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432

Blef

rd are the)

that

make

peace

between

mar_

and

Gd,

table efiate

of the

children

of

men,

and

faw

that

if

they were

left

to

thenrfelves, they were

all

undone,

and. would be

eter-

nally

enemies

to God,

and

God

'M

eternal enemy

to.

thenì,

he

now

flips

in

between,

and through

the appointment of the

Father

he

mediates

between wretched

man

and.God,to

make

up.peace,he

í

}ands (T

fay)

as

the,

great Mediator of

the fecond.

Covenant

;

And his

heart

was fo

much

in

the work

of

tnakin;

peace between

man and

God

as

he

was

content to lay

down his

life

to

the end he might

make

peace

:

Co/of:

r. zo.

And ha-

ving

made

peace

through the

blood

of

his

Croft

Mark

,

Je

us

Chrifis heart

was fo

much

in

being a peace -maker

between the

world

and

God,

as

though he knew

it

would

col+

him his

dea-

refl heart blood,faith Chrifi

it

shall

go,yea,the

Scripture

tell

us

he

was

content to

be

a

curie

for

m.m

;

O do but

confider (you

children ofmen)

what

a

dillance

there

was

between

God

and

yoú,

thatChrifl,

God

and man muff

come

to

make

peace

be-

tween God

and

you, and he

mull

shed

his

blood;

lie

muff be

made

a

curie

for

the

accomplilhin&F

of

this

greet

work of

God;

This my Brethren

is

the great miflery of godlinelle,this

is

that

that

we

thould

fpend

all

our deyes

in

atlnni

ing in,in

handing&

wondring,

and bleffing

our

Saviour

the great peace-

maker:H,_d

it

not

been

for

hitn,we

had

all

been eternally enemies to

God::.

Olet

our

fouls

bleffe

Jefus Chrifi,and the greater the

curie was

upon

Chrifl

in

this work, the more

let

our

fouls

biefs Ch'ri(f,

iris

the

work

that the

Angels

and

the

Saints

Kull be exercifed

in

to

all eternity,

in

laying,

13leing, and

honour,and

prat

fc,and

worfhip,

and

fer-vice be

to

him

that

fitteth

upon

the Throne, and

to

the Lamb

for

ever

more :

For he bath

redeemed

us by

his

blood,

as

in

the

S

Revelation,

thofe

that ever

knew what

the

blellIng

of

peace with

God

meanes,

they

know how

to

ble(fe

God

for

Jefus Chtifi,

and any

of

you

that

fometimes

will be

bleffsng

of

God

for

outward peace,

for

plenty,

and comfort

that

you have

in

this world,

I

appeale

to.

your confciences

in

this

2uellion,demanding

of

you

in

the

name

of God

;

When

did

you

fpend

time

above

in

your Clofets

in admiring at

the

glory

of God

in

that great

work of

the

mediation of Jefus

aria,

in

making

peace

between

God

and your fouls

?

When

was