470 VERSE 4. IL.; Efay 32,17. Rem.4.5-- 9. TheTriefiboadofChrifl. brotherly love, or generall love, towards thofe without mercy ,charity,compaflionforgivenes, towards al good work t. By himwe havepeacewith the creatures,vve ultimo themWith comfort,with liberty,withdelight, with pie- ty, with charity,with mercy, as glafles in the which we fee, and as fleps by the whichwedraw neerer to God. No ruff in our gold or filver, no moth, norpride in our garment, no lewdnes inour liberty, no hand againa the wall, no flying roll againfl the (lone or beanie of the houfe, no gravell in our bread, no gall in our drinke, no fnare on our table, no feares in our bed, nodeflruaion in our profperitie ; in all cams we can rejoyce, we can doe and suffer all through Chrifl that firengtheneth us. We are tender thecagodie ofpeace ; it keepes our hearts and inindes from feares of enemies, and maketh us ferve the Lordwith confidence, boldneffe and fecuritie, Phil.4.7. The works of righteotOseTe are in peace, and the of of righteonfneffe as pietneleandAfuranceforever. Note fourthly, fromboth thefe, that is, from a peace grounded in riahteoufneffe 3 needs mumull Bleffidneffi. ye- n fult, for it is the blefledneife ofa creature tobe reunited, and one with his Maker,tohave all controverfies ended, all diaances fwallowed up, all partitions taken downe, and therefore the Apofile ufeth Righteompiefe and 71lef- lanes as terms protnifcuous.All men feek for bleflednes, it is the fumme and colleaion ofall defires,a man loveth nothing but inorder & fubordination unto that. And by nature wee are all children ofwrath, and heldunder by the curfe,fomany finnes as we have committed,fomany deaths & curfes have we heaped upon our foules,fo ma- ny Ovals offeparationhave we fet up betweenus&God, who is the fountaineof bkiredvette. Tillall they beco- vered,removedforgiven and forgotten, the creaturecan- not be bleffed. Bleffedare theywhole iniquitiesareforgi- ven, andwholelinnet are covered, Rom.4.7. All the be- nediaions which wee have from the moll high God come AIM
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