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d
treati¡e
of
Confcience.
be in Chrif
,
yet we
can 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 peace
by
rea-
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fon
of
our
obedience
:
We know that
every
one
tk.«
doeth
1.3eEn
a
rrghteoufnefe
is
born
of
Ged
:
We
know we
are
paffed
from
death
13.
to
life,
bevaufe
we
love
the
brethren
:
Hereby
we
know
that
we
1.
lohn 3.
dwell
in biro
and
be
in
tu,
by
the
fpirit
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
I
fracl
of
Cod, faith
the Apofrle. Thirdly, our
peace
of
con-
fcience
dependeth
on
our
obedience
as
the
confirming caute
:
Chrill confirmeth our
peace
to
us
by
making
us
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,
having
your
feet
fhod
with the preparation
of
the
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 how
ye 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