but one spirit so the chief business of this own spirit and tendency of its operation is unity Eph. 4.3 And next to that betwixt head and members Christ and Saints it drives on the designe of the Saints union with one another in all truth Eph. 4.13 It can neither be divided nor deceived but must speak the same thing at all times to all persons Heb. 13.8 Men may have different apprehensions and understandings and from the variety in them may put a various interpretation upon the Spirits teaching 1 Cor. 12.3 but yet the spirit remains the same spirit of truth it leadeth into all truth Jo. 16.13 And though this variety be in the spirits operation in the work of illumination and directing the judgement from the variety which is in the capacities and apprehensions of men yet in the more certain properties of the spirits work upon the hearts of Beleevers as in the works of mortification and sanctification c. there is no such variety for though there may be difference of degree yet the least measure of the spirits work in those things bears a divine stamp that fruit of the Spirit which is in all goodness righteousness and truth Eph. 5.9 is of the same nature and complexion in all Saints from whence I argue That the most infallible Rule Saints can walk by in their choice of gospel brethren or Church-members is to follow the tract of the Spirits choyce to choose where it hath chosen before them But the visible tract or evidence of the Spirits choyce is its manifesting its indwelling through its operation in carrying the Soul out to the exercise of Grace Therefore the visible operation of the Spirit of Grace in persons is the most infallible Rule for Beleevers to make their choyce by Object But may some say how shall we know the Spirits operations and thereby its choyce in such a day of delusion as this is when the spirit of Errour that new reigneth hath transformed it self to so neere a likenesse to the Spirit of Christ Answ Whatsoever is held forth to be the visible fruits and effects of the Spirit of grace in the hearts and conversation of Beleevers by the word of truth ought to be admitted by them as sufficient Testimony of the Spirits choice Acts 11.17 But the effects and fruits of the Spirit are clearly testified to be Love Joy Peace Long-suffering Gentleness Goodness Faith Meekness and Temperance Gal. 5.22.23 Therefore such persons whom the Spirit of the Lotd hath so qualified ought to be admitted and owned by Beleevers as such of whom the Spirit hath manifested its choyce For what may be further objected against this Argument from the various understandings and different minds of several visible gracious persons and from the grosse Errours held by several persons seemingly gracious and spirituall I shall have occasion to speak to when I come to answer to such general Objections as will include many of those particular Objections that might be made against every Argument I might add many Arguments more drawn from the fruits of the Spirits choyce But let all that long for the union of Saints first resolve to make the Spirits choice theirs and then they shall hardly read a Scripture but will afford them some Characters of the Spirits choyce for our heavenly Father hath not a Child nor our chief Shepheard a Sheep that are visibly such but his holy Spirit hath set his seal on them either lesse or more visible 2 Cor. 1.22 Eph. 1.13 4.30 Therefore I shall conclude this head with one Argument more and leave the remain to the Readers meditation That qualification or State which gives us free access to and acceptance with the Father Eph. 2.18 1.6 by which we are made his adopted Sons Rom. 8.15 unto which he hath annexed the performances of his preitious promises 2 Peter 1.4 wherein he seeks and desires us to worship him Joh. 4.23 by which we are joyned unto the same body of which Jesus Christ is the head 1 Cor. 12.13 and whereby we are made partakers of the same grace 1 Col. 12. heirs with him of the same Kingdom James 2.5 or inheritance Eph. 1.11 14. and partakers with him of the same glory in heaven Col. 1.27 3.4 nay wherein the perfection of shall be their State in glory John 17.23 24 Eph 4.13 when all other qualifications and additional rules of distinction shall cease 1 Cor. 13.8 10. is doubtlesse the most infallible rule and qualification for Gods Church and People to owne and joyn with one another in the worship and service of God by But the qualification that gives us right unto interest in all the former particulars is a participation of a spiritual work of grace upon the heart as the Srciptures annexed with abundance more that might be added do sufficiently evidence Therefore it is the most infallible rule for Gods Churches and People to make choice of Church-members and Gospel Brethren by The fourth General head from which we shall argue is the choice and approbation of the infallible servants of God in all ages whose fellowship and communion with persons as Gods Church and People is recorded for our Example in Scriptures who in their several generations and ages of the Church they lived in made this duty of preserving the Churches union and peace within it self the great and weighty duty unto which most other dutyes when they come in competition must give place unto And they did always make the declared visible choice of God their choice For those whom God had chosen to be his people by his visible Covenant with an especial grace unto they owned to be their brethren and fellow members in his Church excluding none of them nor admiting no other which point I suppose hath been sufficiently proved in my discourse