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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	due_a	fear_n	tribute_n	2,900	5	10.7895	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27175	The terms of peace and reconciliation betwixt all divided parties a sermon preach'd at the assizes held for the county of Buckingham, at the town of Wicomb, July the I, 1684 / by Luke Beaulieu ...	Beaulieu, Luke, 1644 or 5-1723.	1684 (1684)	Wing B1579; ESTC R23006	19,365	38

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That where they were free they should so condescend and comply with each other as to endeavour to prevent Fewds and Contentions First I say to live peaceably with all men includes the careful observance of those Laws which secure the just rights of every man and provide a supply for their Necessities Owe no man any thing but to love one another discharge all Obligations with Care and Conscience It is the violation of Justice the not giving to others what is theirs that begets Clamours and Contests and all the consequent Mischiefs Render to all their dues Tribute to whom Tribute is due Custome to whom Custome Fear to whom Fear Honour to whom Honour This is a good foundation for a solid peace for a man thus diligently to acquit himself with others to deprive them of nothing to which they have a good Title When they have no ground to challenge any thing from you it will go a great way to secure you from their Molestations And if with this you have a due regard to the duties of Charity to do men Kindnesses and to relieve their Wants as far as lies in your power By your Prayers your good Advice your Credit in the World or your bountiful Alms to promote here their well-being and their Eternal Happiness then you are come up to those terms on which depends the Amity and fair Correspondence of Men making thus the dictates of Reason and Religion the measure of your Entercourse with others you may be said to live peaceably with all Men. Only add this further which I said might be included in this Apostolick Precept that where Men are free and left to themselves they should condescend and comply Very manny Quarrels proceed from inconsiderable Trifles things of no moment but as they are much stood upon by perverse and unreasonable Passions the foolishness of a proud an angry or a stubborn Spirit a little Prudence or Humility or Charity would prevent such Disputes and the spirit and temper of true Christian Religion would soon compose and make an end of them If where Men are not tied by Laws and Duties they would be willing to recede from their Right not always to consult the utmost of what is lawful but also what is expedient every man to please his Neighbour for good to Edification go as far with others as they can without Sin condesend to their innocent Weaknesses and Humours And shew forth out of a good Conversation their works with meekness of Wisdom as St. James speaks That Wisdom which is from above and is pure and peaceable gentle easie to be entreated full of Mercy and good Fruits This no doubt would prevent or at least terminate many of our Wranglings and Contentions And he that will live peaceably must also resolve upon this where it will interfer with no other Duty to yield for Peace sake what others cannot claim as due and to forgive and forbear as well as to do Justice The doing of this is properly the living peaceably with all Men. He that seriously resolves and sincerely endeavours to observe what God and Nature require in order to Mutual Quietness hath done his part Of his side he is ready to embrace others on those terms to which he is tied by Duty to go as far to meet with them as lawfully he may he entertains no dividing Principles he is at peace with all the World as far as in him lies A man can do no more and this is the Duty of the Text. Not actually to have peace with every man though never so unreasonable or unjust that 's impossible But to be of this peaceable disposition to own and discharge those Obligations which lie upon all Men in order to Mutual Agreement And this makes the resolution of the last Enquiry very plain and easie How far it lies in a Christian to live peaceably with all Men He cannot force them to what he would nor to what they should He may not part with God's Right nor any mans Right to comply with them He can only do his Duty and offer them peace upon the Terms of his obedience to the Laws of God and the lawful Commands of his Superiors For those Laws must not be infring'd to please Men. I may abridg my self of my Liberty and even put up some Wrongs and where I alone am concern'd I ought to do so in many Cases But where I am tied by a just Authority I must not break the bonds of my Subjection to please my Fellow Subjects I may not any ways disobey God to buy peace with Men. Where St. Paul saith If it be possible live peaceably with all Men he means Morally possible Possumus quod jure possumus Where we may without transgressing our Duty without prejudice to our Obligations to God and man there 't is in our power and we must do what we can to have Peace Indeed that may not procure it When we have done our best and all that lawfully we may still Divisions and Quarrels may remain The word Peace is a Relative and implies a Mutual Correspondency that there are fixt and known and standing Terms in which Men of all Sides should agree So that where so many are concern'd one alone can no more make Peace and Union than one single Note of Musick can make an Harmony But 't is not our fault if others will not comply with those Laws of Mutual Agreement prescribed by Reason and Religion Actual Peace is a Blessing and a great Felicity but not a Duty 't is too Divine an enjoyment for this state of Imperfection It is reserv'd to Crown our thirst and pursuits after it Here our Obligation is only to peaceableness to be just and ready to do good to induce others what we can to joyn with us in the Methods and the Measures of Peace to oppose and mortifie those Inclinations in us which are Selfish and Partial and provoking to others Thus to rule our Conversation and to dispose our Hearts is the Duty of the Text. And is as much as lies in a Christian to do that he may live peaceably with all men Now these three Queries satisfied and the Text thus far explained we may ground upon what hath been said these three Propositions to be briefly Stated and Discours'd upon for the further pressing of this Exhortation to do as much as possibly we can to live peaceably with all Men. 1. That Publick Laws are the true Terms of peace amongst Men. 2. That they are the peaceable Men who Maintain and Obey those Laws And 3. That if the Laws command what is sinful there a good man must suffer meekly and still preserve Peace 1. That Publick Laws are the Terms of peace amongst Men. The Laws of Nature and of Nations amongst Mankind in general and the Laws of each Kingdom amongst the Subjects of it And to this last I restrain my Discourse Were there not publick standards for Weights and Measures the entercourse of Trading