The true P eai:e-ma~r. A fom.Foolilh men fpeak foolilh things: 0 noble and incomparable ble!!ingofPeace, how injurioufly art thou afcribed to unjuft neglect? Ob divine virtue ofjuftice,how delfrvedly have the Ancients given thee wings, and fent thee up to heaven in ade· reftation ofthefe earthly indignities;whence thoucommeft not down at all, unlefTe it pleafe that efTentiall and infinite jn!lice to communicatethee to fome choyce favorites. It is but a juftwotd, thanhis !land harh been long approved the darling of heaven; We have enjoyed Peacs to the admiration, to the envyof neighbourhood : Wouldwecontinuett? wou!dwetraduceittoours? Juftice muftdoeit fur us. BothJuftice and Peace, are from the throne; Peace isthe Kings peace; and juftly defcends fromSoveraigntybycommi!!ion · let me have leave to fay with the princelyProphet(aword that was roogood for the frequent text ofa Pope)Diligile B i•Jiili4m quijudie~litltrrllm. Still,OGod,give thy judgment to the King,& thy juftice to the kings fon. And ifany lhall offerwrong to theLords a"ointed in his perfon, in his feed,thework ofthat inju!licethall be war ;yea BeiiH11J Domini, theLords war (2 Sant.op8) Then let him who is both the Lord ofHofts,andtheGodof Peace,rife upmightily for hisanointed,the true king ofPeace; that he whobathgracioufly faid atl this while, Da plltefiJ Domi1Je, Give Peace in cur time,O Lord; may fu~ perfcribe at the !aft his juftTrophees, with, Ble.lfetl6ethei.ord11ihichtwhtthmJhot1dl to rJ1Arre, and fiJ} jinger1 tofght. Ye have heardofthe fpilitoall Jufticeand Peace;Yehave heardoftheCivil!; may it pleafe you ro mix both ofthemtogether : My text alone doeh it; ifyou doe but withour mofl accurat Tranflation, read Righreoufnes for Ju!lice; So !ball you fee the fpirituall difpofition ofRighteoufnes produce the civill effeCt ofPeoce : What C is righteoufnes, but the fincere uprightnes ofthe heart toGod in all ourwaies? He is perfeCt with God, that would be (o. What need I tel you that this is the way to true inword Peace,Nilcc"fcire,A deer heart will ~a quiet one.There ffi no fealtto agood confcience, this ismea,t,mufick,· No:" "g•ihy welcom : Is feems harder that tme fpirituall honefiy fuould procnre even oucward of ill. peace: Heare wife Salov1pn: BJihe6kffing ofthe upright,thuiiJ irtx•lted,Pro.ll .11, Whenarnari~*aies plea!<: the Lord,He makJthevenhiltmlllieJ to6e•t peacerJ1ilb him Pr.16.7. Rigbteonfnu ex•ltetha 11t11ion,hntjit:i1a reproachto anypeople.Pr.14.0 4· It follows then asa ju(l: colollary, Thai the honefleft,&confci011•61eflma" i1 the 6ejl f•lije£1 :Hemay perhaps be plain, perhaps poor, perhaps weak, bm theftare is more beD holden tohis integrity, than to the ab!ell pnrfe, than to the ftrongeft arm; Where., <he graceles and vicious perfon,let himbe neverfo plaufible atalker,never fo careful an Officer, never fo valialit a Leader, never fo officious aCounier,never fo deep in fubfidie<,neverfoforward ina&.ions, is noother than an enemy to the frate, which he profeffes to odore. Let noPhilofopber tell me of,,Jalu. vir honu. ci'IJis : I fay from betteramhority that a lewdman can no more be agood fobject,than an ill fubject can beagood man; Heare this then (wherefoever ye are)yl!fecreropprefTors, ye prophane (coffers, ye foule mouth'd fwearers,ye clofe adulterers, ye kind drunkards, andwho evercome within this black lift ofwickednes, howcan ye beloyal!, whilesyou lodg traytors in your bofoms? Proteftwhat yewill; your fins break the peace, and confpireagainft E thefocred Crown anddignityofyourSoveraign; What care wee that you draw yoorfword, and vow your blood, and drink yonrhealths ro yourGouernors, ivhen in the meane while you provokeGod to anger, and fer quareIs betwixtyourCounrry and Heaven. That I maywinde up this clew ; It were folly to commend to you theworth of peace: we know rhattheexcellency ofPrinces is exprefTed bv fireniiJ; whatgood bath theearth whichGod doth not couchunder thename ofPeace' Bleffed be God, and hisAnoimed,we ha,•e long and comfombly tailed the fweemes of hisbleffing, the Lillies and Lions of our salomon have been juftly wordedwith BMti pocifci: Wouldwehavethishappinesperperuatedtous, ro po!lerityl Oh let Prince and peoplemerte in the ambition tobe Gens j•JI•, a righteous nation, righreous every way : Firfi,letGodhavehisown;hisowndaies, hisownfervices, his feare, his love, A11 ifl m.m 11 !*fitbjttl. .
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