The works of George Swinnock, M.A

Alas, is it a time for Mariners to be quarrelling, when their enemies are joined in discharging their Cannons against them, and the Bullets fly thick amongst them! Is it a time for Christians to be wrangling, when their Adversaries are united in a confederacy to destroy them all! Lord, thou hast promised that thy people, in the days of the Gospel, shall no more envy one another; that the Wolf and the La•b shall feed together, and the Lion shall eat straw like ⟨p. 319⟩the Bullock, and dust shall be the Serpents meat; that they shall not hurt nor destroy in all thy holy mountain. Thy dear Son, when leaving an ungrateful World, left Peace as one legacy to his Children, not only peace with thee, but also among themselves, thou knowest how much his heart was set upon it, when he begged so hard, so earnestly, so affectionately of thee this blessing, a little before he went to lay down the price of it; Let it please thee for thy Promise sake, to make all thine of one heart, and one way; for because thou hast spoken it, therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer before thee this day. Let it please thee for thy Sons sake (whom thou hearest always) to take away all envyings and wrath, and emulation, and strife, out of the hearts of thy people, and heal thy Zion in its breaches, for thou seest it shaketh.

Alas, is it a time for Mariners to be quarreling, when their enemies are joyned in discharging their Cannons against them, and the Bullets flie thick amongst them! Is it a time for Christians to be wrangling, when their Adversaries are united in a confederacy to destroy them all! Lord, thou hast promised that thy people, in the days of the Gospel, shall no more envy one another; that the Wolf and the La•b shall feed together, and the Lion shall eat straw like ⟨p. 319⟩the Bullock, and dust shall be the Serpents meat; that they shall not hurt nor destroy in all thy holy mountain. Thy dear Son, when leaving an ungrateful World, left Peace as one legacy to his Children, not onely peace with thee, but also among themselves, thou knowest how much his heart was set upon it, when he begd so hard, so earnestly, so affectionately of thee this blessing, a little before he went to lay down the price of it; Let it please thee for thy Promise sake, to make all thine of one heart, and one way; for because thou hast spoken it, therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer before thee this day. Let it please thee for thy Sons sake (whom thou hearest always) to take away all envyings and wrath, and emulation, and strife, out of the hearts of thy people, and heal thy Sion in its breaches, for thou seest it shaketh.