,=..11p, ebe Colnitant of peace Op.enetf, ple Pall dwell in a Peaceable Habitation, and in. fure Dwellings, and in quiet refting Places, Ifa 32. 17, 18. 293 The General Application. I. From hence we may infer, that there is à great Myftery in Reconciliation, yea, and we may well ftand and admire the W ifdom and Goodnefs of God, in refpeaof that Peace we receive in and by Jefus Chrift. II. We may infer alfo from hence, that God the Father is the principal Author and Spring_ of this Reconciliation, or way of our Peace ; he was the Contriver, and firlf Mover in thofe A&s, whereby the firft Foundation -Stone was laid ; God was in Chrift l reconciling the World to.2Cor.5.1 S hirnfelf Ali things areof God, &c. that is, of God theFather, and through ,Jefus Chrift, &'c. It is to raife his Glory, as well as the Glory of Chrift, and of the Holy Spirit ; therefore let him primarily have the Honour of our Peace and Sálvation. O how did Love and Bowels move towards us in the Heart of God the Father' from everlafting ? III. Exhort. Alfo be exhorted to prize and highly efteem of the Lord Jefiis Chrift, from what you have heard concerning the Cove, Gbrï the nant ; becaufe Chrift is the Sum of the Cove- II Sum at the nant ; I will give thee for a Covenant to, the. Covenant. People. Chrift is originally and fundamentally Ark °}'the G the Covenant, faitha WorthyWriter, he is the. ' °v:P454 Original Root, out of which this Covenant; U 3 %rang
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