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peace_n	jerusalem_n	pray_v	prosperity_n	2,298	5	9.5696	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50460	The cause and cure of strife and divisions being the substance of two sermons preach'd in London, March the 12th and 26th, 1695 / by Richard Mayo ...	Mayo, Richard, 1631?-1695.	1695 (1695)	Wing M1521; ESTC R3763	24,752	40

and reconciles them both The Contentions that were amongst the Nestorians and Eutychians were only verbal so that we may wonder and ask with the Apostle If there was not a wise Man among them And what shall I say of the Strife and Division that is among the more religious People of this Island at this day It is unaccountable A thinking Christian is ready to wonder and say Are there no wise Men and indu'd with knowledge that can with meekness of wisdom compose these Differences that are among us Are they all such Fools as Solomon describes He says Prov. 18.6 A Fool 's lips enter into contention I can't say that all the Debates in England and London about Matters of Religion are meerly verbal but I dare affirm this of many if not the most of them nay the greater part by far of our litigant and contentious Christians can give no account of those Points about which they contend nor do they know the Hinges upon which the things in controversie turn Here let me insert a Story of modern date Two Persons lately met together at a Friend's House where they had a great deal of warm Discourse about those that go under the denomination of Presbyterians and Independents One standing by interpos'd and desir'd them to inform him What was the real difference betwixt those two Sorts or Parties For a while there was deep silence till anon he urg'd them to answer him telling them It was a most unseemly thing for persons to contend about what they did not know or understand At length one of them answer'd The Independents were stricter in their admission of Members into their particular Congregations than the others were Hereupon the other reply'd That to his knowledge that was false forasmuch as some that had been rejected for scandalous Conversations by Presbyterians had been receiv'd into Independent Congregations This threw Oyl into the the Fire and increas'd their warmth till by and by this third person began sharply to reprove them both telling them he expected to have heard of some difference in the Principles of these Parties which might have made for his information but all that he could hear did amount to no more than that there was a difference in the Practice of some particular Congregations which would be in the most reformed Churches to the World's end Therefore he desir'd them to lay aside those unchristian Heats that were betwixt them and not inveigh one against another for they knew not what themselves And his Admonition was not ineffectual for they parted good Friends and in a better Temper 7. Take out three Lessons that are taught us by the Apostle Paul He gives us in his Epistles a Trinity of Precepts that would cause Unity among Christians if they were but observ'd and learn'd The first is in 1 Thess 4.11 Study to be quiet and do your own business c. Many study how they may be troublesom and neglecting their own affairs at home they wander about from House to House though they are idle yet they are pragmatical and busie-bodies too they are tatlers also their tongues never lie still but are speaking things which they ought not they sit and speak against their brethren and slander their own mothers children This was the fault of some Women in the Apostles times but now Men are as faulty herein as Women This Practice doth greatly contribute to the heightning and increasing the Differences that are amongst Christians and there is no better Remedy than for all to follow the Apostle's Advice That every Man study to be quiet and to do his own business The second is in Rom. 14.22 Hast thou faith have it to thy self He doth not speak of Faith here in the Fundamentals of Religion but in indifferent things which are the Subject-matter he is treating of Our belief or perswasion therein is not unseasonably to be utter'd so as to occasion scandal or contention All Doctrins of Faith are not of that necessity that they should be urg'd at all times and upon all persons Though no truth must be deny'd yet many truths may be forborn They that are zealous for truth must remember that direction in Ephes 4.15 To speak the truth in love or as the words signifie they must truth it in love The third is in Phil. 3.15 16. Let us therefore as many as be perfect be thus minded and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded God shall reveal even this to you Nevertheless whereto we have already attain'd let us walk by the same rule let us mind the same thing I won't stay to open this Text it is done to our hands by several that have wrote purposely upon it I will only add that if these three Apostolical Rules were conscientiously and strictly observ'd most of the Breaches among us would be heal'd and future Ruptures in Churches and amongst Christians would be prevented 8. Be humbled for Strife and Division and supplicate Heaven for Peace and Union 1. Be humbled for Strife and Division Many rejoyce but do you mourn by reason hereof Whil'st others bring Fewel to increase do you bring Tears to quench the Fire that is kindled amongst Christians If you have no hand in Divisions yet let your Hearts be broken for them I will allude to that place in the Book of Judges For the Divisions of Reuben let there be great Sorrow of Heart 2. Supplicate Heaven the God of Heaven for Peace and Union Beseech the God of Love and Peace to pour down the Spirit of Love and Peace upon his Church and People To this you are exhorted Psal 122.6 Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee Say Peace be within thy Walls and Prosperity within thy Palaces For your Brethren and Companions sake say now Peace be within thee Pray for the Churches and Christians in our days as the Apostle Paul doth for the Thessalonians 2 Thess 3.16 The Lord of Peace give them Peace always by all means This is a Service that every one may and ought to have a hand in This is a Blessing that God can easily bestow upon his People nothing is hard much less impossible unto him he can make Men to be of one Mind in a House and he can make his Children to be of one Mind in his House He brake down the middle Wall of Partition betwixt Jews and Gentiles and of twain made one He can do the like among dissenting and contending Christians This is that which he hath promis'd He hath said That in the later days his People shall dwell in peaceable Habitations Isai 32.18 That the Wolf shall dwell with the Lamb and the Leopard shall lye down with the Kid The Cow and the Bear shall feed their young ones shall lye down together and the Lion shall eat Straw like the Ox and the sucking Child shall play on the hole of the Asp and the weaned Child shall put his Hand on the Cockatrice-den and that they