i 12 d treati¡e of Confcience. be in Chrif , yet wecan have no peace ueleffe holy obedience doth witnetie the fame. Obedience is not the caufe of the peace 1. !ohn z. of our perceiving the fame : We know we have peaceby rea- 19 fon of our obedience : We know that every one tk.« doeth 1.3eEn a rrghteoufnefe is born ofGed : We know we are paffed from death 13. to life, bevaufe we love the brethren : Herebyweknow that we 1. lohn 3. dwell in biro and be in tu, by thefpirit that he bath given tea. 14. Mark ; we come to know it by obedience and by the fruits of obedience. Take away obedience, we can never know peace . 31.6.16. Tbey that walk, by dole rule, peace 172a11 be upon them and upon ; the Ifracl of Cod, faith the Apofrle. Thirdly, our peace ofcon- fcience dependeth on our obedience as the confirming caute : Chrill confirmeth our peace to us by makingus walk clofe to him and obedient unto him. Paul fheweth how it preferveth peace, as a Ihoe prelerveth the foot : ye know if we f:hould walk without (hoes, barefoot, our feet would be in danger of EpbP(6 pricking and hurting So doth obedience to the Gofpel pre- a s' ferve our peace : Stand, faith the Apoftle, havingyour feetfhod with the preparation ofthe Gofpel of peace. Mark ; he corn- pareth it to a fhoe, which he would have us.fhod with; and then it will be the Gofpel of peace to us, and our peace (hall be in iâfety. Fourthly , our peace dependeth upon our obedience , not onely as a tigne of true peace, nor onely as a guard to it, but as a thing pleating to God, without the which we dif- pleafe God. For though God be pleafcd with his children al- r?'he,B 4. wayes in Chrif}, yet he is not pleafcd that any in. Chrifl fhould 1, bedifobedient to him. re have received of au howye ought to walk, and to pleafe God , faith the Apoille: When Gods children walk in obedience : For otherwilè confcience will be troubled; O, ! do not pleafe God ; This is difpleafing un- to God ; and This doth provoke God. Not as though there were any fuch perfeaion in our obedience that can fatisfie any tittle of sods law ; but becaufe when our perfons are pleating to God in Jens Chrifi, then our obedience to God is pleating too in Jefus ChriLL, and confcience will fay it. Thus
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