214 Chap. 22. An expoltion upon the BookofJ O B. Verf. zr . condition; yet this lefíon, though very hard, Saints have learned. David faith (Pfd. 3 9.9.) 1 was dumb, I opened not my moutk, becau/e thou didff it. His was not a fullen filence, but a patient fi- lence. He had not a -word to fay againft God, when God fpake -hard words againfthim 's ea, when God was at blowes at íharps with him. maul alto had learned in every eftate to be content (Thil.4.z t.)however the world went with him,he was at peace. Secondly, Be at peace, may referunto God, and to it it is but cum to pacen1 the heightning of our acquaintance with him;for, fir ft there muff ingratíá be an acquainting, and then a making upof peace, when friends rei yef n>.nc alienatus e,, & fall our, they muft firft fpeakwith one another, before the breach .velr«thoffi,. can be healed, if they do not treat,therecan be no reconciliation. After treating comes peace; As peace is the fruit of the lief (Ifa. 57. 19,) whenGod treats withman by man;fo when man treats with man, and when man treats withGod. iircgaaint now tktfelt with him,call for a treaty,and therein make thy peace, Be at peace with him, do not any longer continue thy unholy warre with God. Elìphaz fuppofi ng fob asa man felting himfelfe againft God, had reafon tobefpeakehim thus. Hence note. That till we doe acquaint atirfelvet with God, we can have no peace with him. Thewicked are like the troubled Sea,whofewaves caft upmire and dirt ; there is no peace to the wicked,faith my God (1fa. 57. 2z .)why nopeace to the wicked the wicked have no acquain- tance with God,thcy are ftrangers,they are aferre offfromGod, and God beholds them alarmoff, therefore there is no peace to them: ifthey have any peäee it is a falfe peace,a deceitful) peace, or it is but a íhort peace, which will quickly break out into a war againe when once Confcience is awakened , when that fleeping Lyon is rouzed,what will become ofall their peact ?theywill then find, indeed, that their foul is among Lions and that they have beenonly'fecure, not fate, or that theirs bathbeen at helt,a truce onely, not a peace ; no peace till acquainted God, and no acs quaintance withGod can produce peace,but that which is byJe- lus Chrift, He is thePeacemaker, who is alfo the Mediatour; finners cannot have peace by any immediate acquaintance withGod, for he is a confuming'fire, and (inners Banding alone are but as dry fubblebefore him. When we are rude nigh ro or
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