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A profperf tba; love thee. A Peace be within 
with} wallogdnd proffe r‘ibt-y yviibin thy pa-

laces. For my brethren and companion: ”'

‘thee’,  Bocaicflz of tbe bboufeoftbei-Lorbd
oar God 5 TI’wil1fecbqbygood; ‘ A

  

Q/He whole wotldis divided into ’* two dm.,,;,‘,, De,-:  

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Malignant under Satan then‘ Head,  '35“;

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, ', I   their Head: The general unioverfm “P743~D_‘C"’-
1   ‘  lit; ofmtural men defccndipgfrom_ D‘”""“‘
i thc firfl' Ad%4_/nfiond the bfpccial »m'~vcrjali2yofbe- ca-1.1;): Gm.
 in Pfalzéj.  in glezlisfpcciahsggaébdlnicenjtttir (I_nivcrfi:as,utdéz::o 
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 l_ievers defcetiding from the fauna’ Adam. This
3 City of God Wia5i'co1le&éd at fir]! itfthe peéple o 1
' Ifr4el,therefore called ythcfirfl‘ 6am,Exad 4,22.and‘
 /ml} to God 3sth‘e.fiffl bornyfer. 2.3. I J ~’_ .
‘ ‘That which they were called from therefl of.

yth‘: world unto,was to bin}, to f erruegand to mjoyii

"'!‘Gods hprefenee amongQ:th€~peoplgplacedA firm 3

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Gdd: Know him they could not,‘ but as. he had;
revealed; [ewe him they may not, but as he had;
injoyned. ‘Gods fetvice was pr efetibed both qufoaat.
madam, and quad locum, the memzer how, the‘
place where he wotild be Werillipped gi the manner?
delivered’ to Mofes from Sim}, the place promifed

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} ‘t »The Tabernacle w»as'the «vlfibfie eividencelofii

 
   

Sbilo/2, atoflr. 18.1. ‘and’ there contiajucd till th 7
dayes of Eli, all which\'time the people went u I
[thither to factifiece, 154m. 1.3. Then.the.Lord‘
being ptovoikedlfotfook Sbila, ‘and gave his Glory,

78‘.59,6o.67.1Szm2.4;i1.The Philiflimshy plagues,
Wetefercedte bring i_t to¥Betb/bemeflz, I’ S4m._6.

tied it into thefi'eld,I Sm. I4”1_8—. Thtis we fee that.

J  {tom the lm:aking .9? the Aik. fiillits» placing in?
éfsbzf/o/2 ( where it continued about gsoeiyears )g
j and from the times of its captivitytill David?  
Brought it into Sim, which was about fifty ye4r:,: .
it was tmfetlee/-and itinerant. But after it was fixeclé

the ¢_/Jr/e, intothe-handséfthe Philiftims, Pfal. .

fro. the Il‘_l€I:l.C.§1_€1‘€.1_)€T_i.{l,g..[)1.£1.g11€Cl”f0l‘ loo_king...iiito; e
. ix.,<*;4.cc£2rd.in;gi¥.0 tb€.th¥€3¢‘fli0§.N m??«4‘10-l- '9‘?-T ‘A »
'fwaded‘£hC§¢7‘Of -Kitiatlsraiearim to fetch it,Whit‘:3h -
accotdinglywas dotre, ’1.S4m.7.1«.... afjer, Seulemi

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‘} ‘ff __'Ihef1'?¢¢cg of-to -_.]‘er«t§{‘t{Iet_1%1%:t~Li:% :

byte h=DMd:ine the Cieyt o£=t¢1a;aiid;t g3an}f§zé¢i;~§

éizfites, 2 Sam; 37,9.   ( though it :‘weréVrema*v’ed
from  pagtot the City to Mount Moriala, {ome-

Ttmple ); .ilh€_E1Ai£.WaS’§i1‘ the7City‘ 4whhi'c;h“ ~ God had

> cho1”et_tto place his name in, e from whence, it was} t
{not to be” by them Icmoved ,. though God] «
thteflatnede t:o,do_ to ; that place asto S-itilolz, ~=§'ér.

7' I 33 I 4" I I
Taéaemacle which be hadmadc for it in the City of

tGo}vernmentth’et'Je fet!::d:—.:.-, Andhthe ufe’ af it was?’
thcy‘wc_t_1tup folemnly .. unto 3-‘erufalcm according

th*at_Iih“¢ Ar}: was ~fI'xed,.=iIIe‘(‘$l'|‘c' certamplaee,1   e and‘
the Kingdom in one certain family ( as vifible te-

¢he.es'otmh of th‘eCity,gwhich "he*wa‘t1 from the yin 

 gnorg l§lO1jl—,hWatde," Avhere iSol¢»nt;z_7bhuilt1thé t

Ԥ':Iihi__S pratmtreemgctt-tbthavebeea eompitat Fhy t
D47;/ia! upon octafioneeofthisfetling the Ar/e_in* the V

t—D§,_'v1"'d,h:. .gfte’r ethefeéxfittrsi }w_ere:;%ej€&ed, ?thc’Wall ;
bfiilvt, the placeffohtified; tbe..'pa1aC€» and pblifical‘ '

( as it ‘may feem ) to be fung by the people when to
tO.t_he Law, :Ex¢.¢.»2,g;-19r.‘zasan..=expfef5ion offjoj’ or

fiimonies of God: prefmce, and of the‘ promifed  
Me]3iab,)'  has 3fl‘:;‘£XC1£4t1023:' mm Prayer for the   ‘»

:contLint;anpe‘o£hfo« gteatamercy, and unto ‘all pi- C

has cndeaveurs to 1 promote the vvelfare of that
City.‘ -

celebrated, _«-uerf. I ,2 .

The tts of the Pfalm at: Three. t hFirfl‘,  
I.xpre]?:¢an,.qf D14-z2z'a.1.t;-joy fozi the: Houfet of -t God , 4 
the refort of the Pcop1c,ch_e publtcltfwotfliip there  _

  5?-C00dlY 2 A ,Comme.:1'dat;a:h of fertttfalém. 

I. From the;-:I2‘zity of it, .before—it’was«-a City

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‘ yet notwithllanding that /eiparation, the City is

t in giudca, or inthe world, to place hisname there,“

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The Peace‘  jerufalem,

of fudabr theretill David: time, A9‘:/72.15.63.
3'-fudg.r.zt. That part of it which was called the
City of Druid, was divided from the other part
ofthe City, untillwolamom time, I Reg.1I_27;

here faid to be cornpafled in one, becaufe the 5‘:-'
bufiter being calf out, though the building: were 4
divided , yet the a]fé’é?io775WcrC~unit€d, and that’
made themabeautilul City. ' t A

2. Fromthe felcmnworjbip of God, when the
Tribes came up thither thrice a year,’rver 4.,an ho-  
nour which Godgave tb.¢t‘C'1ty above any other

,1. Reg.-1.4.2.-I forbidding them to reek to any other“
place, Bttlzel, Gilgal, "oi=‘£1.er,/7»:64, "Hz/I  *1 5."
gflmfll 5.5. .. " . T ‘ ‘

3.. From the Civil Government there fctled.
which from thence derived vvelfare~into ail‘partsf
of the Kingdom. < Wh<.re»there ~’is'th‘e ,Sano%i4rjj;
and eprefence of God for Religi,or':, ‘T/zromr off
Jufiice for Go»v:mmmt,. no yebufitesito diflurb'
the one orthe other, ‘but an =:>m.mimom and /We?!
mzfen: of _t~he-whole people in both‘, tiii,s muff’
-needs be 3 Cityof praife,wherein- good ‘men ‘could’
not butrejoyce. i %_ A ‘ ‘ ' F‘

Thirdly, .../In zsxbmma», thatinafmuchas.
fuch A glorious things; belong t;o‘~'this‘LCity ‘of God,‘ i
"thereforeimennwould pray for1Zh*e peace and proflfi
fit} thereof,-eterflézge t ‘ v o

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"rafter. 'Itextendeth~ not ‘onelygto the Du'ty“of L

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The Peaee of Jerufalem.

rendring it;@£ eis dad eiprirmv. ’

of Happi}ze[.t,- and flveclally for all £48373:/} and
freedom from enemies.   a . i

  not enough to have outward Fortification: and walls
againft enemies, except there be Peace wit/yin the
walls, and amongfi the people. Palaces] ‘which

 David built, '2 Sam. .5. 9- 1 2. i‘Peac€ Withinithy

rvafls, amongfi thy people 5 and within thy. Fdlacei,

  amongit the Prince: and Peers.   i

By his Bret/Jren he meaneth the people  all
-the Triées, who were greatly concerned in the pro»
fperity of that City, wherein were their faanda.
tions, P[al.87.r._l_It__migh)t. feem no wonder if

