i.pirits, work'tng in them according to his words, peace bermtoyou.h r. f 1 • • 11 · n.. • h' 1' 1 d 0 t e tweet o peace . 1t 1s a wuues 1n one ; t 1s 1tt e wor . is a breviary of all that is good; what can they more than to have peace with God, and peace with men, and peace within ? fim: there is much in it, becaufe Chrift is fo much upon it; at his birth the Angels fung, glory to qod. in the higheft, and on the earth L -k pMce; at his h.aprifme the fo~me ?f ~dove lighted upon h.im, and u 1 ' 14 • what meant th1s but peace ! m h1s hfe the fort of mtegnty was - his court, and what was here but peace? neare his death he giv~s peace as a legac~ to his Ch~rch,. peace lleav~ with yo'!, my peace Joh. 1 • 1 • I give you; at h1s refurreB:10n h1s firft falutat10n to h1s Apoftles 4 7 is a wiih ofpeace, pe~tce be unto you; what can I fay more to make us in love with peace ! why all Chrift did, and all Chrift fuffered was for peace; he prayed for it, neither pray I fQr thefe Alone, but J h for them alfo rt~hich /halt beleeve on me, -that they all may be one, 0 ' 17 ' 10 '" 11 tU thon Father art in me, and I in thee, that they al(o mil} be one in L k m. And he wept for it, if that~ httdft k,11own, even thou a~ lea{i in u ' 19 ' 4 "'" thu thy day the things which belong unto thy peace. And he dyed · to purchafeit, but ;e who fometimes were afar off, are made nigh by Eph 1 13 1 , the bloodofChrift,for be iJ our peace. Ofthis we need no other ' ' ' 4 ' proofe or Ggne, but that of the Prophet {on11h; when the fea wrought and was tempeftuous,what jh11ll we do tmto thee (faid the Mariners) that the [ea may be calme untQ m r ~tn4 he faid,tak.§ me • . up ,md caft me forth into the fe.t, and fo fha!t the {ea be calme. when Jonn.t. 1 1 ' 1 ~. that great enmity was betwixt God and us, what £hall I do (faid God) that my jullice may be fatisfied, and my wrath appeafed, and that there may be a calme? why, take me (faid Chrift) and caft me forth intQ the fea, let all ~hy waves and thy billows go over me, make me a Peace-offering and kill me, that when Ia:m dead there may be a calme, and when I am rifen I may proclaime it ., faying, peace be unto yeu. You heare what he faid.--- 3. What he {hewed ; this is the next paffage, he (hewed unto them his hands, and his fide. I look upon this as a true and real manifeftation of his refurrcCl:ion : And we finde that without this ThomM profeffed he would never have be1eeved,. except I Joh.lo:tS'~ foal!fee in hr1 hands the print of the nayles, and put my finger into the print of ther~aJies • and thruft my hand intQ hufide. I wil111ot B b bbb 2 be/wile.
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