item: #1 of 18 id: A01085 author: Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653. title: Eirenopolis: = the citie of peace Surueyed and commended to all Christians. By Tho. Adams. date: 1622.0 words: 16989 flesch: 79 summary: The Children of Peace be mutinous ? Vnica columba mea , saith Christ : My Doue is but one ; the Doue is a Bird of peace . Euery King is not a Peace-maker ; ours , like a second Augustus , hath shut the rustie doore of Ianus Temple ; so making Peace , as if hee were made of peace . keywords: bee; brother; christ; citie; doe; doth; enemies; euery; gate; god; gods; goe; good; hath; haue; heart; heauen; hee; himselfe; king; law; life; lord; loue; man; men; neuer; owne; patience; peace; shee; thou; vpon; wee cache: A01085.xml plain text: A01085.txt item: #2 of 18 id: A04267 author: Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627. title: The peace-maker: or, Great Brittaines blessing Fram'd for the continuance of that mightie happinesse wherein this kingdome excells many empires. Shewing the idlenesse of a quarrelling reputation wherein consists neyther manhood nor wisdome. Necessarie for all magistrates, officers of peace, masters of families, the confirmation of youth, and for all his Maiesties most true and faithfull subiects: to the generall auoyding of all contention and bloud-shedding. date: 1618.0 words: 8297 flesch: 71 summary: Peace -- Early works to 1800. THE Glory of all Vertues , is Action ; the Crowne of all Acts , Perfection ; the perfection of all things , Peace and Vnion . keywords: bloud; death; earth; euer; god; hand; hath; haue; life; man; owne; peace; reputation; selfe; tcp; text; thee; thou; thy; vpon cache: A04267.xml plain text: A04267.txt item: #3 of 18 id: A18054 author: Carter, Richard. title: A military dialogue betweene Philomusus and Miles lively expressing the horrible effects of war, and the unspeakable benefit of peace / by Richard Carter. date: 1640.0 words: 5210 flesch: 89 summary: You speak disdainfull of Warre now , I say to you again , In time of peace more mischiefe flow , Then do in Warre remain . In Warre by sword , sometimes we die , And then is peace begun : But poore men are by Usury , keywords: doth; god; king; like; men; miles; peace; philomusus; souldiers; text; thou; time; warre cache: A18054.xml plain text: A18054.txt item: #4 of 18 id: A28333 author: Blake, Martin, 1594 or 5-1673. title: An earnest plea for peace and moderation in a sermon preached at Barnstaple in Devon, to the ministers and others occasionally there assembled, Octob. 17, 1660 / by Martin Blake. date: 1661.0 words: 7556 flesch: 58 summary: To be hot in our disputes about Supposals , and in the mean season ( even by the violence of such disputes ) to hinder the growth of Reals , Oh how unbeseeming ! how much better would it become us , in matters of this kind , to leave off contending , and to fall a supplicating , first to God , and then unto Authority , that all these obstacles and rubbs in the way of Peace , on either side , may be lovingly removed ? Brethren , we are now ( thanks be to God for it ) under the blessed influence of a gratious Prince , whose heart ( as we may gather from the effects ) is composed and made up ( as I may say ) of Truth and Justice , of Love and Tenderness , to God and Man ; To God , for the promoting of his Service ; To Man , for the procuring of his Good : and how can we but hope for an answerable Care in him to settle Peace and unanimity among us , by a gratious condescention in things convenient to weaker spirits ? And , oh that it would p'ease the Divine Goodnesse ( in whose hand are the hearts of all men ) so to inlighten our minds , and fasten our affections upon the Fundamental and Essential points of Faith and Godlinesse , that , laying aside these fierce disputes , and heart-dividing contentions about Circumstantial Niceties , we might all meet and joyn together in a just and Peaceable Consormity , and so ( at once ) exercise our Piety to God , our Submission to Authority , and our affectionate respects of love and kindly assistance one towards another , ever studying ( as much as in us lies ) the preservation of the Unity of the Spirit , in the bond of Peace ; the best and readiest way ( as wise men deem ) to silence the Clamours , prevent the Designes , and ( if the good pleasure of God be such ) to rectifie the Apprehensions , and reconcile the Hearts of the yet-remaining Sanballats , Tobiaos , and Geshems of the time , who by force and fraud , do what they can to interrupt and hinder us ( as their Fathers sometime did that good Nehemiah ) in repairing the Ruines , and raising up the Walls of our English Jerusalem . keywords: brethren; church; god; good; hath; holy; house; lord; love; peace; tcp; text; words cache: A28333.xml plain text: A28333.txt item: #5 of 18 id: