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Observ. 4. The Fourth Point is this, That the Ministers of the Gospel are to offer Peace unto every one: For so you have it, Into whatsoever House ye enter, say Peace be to it: Offer terms of Peace to it. If you come to a place where there are the most Notorious sinners of all, yet offer peace to them: Though they be the most Profane, and Ungodly people that should Live, yet offer peace to them: Though they be Old sinners that have Lived a long time in most vile sins, yet offer peace to them: Into whatsoever House you come, you have a Command to offer peace in the Name of God, even to them. For, my Brethren, the Merit of Christ, it is of such infinite value, that we may (if we knew what the meaning of that is) comfortably offer peace to the most Notorious vile sinners, that do Live upon the Face of the Earth. We read of Christ, that He would have His Disciples to go and Preach in the High-ways, Mat. 22. ⟨p. 148⟩Saith Christ unto His Servants, Go your ways into the High-way, and as many as you shall find, bid to the Marriage. Into the High-ways; to Note those that were the most Unlikely, the most Vile and Wicked, Go unto them, and bid them to the Marriage. And in the last of Mat. 15. Go (saith Christ) into all the World, and Preach the Gospel to every Creature. They might say, Lord, perhaps we shall meet with some that are most Notorious Villains, and Blasphemers, and Profane and Ungodly Creatures: Must we Preach the Gospel to them? I, Go and Preach the Gospel to every Creature. Into any place whatsoever you come, you shall offer Peace unto them.

Observ. 4. The Fourth Point is this, That the Ministers of the Gospel are to offer Peace unto every one: For so you have it, Into whatsoever House ye enter, say Peace be to it: Offer terms of Peace to it. If you come to a place where there are the most Notorious sinners of all, yet offer peace to them: Though they be the most Prophane, and Ungodly people that should Live, yet offer peace to them: Though they be Old sinners that have Liv'd a long time in most vile sins, yet offer peace to them: Into whatsoever House you come, you have a Command to offer peace in the Name of God, even to them. For, my Brethren, the Merit of Christ, it is of such infinite value, that we may (if we knew what the meaning of that is) comfortably offer peace to the most Notorious vile sinners, that do Live upon the Face of the Earth. We read of Christ, that He would have His Disciples to go and Preach in the High-wayes,