Davldpray for thgpeace of that place where his
own Palace and Throne was ‘: " But‘ he doth it not

had placed his nameand prefence there,) would he
fcek the good thereof;   '   ‘

  Now indeed the Church hath not a 1 certain
feat as then it had, but Every-City 13’ a §l'~n.f4zm,«
and every Izoafe a Temple, and in all placesmen may
lift up ppre hands, Ifa. i9.~,19,.Ma1. 1 . I 1;. 3395.4. 2 Is-
Bugwherefoever God dothipplaccahise . Cand[eflz'gk,~
and give evidence of his.prefem',e, there evetyman

‘ought I0 recotmt fueh mercieswith tha,nkfulncl's
..and.by prapr, and all real mdearuanr: to: labour

ttbiit

Peace may be taken both generallyforall kind‘

Witlain I/.1] W4//st] Ramparts, orForts. It is r

for his own but his people: fake,‘ whofe welfare 
was bound up‘ in the peace of that place:‘Nor fo 1
much for his sum./aoafe, as for G011: /waft, (who :

 

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  , waysand meansrtmto it; '.whichthe Greekimplies i

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V 1:+h’:ttrhe‘pea:‘e7«eand bappinefs _   ‘V _
‘   . pm/£tyof'heaven1y Dotbjiné therem taught, and of p‘  
/piritmtl War/hip therein ufedp, may be conferved .:

v "table two general parts. A: rgfimefif-I to? C0“

   Argurhents are? our gm good, ‘Verf. 6.

e‘_ Tbe1’eaceof jeru-falemh. e  h
A [ ‘‘:of=the Clmrdb,'rtr the 

‘ ind fcpntinucd‘ elweys.

"1-1{”“ch¢rh‘v¢¢rdsar’econfide- r Duty. A

Q force it.

In thetlixhotetion tvtro D£r:Etz’an,v.6,7. 
rhings,ThePr6phets§Ex4mple, v.8,9'.\

“In the Direétione a- Matte‘r,Peace.
gatnetwo thmgsthc Ro’ot=Lo-ye.

drawn from three war Brjcfl2re7z:'gaod, Verf.8.

Confiderations. p:‘1'l2e ‘ Hbufefaf Gad, _Verf 9.

I   ’ That it is the duty of all that love 1/73
Church of God earnejlly, topray for, and
to feektlje peace and profperity tlzereq‘.

 The Jews were to praytforthe peaceof Baby-
they are taught to turf: it, .Pfal. 137.e8,9. much
more ought they -to ‘pray for the place where j
the Lord had caufed his name ta rejt. As we muff 

more for the boa/twldhof faith, G4l.6. I0. I Tim. .»-

it ‘.An‘E:}-lrarmiatt at 3 1

1?  

  The principal Doéirine ef the Text is this ,i

la», while they were intit,5l»'er.29.7a though after

do good to afl,h {owe muff préxj for ‘all, but much ' A

2.1. Samxetdares not fin againfi God‘ ceafing ?

_ _,“.1.)‘, .‘....q«¢;... .,._:P_... . . c - . .. I __, . -.4;

ll gororzfmgasm.12.23. ~The*:fLord would

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not have us hold our ‘peace for gfcru/Idem: fake-, nori
‘give himiany 1-cit,’ till he make it a praife inthe
: ea;-:h,I]a.6z-.6,?’7. and cloth greatly complain when‘ l
' there »wam:‘ed men to fiandt in? tl’lC gap: and to make a
,l up the hedge, E{gk.I3.5. ’2z.3o,3I. c _ " ‘
T; eYou fee the ,’precept5 you have italfo in -the
gprafflce ofgoclly men in all ages ; “Mofe.c,y Samuel,
Elia, Noah, 33055 Daniel famous foréit, ‘}'er.j15.-Ii.
E(g7c;I4.I4.. 7iam.5.17,18. Howwas dl/Iafe: and

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Howtewas Ifaiab affeéted’withfthecalamiriesofthe a
Church when he laid up prayers‘ in {tore afbovze an
hundred years for itbefore thofe calamities did
happen .9” I fa.64.94-- 12. Howwere Hqekiafiand.
Ne/amid: difireiled with theafflifiions of 51-'er’aj§_z,—..»
law,’ when‘ they poured out their -fouls fo’r'>‘'ti1’é‘r'cyr ' -
for it -3 [[4, 37. 14,15. 1y\7ell2‘em.I.'3’,34,"1 I‘. ‘How i
dgththe Angel pathetically complain to God of
the long and fore capzivity of the Church in Bab]: a
la» *3 Zac‘/1.1.12. We have l?Ialm:safull—oFholy~im4 a
portulnity to this prirapofe,lPfal;7l4,'7958e;26:1 diff: -
forget I/need, 0 ]ert'1l"ale'tn,e let my right-band forget
‘her cunningié-r. Pllalwl 3*7.c5-“,6. It was the fruit of
David’: and Peter: repentance, to pray for Sin», .,
V and to xfirengthen their brethren, Pf.:l.$'1.1'8. Luk.‘*:_
22.32. I conclude the General with that fervcne ;
and paxhetical prayer of D2miel,chap;9'.16. 0aLard 3
according to all 112] iigbteoufnefi let. thine emger“
{gmdtlay fury be mmedaxvajfrom My City efiufa-r ‘
“ « t A r em,

.Pa»l affeeted, when for I fmelsfalre they were con'- 13:‘,-coB,,“"°',°{"{;;_

tented to be blmedwt of Gods hook, and to, bmic. p.l078 
'  an Amt/nma? .Exoa';3z.3I,32. Rom,9.3, 

» 90

(c) Volumm
~. pacem ,jed igno-
ramlu abfque

. cbmtate pa-

ccm. Hieron.
I Epifl.

Den: pacem
fuam pofuitin
medium nufiiw
rack. Luther.

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The '‘ Peace of law falem;

lem, thy /2e,ly»motmt4t'n,t éecemf e for our fin: and for

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peapleare become 4 reproach to all t/mt are about rue.
Now more particularly let us conficler firfl, The

V Sttéjeb? topbeprayed for, femfalewi; though that
whole land he called the Lord: Land, yet that

City was more peculiarly efleemed /tely, as being

and prefence, towards that place they were to

ypray , Dan.6.xo. In: that place theywere to fa-
orifice, Deut, 12. 6. fromthence the oracle: of
God were (cut forth not onely into that land, but
into all the W0rld',Pfal.I1o.2. If4.z.2. Lu/e.24.49.
For fuch places then, where the axle and the feats
of gfudgement are. we ought fpecially to pray

/wcewith his people, hive a defence, and fprcad
aeoguerzag upon all his glar].— That he would pro-
fper ftmdatmetttal Law, the beauty and ftability
of religious Government; that he would keep
outBlal'phemies,Herefies,Schil'ms,Idolatry,Super- ’
(lion, Pollution, Prophanenefs out of his Cltztre/1-,
Oppreff_i0f3,,V\_iolence,'_Inju{lice, Diforder, Amr-
chy,Confi1fion outof the State. Thatthe Taber.
amcle, and the '17ri£2rt;¢al:,1{eli_gt'an and Policy may
ioyntly flourlflr, they being the fouadizions Of.
publick happinefs, and which ufually {bud and fan

tlze iniquitie: of our'Fatl2er:,a Jerufalem and :6}

the feat of Religion, the place of Gods Sanéfturj ’

that the Lord would proteét his Ordinances, mam- .
rtain /Ii6.trntlz,_ continue his glorious and holy pre-9

togethc r.

for, There is a fiaful peace; ° which we are not

to feel: aftcr. Daw'dwas~a man of peace,yct a great

-2-}

Nextlet us conlider what Peace we are toiprayt :

Warri4r_-,_

The Peace of Jerkulfalem.

Warrior. Solomon 3 King of peace, yet made Tar-
get: for War; gum/aim avifion of,-peace , yet
therein were jbeild: and bucklers. Clare]? 3 Prince
of peace, 1/4. 9. 6. yet a Certain, a Leader, ‘a
new of W4r,.1with afwerdgirc on him, and a Bare
in his hand. The Church mull fo pray for peace,’ as
to remember Pcill, that {he :8 ‘Militant, and hath

have peace. We mull contend earnejlly for the

, faith, glad. verfigs There mufl ée no agreement 6:-

tween the ‘Temple and Idols, 2 C0136. 16. No fel-
Iawfln wit]: the renfrnitful work: of darlenefi ,
.Ephe|{s. 1 I . no reconciliation between Dagan and
(be Arie. As Chrifl is King of Salem, {'0 of rig}:-
teeufnef: too, Heb. 7.2. therefore peace and beli-
nefi mutt go together, Heé. 12.14. ¥4rn.3.r 7.

~I/raelim and Canaanite: mult not agree,Dent.7. 2.

g 3 Ian! and, Barnabee, peaceable and holy men, had
i no final] difienfion and dz’/pumien with Pharifaical

and Jtidaizing Chriiiians.

