75s Chap. ;g., An Expofition upon the l3eo{Z,of J o s VerE zg. is God that juftifieth : who is he that condemneth, it is Chr;p that dyed, yea rather, that is rifen again, &c. As if hehod laid, let alt i he enemies of our fpiritual peace rife up and combine;oboe- ther, they lu all not be able to condemn, that is, wholly todif courage ordifquiet the heart of a believer, he having received (his views eff);eft and peace fromGod, in the juttification of his perfon, and the pardon of his fins. Satan can domuch, and would do more (if his chainwere lengthned,andhe not reftrain- ed) tothe trouble and tnolefiation of our fouls, there's not a godly man living t1-ould ref+an hour inquiet for him, if he might have his wifh or hiswill ; but becaufe God gives quietnefs to fome believers; and will not have it fo much as Aired, therefore Sa- tan cannotmake any trouble at all in their fouls, but they live in theconftant light of God's countenance, and in the joy of the holy Ghoft. And becaufe the quietnefs whichevery believer bath is the gift ofGod through Jefus Chrifi, who bath made their at- tonement, and eftabiithed their peace, through the blood of his Crois, therefore Satan cannot make any fuch trouble inany of their fouls, as!hall for ever deftroy their peace, or diffolve their quietnefs, though for many reafons, all ferving his glory, and their good,God fuffereth loran many times,poffiibly for a long time toentangle and interrupt it. Temptations to the committingof fin, and aecufations or charges about fincommitted, may exceed- ingly hinder and (hake thepeace of a believer; but, as the fins to which he is tempted cannot hurt his peace, whence refifts and overcomes them, fo the fins intowhich he falleth through tem- e,tarign, cannotdeftroy his peace, becaufe thofe fins (hall cer- tainly be deftroyed both by repentance and pardon. Thirdly,The thunders of the Law cannot take away the peace of that foule, towhomGodgiveth quietnefs. Chrift having in his owne perfon fullfilled the Law for beleevers , both doing the duty,and enduring the.penalty of it, he bath delivered them from the terror and curfe of the Law, himfelfe having been made a curfe for them ( Gal: 3, 1 3.) So then ifneither tribulations nor temptations, nor the terrors of the Law can make trouble, where God giveth quietnefs ; we may conclude, nothing can. 7here is a double Confideration uponboll which, we may de- nsónftrare,rhatif God giveth quietnefs,either outwardor inward, nonecan make trouble. Firft,
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