Zbe QCObEltant ofPeace gDpeneD+ 289 him. They altoWar againftour external Ene. mies : yea, againif all Gods Enemies; andour Enemies, and fight for our Friends. 6. 'Tis fuck a Peace that reconciles a .Klan tó himfelf : Before a Man's Heart was divided, dueFaculty was fet againft another, the Vn- derfanding, perhaps, was inlightened, and the lfiill oppofed the Vnderfanding; afo Confcience perhaps terrified the Man, becaufe he finned againft the Light and Diaates thereof; ä Man's Judgment, (like Balaam's may declare for God, and cryout ; How goodly are thy Tents; Nunb.2 . O Jacob? And thy Tabernacles, O lfrael ?) 5 But his Love and .Afeétions may run out af- ter the Wages of Vnrighteoufnefs, as Balaam's did : A Man before Grace Wars againft himfelf, but Grace unites all the Faculties ofthe Soul,and fets themall againft Sin, and.onGod's fide ; all inward Tumults now ceafe, no- thing is a greater fign of trueConverfion, my Brethren, than this; i. e. when the whole Heart is united toGod and Godlinefs. 7. It is a wonderful; or inconceivable Peace; it paflèth ail Underftanding ; The Peace of GodPhil.4.7 that paffeth all Vnderftanding, (hall keep your Hearts and Minds through Chriik ff is. This may not fimply refer to Peace of Confcience; but to that Peace made with God by Jefua Chrili; we cannot conceive of the Excellent Nature thereof ; nay, that which is received and inwardly injoyed, is unexpreffible at fomd times; Nothing fhall offend fuch who políifs it r raja, ---It is called Yoy, un¡peákable, and full of Glory. I 8. It
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