Chap. 1. An Expofition capon the Booke ofJ O B. Verf. 24. it) namely flrifeand contention in families. Thus, Thy Taberna- cle!hall be an peace, may take in all thefe; thou {halt neither be invaded by forreigners, neither {halt thou have any infurrc ion and (edition in thyown borders ; neither {halt thou have unkind contentions,in thy particular family,or within thy private walls Seeondly,Take the word more largely (as it is very frequently in Scripture)and then peace lignifies all manner of bleffingsand good things, the confluence and gathering together as it were of ail comforts:And peace in this large fence is oppofed to any kind of trouble or adverfiy ; and to fay, Inch an one hath peace, is as much as to fay, he profpers. Peace and poflerity are terms of the fame Ggnification : And then the meaning is this,Thou !Halt knoni that thy Tabernacle fhall be inpeerce,that is,that thy wholdef { at, fl,a?l proper, and that thou (halt have good fuccefs. Note hence, Fina, Peace is a chai.ce and afpecial6lefnr,. Outward peace is the choicefl of outward ble(fings,and inward peace is the choice(l of fpir-itual bleffings. Peace gives fwectnefs and beauty to all outward bleffings: without peace riches are but guilded thornes; honouris but higher mifery ;health but fi'rong- er afliietion. So without inward peace,grace gives no prefent comfort; and therefore in the willies of perfeE1 fpiritual mercy,ro the Saints,we find thefe two in conjunttion,grace and Peace. The highefl pro- miles made to the Church, are promifes of fetled peace in the Church, If. 3 2 r 8, My people (halldwell in 'a peaceable habitation;and in furs droelltngr,,and inquiet-rifling places: There's the top of their out- ward felicity.Again, in the thirty third of that prophefic, verf: 20 Leekup,n Zion the Cittyof ourfolemnities (that is, where the worfhipof God was folemniz'd) thineeye(hall fee ferufalend a quiet habitation ; a Tabernacle that (hall not be taken down, not one of the flakes thereof (hall ever be removed neither !hall any of the cords thereof be broken ; Pure Ordinances, and a peaceable nabitation , are Jerufalems perfetion on earth ; yea Come look upon it as a per- feEtion too perfect for earth, and therefore interpret the prophe fie ofthe heavenly Jerufalem, Secondly, he faith not only, thou (halt havepeace in thy Ta- bernacle, but tben(halt know at. Hence obferve, To be of iered ofa mercy, is better than theenjoyment ofa mercy.. Doubts,-
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