The peace which conlifis with bollne/} is three-
fold. I. Heaivenlj with God. 2. Internal be-
tween the members of the Church within them.
felves. 3. External in civil converfation with

’ all men. Thefe we are to pray for, and to‘ pre-
»-ferve.

r Firfl, Heavenly, to enjoy the fever of God,

~ and robe in Covenant with him. For if he be our

Enemy, all the Creature: are his souldiers, he can

, let in order the Stars, Hf: tothe Fly, mullet up

Cmrpifler: and Canker-worms, am Frogs, eni-
mte Dllfl,tl._ltn the hands of his enemies to deflroy
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Good Reader ,

o my loving Friend the S tatiotzer, in
whofe hand this Sermon woo’ , to’t4l<e core
of the Printing of it, hath been the eouf e

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1 l  ‘Ike Peace of _]er%tx{al_em. % #4

one anotherg Above all thiags therefore we mull

all other helps’ xvillefail, If4.3 r . 3 .  
“You will {3YaWe are fare of tabzigfor God hath
promifed‘ to ‘be with his Church, and never to fail

28.29. 16.18. _

It is true, the‘ Cetbellele Clmrelg “and the lively
members of histbodyfhall never totally fail. But
particular C/mrelresg and Nation; ‘ never had a Pa»
tentof perpetual prefervation. Rm: boafts of it,
but &he Apoftle hath entered a caveat ag’aml}tha;
boa , Rom.Ir.2o 21. But all Gods prairtfeso ‘
,'fa'1l_it‘1g us, arehnade tq tlgolewho keep ‘Cove-:
ln_4p_a‘t mWltl111'lIIi,(5tl}§fWl,l.¢: he alfo will break withru's.
The Lord,‘ faith the Prophcthnto" 1/1, t3":v1tl1"yIu,.
Mile yoga: mat and 21*: feel: an», mazzz‘
fie’ '{eI‘Ij:eeY efyere p;‘p“b1I*ti_f ‘ ye fer eke 5_iiif,"6e wwfeej-g
fake yeti, ‘2Chr‘on 15.2. I fetid, farth’theL0rd2
l.ltltO;E‘H, T be: thy /mefe, :4i5d‘tbeFrbewfeAr'of.fi2yi
Father, flwulil mill: before me for ‘ever: but new
the Lord _[fdit5, 6??!‘ far {rm me

          f’"?eaf’1et
lebjaiaoza-“ma.-, 'I_:v'i_flbei1e2>ir, aiedtlreyf at -deflifi: me

jB21'?lZiel5z'g/My e]Zee»:ffal,“1 'Sah‘f.é;:‘;o. Tl1eL"ord

_ mrrm this Church £or‘ever;rIof.'2.1 '9. but When 
(he committed adulter , he gave her a BM of  
; divorce, 3‘-‘er. 3.8. He "aid he Wouldtlwell in his

?fezz2p.Iefor eiver, rfaln 33.1. It.‘ yet the threatntd to

a lfo’rl’a‘l<8e’it_, ?er.'6.'8'. and atC'brdingly tlclidlfo. '?:'(;‘k.
V‘ ‘bu’ _ p -. 1 ,r . y . p ..
We 'fl1‘o"ulc'l confid‘er’this :m'd'trcmble at it,-as   

Zzdid, 1:11 our m'i‘g‘hjty’fifi~s,* unt’hanl:fult1efs,urr-

keepj peace with God 5 for if he be not "with'u‘s,,

it,the gm. of lIcflllIflll'I:lO£ prevail againft it,MmI:. .

fruitfulnefs,  

‘l

  ,_ - Secon

IV-

The Pea}: of Jet-ufaliem

fruitfulnefs, antmofities, herefics, blafphemies,
contempt of the Lords Melfengers (the {in for

A which the Lord departed from giudab, when there

was 7;. remedyazc/17027.36.16.)ihould provoke him
to depart-~frer_n tee, to take away /913‘ peace, 35 he

face, 1er.18, I 7. And what a cafe is Gods own he-
ritage in, when he forfakes and hates it:.’= 550-
12.7,8. If theavay, and the joy, and the mm: of
the Lord be the flrength of   his people; what
fir-mg:/.2 is left to them, when thcyare gone out of
his way, and deprived themfelves of his jay, and
cannot lay hold or leanupon his name: As there-
fore when men fee the wallsofi their honfes crack
and.open,; they haflen to rcpairthem, and fet up
Props and Buttrelies to fupport them; {'0 when
we fee fuch viciflitudes of difltra6tions,war 5} Land,
and then war at Sea;again war at Se.e,_and we know
notbow foon by Land again; (halting, fhivering,
convullion fits in the Churchof God, many a
breach and blame in the walls thercof,Tmeb corrup-
ted,um't,y dilTo1ved,the foundation: out of courfe,it
is high time to think of making up breaebegrepair-a,

of David, to beg of God that he will lay ur foun-
a'at1an:,and make ourm':zdo2v:,and {ct up’our gates,
remove our   fearsyrebuke our enemies, calm our
temp:/is, that after to many fhakings and concn_fli-
on's, the Lord may at lalt be plcafed to {peak in a
[fife flill wyce unto us.   t ,

dly, We are to prayfor Brotherly peace

threatned, Ier. 1 6. 5. to thew us the back and not the '

ing the wafic places, and mifing up the T emacle ‘

l.’    

in the C,/mrclr amongft the members thereof, that

C2

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asl _

II

Prov. ro.29. ,
Nehcm. 8.10.’
Prov. |§.lo.

v

y The Peace ofjcrufalem,

‘ (d)I'n the cafe

of Religion e-

_r‘1:VCfy fUbdiVi-
* {ion is a {hang

weapon in. the
hand of a con-

. trary party.

9117. of-the
Count. affren.

.  ’
Vtd. Calm-Opxf

' ‘dc ftandalit.

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,(e) Difsidiat in-
ter Cirifliarta:
fave: yuliamu.

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&..4

35 Chrijl is one, fa they may he one, ]'oh.1‘7.' 2’?-
knit by Faith to him, and by Love to one another,
as the iCnrtajm of the Tabernacle were by loops
and taches, that as we are one Czty, Honjhald, Fami-
l‘y,,/Jffemhly, Ephef.z.19. 3»,15. Heh.12.22. Io

  we may have one heart and we f&ml,f Aé't.4. 32. In

the had} the head hath not one Heart, and the hand
another; the eye hath not one Soul, and the foot
another -, but one Heart doth warm the whole, and
one Soul doth. quicken the whole .- So {hould it be
in the Church of God, we {houldhave an: hear!‘
and one way, Jena,‘ 2. 39. walk by the fame r_nle,and‘
-mind the fame thing, Phil. 3. 15. gather upthe
fiones, remove every thing that olfendeth, I/a.
>-62‘ 1/0. not prcferenal: or intere/ls above the pnh-t
lick Peace of the Church of God, apply our felves
in all fweet waysof Chrifiian corrcfpondente and
mutual condefcenfianto make up the breathes, and
to pour oyl into the wand: of the Church of
Chrifl: It “ cannot but be a joy to our adverfaries,
a blemifh to our profcflion, a grief to good men;
a {bumbling block to evil men, to fee hrethren fall
antin the may , to fee the Church‘ crumbled into

hath the itch, to fee one member tear and fcratch,
and rub and gaul the tell, and muft needs give unr-*
fpeakable advantage to our fubtle and vigilant‘ ad-

verfaries both to reproach and to undermine us;

- Barot1.Anc;‘_6/1. {e& n85, 'D'i{:idiembit pafsim abjictunt poatificii. Barclaii paraanef.
ply‘!-C-S955 P1tfiflf_.3Tmnn0m. l._l.<{.5;6s7- Bteerby Apolog. p.6'79.- Stap!erott~To.2-'
 9.4? 9,. §:e_Wbate.t'co_n‘cr¢nco Wlrll Fz[f2c.r,'p,58 ;, Va, 34;“, A,,,4‘.i3.,.{¢a,74_ -
/ ;»_Phtl.Camem Med2r.~-firth parr.3‘p'.2l‘.’~0fdt.H. Zlncla. opet: no.8.’ par t- pellet p~a42.

Crackemborpzcontrspalat;cap:43... l .

Téhirdly, 

divlfions and fubdivifions; and like a body whichl-t

' F

_ would Pcill the raging of tize Sect , rebuke the
' enemy and the avenger, the multitude of the Bulls

, sit with much mercy. If our eyes had feen the

l

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V ,

no Haaéimdto the Wife, no Money to the rich, no  

_.._.n....