of the true Church-bounds That until I meet with one instance at least out of Gods word of a person or persons visible which in those Church-bounds before mentioned viz. Abrahams seed Circumcision in the type Antitype was kept out or not esteemed one of Gods Church not scandalous or unexcommunicated I shall for bear further speaking to that And shall chiefly from this head insist to observe the weight that the holy servants of God in all ages have laid upon the Churches peace and unity When the Church consisted of Jacobs family how carefull was Joseph to preserve union among his Brethren though they had little deserved it at his hands yet the great and chief charge he layeth upon them is see that you fall not out by the way Gen. 4.5.24 So Moses reproves his Brethren the Hebrewes for striving one with another Exod. 2.13 in in these words as Stephen quotes it Acts 7.26 Sirs ye are Brethren why do ye wrong one another So for the Divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart Judges 5.15 16. So David Behold how good and how pleasant a thing it is for Brethren to dwell together
whence they have taken encouragement from time to time to strengthen themselves in their evil principles concluding that a people thus divided and disunited could not long preserve themselves much less protect them if they should have inclined to a peaceable acquiescence in their present condition under them and from thence they have taken encouragement to attempt what they have done and even to make use of some of our selves to carry on their treacherous and wicked disigns by and to an eye of reason unless the Lord do speedily unite all or most good men joyntly to agree and stand by one another in the promoting of and preserving the common good of the whole it will not be possible long to bear up against such an united and potent adversary with such a miserable divided distracted people as our divisions render us to be that if the glory of God and the good of his people should be of no weight with us yet if we were not stupified with this spirit of Division self-preservation might be sufficient to stir up all sober-minded to labour for union among all good men lest whiles we strive for that we cannot obtain we lose what we do possess I might proceed to mention the loss of all those eminently worthy instruments both military and civil that our divisions hath laid aside even of several judgements and prevented their generation in a great measure of the benefit of their abilities and graces besides a great number of mean-spirited and uncertain-principled persons who are thereby crept into places of power wherein they carry themselves much to the discouragement and grievance of several precious to the Lord the encrease of whom even threatens the return of all those hard measures to Gods people they have been by a mighty hand of his for several years delivered from there wanting nothing but a supream Magistrate to countenance or permit such to oppress and persecute and if any person branded with a nick-name of Religion should discover or speak his sense of this thing or of any person so qualified it would be answered he is not of your opinion and therefore you esteem him not That let any person in power have never so much manifest prejudice in his heart against godliness and a pious life why he hath by our divisions an opportunity to exercise it under the vizzard of opposing errors and heresies c. without being discovered as an enemy to godliness and the same opportunity hath any carnal principled or froward spirited preacher to stigmatize and wound holy persons and principles and incense Authority and the rude multitude against them and to crush the power of Religion in their parishes by exalting some pleasing form of it to the people and by the advantage of the divisions among the Godly can put a plausible vail over all this It is onely against Schismaticks and Hereticks c. they speak Nay further if we take a view of all the hard measure that any gracious tender spirited persons in Authority have met with to the weaking their hands from professors of Religion it proceeds generally from this cause such of them as have endeavoured to bear an even hand towards all they judge Godly and to extend an equal encouragement to all that fear God without respect to opinion why presently that spirit of jealousie and emulation this spirit of Division hath begotten will suggest apprehensions of their want of Love to Religion and Gods people and truths such are presently esteemed men of loose uncertain principles favourers of Hereticks and Schismaticks discountenancers of publick worship and obstructers of Reformation c. on the one hand and yet at the same time esteemed lukewarm Laodiceans carnal Politicians and complyers with carnal principles and interests time-servers c. on the other hand when all the matter is they do not give a special or peculiar respect to the private opinion of such persons as finde themselves grieved above other their brethren equally godly by which means the hands of some in chief places have been weakened and their hearts discouraged in the work of their generation and some others who have for a long time professed an equal respect to all the godly have been offended and stumbled and from thence have withdrawn their countenance from some of the godly and thereby strengthened the hands of Dividers and insulting principles and spirits which poor Ireland at this day hath sad experience of I might further minde that general dejection of spirit that seems to be upon many godly Magistrates and people in the work of