• 1 Peace '"I)Jith God, now he is reconciled to them in Chrifi ~ they are in a . cove~ nant of peace with him; and as .Abraham wa.s, fo they ate• the friends of God ; he is welJ ple~fed with them in his._ beloved Son. His word which fpoke tenor 'to themJ.ormerly~ m1w fpeaks peace, if they rightly take up its langu~ge. Aod– there is love ih all his difpenfation·s towards t·hem,_ which m.akes all work together for their g.ood. Theit confciences. are purged of that guilt and 61thinefs that fometi~e Jay upon them: his confcience· purifying.bJood fir earns tbro.ugh their fouls, by virtue of their union-with him, Heb. ix.•. t 4 Hew much mo.re)hall the blood ofChri)l-·pur-ge your con(cience:' - .f rom dead·w orks, to jerve the living Cod? r he bor~ds laid on their confcieoces, by the Spirit of God, aCting as the fpirit of bondage, are taken off, never more t·o ·be lai&on by that h~ l1d, Rqm. ·viii. J 5. For ye have ,nof. r-eceived the;pi~it oF bondage ag.1in to fear . Her~bv the confcience is q.Ll itted, as . foon as the foul becomes COJ!!cious of the ;applicati on of that blood : whi~h fa,Ils out .foooer or later, according to t he– meafure of faith, and as the on!ywife GodJt:es meet . to _time . it. -~ Unbelievers may, have troubled confciences, whi ch they. may get quieted again :· but~ al~ts! their confciences become peaceable, b,efore they become P.ure: fo thei.r peace is but the feed ,of g.rea'ter honror and ~onfufion. Careldroefs may give· eafe for- a while,. tQ a fick confcience-: ·men neg.lecling its. wooods, th t y clofe a-gain of their own accord,. before the fi lthy ·m:.tter is purged out. Many bury their guilt in l be. -grave of an ill memory: confcience fmar.ts a little; at' Jength ·the man forgets hi s fin , and there is an e·nd of it :· ' but th at is on,ly .an ·eafe be fore death ; Bufi nefs, or the af.. _ fairs o.f life, often v;iV'e eafe in-l·his cafe,. When Cain is ba– nifhed f• ·om the p• ~fence of the Lord, ' he fttlls a bu,i ld ing of~ GJtres.. When the evil fpirit ' came u.pon Sauh he calls noll for his Bible, nor for the priefts to converfe wi th him about· ' his c.;: fe; hut fot~ t:nuGc, to pJay ir awa.y : 'so Rla.ny, when tbeit coofc\ence~ begin to be une ;{ fy·, th ey fill their- heads· and hw.ds with buGnefs , to dive rt thernfelves, a.nd to regain, . eafe at -any rate Y.ea, forne-·wil! fin ov·er,. th e·b.eHy of their conv1B:ion-s, and fo g.e~ fome eafe to their. confciences , as– ·llqzae!gave to his mafi er by il ifihng him. A g ai~, the pter• f'Orming of du1ies may· give fome eaft~ to a di fqUiete d con· {ci:;.tK<:,, ;;aud. Lhis.' is a!Ltb.a,t_:legal p; ofdrurs..:have •ecouife tQ ' \ .,. ;- ' · · {O.l1.
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