A34703 author: Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. title: An answer made by command of Prince Henry to certain propositions of warre and peace delivered to His Highnesse by some of his military servants whereunto is adjoyned The French charity, or, An essay written in French by an English gentleman, upon occasion of Prince Harcourt's coming into England, and translated into English by F.S.J.E. date: 1655.0 words: 32719 flesch: 79 summary: Edward 5. they provided that the Subjects of England should owe no Obedience to the King as King of France , not the Kingdome of England be in any wise subjected by such Union to that Crown . The Duke of Burgundy , Earls of Britain , Dreux and others in France , offended with their Sovereign , a Confoederati erant Comiti Britanniae Henrico & Regi Angliae , became Confederates with Henry Earle of Britain and King of England ; and thereupon drew him over into Britain . keywords: aide; anno; army; b ex; c ex; charge; claus; comput; crown; duke; e ex; earle; edward; end; england; ex comput; ex rot; f ex; france; french; goods; hath; henry; hist; king; kingdome; left; lib; like; men; money; non; paris; parl; parliament; pat; peace; people; reign; richard; rot; second; service; shillings; state; subjects; times; took; wars; yeares cache: A34703.xml plain text: A34703.txt item: #6 of 18 id: A41476 author: Goodrick, John. title: A sermon preached before the Honble Society of Lincolns-Inne, upon the 26th of July, 1685 being the thanksgiving-day for His Majesty's victory over the rebels / by John Goodrick ... date: 1685.0 words: 6523 flesch: 65 summary: Be still , and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the Heathen , I will be exalted in the Earth . THis Day being appointed by his Majesty for a solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God , for deliverance from intestine Wars and an unnatural Rebellion ; I shall not bend my Discourse to a bitter Invective , or Satyrical Harangue , either against the Wickedness of the Persons , that were disturbers of our Peace ; or awaken your Fears , by setting forth the Miseries and woful Calamities of a Civil War. keywords: events; god; good; lord; men; peace; power; providence; tcp; text; trust cache: A41476.xml plain text: A41476.txt item: #7 of 18 id: A42051 author: Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707. title: Omilia eiréniké, or, A thanksgiving sermon for peace abroad with motives to unity at home, especially in matters of religion : preach'd at Hambleden in the county of Bucks on Thursday the second day of December, 1697 / by Francis Gregory ... date: 1697.0 words: 5917 flesch: 66 summary: Now then , if these be the usual Consequences of Divisions in matters of Religion , how desirable a Blessing must Unity and Peace be in the Church of God ? But thanks be to God and to our King , that Danger is now quite over ; for , the French King found his Kingdom reduced to such Extremities , that he was forced to desire a Cessation of Arms ; but that being deny'd him , he saw himself constrained to conclude a Peace ; that Peace , which no man could have hoped for , had not our King disabled France to continue the War. keywords: church; doth; god; king; man; men; peace; religion; tcp; text cache: A42051.xml plain text: A42051.txt item: #8 of 18 id: A42489 author: Gauden, John, 1605-1662. title: The love of truth and peace a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament, Novemb. 29, 1640 / by Iohn Gauden ... date: 1641.0 words: 12564 flesch: 65 summary: error , falsity and unbelief in our mindes , when our actions contradict our words , our words our mindes , our mindes the nature and truth of things , made , or revealed by God : whose will in his works and word , is ( as I said ) the rule of Truth . 2. The second consideration is the union of the two , Truth and Peace ; In God they are united : and so in every good soule , & well ordered Church or State , they may , and doe best agree together : no firme , or durable peace , which is not fastned and cemented with truth : keywords: church; doe; god; gods; good; hath; honour; life; light; love; men; non; peace; selfe; selves; soules; state; text; things; truth; way; wee; words; world cache: A42489.xml plain text: A42489.txt item: #9 of 18 id: A59576 author: Sharp, John, 1645-1714. title: The things that make for peace delivered in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and the Court of Aldermen, at Guild-Hall Chappel, upon the 23 of August, 1674 / by John Sharpe ... date: 1674.0 words: 10069 flesch: 56 summary: Now then it being thus evident , that every Christian as a Christian is a Member of that Body of Christ which we call the Church : there will be little need of taking pains to prove , that every such person is obliged to joyn in External Communion with the Church where he can do so : for the very nature of this Church-membership doth imply it . The third Proposition is , That the being a Member of any Church doth oblige a man to submit to all the Laws and Constitutions of that Church . keywords: christians; church; communion; doth; god; hath; men; peace; religion; text; things; truth cache: A59576.xml plain text: A59576.txt item: #10 of 18 id: A59930 author: H. S. title: The great treaty of peace: or, A serious exhortation upon a sad occasion to double diligence about making peace with God Part whereof was preached at the funeral of Mrs. Anne Kyrl, April 6. 