THE TRUE B PEACE-MAKER'. Es AY. 30o17· Opus Ju!l:iti<epax. Thewor~ofJuftice(or Righteoufnes)fhal/ be Peace. Y Text (you heare) isofJntlice and Peace, two royal!graces: and fi1chas flow from foveraign Majeily. There is adoubleJuC flice,DivineandHumane; thercisadouble Peace, outward m the fiate, inward in the foule : accordingly there is adouble fenfe ofmy Text, a fpirituall, a civill fenfe : The fpirituall concerning·Theologicall Juilice, and inward peoce : The civill concerning humane Juflice and outward pelce. The fpirituall thus : TheMeffias !hall caule thefruit ofbis petfeCl: ju!lice to be our inward peace with God and our felves : The civil! thus; TheMagiilrate fi1all caufe thework of civill Juilice, in hisadminiflration,to he outward peace withone another: In both oreitber(asMufc•ltHwell)thereisanallufionintheHebrew word to a field; the foileis tbe heart of the State, the feed is Juilice, the fruit Peace : That which was 0 waileground is now aCarmell, afruitfull field,and the&nit ofthis field of]uflice is Peace. As there isgood reafon, we will beginwith the fpirituall Juflice and P<4ce. Thegreat king ofHeaven will disforefl that Peaceof the world,which he calls his Chutch,andputtttotillage : it !hall be fown with righteoufnes, and !hall yeeld a fweet cropofPeace; in~hisonly, not in the borren he:uhs of the prophane world, lhall truepeacegrow. At fitfl, God and man were good frends: Hpw lhould there beother than good termesbetwixt Heaven and Paradife? God mademan juil; and jufi man (whiles he was fo)could not choofe but love the juilGod that madehim; fin fet themat ods; in one aa: and inilantdid manleefe both his juiliceand peace; now theworld is changed; now tbeilileofGod i sFortwultor, God theavengcr,JerSI-56.andthe fiileof E men, Filii ir<t, fomofwrath, Ephtf. 2 + There is no poffible peace to be made betwixt God •ndman, but by theperfeB: juflice ofhim thal\vas bothGod and nl'n: I would there were apeace in theChurch about this juflice; it is pi tie and fhame there isnot:but th<re rnufl be herefies: As thereare two pansofDivinity, the Law & the Gofpell;fo eachofthefe have their Juilice; there is a juiliceofthe Law,and an Evangehcall juflice.The juflice ofthe Law when a meermorall man is juilified (oucofhis own powers)by theworks ofthe Law;very Papiilswill give fo much way toS.Pa•l, (o much affront to Ptldgius,as to renounce this; freely anathematizing that man who by the fltength ofhumane natme,or thedoCtrineofthe Law, fha!l challenge juililication; Unles perhaps fame Andradit~~have priviledgto teach, that this Ethic• j«ftitia, was enough rojuflifie and f•ve the old Philofophers. The Evangelicall Juflice isnot.withouttheintcrvention ofaSaviour; To which Uu 2 claim GotitbttrJtr.[.tt. 'rl~e~r.sc/ wrdlb. 'MorllUf'i[.httcN{MfJt.
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