 '1 be Peace of Jiervufalent. A

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mitb all men, which as much as in us lies we are to

follow, walking wifely, meekly, humbly, charita--3
T bly, obligeingly towards every one. And in— as
t much as the Church is as the Ark on the waters,

waves and windes ready (till to beat upon it, we
{hould pray for it that it maybe delivered from
the hands of {image children, and that the,Lord

with the Calm: ofithe people, and {carter thofe
that delight in war. We havetafted of War both
dome/lick and farain, but the Lordthath mingled

fruits thereo‘, as other people have felt-, Cities
burned with fire, Children wallowing in‘ blood,

Virgin: perifhing under‘ the: luff of villains, W13 ‘

dam‘ mourning for their dead, as and dying for dare-
ing to mourn ; Team: turned intoheaps, a ‘garden

oflidenintoa wildernefs, ‘now-cattle in the field, 

no ‘Flor/:5 in the Fold, 11:) Heard in the fialls, no
Inlyaéttant in the City, no Child to the Father,

Cleatéing to the delicate,_ no Mercysin theenemy,
no Liberty in the miferable to bewail his mifery ;

Ia

_ t
Thirdly—. we are ‘to pray for external peace‘. ROM-1218. L

Col  '9.

Pail, 144,7.

. , Pfal. 8.2,

P1'al'68x3o.

children howling for bread, the honourable im--
bracing dunghils, death creeping in at windows,

ov-ertal<ing.them' that flie, and finding out thofce’

that hide themfelves, we would leamto priK_g 4' re.

covered peace, and to pray for the continuance»
of it. I
Wtxghty are the Reafons in the Tcxtto de-

monflrate.  A

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1 Gal 6:16.

Phil.g.t6.
Tit. 1.4.
]uc’.vet{.g.
I Stm.4.2l.

  l 7 andf.Iud,ge.c are the foundation: of the earth,‘
Pf4.82,.7. When they were corrupted with inju- ,
fliceandviolence, the Lord threatned that Imp e

 4 1     TbePeaceef]erulalett1.

',tl0I‘|, the Fountainlofthe Garclcns, the Graces  
and Comforts of Gods ‘Spirit, which make our

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Candit1an_nft/1e C/nmflz, a'Cz'ty campaéied, and
knit together by many flrong bands,‘one Father,
o‘ne“Head, one Family, one Rule, one Fait/7, one
Love,‘ onessaptifm, one Spirit, one Common f4l~
ovation, No where is peace fo natural, fo amiable
asin the Church. .   c. _

Secondly, The Celebrity of God: War/kip ,"
which is the glor ‘ of a people; letthe A:/e be gone,;

as the defolations of the Temple, P[a.74.3. 79- I -
[fa.. 64. I0, 11,12- fiflfl our
lfjzrings are here, Pfa:87..t,'7:, the Wells of falva-

fouls like a watered garden’.

Bulnmr/e:,and feat: ofljudgment, in which things
{land the external happinefs of a Nation. Law

a falemfhould become bmp.r, emit. 3.1 1,1 2; Great

be a, City. of rz'g/zteoufnefs, afait/aft:/I City, Ila.

I . ‘26.

onelyj hear the prayer‘ by giving peace to the

rnonllrate and prefs this Truth upon us. Firil,T he ‘

foundation: and A

e Thirdly, The T/mme: of Dav1a’,the Towers,  

reafon therefore to pray for I€r#fé:'[a"m, that it may l

l-

and the glory is. eparted .2 No fordoleful 31 fight  

, “Fourthly, the Benefit: olthls peace. '1, To our ‘
fclrtte2.t,<th‘ey {hall prayer t/mtlarve it. God will not

Church‘, but byrgivinsg profjwrity to him that m;m'e, i

it,‘ Such a prayer is like Noabs Do-vc, turns back:
again:to:httn»tliat. fetitélt out, with an Olive branch

p in the lan'd,~M1c.:5.5’. =If4—.43.2.' '

i1 ibieI’eace of Jerifalemgl    

 

i {lithe triout.h. Yea,.if the prayer] flioimldmibieideiuraifiecwl t

at tatbebady of the people, yet fuch a man {hould
be heard for himfelf. He {hould be 722.47/cede. for
fafety, E{ele 9.4,5.14.14. there lhouldibeahidel.

T
I

king placeprovidedlforhim,Ifa.62.go. janda book ~
of 1'CII'lCmbl'3flC'C.’fl'1'Ollld be writtenifor him, .M4I.- -

3.16. He {hall have peace, thoughthe Hflyriap be
r. {hall belikc

2 . Toour Bret/Hm,‘ Such-a praye

. the ab€dm3“~.0f t/2t~r.$'u7¢f- which iidifl’ufethp—light and

;heat«up.on thoufands at; on:ée~.- Gods people
have public/e [mm and aimes, look aftergeneral
tand pnblick interelis. i;Mbfi: was ofifer-ed tobe the

Father of asgreat Nation bimfelf, E3-odA,‘. gtzglp.
ff ;d.m, natfao Lord; Lord thinkvupfon at-thy people.
The 'afll‘i€cions of Inftp-/1e‘inore wound,-' thetteany '
l'uch'.promife can eomfort him. He dares not Io‘
unman, Io tllnbrother*hiinfelf,‘. as to look upon his

F*pofleritygand.-forget udfirabamsa ;  3 V " ~ .

i

‘dive: yuifpiam zriuliéri. pauperéculae dicat, ingradere Mai! praixdiumi meum ,

git efiget jejuhdre qudm expofito pigmre cbdrorgfizfa prandere cum divite ?
llcrin. -in Cdntic. Scrm. 12; -— ’ a l  ‘ i ;

i o  Téhe conliervationiattd
propagation of his holy Dofirine and eWarfl)1p~ies lb
dear to all that are of David: mind, that they are

mt,‘ faith lthe: Aepofile ,  I may  my ~ 

‘milling not onely to purchafetit withitheir. pmytr}, V _,
”bn‘tw&th~tlieir Zzlaadg I co=»nt%o£}2¢j‘:lifc dmmfm -

‘will: jay,’ anrltbe Mjnifiry wbichl lmvi%mm.wd.J~

 the 1Liord’I.e[m.it. An-d ‘again-‘,t I:4m ready rm am:-~'

|( F) Laquimr i

Plane" parentit
aflefiu, quem
mfla poflit de-
leéiiare felicinu

extorribm qua: .
partun'~uit.Ver— s_

bi gratici, ;?
fed quem gefizu

infantulum reljnque fi2r_i5,-quoniam plum dptmqlefiuq efl nobif,-nunquidfaciet .3 Nome mg.
Ita Mofe:,&c. 3 e

 

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'Aquin.t2.qu. '
~25. art. 2. 19‘

’ 22.qu.28.ar.q..

, prayers. ‘
'lr]Ground.oftheDuty, iwhiehi~J}s‘oLoeve.. They flmfl
profpzrtlzu slave it. "The low of :12: Cburc/1, is A "

e for the profperity of the Church .- A man will not i

  «mania lam ommm, he addeth as a fruit

s-Peirce Of lettifalem; i e

17 to be bound, but to die at Jere/elem for»:/Je name
of the Lord fefm, Aft. 2o.24.i 21. 13. They?
prefer Ierufalem above their gmztejt 10}. And this
*is\an high honour that God doth confer upon the
prayer: of .h't-silervrtnts, that whereas all their good
»and comfort flow-s from the houfe of God‘, the

..__—

he delighteth‘,t the ivihieh i}_e__"fille'th with. his
glory -, yet thegioriyt of /1:3‘ (mm /Mu]: fllaiiebies
ifbeflowed upontit, in‘.mfv:r rta. 12:3. /em/ant:

l- Vi_,,Vehave confidered the Duty: Before we
make Applieatio»n.;l:;t us conficler the Root and

the ‘foundation of M our prayer: ancLeadeavoursL

very haftilvfeek thegoodgf thofe wliom eeheiteliith ~
,not1?)’\7é:,’and therefore when Chriil: requireth that

of it, that we {hould pray for them, Matt/1.5.44. _
Love made Ianatlnm intercede with his Father
for David, even then when he knew his_~difplea-
l."u’re againilhim; "Muchmorc will it move us to
tntercede with God for his beloved people, the

. '_1- Loved: atfmsidanmztal Pafiion, the foun-
tatnof-all the tell: Prayers is nothing elfg but the

afleétion of dejire fanfifified and prefented unto
~Go*dvfor the thingseiwe, need, Low mmral be-‘

very houfe of   God, it {elf doth reap benefit by their - A
i prayers. Though it be 1213‘ «Kg/.1',_;thc‘place wherein

Spoufeof his own Son.   i A

ting the fountain of natural Dcfiresg Law fmr.‘7z'-v i.

“ -——....—.

fied

no

 fiht-2 tnuficonfcqtigntly be the fountain of ‘Prayer;
, which are jimiigfied Drfires.

