290 'VERSE 2. Hab.3.16. Mie. lohn6.33. Mat., 0.34. Eph.2..1 7. ChrOsAingdom Ilidoriou4&quiet. brought to tremble in hinifelle, may with mofi confi- dence expo& to rejoyee inGod. Note fourthly,this is the honour ofChrias kingdotne io be a peaceable, quiet,and fecure kingdome,not onely after the viEtory, but in the mielft ofenemies. This man, faith the Prophet of Chrift, !WI be thepeace, when the Affyrian, the enemie, is in the land, Wee have peace in him, when wee have tribulation in the world. Chrift faithofhimfelfe, Icame not to fendpeace bnta )(word; and vet the Apofile faith, That hee came, andpreachedpeace to thofewhich were afarre of, and to them which were neere. How (hall there things be reconcird ? Surely as a man may fay ofa Rocke, Nothingmorequiet, becaufe it isnever and yet nothing more unquiet, becaufe it is ever aiTaulted: fo wee may fay oftheChurch, No- thingmore peaceable, becaufe it is eflablifhed upon a Rocke,andyet nothing more unpeaceable, becaufe that rocke is in thenoidit of Peas, windes, enem ies, perfecuti- ons. But yet the Prophets Conclufion is certaine, The workeofrighteonfnefets peace, andtheefeaofrigh- teonfnefe, pietnefeand affteranceforever, c!, VERSE
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