TheTrielihood ofChrift. 4. =1=1......... died for me; invifible,yet was manifelled in the flefh for me, the onely wifeGod, and whomade ufe ofthat vvif- rne, to reconcile himfelfe to mee, and by the foolifh. neffe of preachingdoth five the world; bee-botiour and gloryfor ever and ever. Amen. Secondly, from the fignification ofthe word,we may note, Where Chrig i a King of righteorifneffe, bee is a KingofPeace too.So the Prophet calleth him,the Prince of Peace, Efay6.9. a Creator anddiq)encer of peace. It is his owne by proprietie and purchace, and he leaves it Unto US : Peace I. leave withyou , my peace Igive unto you, Not as theworldgiveth, give Imotoyoss, loh. 14. 27. The world is eitherfalla# ormops, either it deceives, or it is deficient; but Peace is mine, and I can give it.There- fore as the Prophet Ierernie calleth him by the nameof ighteoufnetre,ler.33.16. So the Prophet Micahcalleth him by the name of.Peace, This man fhall 6e the peace, when the ilfyrianfhzllcome intoour Land,Mic.5 .5. To which Saint Tordalleaging, calleth him 'fttn;ii,47. our peace, epher.2.4. By him we havepeace with God,be- ingreconciled,,and re&Ii in curia againe, being juftified by faith, wehave peacewith God, throughour Lord lo- ins Chrifi, Rom.5% r . fo that the heart can chalenge all the world to lay any thing to its charge. By him wee have peaqwith our owne confciences, for being fprinkled with his bloud, theyare cleanfed from dead workes,and fo we have the witnefe in our/dyes, as the Apofile fpea- keth, Heb.9.4. I .14.5. To. Rom. 8.16. By him wee havepeace withmen. No more malice, envie, or hatred ofoneanother,after once thekindneffeand loveof God our Saviour towards man appeared, Tit.3.3,4. All par- tition ovals are taken down, and they which were two before, are both made one inhim, Epher. 2. 14. and then there is towards the brethren a love&communion,' towards the weake a love ofpink, towards the poore a loveofbounty,either cr414 or=i7rifs 2Pet.I. 7. either H h z brotherly 469 Visit sE 4.
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