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R.
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Epbefian.r;Chap.
1.
17
her, then
it
is
to the
fenders
:
fo
the
world,
an adultereffe,
her
affedti-
ons are
altogether
on the creatures
and
good
benefits given
them,
no-
thing
in
comparifon, upon God
himfelf:
But
the true
fpeciall Grace
maketh
us
love
him, who hath loved
us
above
all things, delight
our
(elves
in
him
,
fay , What
have
I
in heaven
but
him, in earth in
corn
-
pari
fon
of
him
?
Thus
then
we
fee
that
true Peace commeth from
fight
and
experience
of
Gods
fpeciall grace
to
us, and
how
we may diftin-
guifh
this fpeciall
favour.
But
before
we palfe
to the
Life,
a
queftion
may be asked,
viZ.
Whether
a
man may not be
in
favour with
God,
and
yet without this Peace
e
To
which
I
anfwer briefly
:
Firff,
that
he may be
in
favour
,
and want this
outward
fenfible Peace
in
him.
felt: The
reafon is, becaufe this
followeth
not my being in
favour;
but my knowing and my being perfwadedthat
I
am
in
favour
:
Now
it
is
not
impoffible
for
a man
to
lofe his fenfe and perfwafion,
which
yer
-whilehe bath had
of
being
in
favour with
God,
his
faith may be
for
a
time
in
a
fwoon,
and overcall
with
unbeleefe. Secondly, I fay,
though
a man may
be
without
this operation
of
Peace, yet the grace
of
the Spirit, which
as a
root doth
beare thisfruit, cannot
fàile in any
who
is
in
Gods
favour
:
the
fruit
may
be pulled,
when
the
tree
it
felf
ftandeth
ftill,thus
in
joy
;
Faith
we may likewife diflinguifh,
the
feed
of
God
abiding
in
us,
though
thefe outward fecondary
eflcEts
are
not
aiwayes
confpicuous.
.
Seeing
then that true Peace
is
fuch
as
fpringeth from this
fpeciall
mercy, let
us
take heed we
be not
deceived
with
falfe
Peace. Look
into
thy felf, what hath
made
thee think
thou
art
in
Gods favour: Is
this
it
a
becaufe he
profpereth thee
in
outward things
e
Alas,thou
buildeft
upon fands
:
The
beans
have the
fruits
of
his
Gracethis way,
fo farre
as
agreeth with their
kinde, no
Idle
then thy fell.
There is
a
Peace'
in theTents
of
the wicked
ones
;
Look
lob
21.9. There
is
an cafe
which
doth
flay
the
foolifh ;
which
is
the
eafe
that men doe
live in, it
corn.
meth notfrom
feeling
this fpeciall grace
toward them,but
from the
fke-
pineffe
ofthe
confcience, which makeththem without feeling
;
from
ignorance,
which maketh them without knowledge of the
eviil immi-
nent over
them.
ifa
man hath
twenty
difeafes never
fo
painfull, while
he
is
fail afleep, he
is
at
cafe, becaufe
his fenfes are
bound,
not
becaufe
his
difeafes are
healed. So again,fay
a man
were
in a
houle ready
to
fall
on
his
head,
let him
know nothing
of
the danger,
he
is as
quiet
as
if
all
were
tale. Thus
mens foules are afleep, and ignorant
of their
perill
:
Take heed
of
this
tick fleep, left
it
pain
you at
waking
:
take heed
left
while you
fay
Peace, Peace,
that
deltruétion be
not at the
doores. Yea,
let the Lords children
take
heed, who have full peace, but notfrom the
grounds above rehearfed ; their
peace
commeth not from feeling Phy-
fick
wherewith
to
purgetheir
tick foules, from
not
exercifing
their
fee-
ble
ftrengths
in
works
of
repentance, faith, thankfulneffe, forgetting
themfelves
in
humane occafions and contentments, from
Laodicean-
like
conceits.
A body
of
ill
habit, while you
flirre
it
not with
fouie
courfes
which fight with
fuck umours, it
is
quiet;
a
lame legge
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