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VE
R.
IO.
Epbefiant,Chap.6:
to
this gofpell
:
Since,
thy owne heart,
nicn,
fpirituall wickedneffes,
thine owne friends have hated thee.
Anfw. lohn
16.2.
They
(hall
excommunicate you, &c. this
peace
ftandeth
with
all kinde
of
difturbance. As the weather freezing
never
fo
eagerly,
a
man
well booted and appointed
in
that
kinde, may ride
as
warme
as
wool!:
fo
a
man (hod with this, may be quiet
in
the
midft
of
difquietneffe: for, this
is
his
peace;
in
having our mindcs prepared
with knowledge
of
our peace which
the
gofpell revealeth
:
not
that
he
(hall
not
have evill many
waits, but that Gods
mercy
fball
not
be
taken
from him,
and
that
all
of
them
fhall
worke together
to
his
good.
Fourthly,
Satanwill fay;
God
is
angry with
you, which the
effects
doe
teftifie.
Anfw. By diftinguifhinganger
as
thus,
anger and love Rand
together
in
parents, the more they love, the more they are moved
at
the dan-
gerous
courfes
of
their
children
:
Therefore
it followeth
not,
God
is
angry, therefore
he
tomb
thee
not, therefore this or that
Ihall
hure
thee.
Now
for
the fourth thing,
How
we may
preferve
our peace.
SnJw.
Firft,
if
ever
we knew it, this will helpe us,
to
affure
us
we have
it
frill,
To
remember the covenant
of
peace
with
us,is an
eter-
nall covenant;
not
for
a
day, but
for ever; Pfal.54. t o.
For the moun-
raines (hall
move,
&c. but
my mercy
(hall not
depart from
thee,
nei-
ther
(hall my
covenant
of
peace
fall
away, faith
the Lord.I
have
corn-
paffion on
thee; the whole chapter to
this purpofe
:
and
Chrift
faith,
the world
cannot
take
away this
peace
from
us
:
if
therefore
feeme it
otherwife,
it
is
but
hid
in a
cloud
for
a
feafon.
Secondly,
if
we will keepe this peace,
we
mufènot judgeaccording
to
fenfe,
but righteous judgement,
we
muff
controule our
fenfe
by
fanótified
reafon; which
affureth,
that
all
things
are
for
good to
us.
When
here
below there
are
pitchy clounds,ftormes, and
fuch like
in-
preffions
of
the
ayre, the (tarry firmament bath
no
change, the
funne
bath the fame brightneffe when
it is
hidden from us,
that
it
hath
when
it
fhineth
moft glorioufly
:
fo
when
we
alter, andthere
is
nothing
but thunder, lightening; and
(formes
in
our skie,
God
is
the fame,
the
faithfull mercies
of
the covenant
are
not changed.
Thirdly,
we
mutt,
if
our foules be out
a
little, fchoole
them,
as
Da-
vid
doth,
Pfal.
4a.
Why
art
thou caft downe
my
foule
!
and
why
art
thou
fe
di
[quietedwithin
me! There
is an
art
of
rocking
the
foul, and frilling
it
if
out
of
quiet
:
the Lord teach
it
us.
Now
for the
dotrine
:
we
fee
how
we
are
to
firengtben
our
feIves
with
learning-
the doctrine
of
our
peace
through Chrilt
: Paul was thus
(hod.
Ram.
8.38.
I am
perfwaded, nothing
(hall
feparate me from the
love
of
God.
All
things,
I
know,
worke
together
for
the good
of
them that
are
beloved
of
God,
Rom.
8.
a8.
And
this furniture made
him goe
fuch
hard wayes cheerefully;
in
which fhowres
of
afrliérions
did
fall
as
thicke
as
haileftones.
The Church
in
the
Canticles
7.
j.
is
commended,that
her frepsin thefe (hooesare comely.
This doth
make
Gods
785
An[w.
Obje£E.
4.
Amfro.
I.
3.