their generation with that encrease on the other hand of confidence and height of spirit in opposers and malignant Adversaries But to conclude it is hard to name an evil of a publick nature either in Church or Common-wealth that divisions among the Godly hath not had a great hand in if not been the chief cause thereof From all that hath beene said to this head I shall argue That that evill which is the inlet and supporter of such a multitude of other evills must needs be a very great evill and of all other evills to be avoided and laboured against But it is evident such is the evill of Saints Divisions Therefore it ought of all evills to be avoided and laboured against 7. The last general head from which I shall argue is from the evident and unspeakable good both to Church and Commonwealth and Soul and Body the union of Saints upon such Gospel stable principles would be attended with Whatsoever hath been observed before as the evill of Divisions union must necessarily be the remover of which I shall not need again to repeat but shall leave the Reader to observe and satisfie himself in by meditation For the most happy Commonwealth City Nation Family or Society of men it is evident to the very light of nature and reason that union in their communities is the preservation of their happiness nay the perfection of union is part of the Glory and happiness of heaven And therefore of the Church of God on earth Those pretious promises in Scripture foretelling the glorious estate of Gods Church on earth do declare the Excellency of it shall be its union and peace as Isay 11. The Wolfe shall dwell with the Lamb and the Leopord shall lie down with the Kid and the Calf and the Young Lyon and the Fatling together and a little Child shall lead them vers 6 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the Aspe c. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy Mountaine c. verses 8 9. The Envy also of Ephraim shall depart c. Ephraim shall not envy Judah nor Judah shall not vex Ephraim verse 13. and so Ezek. 37.22 And I will make them one Nation in the Land upon the Mountaines of Israel And one King shall be King to them all and they shall be no more two Nations neither shall they be divided into two Kingdoms any more
were again repaired the gates might be kept shut against all that is Infectious as well as tâ—e Vnclean which whiles the one lies waste the other will stand open 3. Is there cause to complain that Religion is sadly decayed the Professors of it are generally abated in their zeal for it life or liveliness in it and love unto it Why it is evident Divisions are the main cause of that too for the great noise that hath been made amongst the Professors of Religion in general about their different judgements nay in most particular Societies of the same way there hath not wanted so much difference of minde amongst them as to occasion much debates disputings and vain janglings hath converted the time and pains of such who should have laboured in the teaching and holding forth heart-searching quickning words to the people into controversies and unprofitable Subjects not tending to spiritual edification and from the same cause the generality of Professors have had their heads filled with notional Religion and their hearts with discouraging impertinent scruples and doubts thus striving about the shadow until they have lost the Substance contending about the true form until they have lost the true power 4. Is Religion in the power of it become contemptible with formal Professors and the carnal multitude and most faithfull Preachers in many places little followed nor esteemed whereby the work of conversion hath little success c Why in these evils Divisions hath had the greatest hand for what will formall Professors and carnal people say to you if you ask them why they take up in the form and reject the power of Religion and scorn and oppose the Professors of it why they will answer we know not which of your new Religions to choose when you can agree among your selves which is the right way and what Religion you will be of then you shall know more of our mindes from whose answer you may plainly perceive that they judge all the difference betwixt them and others that professe the power of Religion is the difference in opinions whereas were opinions less heeded and Religion more placed in the power and life of godliness if Christians would use the same Arguments a-against such as David did Psalm 4.2.3 Oh ye sons of men how long will ye turn my glory into shame how long will ye love vanity and seek after leasing Selah But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is Godly for himself they would not bless themselves in the evil before mentioned as they do 5. Doth Religion as to the power and spiriality of it begin to grow daily less and less in request with many persons in Authority That whereas formerly Religion and gracious qualifications in persons were most enquired after anâ— first approved of it s now with them little set by unless the person to be admitted be of the same opinion with the Admittor or at least of that opinion which shal add something to his reputation and interest to be a favourer of but to shew respect and countenance to a religions man as he is a religious man which was the principle owned by the instruments God chiefly chose to carry on his work by in its low estate this much decayes Why Divisions about opinions in Religion hath been the cause hereof too For at that time when Religion was so much in request with most persons in Authority it was before Religion was so much dissolved