1677. To which is added, the character of that worthy gentlewoman. By H. S. minister of the Gospel. date: 1677.0 words: 17163 flesch: 87 summary: 1. In Peace , In peace with God , reconciled to him by Jesus Christ , Col. 1. 20. Rom. 5. 10. 2. 2007-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-12 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 John Latta Sampled and proofread 2008-02 John Latta Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE GREAT TREATY OF PEACE : OR A Serious Exhortation upon a sad occasion to double Diligence about making Peace with God. keywords: christ; coming; day; estate; father; god; good; jesus; lord; man; peace; thee; thou cache: A59930.xml plain text: A59930.txt item: #11 of 18 id: A64191 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Oxford besiedged surprised, taken, and pittifully entred on Munday the second of Iune last, 1645. by the valiant forces of the London and Westminster Parliament. Written, by a trusty wellwisher of theirs, who sted-fastly hopes, and heartily prayes, they may have the like prosperous successe in all their future undertakings. The writers name and surname begins with the 9th letter of the Greeke alphabet, io-ta. date: 1645.0 words: 3068 flesch: 54 summary: [Oxford : Printed in the last year of the Parliament's raigne, 1645. by the valiant forces of the London and Westminster Parliament. keywords: day; forces; iune; london; oxford; parliament; text; westminster cache: A64191.xml plain text: A64191.txt item: #12 of 18 id: A67882 author: Hooper, John, d. 1555. title: The way to peace amongst all Protestants: being a letter of reconciliation sent by Bp. Ridley to Bp. Hooper, with some observations upon it. Licensed, July the 14. 1688. date: 1688.0 words: 5989 flesch: 56 summary: But now my Dear Brother , forasmuch as I understand by your Works , which I have but superficially seen , That we throughly agree and wholly consent together in those things which are the Grounds and substantial Points of our Religion , against the which the World so furiously rageth in these our days , Howsoever in time past in certain By-matters and Circumstances of Religion , your Wisdom and my Simplicity , I grant , hath a little jarred , each of us following the abundance of his own Sense and Iudgment : Now I say , b● you assured , that even with my whole heart ( God is my witness ) in the Bowels of Christ , I Love you in the Truth , and for the Truths-sake , which abideth in us , and as I am perswaded , shall by the grace of God , abide in us evermore . For Laws while they are in Being have as much Reverence due to them , as is owing to the wisdom of the whole Community by which they were made , and nothing else but our Preingagements to God himself can excuse us from the observance of them : And therefore it cannot be required by the Dissenters , in order to that good Understanding , which I here endeavour and humbly beg there may be amongst Protestants , that we should arraign Five and twenty Statute Laws at once under the Infamous Name of Draconica ; Especially when by one of the Draconica , the whole Church of England , and under the Covert of the Church of England all the Dissenters in England , hold their Bibles● No ; keywords: ceremonies; church; god; hooper; matters; men; protestants; religion; ridley; tcp cache: A67882.xml plain text: A67882.txt item: #13 of 18 id: A69658 author: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. title: An exhortation to peace and union a sermon preached at St. Lawrence-Jury, at the election of the Lord-Mayor of London, on the 29th of September, 1681 / by Gilbert Burnet ... date: 1681.0 words: 12983 flesch: 59 summary: Things of great moment may be managed by men of prudent and calm tempers in so soft a manner , that none of their differences shall be able to divide them : and the inconsiderablest things possible , may by the ill natured sophistry of angry men , be raised up to seem matters of the greatest moment . It is as certain as any humane thing can possibly be , that when any Body of men are engaged against a Common Enemy , and yet divided among themselves and jealous of one another , they will rather let the Enemy prevail than assist their brethren , even in the wisest and best things , if they think the honour of such actions will raise the credit of their Rivals . keywords: christ; church; god; good; heats; love; man; men; mind; party; peace; religion; set; text; things; zeal cache: A69658.xml plain text: A69658.txt item: #14 of 18 id: A80903 author: Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. title: By the Protector. A declaration of His Highnes with the advice of the Council, in order to the securing the peace of this Commonwealth. date: 1655.0 words: 1063 flesch: 67 summary: HIs Highness the Lord Protector , upon advice with His Council , finding it necessary for the Reasons and upon the Grounds expressed in His late Declaration , to use all good means to secure the Peace of the Nation , and prevent future troubles within the same , Hath thought fit to Publish and Declare , and by and with the Consent of His Council , doth Publish , Order and Declare , That no person or persons whatsoever in England or Wales , whose Estates have been Sequestred for Delinquency , or who were actually in Armes for the late King against the then Parlament , or for Charles Stuart his Son , or have adhered to , abetted , or assisted the Forces raised against the said Parliament , do , from and after the first day of December 1655. buy , use , or keep in his or their house , or houses , or elsewhere , any Arms offensive or defensive , upon payn that every person and persons so offending shall forfeit and lose such Arms , and be otherwise proceeded against according to the Orders of His Highness and the Council , for securing the peace of the Commonwealth . keywords: council; protector; text cache: A80903.xml plain text: A80903.txt item: #15 of 18 id: A86132 author: Haywood, William, 1599 or 1600-1663. title: A sermon tending to peace. Preached before His Majesty, &c. at Newport in the Isle of Wight, during time of this late treaty. By William Haywood D.D. and chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty. date: 1648.0 words: 8497 flesch: 69 summary: Now as of divers creatures the appetites are divers , and sometimes repugnant one to the other ; so also in one and the same creature are found different appetites , betwixt which ma fall out now and then repugnant and contrariety ; as betwixt the sensuall appetite and the rationall , whereby it comes to pass that one and the same party other-whiles is out of peace with himself : Hence is it that Schoolmen make a double degree of Peace , one ad extra , betwixt the appetites of different parties , which they call concord , or outward peace . saith St. Iohn : and he that keeps not peace with his neighbours with whom he hath not alwayes to do ; how can he keep peace in his own affections with which he hath ever to do ? Both kinds therefore must go hand in hand : And so ye see in part what Peace is . keywords: evill; god; good; lieth; love; men; parties; peace; saith; selves; text; thy cache: A86132.xml plain text: A86132.txt item: #16 of 18 id: A86190 author: Henchman, Richard, d. 1672. title: A peace-offering in the Temple; or, A seasonable plea for unity among dissenting brethren: in a sermon at St. Paul's Church, London, before the Right Honouable the Lord Mayor, &c. on the 14th of October, 1660. By Richard Henchman, Rectour of St. James-Garlick-Hyth. date: None words: 11263 flesch: 75 summary: So I am sure it is that , which God requires of Christians , that they should not have divided hearts : but that they should be {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , having one , and the same soul , dwelling in several bodies . And the God of Consolation , because sound Comfort is from God alone : and therefore the Holy Ghost is called by his proper Name , when he is called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} . keywords: apostle; brethren; christ; christian; church; concord; consolation; divisions; god; lord; love; men; non; patience; paul; peace; spirit; text; thing; truth; unity; way cache: A86190.xml plain text: A86190.txt item: #17 of 18 id: A90436 author: Pennyman, John, 1628-1706. title: The way to peace and happiness whereunto are annexed some useful sayings in verse and prose. date: 1681.0 words: 891 flesch: 65 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A90436) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 150160) keywords: eebo; tcp; text cache: A90436.xml plain text: A90436.txt item: #18 of 18 id: B02616 author: Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669. title: Mr. Hampdens speech, occasioned upon the Londoners petition for peace. date: 1643.0 words: 1126 flesch: 78 summary: Denham, John, Sir 1643 770 5 0 0 0 0 0 65 D The rate of 65 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. Early English books online. keywords: english; peace; text cache: B02616.xml plain text: B02616.txt