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THE CAUSE and CURE OF Strife and Diviſions.
Being the Subſtance of Two SERMONS, PREACH'D In London, March the 12th and 26th, 1695.
By RICHARD MAYO, Miniſter of God's Word.
Bleſſed are the Peace-makers,
Matth. 5.9.
LONDON: Printed for Thomas Parkhurſt, at the Bible and Three Crowns, near Mercers Chappel, at the lower-end of Cheap-ſide, 1695.
TO THE READER.
THE following Sermons were Compos'd (as ſome very well know) under the diſadvantage of a great hurry of Affairs, wherein I was unavoidably engag'd. I had not the leaſt thought of Printing them, when I Preach'd them: But ſome that heard them, (being induc'd more, as I ſuppoſe, by the ſeaſonableneſs of the Subject, than any thing elſe) importun'd me ſo to do; and when Entreaties could not prevail, they threatned me into an unwilling compliance, by declaring their fixed Reſolutions of doing it for me: Hereupon I was loth that theſe Sermons ſhould be thruſt forth into the World by their hands, and ſo have their Errata's, as well as my own Imperfections, to anſwer for.
I am not ſo vain as to think, that others will receive them as favourably altogether as ſome heard them; but yet, I hope, they will be entertain'd with ſomewhat of that charity: The recommending of which, is the deſign of them, and of
R. M.
BOOKS Printed for Tho. Parkhurſt, at the Bible and Three Crowns near Mercers Chappel, at the lower-end of Cheap-ſide.
1. THE Life and Death of Edmund Staunton, D. D. To which is added, Firſt, His Treatiſe of Chriſtian Conference. Secondly, His Dialogue betwixt a Miniſter and a Stranger.
2. A Plain Anſwer to this Practical Queſtion, What courſe may a Chriſtian take to have his Heart quickned and enlarged in Secret Prayer?
3. Two Conferences: One, Betwixt a Papiſt and a Jew. The other, Betwixt a Proteſtant and a Jew. In two Letters. Theſe three publiſhed by Mr. Richard Mayo.
4. Free Juſtification by Chriſt. Written in Latin, by John Fox, Author of the Book of Martyrs. Tranſlated into Engliſh for the benefit of thoſe who love their Souls, and would not miſtake in ſo great a Point.
5. The Carnality of Religious Contention. In two Sermons.
6. Charity, in Reference to other Mens Sins. Both by Mr. John How, Miniſter of the Goſpel.
7. A Diſcourſe: The Deſign of which is, To revive Love among Proteſtants of all Perſwaſions. By Nathaniel Vincent, Miniſter of the Goſpel.
8. The Little Peace-maker, diſcovering Fooliſh Pride, the Make-bate. By Charles Morton, Miniſter of the Goſpel.
9. The Kingdom of God among Men. A Tract of the Sound State of Religion, or that Chriſtianity which is deſcribed in the Holy Scriptures. By John Corbet, late Miniſter of the Goſpel.
10. Church Concord: Containing, Firſt, Diſſwaſives from unneceſſary Diviſions, and the real Concord of Moderate Independents with Presbyterians. Secondly, The Terms neceſſary for Concords among all true Churches and Chriſtians. By Mr. Richard Baxter.