A perswasive to peace, amongst the sons of peace. Or a treatise of Christian peace, wherein is shewed the nature, necessity, and excellency of it : as also that it is a duty incumbent upon all Christians, especially those who are invested with chiefe power and authority to do what they can to procure it : with a proposall of some means that may be fit for this purpose. / By Tho: Whitfeld minister of the Gospel.

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A perswasive to peace, amongst the sons of peace. Or a treatise of Christian peace, wherein is shewed the nature, necessity, and excellency of it : as also that it is a duty incumbent upon all Christians, especially those who are invested with chiefe power and authority to do what they can to procure it : with a proposall of some means that may be fit for this purpose. / By Tho: Whitfeld minister of the Gospel.

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Whitfield, Thomas, Minister of the Gospel.

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London, :: Printed by E. Tyler for John Wright at the signe of the Kings head in the Old Bayly,

1655.

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Contents

• title page
• To the high Court of Parliament assembled at Westminster. Especially to those members of it that are most really affected to the nations welfare.
• A perswasive to peace amongst the sons of peace.
  • CHAP. I. Shewing what Peace is.
  • CHAP. II. Shewing the necessity of Peace in regard of the command of God.
  • CHAP. III. Shewing the necessity of preserving Peace in regard of the ground and rea∣son of the command.
  • CHAP. IV. Shewing the necessity of peace, both in regard of the well being, and being of the Church of God.
  • CHAP. V. Shewing that peace is necessary for the continuance of the Church of God in its being.
  • CHAP. VI. Shewing the excellency of Peace.
  • CHAP. VII. Shewing that peace is a blessing of∣ten promised and often prayed for.
  • CHAP. VIII. Shewing the meanes that are prin∣cipally needfull for the preserving of peace.
  • CHAP. IX. Shewing that it is a duty incum∣bent upon all Christians to do what lyes in them for preserving peace amongst themselves.
  • CHAP. X. Shewing that it is our duty to de∣cline those things that hinder peace, namely: rash receiving of reports, and rash censures.
  • CHAP. XI. Shewing that rash entertaining new opinions, is a principall occasion of division, which ought carefully to be declined.
  • CHAP. XII. Shewing that rash separation is great occasion of division, which therefore ought to be declined.
  • CHAP. XIII. Shewing that the preserving of peace is a duty chiefly incumbent on those who are invested with chiefe power and authority.
  • CHAP. XIIII. Shewing what magistrates may do more than others for procuring the peace of the Church.
  • CHAP. XV. Shewing that the magistrate hath power to cause a right govern∣ment to be set up in the Church, which will much conduce to the peace thereof.
  • CHAP. XVI. Shewing that the Magistrate hath power to represse such scandalous opinions, as will cause division and disturbance in the Church.