into disputes and opinions as it is now and it is evident that reputation which a gratious humble pious disposition and conversation gave religious persons generally once in the eyes of Authority and several persons of eminency in place the contrary frame of spirit and conversation that have since overspread so many professing persons about different opinions hath lost it so far as it is diminished and I must say of all persons the hot contenders about opinions of all hands have the least ground to be offended at this for I know few of them if they had power in their hands would reform it But it is evident that so far as there may be ground for this complaint the contentions strifes and vain janglings about opinions in Religion hath caused it by being stumbling blocks and cause of offence to several in Authority not able to bear it nor to distinguish betwixt the weaknesses and offences of some violent promoters of an opinion they dissent from and the innocency or truth of the opinion it self or the generality of people professing it which with the discouragements put upon many truly gratious for their judgement sake by some rigid froward persons in Authority in several places I desire the Lord may make those in chief Authority in time sensible of whose hearts I hope are yet preserved sincere to God in this matter if they had but a right understanding of cases which for want of they may too slightly pass over 6. Is that glorious cause of God in these Nations so wonderfully owned and prospered by him in the hands of his people for so many years past wherein he hath so eminetly manifested his subduing overturning power against his enemies and with all his assisting and strengthening power with his people to whom that gracious promise Levit. 26.7 hath been fulfilled And ye shall chase your enemies and they shall fall before you by the sword And five of you shall chase an hundred and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight c. From whence all the Nations round about have been put to silence and made to confess with the Heathen Psal 126.2.3 The Lord hath done great things for us is this glorious day of Gods presence overshadowed with clouds of scorn and contempt from enemies both at home and abroad that there is cause to fear our Sun will set at noon why consider what a great hand our Divisions in Religion hath had in this for this carnal spirit of Divisions in the things of God hath been the mother of all our Divisions and Factions in civil things for several particular opinions in Religion have dissolved into particular Factions and interests of State wherein the mutual common good of all good men hath been declined each party labouring to set up it self above the rest and hath onely prevailed in this to keep those things down wherein the mutual good and benefit of the whole consisted and to weaken the hands of such whose hearts were sincere and uprightly disposed to the common good that they have been constrained to throw much of the richest loading of the ship of this new Commonwealth overboard in this storm in order to save the whole from sinking from whence hath also proceeded those obstructing oppositions that have been betwixt good men with those uncharitable reflections and aspersions they have one endeavoured to cast upon another to the laying open and publishing to the view of their common Adversaries all nay more then all their frailties and weaknesses from
its uncharitable censoriousness and that 's the air it breaths in and therefore you may observe with what people soever this spirit is predominate they esteem not of any that own the same points with them wherin they differ from others unless they be sticklers for them they dare not lay more weight or place more religion in a controverted truth then their conscience tells them the Scripture doth they do little less then deny it in some mens opinions 3. As thou must expect opposition and discouragements and oughtest to be armed against them so take heed thou dost not imploy any of the carnal weapons of the spirit of division in the spirit of unions cause some men will oppose the spirit of division by a dividing spirit that is exercising the same carnal contention and proud wrath with uncharitable censoriousness c. against divisions as dividing spirits promote them by now this comes under Jobs reproof Chapter 13.7 Will ye speak wickedly for God and talk deceitfully for him if we had no better Physicians then these we might tell the Church with Jeremiah Chap. 30.13 thy bruise is incurable and thy wound is grievous thou hast none to plead thy cause that thou mayest be bound up thou hast no healing medicines And therefore Paul being sensible how apt the best Church-healers are to apply the wrong plaister he gives to Timothy a special direction 2 Tim 2.24 The servant of the Lord must not Strive but be Gentle unto all men apt to teach patient in meekness instructing those those that oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them Repentance to the acknowledging of the truth I must say the contrary spirit in healers hath added much inflamation and thereby corruption to our wound 4. Labor to obtain a compassionate tender frame of spirrit even towards those whom thou art least in love with upon the account of their Errors in judgement If Christians would mourn and sigh more in the sense of Saints divisions and delusions and fret and rage less our healing would not seem to be so far of as it doth There is a kinde of religious hard-heartedness and cruelty overspread the hearts of many Christians in these dayes that we have cause to