738 BooldV.Part+ Lookingunto1e{us. Chap.I. Se&.6 .And follow prate with all men, and h~tineffe, withsut which no man foal! fee God. Orlmn pacatum was ever a claufe in the prayers of Rom: It,IIl. the primitive Church, that the world might be quiet; I am fure it is Chrifrs command, . if it be poj]ibie M rrmch tU lyeth in you, live l"tal. 1 a 3. Eph·'1·4>f .6. / peaceably with Ali men. . 3· It fpeaks their peace among themfelves, peace one with another. Such is, or fhould be the condition of the Church [erufa/(m is 1-ui!ded M a {ity, that is comfaB. together, or at unirj within it (elfe, the Apofl:le dwells on tbts umty, thert is one 6cdy 1 11ndbnefpirit, and one hope, and one Lord, and one f11ith, and one b.tptifme, and one God and Father of ali, who is above all, and through tdl, and j, you all. The Church is a Court, whofe very pillars are peace; the building ofChriflianity knows no other materials co work upon; if we look upon the Church it felfe, there i,~ one bodJ; ifupon the very foulofit, there i& oneSpirit; if upon the endowment ofit, thtre is one hope; if upon the head ofit, there is one Lord; if upon the life of it, there is one (11ith; if upon the doore of it, there is one baptifme; if upon the Father of it, thfre is one • GcJ 11nd Father ofall, who is above all, and through all, andin you a./ I; it was fometimes Chrifts command unto his A poflles, have f ait in yourfelveJ,an.l have pe~~~ce one withllnother; and as a bleffed effect of chis falutation, (for I look upon them as words full of vertue ) the A poflles and Churches of Chrifr in primjtive times kept a moll fweet harmony, the multitude ~f them thut beleeved, were of cne heurt, 11nd of one foul. 4· It fpeaks peace within, peace of confcience; the A poflles had exceedingly fallen from Chrift; one betr 'yed him, and another denycd him, but all run away, and left him alone in the midft of all his enemies; and yeno them he fpeaks this falutation peace be u11t.o you ; 1 know not a better ground for comfort of p~ore bumbled finners than this is, - it may he you have dealt very unkindly with Jefus Chrift, you have forfook him, denyed btm forfworne him ; 0 but confider, all this hind red not Chrifis apparition co his Apoflles; he comes unexpected, and quiet> their fpirits ; he flayes not till they had fued to him for mercy; or pardon, but of his meer Jove, and free grace, he fpeah kindly to them all, he flills the waves, and becalmes their troubled fpirics,
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