The true P eace-ma~r. A Peace: An infiniteJu!lice isoffended; an infinite Ju!licehaeh fatis6ed, an infinite mercy bath applied it; Take thou hold hy the hand offaith on that infinite mercy & jufficeofchySaviour; The work ofhis Jufricefhall berhy Peace. Fly about whither thou wilr, 0 thou weary Dove, thorow all the wide R.egions of the heaven, & waters, thou !halt no \V herefind refr for the foles ofthy feet,but in this Ark of Cbrifrs perfeCt righteoufnes : In vain !halt thou feek it in fchooles of morality,in learned Librarie7in fpatious fields & forrefrs,in pleafancgardens,in ful· !en retirednes, in witty converfacion,inwancon Tbeaters, indrunken cellars,in cablesofgluttony,inbeds oflufr,chefr~ of Mammon, whiffs & draughtsofintoxication fong• ofribaldry,fpom ofrecreation;Nono,the more thou feekfrit in mofr ofthefe, the farther it flies from thee, the&reher thou art from finding it; and ifthefe things B maygive fome poore cruceto thy thoughts, it fhall foon end inamore direfull war. There k no pe•u,faith my God,t•thewir.ked: Stray whither thou wilt,O thouwmmded heart, thorow theLaunds & Woods;alas the fhaft friclcs frill in thee,or ifchar be lbaken out,the bead;Nonebuc the foveraign Dittany ofchySaviors Righteoufneffe candriveitout;and till it beout,thou canfr haveno peace, In plain terms; wouldft rhou have peace? None but Chri{l can give it th'<; Hewillgive ir to none butrhe penitent,none but the faithfull;Oh fpend thy felfinto the fighs and tears oftrue repentance; snd then raife thy humbled foule to alively confidence in thine all-fuflicient Redeemer; fee rhy LordJefus betwixt God & rhy fins;God cannot fee thy debt, but through thineacquittance; By his !tripesweare healed,by his wounds, we are franched,by his death we arequickned, by his righteoufnes we aredifcharged. The work ofhisrighteoufnes is our peace. Oh fafe and bleffed condition of beleeversC Let fin,Satan,world,death,hell,do their worft; Wh•fballlay 4nJ thi11g to the ch•rt,e of Gods ele/1? It it GodthatjMftifieth, .-hojha/1cotrdemn? It is Chrift that tljed,Jta rath", tbll ;, rifen ag•it~,rPiw is •lfo at the right hamJofGod,& mak.!thintercef/ioDfor m:Our enemy is now our Father;ourJudge is our Saviour,the offendedour furety,that pre· cious blood our ranfom, that perfetl: righteoufnes our everlafringpeace. Thus much ofour fpiriruall Ju!lice,and Peace. The Civil! follows: I knowthefe two arewide rerms;JuQicecomprifes a!! virtue,as Peace all bleffings;For that i; jufr in all kinds, which bath ameet adequation to the rule; All virtue rherfore conforming us to thelawofGod,which i! rherule ofperfeaion,challengethjufrly ro it felf a frileof Juftice. D Narrower bounds will ferve our rurn : We fpeak ofJufrice firfr as afingle virtue, Habits are difringuilbed by their acts; acts by rheirobjects. The objetl ofall moral! virtue is good,as of all inrellectuall,isTrue.The object ofthis l'irtueofJufrice is the good ofmen in relation to eachother; Other virtues order a man in regard to him· felfe; Juftice in regard to another. Thisgood being either common or privat; commonofall, privat offome; the act• and virtue of j~ftice mufrbe futeable; either, as man frands ia anhabirude ro the who! body, or as he frands to fpeciall Limbs ofthe body: The former ofthefe is rhar which Philofophers and Cafuifts call a legall and univerfall juftice,The latter is that particular jnftice, which we ufetodiftinguilb by DiftribHtion and Comm11Wiov; the one conlifting in matter ofCommerce, the otber in Reward or Punifhment : both ofthem according to amcet,thoughdifferent, eE quality:An Arirhmeticall equality in Commutation; aGeometrical! in diftributionthe former regarding the volueor worth of rhe thing; rhe latter, regarding the pro~ portionable difference ofthe perfon. The workofall thefe three jufrices, is Peace. Frft, the Jegall juftice is the apparant mother and nurfeofpublickPesce : When Governors & Subjects are carefull ro give each other their own;when both confpire to command and obey for rhe common good; when men frame their lives ro rhe wholfom!awesoftheir Soveraigns, notmore out offear thon confcience · when refpe[t ro thecommunity cariesmen fromp:1rriall reflection upon themfelv;s; Ascontrarily diftraaions and privat endsare rhe baneofanyftare. Whentheheadand members unite their rhought5 and endevors in the center ofthecommon t'oOO· the head todevife and command, the eiesro fee, the eareto heare, the palat rovrafr;, the heart to move,the bellows ofthe lungs toblow,rheliver to fanguifie,the fromack m Vu3 digefr
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