‘the i1i’eac7e’ try.-,;i,rarie:‘n‘;*  ,, i7

2. Lo-ueisa fpecial .-Refit of obedience, fait/7 ‘

? gzorketb by low’, love hath a conftritining verme, 

 is as the [411 to the fltip, the swing to the ‘bird, the
 ’ keeps all in motion. The more low the more «if?!»
, {'ollicitottsi§_te'fl1all be fofher eaice. ,

, bfhim,‘ and from him, and therefore it can find

  I tomcstfrom the Sea,runs to the Sea , the Lord 4414- ,
e -not but ,be4rrtl::,'z,/o1cerof.ln'Is om; works in as. E-- V 

 8.15.‘ amt:/2.6,9. Every one that l0f‘_U€5, Imam

; -Gad, Other things _are known by /cmwierlge, but

 18,19. Themorc we loveGod, the more he re-«

A asthings of a nature move to each other, ‘earth

firm to the blood, the wheel to the chariot, that I

4

Wit] ever; the more we love the Church, the more

I Love hafiia very great imere,/Z in God, it is

  the way unto him, 1330/2.4.7-16. as water which

-very one that loves, is born of God 5 and a Fatihers ,
i€_ar is open to aloving child: This isthe founda- 5
tion of prayer, that we can call God Fatber,Ram. t

.4
1

  Godisknonm by love. ‘Come tafte and fee how
i-gracious the Lord is. Experimental, com‘fortable
knowledge of God we can have none but in the
  face of Chrifhin whom he is alflorvr. W hen Mofe: i
defired to [es Gad: glory , he anfwered him by  
caufing his goodmf: to pafs before him, Exod.33. I°""5-'5- ;

veals his goodnefs to us ; which knowledge of him‘
is the ground of our cafling upon him. God is low,

to earth, W3t€I'~t0 water; lo [we in m, moves
tolwue inGod. Now as if you binds A piece sf

swam.’ to _/feel, the loaziflone draws the wood for t
  ‘ L ‘ the

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fa...

 V i\1:be_’I’ezi:ce [of jerulalem.

‘ tihe.fake ofithe nééi to which it isjoyned, to when

our prayer. is 'o ned vvirh love, it 15 thereby drawn

 

tition, fo love to E/hr made the Kings anfwer 
Godsvillholdgout the scepter of his lovzto thofe

, dimm.

prayers which proceed from love. Law of tire
,bret/mm-is an evidenceof Goa’: dwelling in us by
3 his Spirit, which is a Spirit of low, 2 Tim.1.7.

and the Lords ears are readily open to thofe prayers
{which are made by the help or the Spirit‘ of love

 u;s,R‘om.8.26. fa/2.4.24. Lafily, where there

is love there isrcorzfidence towards God, and com?“
./Ierzceliath freeaccefx to th£:.throne 0f grace, Heb.
4.16. I fa/7'."3.2I,2z. L.,,°t,,/ we 

  4. Law hath anexcellent venue in it to feafon
,4/ldmier, is as [min the f£1CllfiCC;~»lC makes the
t tluty /Mart], and God loves claezzrfulnefs as well

_o—-v-

,I?n- prayingas in giving. Itmakes a man urgent

and importunate, quicquid agit wide «git, puts
up flrorrg cries. lt_is firong as death, which will
take no denial-, It k.-.eps the minde intent upon
prayer. Love turned cfl/[kzric‘3'”tj90tI'ga9!5 from a
rneer civil enctrtaining of Chrifi into clefires of
hearing him. Love flirs _up Fair}: to eyekand
fi fes, gigfqtm valdqruolzsmm facile cre~

ove facilitate: duty", ‘and’ mal<__e‘s the
heart’ pconftantin it : Ruth loved Naomi and (0
wenTtT1‘o‘f6'w‘r'with’her.Pf?e4k things by the {lrength
of love will Vantue on Jmrzl things; ‘A Hen

‘up~%r*°rtO»;C30 , who is love. Love is the key of
-Heaven. Aslovet?) the Church made EjIer5pe- -

  fl willfly UPOII 3Dog out of love to her Chicken. »
p /Oneman with an ezzginemayrpmove morerthenrten
- a men

  to betricd. “ Martyrdom without love is nothing,

prayer. 1 SAWA2 1.7. The Lord looks not to ‘pre-

“upon love of tbeicburcb it felf ; upon Zeal for

J

"i TbéiPeace,ofJeruihlein I . w   I

5'

——.g

  men with their own {irength -,_. Lewis an Engine”

makes the foul able to rnanaoe hard duties, to‘;
{hoot a praytr as ug as_ eayen.   Lafilgy, Love as

f:ZZZ}3f «.argumenT5, no man will ever want {ome-

thing to plead inbehalfof what he loves. All the

t fircngth of the mind, and powers of nature wait *

upon Love to contrive and caflz about for the good
of the thingilovedf Howwitty was the loveiof the
woman of Cayman to her daughter, whocould
pick out an uirgummt out of a Reprzlfe, and

21922. .9. . e _ _ t ‘ ll
Law isthat which commends every fcrvice y to

turn that which feemed :1 8 reproach into a Pen?»  

God, the touchflone by which all our dlliifs are

1 Cor.13. L 3. i Truth 4 without loveis nothing,
7-T/76’/I12. to. Prayer without love is nothing.‘
Borg was detained before the Lord, but his 113-
tied to David brought a cutie upon him for all his

mm but to irutlz, and Wm anfwer every man ac-
cording to the low,or to the Idol: of hisown heart,
EQ/e. 14,1-5. A man may pray for the Church
of God oneiy out of felf love ( as the Jews were
to pray for iméylem, §-"er.29.7. ) becaufe his own
{afety is involved in it, as the life of the Ivy de-
pends upon the Handing of the Oak; but true
prayerfor the Church is that which is grounded

Gods truth andworfliip, upon delight in his ora-
be-

 lof faivation, and the

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word of life is difpenfed;
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abferv. in Mac.
C. 42» E: V
Stutkii Antiq:
Con'u.l 2.c.5;

( h ) Q1}: Mia. ii
I tionefit, non dz-

/£’2’f.7ont’. Aivg.
in PM. 43.

('1) sic docet '
Dem ut non .
tantum o/iendat

oeritarem, jve— .

rum etiam Im-
partial charita-
tcm, Aug. dc

Grzt. Chtifi. y

C.I3,!4.

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i_ The? Peace of Jeruliilem, 
céure in thedil’trefl'es‘ol‘ the Church Gods name"

is blafphemed, the blood and Spirit of Chrifi is
injured, the glory of the Gofpel is eclipled, the
Enemies of G odarecomforted. What wilt thou
do, faidjojbrm, to thy great mime? Nehemiah and

“E er were great enough ithemfelves, but the "
a iétions of the Church made ‘them mourn and i

pray. A _ p y
And as no duties are acceptable unto God

which do not proceed: out of love, {'0 no pree-

of Dwia’: -love, I love the Lordp I will callflpon

lhand in delivering the City, Etclef. 9. 15. The
hmeanell Chriftian may pray for the “peace ofthe ;

My hearts defire and prayer for Ijratl is that they
amight he fwed, Rom. 10.1. when God is angry
‘we finde tmofes inthe gzzp,Pfal.1o6 23. When
Ifrael flies, §¢’afim4 prays; when the plague is a-
mongfi the peo’ple,"“«Daa-id is at the Altar, 2 Sam.»
$24.25. When enemies are inwzrmr, .$ehafoph'.¢~t'

is the proof of larva, - it draws out the foul into all

fay of a pm praying man, that he bath a great

Church.

. tence of love is’ acceptable unto himwhich doth  
  not put forth it felf into duty. This was the proof

him, Pfal. 116.1,2. Thisiithe proof of Paul: love,  

and t./Ifa are upon their knees; when Rahjhekahg
is railing H.t{§/eiah is intreating the Lord, Here a

zealous endeavour: for the peace of the Church; i
where there is no other ability, yet love will prayi %
. andas Solomon faith of a pear mfr: mm, We may '

 Burl muff apply my Exhortationin theufe of ,
this Doétrineunto thofe who mull do marethen y

pray, he

_.'. the bot] OrdlnancerofiCh:-i{t.by multitudes quite

 . .«  - ‘

W rupted with the Ieaven of hercfie and blafphcmys

 Cffdillousi and unfiable fouls into by-pat’/16! . to

i 1 How greedy his /rape: have been» raifcd, and   hisate-"

« gpcople amongfi; us.

- ’ferve how c-unningly the ‘Scene is laid.

