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A69012 A treatise of the Beatitudes. Or Christs happy men. By James Buck Bachelor of Divinitie, and vicar of Stradbrooke in Suffolke Buck, James. 1637 (1637) STC 3998; ESTC S117005 201,269 350

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a_o city_n be_v at_o the_o best_a by_o peace_n the_o prophet_n can_v wish_v no_o great_a bliss_n to_o his_o belove_a city_n than_o that_o peace_n may_v be_v within_o her_o wall_n wherefore_o all_o good_a subject_n must_v concur_v to_o make_v peace_n pray_v that_o prince_n may_v live_v in_o peace_n 1._o tim._n 2.2_o and_o fly_v the_o effusion_n of_o christian_a of_o humane_a blood_n which_o condemn_v their_o cruel_a spirit_n that_o rejoice_v in_o war_n and_o be_v no_o more_o affect_v with_o the_o shed_v the_o blood_n of_o those_o that_o dissent_n from_o they_o in_o some_o controversy_n of_o religion_n then_o if_o they_o be_v turk_n or_o jew_n or_o dog_n but_o god_n will_v scatter_v over_o all_o desolate_a place_n the_o people_n that_o delight_n in_o war_n according_a to_o the_o prayer_n indict_v by_o his_o own_o spirit_n peace_n be_v the_o end_n of_o war_n deut._n 20.10_o god_n give_v we_o peace_n war_n be_v to_o his_o enemy_n jer._n 29.7_o christian_n though_o captive_n under_o 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the_o most_o wicked_a fiend_n in_o hell_n and_o how_o then_o dare_v man_n calumniate_v and_o defame_v the_o god_n upon_o earth_n but_o let_v we_o turn_v our_o thought_n from_o sectary_n to_o meditate_v that_o where_o unity_n be_v in_o a_o land_n illic_fw-la mandavit_fw-la deus_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la psal_n 133.1.3_o there_o god_n command_v a_o blessing_n but_o a_o kingdom_n divide_v therefore_o all_o good_a people_n must_v labour_v to_o preserve_v good_a correspondence_n between_o ruler_n and_o their_o subject_n and_o good_a conceit_n each_o of_o other_o sedition_n siding_n heartburning_n distaste_n of_o the_o present_a regiment_n be_v a_o great_a unhappiness_n in_o a_o state_n and_o a_o object_n of_o tedious_a consideration_n to_o the_o wise_a jude._n 5.15_o because_o of_o the_o division_n of_o reuben_n there_o be_v great_a thought_n of_o heart_n the_o political_a writer_n observe_v it_o a_o dangerous_a forerunner_n
you_o thus_o the_o peaceable_a be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o constitution_n now_o the_o peacemaker_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o function_n by_o special_a vice-gerency_a to_o the_o god_n of_o peace_n who_o make_v those_o that_o be_v of_o one_o mind_n to_o dwell_v in_o one_o house_n and_o by_o officiate_a chir_v place_n qui_fw-la facit_fw-la utrumque_fw-la unum_fw-la that_o make_v both_o one_o eph._n 2.14_o good_a pastor_n and_o people_n be_v style_v the_o salt_n of_o the_o earth_n una_fw-la qui_fw-la facit_fw-la unanimes_fw-la habitare_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la una_fw-la filiorum_fw-la l._n 7._o ad_fw-la fin_n dum_fw-la pauperes_fw-la spiritu_fw-la pars_fw-la erant_fw-la condimenti_fw-la beati_fw-la dum_fw-la pacifici_fw-la totum_fw-la fuerant_fw-la condimentum_fw-la serm._n 53._o non_fw-la pervenitur_fw-la ad_fw-la nomen_fw-la silij_fw-la dei_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la nomen_fw-la pacifici_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la charissima_fw-la quae_fw-la spoliat_fw-la hominem_fw-la 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