping her of the honorofpeace , brandingher with thecenfure!'fcroublefame.
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