‘I be Peaeee of _];erufa1~em.   M i

1

Spy]; Who have lmndv,asWel1asknte.¢; power, 
wellas prayer to put ‘Forth for God. In how no.1

L fetled and difcompofed a condition the Church of v
, God is yet amongfl us, every mans eye fees, and }

V I think, every good manseheart doth iorrow to Lee,
yforfaken, thebély mm of Chrift by many cor-
Emiffaries, walkingop and down to draw away

follow every £gmlrf4tam' which doth miffead them.
Multitudes of egéitue and «vigilant anemia, who
know how to work under a difguife, and by good‘
gvordrami fair fpcec/2:: ta deceive the lze-am of
tin fmple. Multitudes af credulwé, du<5i:iI_e,and'e
imflaid fpirits toifed up. and down, and cmiezl 4’-
fiaut with awry mind a Daélrine 5.} :17: [Right and
yawning ctaftiueflt 0. men who [win wait to'd;-
:m‘&ue._— ‘We fee how fail thefe evil‘ weeds have
ijgrown, whatadvantages the enemy hath; taken in=
fall places to: [am /Jiytar-es and torlay his leav'en«‘ 5%

tempts~,encoueraged by the experience whichhe
‘hath of the lubricity andiénflfability of the vulgar‘
As it“ isfaid that the Chief‘
“‘Prz'c{i5 moved the people agafnft Chriit, M-ark‘.
;I5.11=‘. So the camman, enemy ir.=fiiUsh?s poifon

: into the people, totry if by ‘degrees he canabting

things into 3 flame and commotion, like that

V :Aé?.z9.29:. and then have fometcrafty: Dematriw

inareadinefs to cry up Dzkwtm, and you may ob-V

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TheI’eaee»efl}et_ufalietn.   V «l

l  
I. Cryrup a  nniwrfal Ziherty for

every man to teach, toipultliilh, to infinuate into 0-

therswhatfoever doétrineshe pleafe, be the ten
dency ofrhem ntverafotdeftruftive to truth, peace,
and godlinefs. " i e A r . i ‘ '

2. Cry downthe coercive power of the M4-

he no hedge to keep the Wolves out.

3. Bring ',l[‘lt0 contempt the faithfuland zzhle
Minifters of the Gofpel, as hireling: and feduccrgl
that Co whatever Arguments they (hall produce,

in defence of the Truth maybe Wholly enervatedtr
and blown over by the prejudiceagainft their
perfons.

  
  
 

phets, as things rather dangerous then fubfervient

Ifmel, lea/t the” Hehmvstmake thens Sword: and
Spears, 1 S4rn_J13,19, .

5. Cry down the maintenance of the Miniflzy,

giflratc in mattersao-9 Religion, that fo there may   A

4. Decry Learning and the School: (if the Pro‘; E

unto Religion, that lb there may be no Sntith in '

that whtn that iswholly taken away, no man may

1 breed his child toahungry, lean, fiarved profe{Ti-

on,*thatfo Enzi/farm who {hall haveanimtifible
marntenance from abroad may have the fretr en-
tertamment to fpread.their fnares.

colours would not be fwallowed, into a dtfgniftj
}give them a Periwtg (if I may, for {peak ) and
"another name, that they mayenot be known to be

[mantle the Dew"! may be janznel.

‘  6. Put Eoflrtner, which in their own proper

the thing which theyare; that in the dark and; 
under a vail Leah may go lor.R4chel , and inaf

fr

- ,

 iv-‘ . ‘ d Wlhetdeaoiofeletufalefhefl ‘ u 3   9%,;   

   e Id()t1"3t not but your eyes are open to fee the '
danger : I befeech youletyour beams befztnmkezs- ‘
ed to co:.fidero€ expedients to prevent it. 4
k That Megiflrezte: haven earezmd dzety lie ttpon ?(k)A,,g_£.F_,55
e Chrzff, andto fee that th1t may be pr_e[er'ued é’fef"C'0;z°;.r:;:1”"
from pernieiette and deffruéfive ervile, thatthe of-_ l.3,c,5.:, '
fieers and rnemhers. thereof do in their fevcra1fiati-
0:15 the .feve-ral duties belonging unto them :
( though I doubt not butyou are fetlede in fo
'.xh‘o1efom.a p’erfwa'fiond)~ gzvcfme leave in three
‘ / words to de‘monflr;1te unto, you. ‘ ‘V 4
"It ’   h Firfl, theiLord did oxprefly eommumd thatlelo,
; It Water: and Intieer: to ,Idol;1try,. Blafibhemers, Pre- %
  fumptoott: and proph;me~defpife1's of Gods Law,,» V
  fhould be punifhed, lie that [eerifieeth onto any,’ h
‘ ‘ God, [we onto the Lord. only, he /7241! he utterly;
eleflojed , Exod.t2z.:~_o». . He that hlafphemeth the
 h home of the Lord’, he flu/lo fore!) hehpaua death,
,’   and all the C ofigregation flu/1 certainly fione him ;§
’ M well the flranger 45‘ he that :2: horn in the 14nd,}
’ when he hlafphemeththe home of the Lord /befl he 3
-pot to death, Levit.2 3..:6. The foul that doth,

 

them to look after the imerefl of the ‘Church oficom. ep parmen.

2 ought prefztmpttiottfly whether he he horn in theletzd J
I‘ or eflrenger, the famereproeeheth the Lord, and
that fowl. _/hall he etttof from among hi; people,

\ Numb. 13. 30,31. See Deut. 12. 5«-16. Now
etfhefe. poo/j72ment:t.cou1d not be difpeenfed but by

  thofe who didbeatthe Sword, therefore they that
bear the {word have a care upon them to pre-

A « ferve the Church of God fromedefhuétive

evtls. t .

Secondly, }

; it

 , Thirdly ,

of God frém ha/1 jitémrfivve and dazzgerow cor‘-
‘mptiom, and to command that all things ihouid

~ we read of his finguia»r-- care in fetfng in orderche

 this by fiecialdirefiian and infpratianifrom God.
" itistrue he did {O3 But is it probable that God
i would have [ingled out 4 Kizflgefor that‘ i'ervice,w
if his purpofe had been that Kings fhould have ~

The Peaceof ierufaieiii.-i

San, whereby is noted their Liam, Duty, Care
of him and his interefcs, not to fuiicr any to dif-
lmzour him, rorto prophane ih§5eW0rfl1ip,Pf4l.
12.12. And for this purpofetthe Law was puttin-
ro the ham! of the King, D7eut.I7.18. not bare-
ly in order to his private converfation ( for fo it]

In conformity -hereunto Godly
dvtagiflrater in the Scripture have fromume
to time been {axiom :to.vindicare the Church

be done in the Church. according to‘t=he.dire&i-
on of God in his Word. ~§¢a_/loam}: commanded
the ‘Pricfts to take upthe Ark and bear it before
‘the people, 3.6. David took fpecialorder

firft Book of the Chronicle: in many Chapters
‘W0ifl1ip of God. And if it be (aid, That he did;

atteridedonely C1722‘! /ifiicirst’ But to {hew that

this care was not extraordinary to one Prince one, .»

j I

Secondly, Princes are commanded to /:z’j;c:/ye’

was common toall) but as a keeper and maize .
 Miner of it, that he might caufe others to keep it

s for bringing home-the Ark, 2 sm. 6.z. In the A _

We find uifa purging the Church from Strange
igad-V, HigI9—p.’4cq:, Images, and Graves, andeoame

iy, we read of others taking the fame couzfef ,

mznding

] r i Thei:Peaeeof_]ert1i;aiemei.h i

the Law: And this was fofar from unfetlingthe

for: him, 2 Chron. 14.2--5'2. And after, upon the
perfwafion of the Prophet, it is (aid, he molten»-
mge to do the like; 2 Yea, he at amyhzlc am.’
ther from heing ‘Gamma, hem: e [be had made an

manding the people? teeth the and to as 5'

State, that itisfaid, Th: Kingdom aw’ gum he- '

Idalfn 4 Grams, and cut it down and-flamped it,
and burnt it-, Chap. 1:. 8. 16. and prefently. it
foi1ows,ttheze'm:a no more W4r,&c.. verf. I9.
and the very fame trB/eflcing fqiiowed the:ver.y fame ’
{MI in the’ reign of fahnfafbd his. Son, ‘He took:  
’.¢;_p4y the High-places, and cmwwzdcd the people

to hc.ta.dgh1;:; AM the «gem» of theLard fefl upon F
4!]? the Kingdom: that were mmd» ahwt Judah, '

) fa that thgyfmnde ‘no _mr¢g4!72/lrhim, z.Chron. 2

17; 6.--re. Hegehikh ‘began his. reign the fixfl:
year and firth month with reforming the Church,};
and refloring Gods Worihipg 2- Chmt..29.3-‘-It.
and fo continued to do , chap. 30.1-2.3. 12.2.2.
gI‘.I~-II. 21. So Mamffethafter his repentance;
2 Chnm. 33. 15,16. Of yiofith this tefiimony is
ivcn, that like unto him there ma-no King hcfarc
imnar after him, 2Reg-.2g.25.e and except on.
ly the unhappy 4671022 wherein he died, thereis no.-
thing retarded of him, but hit care to= purifie the
Church of God, 2 Chron. 3,4..35~. The like holy
care we find in Nehemiah for the Houfi: of God,
and the officm thereof,Nehem.13.9- 1.4.22. And
  in Z erzthhahe‘l__t0‘~ build the Temple, Z ach.4.7— 1_o.e
And we findwhen Idolatram cormptimse crept tn.
‘to the houfe of Michah, End into the Tube of

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Dan,

as

The Peace of jerufalem,

from doing every one what was good in his own
eyes, ‘}'edg.17.5,6. 1 8.1.‘ ' L

I know what will be (aid to all this, that it be-
longed to the Church of the few: anely , whofe
Kings poffibly were herein types of Chrifl; but
that now the people of Chri-ft are a willing people,
and therefore not to be under any coerecion;

Hereuntoll anfwer,iFirfi,Thar what is written‘ is

inflruétion and incouragement of Magifirates
now; Orlxerwife by this pretence we might cafl
off all the holy example: nnto any good work,
which are given us in the old Tefldmmt.

