---- -------- ----------- 434 Book IV. JLoolttng nuto 'jzfu.s. Chap. I. ~'ett:6. ----- ------------- 2. What he faid, thisis the next p;;£T1ge,he faid peace be ~<nto )'014, a feafonab!e falu– tauon ; for now were the D1fopks mfear and trouble; they had no peace wir h God or man, or with their OW!) confciences; and therefore a more welcome ne.vs could no; have come . J fuppofethis peace referrs to all thefe, As.--- J .It fpeak~ their pea-ce wirh God: fin was it th>t brought a difference betwixx God and Jch. ,_·,9· man, now this difference ]e{us Gbrill: had taken away by hi; death, Behold the Lamb of God which tak;s ·~~Y the fins. ofihe world ; h~ had taken it away in itscon– \tlemnmg power, ot as to lt s feparanng power betWIXt God and them . this was the great delign of Chrilt's coming to make peace betwixt God and man'. bis h– rher impded tl~is office upon !Jim, and J efll\ Cbrill: undertook ir, and difcharg~d ir, and he proclatmes Jt,_ m tbe fi~ll: place to his Diciples, peace be 11nroJ0"· 2. I! fpe:~k,s th~tr peace with man :I know no rcafon wby we /lwuld exclude civil peace our orChn!l swt/11, many, and many a prom1fe and precept we have in the \Nord fcattered lev. ,6. f. here and there ro t!11s purpofe, And I willgive peace in the/and, andyeJhall0•e dotV/1, and Job,S-•3·' 4 uo?IC Jhall mak;youafraid. -- And thoJS Jhalt be in league with the jlones ofthe fie!d,andtkou J<r. , 9 . 7, ]halt kztow that thy Tabcmac/e jhnll be in peace, and feck_ the peace of the City---tmd Heb_ "' 1 4- pray 1111to the Lord frrr tt, for in the peace thereof jh.,fl ye have peace. A nd follotv peace and holinefs, 1Vithout which no man pJall fee God. Orbem pacatum was ever a claufe Rom 1 , ,_in the prayers of the primitive Church,rhar the world might be quiet ; I am fure iris ··I' Chri!\'5 command, if it be poJ!ible as m~tch as lyeth iJJ you, live peaceably with all men. 3. It fpeaks their peace among rhemfdves, peace one with another. Such is, or fhould be the cond~twn of the Church, /mifolem is b11i!ded as a City, th,.r zs com– Pf•l. I"· 3· pall together, or unity within it feif, the Apoftle dwells in this unity, there ;, one bo– Eph. 4.<1,), 6 .dJJ and one fpirit, and tme hope, and one Lord, and one fctith, and one baptifme, and O>JC God ~nd Father of all, lVho is above all, and throu<~h all, and in )'Oil aJl. The Church is a Court, whofe· very pillars are peace; the building of Chriflanity knows no other material to work upon ; if we look upon the Church it felf, there is one bcdy; if upo" the very foul of it, there i• one Spirit ; if upon the endowment of it there io one hope ; if upon the head of it, there u one Lord : if upon the life of it, there u one faith ; if upon the door of it, there io one baptifmc ; if upon ~he Father of it, there io one God and Father of all, who u above all, and thro11gh all, and in )'OJS Mark 9· so. all. It was fomerimes Chrilrscommandsunro his Apoll:les, have fait inyour felves, and have peace one with another ; and as a bleffed effect of this falutarion, ( for I look upon them as words full of venue) the Apo!lles a:Jd Churches of Chrifl in primi– til'e rimes kept a moll fweer harmony, , the multitude of them that believed, lV<re of one heart, and of one fottl. · All_ 4. 3'· 4· It fpeaks peace within, peace of confcience; the ApoUies had exceedingly fallen from Chrill:; one betrayed him, and aubther denyed him, bur all run away, aod left him alone in the mid1l of all his enemies; and yet to rl1em he fpeaks tl1is falura– tarion, peace be tmto you ; I know not a berrer grollnd for comfort of poor hum– bled {inners than this is, it may be you have dealt very unkindly wtth Jefus Chrill, you have forfook him, denyed him,forfworn him; 0 bur confider, all thts hin– dred nor Chrill:'s apparition ro his Apoflles ; he comes une~pec'l:ed, and quiets rheir fpirir; be tlays nor till they had fued to him for mercy, or pardon, but of h1s mee_r love, and free grace, hefpeaks kindly to them all, he flills the waves, and becalmes thm trou– bled fpirirs, working in them according to his words, peace be ~tm_oye,.. . 0 the fweet ofpeace ! it is all wi/lJes in one ; this little word IS a brevi_ary ofall that is good ; what can they more than to lllve peace. with God, and peace With n:en, and peace within? lure there is much in it, becaufe Clmfl, ts fo much upon tt. at hts birth the Angels fung, glory to God in :he highejf, and on et~rt_h peace, at h1s. ba~- Luk, z. I4. rifme the form of a dove lighted upon h1m, and tQhat meant this but pea.ce? In hts life the fort of integrity was his courr, and what was here bur peace ? near hts death he Juh.q. , 7, gives peace as a legacy to his Church, peace !leave withyott,mypeare Igwe yo~t;ar hisrefur– ret'tion J.is firll: faluration ro his Apoll:!es is a w1lh ofpeace,peace be JSntoyo~:what can I fay more to make us in love with peace. why a11 Chnfl d1d, and all Chnfl fuffered was Joi:. I7·' 0 '"'for peace ; he prayed for it, neithe; pray I Jorthefe alone, bttt for :hem aifo which Luk. '9·4'· jha/l bdiew on me, --that they all may be one, as thou Fat~er art •n me, and I In thee, rhat they 11/fo may be one in us. And he wept for It, if thou hadjl kztown trveii tbtl at /e.ift in this thy day thethings which dobe!ont ttllto thy peace. And he dyed to purchafe
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