complain with the Church Lam. 4.5 Even the Sea monsters draw out the brest they give suck to their young ones the daughter of my people is become cruel like the Ostriges in the wilderness Christians can as easily and with as little reluctancy hear or speak evil of others that are gracious if they be but judged erroneous by them as carnal malicious persons can do of one another nay some be ready and zealous to stir up the rude carnal multitude against others and even take contentment in each others afflections Oh! where is the bowels of good Jeremiah that lived in a day when he could say of his people They be all Adulterers an Assembly of treacherous men they bend their tongue like a bowe for lies Chap. 9.2 3. and yet he cries out Oh that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people and so Isaiah he mentions the Sins of Gods people to be very great Chapter 22.8 9 10 13. And yet when he considers their suffering verse 4. he cries out Look away from me I will weep bitterly labour not to comfort me because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people But the like bowels and compassion in Gods people towards one another is not found which until the Lord afford thee thou wilt be very unfit for healing work 5. Labour to set thy affections on those things or qualifications in Saints which most lively and evidently demonstrate the powerfull work of Grace in them and the sincerity of their Love to Christ many Christians will more esteem of their own image in their brethren then Christs their closing with them in judgement in some particular controverted opinion will answer the defect of a great deal of more precious grace when much grace in another will not answer the defect of their differing in that opinion it is an easie matter to love them that love us the worst of men can do that Luke 6.32 but Paul sets us a pattern of another manner of Love 2 Cor. 12.15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you though the more abundantly I love you the less I am beloved it was this love in Paul that enabled him to bear all those hard measures from the Corinthians to labor for their union and peace whilest they made war against him Now without this Love that will cover a multitude of infirmities thou wilt never be able to receive this truth in the love of it nor to bear with patience all those discouragements thou wilt meet withall in this work 6. Labour to abound in all other uniting graces which the Apostle mentions Col. 3.12 he having spoken of the union of Saints verse 11. he then comes to commend as a means to fit them for it verse 12. Put on therefore as the Elect of God holy and beloved bowels of mercy kindness humbleness of minde meekness long-suffering forbearing one another forgiving one another if any man hath a quarrel or complaint against any even as Christ forgave you so also do ye and above all things put on Charity which is the bond of perfectness and let the peace of God rule in your hearts unto which also ye are called in one body and be ye thankfull let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom c. It is the want of putting on and exercising of these graces that hinders Saints from Gospel union more then all their different understanding doth for if all men were of one minde in the things wherein they differ the want of these uniting graces and living in the exercise of the contrary dividing vices would doubtless disunite and divide the people of God from one another for I am afraid there is little of that union among Saints at this day even among those of the same judgement that deserves the name of Gospel union either from the nature grounds or degree of it but generally a kinde of an outside heartless formal union that the very union of carnal people in carnal things seems to be more strongly founded which proceeds clearly from the want of the enjoying and exercising those precious graces for Christians united upon the Account of opinions are onely united in the head but Gospel-union upon the account of visible grace would be an uniting of hearts together such was the union the Saints enjoyed Acts 4.32 And the multitude of them that beleeved were of one heart ane of one soul 7. Labour to preserve a proportionable growth of grace in the soul all grace in the exercise of it must preserve an harmony otherwise it will sound like an Instrument out of tune some Christians seem to be all
hardened in their unbelief and impiety they presently stand up with the Pharisee in the Temple and cry out Thanks be to God I am not as other men are not as this false worshipper or Formalist nor that Heretick or Schismatick c. then they think they are religious enough for a great deal of the Religion of this day dissolves into negatives men are better able to tell you what they are not then what they are in Religion 6. In your labouring against Errors take heed of false accusations of charging persons tainted with one or some Errors with many others of a dangerous tendency which they profess a detestation against this evil practice hath much tended to Division and establishing some persons in their Errors they hold for when they have heard that point wherein they are said to be deluded opposed and spoke against by a slanderous tongue and uncharitable spirit they have concluded it to be a truth from the Error and evil of the spirit opposing it and have been so much moved to observe false witnesses to rise up against them who laid to their charge things that they knew not Errors that their souls abhor that they never heeded the Arguments against the chief point in controversie but