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Do£f.
r.
Ephejan.r,
Chap.
i.
E
R.
2.
while
it
is
refted,is
at eafe
;
while
the
f
enfes
are pleafed orffounded with
fome kinde
of
an
odineffe,
thofe
paines are
not felt which
are prefent.
Finally,a manin
a
golden dream,thinketh thingsfar better with
him then
they
are,
and
is
highly contented for the time
;
Thefe
are wayes (my
brethren) whereby wewalk
in
a
full
peace,when yet our
unbeleefe hath
not
beeneout- wraftled, when
our unholy lulls have
not
been crucified
by
us.
In
the fecond
place
this letteth you
fee
how
you may
try
the truth
of
your peace:
Is
thy
foule at
refs becaufe
thou
feeleff his
grace
fhed
into
thy heart which
is
better then
life,this grace
in
Chrift,
this grace which
reacheth to the forgiveneffe
of
fins, ro
thy
fandtification,
which
no
darkneffeofafHidtions can eclipfe,
which draweth
thy
heart
up
to
God,',
fo
that thou
makeft him
thy
portion r Is
it
becaufe
the Lord
affureth'
thy
heart
that
he will never leave thee,
that
nothing
(hall
feparate thee
from
him Is
it
becaufe his
grace hath fcattered force
black
clouds,
which
did
over
-
fpread thy
conditiow
Happy
art thou whofe
repofe
iffu-
eth from thefe confiderations.
From
God our
Father,
andfrom
the
Lard
lefau
Chrift.] Thus
we come
fromthe the
things
wifhed, to
the
perfons from
whom they
are
to
be
effedted
;
Whence mark, who
are
the
authors
of
true peace, andwith
whom
it
is
to
be fought. Hence
it is,
that
God
is
called,the
God
ofpeaee,
C
brill
is
called,
the Prince
ofpeace :
God
making peace, none can trou-
ble, as,
whenhe
hidetb
his
face,
who
can
Beare
it?
lob
34. 29. Looke
as
Kings
are authors
and
maintainers
ofthe
civil!
peace
within their
Coun-
tries, they keeptheir
fubjei
s
from difturbance by forraigne
and
dome
-
fticall enemies
fo
God, the
King
immortali,
and
Chrift
who hath re-
ceived
the
Kingdome,
are fitly
brought
in
as
the authors
of
this fpirituall
Peace
:
And it
is
to
be
noted, that he
fitly
nameth
God
the Father,
and
the Son our Lord
;
for, the
principaliand fubordinate
power whichdoe
work
any
thing,
are fitly
combined
:
Now
the Father
hath
all
power,
and he
bath
fubjedted all things
unto the Son, himfelfand
Spirit excep-
ted.
But
why
is
not the
Spiritnamed
±
It
may
be faid, becaufe
the Apo
-
file here
is
diredted
to
expreffe onely thefe perfons, who have
a
kinde
of
principall authority and agency
:.
-Now the
Spirit hath the place
of
exe-
cuting thefe
things,
as
fent
by
the Father and Son:
But
in
unfolding
thefe things,
as
it
is
good to
ufe
diligence,fo
it
is
requifite
to
ufe
fobriety.
For
conciulìon; Let
thefe be remembred, that
though both the
Father
and.
Son, be fitly named,
forthe
reafon
above;
and
the Father
firft,
both
for
his principali
authority,
as
likewife, becaufe he worketh
both
by
himfelfe, and
from himfelfe
;
the
Son
by
himfelfe,
(as
who
hath the
felf
-fame
Divine nature)
but not
from himfelf,
as
who
is
not
from
him
-
felt, but from his
Father,
and therefore in his working keepeth
the
fame
order
;
Nevertheleffe,in
wifhing
the
effedting
of
things,
it is
not
neceffa-
ry to
name any
perfons,
ne
yet God indefinitely. 2.
It
is
neceffary
to
conceive inmtnde
the true
God,
in
Chrifi,
though not
diftin
t1y
to con-
fider
the
three Perfons:
The
reafon is, becaufe every
ail
of
religion
doth
require
that wefome wayapprehend the objedt
of
it
and
as
there
can