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A Peaceable Enquiry INTO THE Nature of the Present Controversie among our United Brethren about JUSTIFICATION.
CHAP. I.
The Excellency of Peace and Love. Luther's Opinion of it. The Mischief of Strifes and Contentions in the Church, Instanced in the Rise, and Progress of the Meletians, and Arians; The Cure Difficult, yet Necessary to be Endeavor'd.
THE Churches Peace is a Blessing so very Great, and Valuable, that he, who sets but a Right Estimate on its Real Worth, cannot think much to hazard even his own Private Quiet, Particular Interests, and Good Name, (which it is like to cost him) to Obtain, or Defend it.
By Peace, I do not mean only a Freedom from Persecution, which is a Mercy, for which we should not cease Praising God; but the