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reati('e

of

Gonf

cience.

73

ed

do)

yet they

do

not

confider

that

forrow

which

one

day

will burft

in

upon

them and

fuck

them

utterly

:

Let

us

trie

then

our

peace

by

tliefe

notes,

I.

If

the

quiet

of

our

confciences be

good, it

is

filch

as

we

have

carefully fought

for

at

the

mercies

of

God

in

the

bloud

of

Jefus Chrift,

when being pinched

with the burden

of

our

Gnnes

we

did

fly

to the

promifes

of

God to

leek

comfort, to

the

bloud

ofChrifl, to

find eafe

and

to

get

afl'urance

of

Gods

favour.

If

our

peace come

not

this way, it

is

naught,

and

we

were

better to

be

without

it

then

have

it. It'may

be we

fpeak

peace

to

our

felves;

but Both

the Lord

fpeak peace

to

our

confciences

?

I

will

hear

what the

Lord

will

[peak)

for

he

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fpeak,peace to

his people,

and

to his

Saints:

but let them

not

turn

again

to folly

(

for

that

will

break

all

their

peace.

)

O

go

to

(-od

then,

and

hear

whether

he fpeaketh peace

to

your

con

-'

fciences

;

whether

it be

rod

in

Chrifl

reconciling the

world

to

himfelfe

that

fpeaketh it

to

you.

It

is

not

true

peace

without

we

have

fought

for

it at

the

throne

of

grace,without it

be

peace

of

Gods making.

Now

the

Lord fpeaketh

peace

to

his

people

who

came

to

him

for

peace

three

wayes.

z.

He fpeaketh peace

to

them

by

his

word.

This fpeaking

is

thus; When

the

word

promifèth

peace ro

thofe who

walk

by

fuch

a

rule, and

they

walk

by

that

rule,

then

Gods word

fpeaketh peace

to

their

fouls. The

rule

is

let

down Gal.

6.

4.

In

Chritt

7efus

neither

circumcilion

availeth

any

thing

nor

uncircumcifîon,

but

a

neW

creature:

and

thenfolloweth,

eAs

many

a-;

wall

according to

this

rule,

peace

be

upon them.

a.

God

fpeaketh peace

to

hi.,

people

in

their

confciences. This (peaking

is

thus

;

When the

confci-

ence

can lay,

l

am

in

Chrif#,

I

am engra

fled

into

C'hrifi,

then the

Lord fpeaketh

peace

by

the

confcience,

peace be

with

you

all

that

are

in

Chriff

?eííss:

fo

allo when

the

confcience

can fay,

i

Pet,

5.

I

hunger

after

righteoufne

fe,

1

truly

mourn

for

finne,

I

dejîre

in 4'

all

my

wayes

to

pleafe

God.

Thirdly, God

fpeaketh

peace

by

his

Spirit.

This

ípeaking

is

thus

;

When

the

word

bath

fpoken

peace

by

the promife, and

when

the

confcience

fpeaketh,

lam

thus and

thin

qualified,

and therefore

1

have

peace,

then the

Spi-

L

rit