~tr~: 1 ~- • IJriumph of Paith~, i4i tDm, bydefendmg a haf.Caufe, (as holyMen may · have an unholy Caufe) · and then can find no wav to carry it our, but bv C'roocked Pol cy, and Cal11mnies. We ai'e now· purfued by Maligants wit~ an unju(t W<~ r : To embrace P~ace -qp- .on ahy dt 'honourable Terms to Chr1ft; 1s ·to defert a Duty for fear of a Temptation : On the other fide, to refufe an ()£fer ofPea~e, becaufe many innocent Perfons have b~en killed, is a1fo a yield.ing to a Temptation ; for by War we kill many innocent ones, and it~s againll: the Lord's Counfd, Pfa!. xxxiv 14. Seek Peace, that is, as much as we are not to be patients only, hut Agents, even when we are wronged, in feeking Peace. But what if Peace flee from me ? 1 <.:onfeis that is a Temptation, then faith the Lord~ .fotlo<tv after it ; the Word [Varejb] is diokein. Heb. xii. 14. tl)e Syriack, is, run after Peace; compel Peace and force it, as Men follow an Enemv,Rom. xi v. 19'. diokomen. Let us purfue after Things of Peace. Ufe 3· See the fweet ufe of Faith u~der a fad Temptation; Faith traffiqueth with Chrift .and· Heaven in the Dark, upon plain Truft ancl -Credit, without feeing any Surety or Pawn, 7ohn x~. 29. 'Bte.f!ed are they that ha'lle not feen, and yet have betiev~d: And the Reafon is, becaufe Faith is finewed and boned with fpiritual Courage ; fo as to keep a barred City againft Hell,. yea, and to ftand under lmpoffibil ities ; and here,s a weak vY oman, though not as a W oma.n,.yet ~s· a Believer, ftanding out agarnft hjm) who is, Jfa. ix. 6. The mightjJ· God, the Father of Age-s, the P rince of Peace. Faith only fhnderh out~ and overcometh the Sword, the World, and all Affiifuoqs) 1 :John v. 4· This is our ViB:ory) K 2. where..
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