1 Id treat¿fe Confczerzr ; Fourthly, Ifwe wouldmaintein:our peace, then let us labour to be confiant in obedience to Jefus Chrift. Whofoever kecpeth h word, in him verily is the word ofGedperfc ed ; andhere- byknew we that we are in him, I Jo' n a. S . Mark ; Hereby our conic- ience tray tell us that we are right, and (peak peace to us, ifwe keep his word. II. Queftion ; How the peace of confcience doth depend npon ow- care and our obedience. The reafon why J railè thi qucftion is this, Bccaufe as our juftification is onely in Chrift, fo our pe )ce is onely in him ; how then doth the peace of our conference depend on o[edt- ence ? The place of Scrip:ure that occa(ioñec., the d_'i.bc is, T Pet. 3. 21 he anrrver r f agood confsience towards :Jodby the rerttrrei ionof j6 fuss._Chrzfi.. it is 'by hr;ft; how dependeth it then one our obcdientié ?. Anfv. i A. good conscience doth not depend upon our obedience .as the piincip;:ll caule of it, but upon j itification which v. e have by Chrift if we be in him : R om. 5 . r . Being jaegified by faith we -have peace with God throsagh emr Lord Jefass Chriji. Ye fee then that our peace is grounded upon our juflification as the principal( caufè of it. If we fhoiald leek for peace from our works and obedience, alas, they are finfull and defeikive there is no peace tobe found inthem, Our confe - ence would be troubled at our (Deft duties, at our v e,,knefíe in prayer, our frailties in hearing; our flips in every holy lèrvice : There is nothing we do but our confcience might find fault with it, and pick a hole in it; and therefore we had need to fie 'into Chrif# for true peace. No wonder theca that Papufts have not true.peace, but profeffedly fay, that every manmuff doubt, and no man can.be lure of his la.lvation. Ttievmutt needs doubt in- deed" who tuft to their own works' whichcan never bring true peace. The confcience mutt ever be quarrelling and find- in offault, and be without peace;'lf'v'e trua to thebefl R'orks. So that this is the fira anfwer, ttite peace dependeth upon I juftification by fa* itivixa:Chrift as the p"riricipall c:aule. Secondly, We anfwer, That òár peace depcndeth upon our obedience
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