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Eirenopolis
Eirenopolis: = the city of peace Surveyed and commended to all Christians. By Tho. Adams.Eirenopolis: = the citie of peace Surueyed and commended to all Christians. By Tho. Adams.
London: printed by Aug. Matthewes for John Grismand, 1622London: printed by Aug. Matthewes for Iohn Grismand, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This is the Reward of Peace, and of all those that in sincerity of heart love her:1 the God of peace shall be with them. There ⟨p. 175⟩be six kinds of peace, but the peace of God contains all the rest. The peace of God passeth all understanding: therefore whosoever looseth this peace, hath a loss past all understanding. But Christ foretold us, that in the world we shall have no peace. 2Indeed no peace Quoad oppositionem seculi, yet much peace quoad dispositionē Domini. The most savage disturbers, Si non reformentur ne pereant, tamen reprimentur ne perimant: if they be not reformed to save them themselves, they shall be ⟨p. 176⟩restrained from harming us. If they will not do us the good they should, yet they shall not do us the evil they would. Vel inimieus tuus non manebit, vel non manebit inimicus. Either our enemies shall not live, or they shall not live our enemies.3 Either the righteous shall rejoice when they see the vengeance, and wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. Or the Lord will give them favour in the sight of their enemies, 4and those that hated them, shall cleave unto them.
This is the Reward of Peace, and of all those that in sincerity of heart loue her:1 the God of peace shall be with them. There ⟨p. 175⟩be six kinds of peace, but the peace of God containes all the rest. The peace of God passeth all vnderstanding: therefore whosoeuer looseth this peace, hath a losse past all vnderstanding. But Christ foretold vs, that in the world wee shall haue no peace. 2