to the E PH E SI A N S. I i 20 . 2 6. Peace 19e to jott,yet therebY: meaning not a Jewifh outward peace,but that ~ Heavenly peace which he do.th, wnh an Emphafis, and by way of d•fbnchoh ~ call [ hu peace J my peace Ileavt 'il/tth )'Oil; Job. •4· 2 7· ( Wh1chplace, becaufe · it opens and confirms this veryNotwn I have been upon, I will ~ lmle open ani:! explain.) Chrifl: was then talnng hts farewel of them, havmg m. that Sermon firll plainly told them he was to go away, and among ?ther ~hmgs, whereby lie expreffeth his love and fnendfh1p to them, he, at h1s partmg, condefcends to frame his Speech conformable to th1s very cufl:om of men m tne World ( wiHcb. we have beenfpeaking of) in theirFarewelS, thereby to take thetr Hearts the more in a way of kindnefs, which was wont among men ; hJS wor.ds are thefe, Pfflct I 1eavt with )•ou, my peace I gtve UlltO ) 'Ott ; not M the Worldgtveth 1 give I u11toyou. The meaning of wh1ch words IS, that :-vhereas 1t 1s the cuf\om of the World when they part w1th Frtends, and take the1t leaves,. to W1fh them Peace (which they call givingPeace (as we m Et~glr(h call 1t.g1vmg Joy, and fending Greeting) or fending away in peace; as .11/nmdech fa1d to lfaac, Gm. :>.6. "9·) I do the like ( faies he) PMcelltave (that word 1mports Farewel) with you. And accordingly as the manner of men m hearty Farewels 1s, to double their wifl1, and fay it twice, as Farewel, j,n-ewel, and the ltke; fo then: he doubles this, Peace I leave, aud peact I give, Yet withal, iridufl:rioully infl:ructing them, both that it was another manner of peace than the rneri of the .World in their Farewels ufed to wifh; My peace I givetmto jott, (my peace) that is, a peace with God, Rom. 'i. r. purchafed by my blood, .11 peai:i! which rliit. ~· 1: paffeth tmderfl,mdi11g; and further withal intimating the difference betl~·een this lafl: folemn Farewclof his, and thofe which the World ufeth to make, Not M theworldgiveth, give I unto .)'Ofl, that is, they ufo in their Farewels to wifli or give Peace but out. of Complement; .or 1f they be hearty, they can't give' what they wifh, fuch wtfhes are but words m them, and have no force to convey a bleiiing; only they wifl1 their good will,. and at befl: it is but a~ outward pea.ce they mean; but I am mofl: hearty real mmme, and I am able to g1ve what I wifh; for it is My peace, a peace of my own purchafing, and mmy power to make good, and I will give it indeed, Now all this tends but to open the Salutation of the Apof\le here, herein he followed Chrifl: : for although he wifheth thefe Ephe/fmts (as the Jews and Gmtiles ufed to do) Peace, yet I may fay of it as Chrifl: did of his, not as the World, or in their fence doth he wifh it, for it is both a further peai:e than they intended in their Salutes, even the fame that Chrifl: wifl1ed, [his peace, J there" fore here [from Jef.u Chrifl] is added by our Apofl:le; and he gives it them alfo not as the World by a bare well-wifhing, but with ari Apofl:olical and Mi• nifierial bleffing. And whereas the Salutation of the Jews was but Peace t.e to you, the Apofile ( as became the Gofpd and Preachers o( it) adds Grace there– to, Grace 6e to yott; yea, Grace as the fir!\ and principal :ind mofl: comprehen• fiye of all good elfe. And withal (as became the Gofpel a"lfo) he makes a di– fl:mct mention of thofe perfons of the Trinity, that were the fountain of that Grace and Peace, God the Father and the So11. Thus Rdigion doth not abolifh but Spiritualize and improve Civility and Hu- 06forv] mantty, as 1t alfo turns all outward good things (which the Jews ordinarily intended, when they wifh'd Peace, and whicb were but thtjbadow ofgood thi11gs to come, Heb. ro. '·) mto fpmtual and heavenly; and the Gofpel.further adds Grace thereunto, and difcovers it as the fountain of all, it felf being called the Grace of Cfod, Tit."· r 2. (as the Patent for a Pardon, is called a maris Pardo11) as contamtng and revealing it,. The Law came by Mofts, 6ut Grace andTrtlt!i Job.,, by .1ef"! Chrif/: Grace and Peace bt toyotl 1 &c. This for the ftrjl, as they are a Salutation. Seco11dly, Thefe words, fay fome, are not a bare falutation, but ill ari Apo– files Mouth and Pe'l, an Apofiolical bleffing; and fo, an Infl:itutipt'i, an Ordi– nance to convey a ble11ing, fuch as that of the Priefl:s, Nt1mb. 6. The Apofiles were the Patriarchs of the Church of the NewTefiarnent, as the Sons of Jacob of that of tl:e Old, the Fotmdation, as they are called, Eph. 2. 20. And as there wer~ th~rtee!' Tribes, reckoning the two fans of Jofoph: fo thirteen Apo· files, takmg m tlus of ours, and thefe therefore as Patriarchs and Spiritual FaG i then,
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