I ’ 2. Though Chriftspeoplebe at mi!/ingpeople,
yet {'0 far as they have flefh, they are weak as well
as trifling, Matth.26.41. and being fubjeét unto

too; for wherefoever thereis :1 body of men, who
are, through finfulweaknefs, filbjeét tomifcarri—
ages, thee is a neceflity of fome Government,
and -fuperinfpeéfion‘, to prevent, and to healafueh

e mifcarriages. i

1

 praétice, the fame‘ praflice ought to continue,gex-
gcept we find abrogation and repeal: But the fame
"reafons remain ital. TheiTrut/1 and Worjhip of

God‘ Ought to be as dear‘ to 'M4g1'flréte.t-now as b

when; leave» and corruption‘ creeps“ into the

e )iCh.urch as well n'ovt'as§ then- God is’as muéhtd:f-
‘ ’ e . . hmozmd,p__

 19,422,’. it is eitnputed to this, hecaufe fheremas not
  mega» Ifmel, no Civil power to reflram men

  written for our learning ; The examples of i good
Princes in the old Teitament are recorded for the)

fax, they muff needs be fubjiefl: unto Government‘ 

"3‘.'te,V.Vhere there are the flame Reefom of a“ i

ggodlt':tej: andhonejly; that which is the end ‘of

The Peace af’_]erufalem. ', “:7
hJ0t70!0’6’d,' the fatal: of men as much ~Md4ngered,- ,
Satan as bufie an adverfary now as then; there-1
fore the fame m-cans ought to be ufed now as
then.  . '   "V

1' 4, There are Hypocrite: and Heretitltt in the
Church as well as awifling people, againfl whom
We find feverit] ufed h} Chit]! hjmfelf and his A-
pofiles; Chrifi made a [marge and drove, the buy-
ers and fellers outof the Temple,33ah.2.1i5. Peter
pronounced at doleful fentencc upon 2./1254:2144 and.
Saphim, Azf?.5. 4,3,9. Thefe indeed wereexmt-
ordinary 467:; but they teach us that an E-ru.mg'e>
#041 Stat: hath need as wellfof 2. Rod as of a jpirtt \
of medmefs, I Car.4.2.I. °  ' ' e e W

' 5. Iris prophecied of the f time: of the Go/jzel,
that King: jhottld he mtrfitzg Father: unto the
Cl.arch,ifa.49 23; And of them the Apoflle faith,
that they are for 4 terror um wt’! diver: , am’ 4 W e .
pI'gt_if€ to tho]: that do well, Rom.I3.3,4. which! Pct-2.14-i
words are c'omprchenfive,refpeé’cing good and evil
as well in the firfl Table as in the fecond. Again

the Apoflle cxhbrterh that prayer: he made for

Kings, and all in g/Iuthorit], that under them
we may lead quiet and peacezzhle live: in 43‘

car prayer, is likewife the end of their punter
and government; and if It betheir duty to pt0- (1) ‘cod.defum.
Vida for quiet) P6,/1(._‘€, honejly, It IS alfo to provide Trm- (afici-
for godlinefs too,‘ 1 ‘1‘mt.2.1,2. And accordingly ,,C,,’Mdm,,m,
dofiua-3 Valmtimhn, fttflittlan and otheriChri_{ti- :p3;':f¢_3‘lg::;l..
an Emperofs in making Echfis, ,call1_ng _C011n_C€1s, cap. 14.19.

ca:be1.de Hm.‘ A

we find the great ‘ care of Con/lamina, Theo- 7ua'«ei:.Pagam'.».'   5

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their ‘times. i . \ ‘ %
  6. Whatever things areperfe, fuéverfive and
dangerous to the pro/parity of Stem and Nations,
come under the proper (og1_ai£{wce of thecimfl
'M4giflrate to prevent; but H'erefie.t, ' Bhfphe.
mics, Idolatries, Impietm againfi God, doas well
endanger the proipcrity ‘of States as fins againfi
the fecond Table. _I. Becaufe “God we marl:

able that thegreat fin mentioned in the cafe ofthe
captivity of ?t4dZ_ilb7 , was their defpifing ofthe
Meffetzgers of God, 26/Jron. 36.16. 2..'Becaufe
inch fins do more exceedingly divide and unty the
bonds of love and. amity which Chiriifcian truth
doth preferve, then other more civil .cdeifYerences,
and fo loofen the hearts of men from one another.

Laflly, Thi"s‘Do'&rine hath been me by our
learned‘ Writers maintained againft the “ Doéfiors
of the Romanclmrcbg for  are the men, who
to maintain Papal Supremacy, and to keep all Ec-
clefiaflical Power within themfelves, have {hut out
the civil Ma.g'ri’t’rate from it; which I onely name
that you may confider what bands they are that

no doubt to makenfe of a boundlefs licence, to
mfiill corrupt doéirines into as many as they find’

charge doth evideniy; lye ‘upon Magzfirates to ujfe
their   gamer for. the pheace and profierity of the

inhibiting Herefies,   as we read infithe Hiftories of

pravvolzedi by the Me 4:: the ‘other, and it is rem'ark- \

fow ifuch D‘oé’crines amongfi us, with a purpofe .

fit tinder to catch that fire. Since therefore fucha e

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L    U22 i’eacer«vf‘Je3ufe1¢tr*1: 

‘W hutch, the Lord doth acCordingiyc$'q7eo5t'frt>m
thfimthe difclmrge thereofil eWhere he gives ta-
lent: be will calltor accompt,   e

But it may be abjeflezl, AIS not this to abridge
and annuiiethatliberfy which ought to be ’ihdu-lged
to the cdnfciences of merit’,  L   A

 

. I anfw er Pirft in general,& byway of conceiflion,
e God forbid that any fhouici aflhme _dmir;jon over‘
the confcicnces of men.ThetApofll‘e himfelf '[’ai,d,We‘

arena: Lora’: over your faith, we are bit: beélpei: of
’yot1rjq7,,2COr.I.24.ItWOuid be a bigkafid withai‘a=
win attempt. «in bigbammpr-,for no man can give
Law further then he can reward, and ;rzmz']’3:, accufi

and convince. But no man can either fedrcb, or ‘re;
‘ward, or prmijbthe Confcienre; therefore no man
can give Law unto it.“ And upon the fa'm’e‘reafo‘n‘it
would be a vain attempt, for nonebut a divine eye
64» fee the confcience, therefore none but a di-
vine Law can bind it, A ffuch‘lmm’: or‘ fuchfiritfe 3
mg: be blafphemoius‘ and fi1btVerjfivettOeCIit1t?cfh or“,
State, or both, and higtily derogatory to the ho-

nourof Chrifi, civil r‘efl‘ra‘int can reach them; But‘
th‘ough't_s it‘ cannocreach 5 they are jmtfearchableg,
by an huemarieeye, and t"‘nerefo‘re finreciucible to 2
humane power. Anddgaing God forbid We fliouidi '
ffraighten any Marty which Chrifl’ i‘i3til purchafed it
for us. Let’ every .m£1;n ]?;{1i‘m7jfz3,’3 i:fl‘‘77€ 5153”)
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{hall go about rtbeintangle him Inf/1‘?-I1)’ filG-hifikei

of bondage as is coritrar_yt‘othat freiedarfz ’ J
Secondly, In.parcica1ar we ray, 1.: VS here men K
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The Peqte of Iethfaletn,   L 1

agree in the, main fu;éa'4ment(41DoEirin,e:__ of tauth
an.d%godline[§, inthe fwéfldntialx of .Fa1't/7, War-
152;; and 06cdien:e,f"there ought to be a rrgugtual

lo«ve,».toleratiou and forbearance of one another in A V

dz’/jterences which are not juéverfive unto faith
andgodlincfs. ‘So long as we wall: by the fun: rule
and--mind the /Ezmetbingr, wherein in other things
we differ, we are to wait uphn God to reveal even
the fameunto us, P/n'li.3.15.  