are hereby further prejudiced against the truth prest upon them by the falsehood and slanderousness of the mouth pleading for it concluding the same fountain cannot send forth both sweet water and bitter and hereby this erroneous way of opposing Error doth serve some of the main designs of the father of Error and Lyes for next to the corrupting of the judgement he endeavours in order to lock them up in Error to incense their hearts and prejudice them in their affections against the truth and the professors of it which this untruth-like spirit and carriage of the pretended friends of truth doth exceedingly promote 7. In your opposing Errors controversal and of lesser moment take heed you thereby give not countenance and encouragement to Errors more weighty and fundamental least whiles you are pulling a mote out of the eyes of some you do thereby put a beam into the eyes of others some on the one hand so rigidly opposing Error in those of the separation that they harden and confirm others erring against the main truths of the new birth and regeneration setling poor carnal people upon the Lees of their formal profession and outward priviledges in the neglect of sanctifying grace and spiritual qualifications whereby thousands of poor souls are led blindfold to perdition yet made beleeve they are the onely Orthodox true Christians because they are free from some lesser controversal Errors some holy persons may be infected with when in the mean time they are ignorant of the main points of salvation and void of the very power and life of godliness yet by this sinfull daubing of some Preachers with untempered morter are perswaded of themselves Laodicean like that they are rich and have need of nothing and knows not that they are wretched and miserable poor blinde and naked the blood of whose souls will be required at such Preachers hands by the Lord Ezek. 33.8 9. Solomon saith Him that saith to the wicked thou art righteous him shall the people curse and if so then surely him will not the righteous God bless he who would not have his childrens bread cast to Dogs would much less have Dogs accounted Children whilst his Children are accounted Dogs which is a crying sin at this day amongst some such as would be loth not to be accounted godly Ministers who ye shall observe carry themselves towards some poor Christians in their Parishes who differ from them as towards the worst of men and in their Pulpits are more vehement and harsh against them then against the most prophane impious persons and practices and in the mean while administer the precious sealing Ordinances of the Gospel to a mixt multitude many if not most of which being ignorant scandalous and prophane persons common scoffers at Religion common swearers drunkards Sabbath-breakers c. yet all those saving some general admonitions against sin and general exhortations to duty shall be spoke of and to and walked towards as the Church of Christ and people of God and if there be some more sober person or persons who are free from the fore-mentioned scandals and have attained to some Historical knowledge of Religion and close but with them in the way of worship they are for especially if by their estate or interest they be able to serve their designs why such men must be esteemed of and cried up for eminent godly men when as to any inward sanctifying work of grace in their hearts there is no more appearance of it then there was of Gospel in Paul when he was Saul the persecutor or of the work of regeneration in Nicodemus when he came to Christ by night Now what is this less then justifying the wicked for a reward and taking away the righteousness of the righteous from him Isa 5.23 And the same sort of evil is to be discerned though not in so great a measure in them that are rigidly for separation and particular opinions many of them will be ready to have a huge good opinion and shew a singular respect to persons that favour them in their particular perswasions though otherwise loose notional frothy persons void of any savour or power of Godliness and in the mean time have a slight esteem of persons both sober and gratious that differ from them against whom they will be ready to take up an evil report and joyn with carnal loose people in reproaching them whereby the mindes of such carnal Incendiaries are setled in a loose frothy notional frame against the gravity and purity of Religion now these practises of all hands though they may be vailed under pretences of zeal for Truth against Error or for purity of worship against the Traditions and customs of men yet they are impious and evil in themselves besides exceeding prejudicial and destructive both to the purity and unity of Gods people and ought to be avoided and witnessed against as the worst sort of ungodliness in godly persons But though I could not omit the giving these cautions to all that pretend a Love to Jerusalem's Peace yet little is my expectation as to the furtherance of this blessed work from such as have engaged themselves far in these carnal contendings for spiritual things for evils clothed with good and plausible pretences are not easily reclaimed therefore I shall direct my self chiefly in what I have further to say to Gospel Ministers to those few names in Sardis that have not defiled their garments with these contentious dividing practices for many there are I hope that for the Divisions of Reuben have great thoughts of heart whose souls long for Sions Peace who with Jeremiah could wish their heads were waters and their eyes fountains of tears that they might weep day and night for the slain of