E pH E s. 2. 14, 15, I6. 7 ----------------~ of Obfervation, So makjng Peace, (take notice of it, lJ)'S he) So, or thlfl, uni– verfitlly, perfefrly, complcatly, and eternally. And this is one Account of the Words, and indeed of the whole, and every part and particle thereo£ But if we Gnglc forth that more fpecial and principal Aim before-mentioned, Chriflus Pax •JOjlra, as in relation to making Peace amongfl: us, the EleCl: of God ; (o, infl:ead of any accurate Diviiion of them, I !hall only draw forth thefe four Prop'!fitions, which will luck into themfelves the Strength of what thefe Words have in them, as to this great Point. Namely, I. The Story of the Greatneft of that Enmity, (the greatcft that ever wa<) be– tweenJen,andGentile, beforeCbri.fl'scoming, aud a while after, by reafonof thoft Jewifb 'l?jtes and Ordinances of the Ceremoni11l Law, which the .Afojlle b.J 4 i\1etonymy, termeth therefore the Enmity. I!. The Story of Chrijl"s TranfaClions on the Crofl, by which he virtuaUy flew a11d abolifbed this Enmity, and meritorioujly made them both one, dnd reconciled both in one Budy. Ill. The Story of their aClual Accord, and becoming one, as the 'I(ecords of the A&s of the .Apojlles, and they in their Epiffles, have preftnted it unto our view; and the Principles by which, ,me/ the Providences whereby, that JJ,zr. tition·Wa/1 wa< brok.p down, and the Enmity aUayed, chiefly by creating beth one new Man in Himfeif. IV. That the lnjlance of aU this wos intended by God as a Precedent, and leading Ca11Je und!r tbe New Teffament, to ajfitre us, that whatever Jbou!d foil out in after Ages, of Dijji:rencc amongff the Saints, yet fti/1 however, tbey both might and fbould in the ijfi1e be reconciled, aml tbei1' Differences iu rt li~ manner aUayed and compounded; a< alfo to foew the Ways and Principles whereby to effit1 it. I. The Greatneft of that EnmiiJ, which wa< betwem Jew and Gentile, untilChrift p11rchajid their Reconciliation. For the firfl:, I have to prefent you out of this Text, with an tnfl:ance of the deepeft, and mofl: lafl:ing Enmity, between two fortsof Men, chof<n to be one Body unto God, that fhared as then the whole World between them, (Jew and Gentile) that ever was, or will be in all Ages, which yet was compounded by Chrifl:. View we it firft in the General, through thole Exprcflions the Text ufeth of it. The Apofl:le fets it forth to us, not barely by Terms ofDifl:ance and Divifion, callin~ them, T1is <No, beth or two, and TCi ~i"<IJOTEeg., twain, not Gmply of being Enemies in an ordinary way, but !peaks of an Enmity in the Abfl:raCl:, Tijv <':>J'eg.v, a fpecial Enmity it was, not that which is common to Man againO: Man, (who, as the Holy-Ghofl: that knows our Nature tells m, are mutually lutefitl to, and hating one another, Tit. 3· I.) but a knotted, twifl:ed, combined Enmity ; that the word, M=s, diffolved it, v. 14. imports. A llirring aCl:ive Enmity, that lay not Oeeping ; this the word, '""1ocplii=s, v. I 5· implies: He made it inefficacious, took away the .Strength, the Energy, the operative Virtue of it. Yea, and if you will take in, and borrow from the exprcflion, v. 16. ~"'"1eh•u-4, he flew it. • . It was a living fpriteful Enmity, _yea, that h~d a !\age in it, (we on the contrary ,,g;~:':";:~:: call fuch an one clead!JI,becau(e tt atms at Ltfe.) The * word bears up to thts, '"' 'I"·'"' · Non tam occidit, quam t1'1Jcidavi.t, Chrifl: did no! ba~·ely. killlt, but bloodily, with ~~~~~~:~~~~t a rage, as provoked with the Ftercenefs ofthe Enmtty tt (elf; for the !\age there- J'" '""' r,. of was cruel, and rcach'd up to Heaven, as the Scripture !peaks. ~~~;: ;~:;;; Likewife
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