3, We fay 'Chrifi”did never either purchafe or
permit to.an'y man, profefling himfelf a Chriflian,
ea liberty to fubvert, or endeavour co fu')ver_t, by
blafpbemaza, ;6eret1cal,z'dol4trouc,or irrelg-glans and
ingpiam Doéfritics, the foundation: of Faith, War;
/54; and lyal; tobm'ience,wthich he hath. laid in his
Church, '01‘ to remwe, if I may fo fpeak, the an-

tient Land-mark: of Chriftiari Religion. The
greatfrut/J: of God,, the great in-terefis of the
GofpelVou_e_gh.t "to be dearer to us thenthe liéerty
of any blafphemous or impious tongueeor pen.

diflzinguiih between weak bret/yrezz, and wicked ma-
licious dzfixzréers of the doétrines of falvation and
peace of the Church,as the Apofile doth between
the éewitc/yedG4la‘ti4m-, and more that éetmitcbed
them, concerning whom he faTth, I would may ziwere
even cut .017” timt‘ troxzéle you, G3l;.5,'12, which
imprecation he would not fare have uttered againfl

them, if in {owing t:h;L:ir>fa1{‘e»’_ doé?ctiFn'es‘4t.heny had. t

onely "made ufe of ayl;1»vs}ft_1_1_ libfierty; 1

4. With theworft, fuch °lem'ty:and‘tnéodem. %

{tier} istobc ufed as‘fii*B: to rcprtarzge‘, rebuke, exhart
; t A _ ‘  ‘ h ’ I tbfm

3. Magifirates arc wifely and cautcloufly to

’lbe I-’_ea;ce,of jerufalem. i

1;?» with al1lengo;{ufi"ering and de5?r}ne,. 2 

4.2. to admonijb them.once.and again;‘a=nd when‘

Tit. 3. 1 o. I
*5 . We are to diflinguifh between the canfcienc

theytare found unreclaimable, then to rejeft’ them,

oft/1e Seducer, and the [preading and infezfhon of ‘

his Daffrine. P It belongeth unto the care of the
Magifirate to endeavour the com/ertz'ng andre-
claiming of him, which though it cannot be ef-
feet-.-d, yet further and principal care mufi be ufed
to prevent the /freztding of infefiion. This was

', done in the Apofiles time by rejerfiietg an heretick,

refufing to have brotherly communion and focicty
with him. So an_efl'e&ual means may be ufedto
keep the lewm from the lamp, ufe what mercy
and lenity you judge mofl confonant unto Chri-
{lian meeknefs, towards the perfons themfelves -;
but above all things be {calorie for the Purity and
peaeeeof the Clmre/2, wherein divifions and fab-
divifions exceedingly t':nd' to weaken, to diflraét,
to betray it=.‘We have to do with wife and vigilant,
W,;th¥ fabric and fedulo-M enemies, who formerly
were, and no doubt f-lill are intent upon-«their de-
fign to {bake this Nationirom the true Prote]l4\nt
Religion, wherein aszthe Duke of Ram gravely
obfetved thefinterefl thereof did fi3nd.>. And I
be-leeve if the new things wh‘ch are broached we re
duly e:.amined,you;.would find in mofl: of them, if
not legible cImmé?er:.(as;in the doétrines w_hichede-
ny or diminiih original /z'ze,»and ‘aflirm free Wz'li)yet

, a fecret afpeé’tandjtendency tow.:rds Remer They‘
‘ cry down ourMimflm‘ as no Miniftersn of Chrifi,

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re: non potucrit ,
ad falutis viam ;
confilium falu.‘ "Q. ‘

bre revocare,
cazreri tamen

‘vet _fim}>licitatc- L,
f‘ap!1,velerro-re '_

lfldufii, vel ali-
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fzlldcite yo: [¢.
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unirat. Ecclcf.   ,

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Dcmaflene.

  L be Peeceef J ermaifmq

' down lLe4miz2g, and School: of Propben; and
what gteatetadvantage can a learned Papifi have ,
then to have none but unleatned Adverfltties to"

l they dare notlimit Cbrifh body to Heaven, and

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and foeeditd£‘b471zp:iey and K :42’ fim, and the Roma-
nifls heretofore. They a cry down our ordinance!
aspolluted, and impure, and not to be joynedin;
and {on the Pope forbad the Einglifh Papifts in
Ckxeefn Elzxabetbse time to. joyn in the fame Wor-
fhip and Ordinances with Ptote{’tants., They cry

difputeewithalf They teach Adoration of Cbziff

imz jizeful mm at his feet, ‘aplain, manuduftion
lto adorationof Chrifl: in an heafi. They tell you

handfoameiilep towards corpml prefeme in the Sa-

crament by"Trauf»la/iantiatian. T hey prefs to fol-   

lonta lligét wit/din, £ecretl.y:intimat_in*g imperfe-J;

ll mands. of that light, a flttewd preparation to any ‘
defperate attempt when feafonand advantage calls

for it. The Lord‘ give you wifedom to forefee I

‘evils, they are better prevented then fupprcffed.
And for that pntpofe be pleafed '

c‘?ian,.r in the Sctipteurcmnto which, why may notas 
, well Ecclefiafiical Traditions. be added, as an ima-d 
 ginary light 2’ They. fay we mufl follow the come-_ f e

‘To encourage Orrthociox, godly, and: learned 

and protedt them from reproach and contempt.
When t/ilexcmder the Great ‘fen: Antbaflitdotsi
unto Atlrengrequiring them to. deliver up their
Otatots. into hishands; Deme_/2‘/2em::, in his Ora-

Mizzifiers, and the Sc/1491305 leaxaning, vindicate e

tion thereupon to the people, tells: them afable

 

;outofE[op,, that the Wolves. being at war with ‘
. the ._

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  ‘pofed to mine. . r 

  Miniflry an_d:difpenfat1on‘of‘the:GoCpel,‘that they r

l anoth‘er,bui ioyin name inrthan ‘elf agaihifi the dangers,

     'IbeI’eaee of Jerulialem.

‘the Sheep {em a Meflage unto them, that if they
would live at quietnefs, and have a firm peace
* concluded, they {hould yeeld up their Dogs UIIIO;
them: which as foon asthey had done they were.d'e’-5*
voured by the Wolves. The like Artifice ufe our '
Adverfaties now 3 That they may make a prey of‘

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‘ the*people,their principal care is to pull down our

Minifiry, and‘ Schools of Learning, that fo tht
Watchmen being removed, the Shcepmiy be ex}

. To take care that all who own cmiman Reli-
gion amongil us be required to attend upon the

may not_prefumptuofly exemptiand deprive them-
felvesiof the means of ‘ grace’  falvation, as of V
my knowledg fome do,who‘hav_e wilfullyfor thefe
many years withdrawnthemfelves from any Chri-
ftiany Atfemblies where‘ G;od=’is;wor(l1ipped, by lorihis .s
name madesknown. ‘ r 1; ;   if-'5‘  
i To! endeavour to heal andelofeeup breathe: a-

fbip‘ and;0'6edicm'¢,may be no longer mange to one

which are threatned from a €eS3mrhotie3A€h_Ie€faiy—,
who at thofe unhappy breaches hath_ let 1!] thefe
little enemies to open the door unto him.

- To fecure and fetid mounds about femndamem
tal Doéirines , and for that ypurpofe to take care
for public/e and private Catechiling.

be Ortbodox in the great and weighty Camraver-

;fie: between us and Rome, that WOIVC5 ma)’ “‘}‘7?}'
L F I \ pnvlsy

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problematir. ,
pm. ;. problg}

mongfi Brethren, that men» A M Faiit/1,», War. .

To provide that e.Mim'/fer! may be kfl0WD't0 ’

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48 .50.
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The Peace ofjerulzalemy

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plrrlvlily creep inl1ndcr.I11eeps cloathingl. e .
Q  To hinder the printing and /]2rc4dz'ng of dange-

{pus and infeétiousyc Books. eitt_zer from Ports or
Prefles, or any other wayof dlffufing leaven into
the people. ‘ c  

I conclude with this plrofefliony tlollatl I have not

to the {’cra'ttni_n°g or A grieving of any who love ‘our
Lo.rd:Jefas in finccricy. ell know the belt men know
but in pm, ‘and mutt mutually bear with, and pray
for one another,. that wherein they dl£Fer;God. will
reveal himfelf ounto;tl‘1€m.   My aim cand:defire‘h3;h
been to preferve‘_tl7Icfogmd4tio7::,to keep Prmjhm
% Religion from fuch incrQacbinents.- as may infenfi-

l ‘ebly make way {or_th’:;cndangering’ of it. Wefee

yWh3.t- we could -hfifdly have belecV”ecl,» -*how  facile
‘and flexible the mgnds of many people are to be fe.
; duced a'nd~s;agirl:sl .1nt9:oPiItions,. .whifch;Iome years
;fi'nce they would as hardlybavebeen perfwaded to
lbeleeve that they {h_cu_ld live toimbrace,—as Hazacl
was tb3t‘lh,el.fl1ould r—1p_:up womenywitheehild’; c .;

W lam: agéiflilf his En¢m.i<s,zea1ous for his.Church;
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preffed this Dofinine of the peace of the Church ‘

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