A declaration of the true manner of knowing Christ crucified

From the benefit of reconciliation proceed four benefits. First, that excellent peace of God that passeth all understanding, which hath six parts. The first is, peace with God and the blessed Trinity, Rom 5. 1. being justified we have peace with God. The second, peace with the good Angels, Joh. 1. 51. Ye shall see the Angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man. And that Angels like armies of soldiers encamp about the servants of God, and as nurses bear them in their arms that they be neither hurt by the devil and his angels, nor by his instruments, it proceeds of this that they being ⟨p. 8⟩in Christ are partakers of his merits. The third is, peace with all such as fear God and believe in Christ. This Isaiah foretold when he said, that the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie with the kid, and the calf and the lion and a fat beast together, and that a little child should lead them, &c. 11. v. 6. The fourth is, peace with a mans own self, when the conscience washed in the blood of Christ, ceaseth to accuse, and terrify: and when the will, affections, and inclinations of the whole man are obedient to the mind enlightened by the spirit and word of God, Coloss. 3. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. The fifth is, peace with enemies and that two ways. First, in that such as believe in Christ, seek to have peace with all men, hurting none but doing good to all: secondly, in that God restrains the malice of enemies, & inclines their hearts to be peaceable. Thus God brought Daniel into love and favour with the chief of the Eunuchs. The last, is peace with all creatures in heaven & earth, in that they ¹serve for mans salvation. Psal. 9•. 13. Thou shalt walk upon the lion and the Asp: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under foot. Hos. 2. 18. And in that day vvill I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven. Now this benefit of ⟨p. 9⟩