I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Answ. All that may be which you speak of, and yet this Doctrine may be true. General Rules have always some exceptions. Though the Garment that the Saints do ordinarily wear, be white, yet here and there some do go in black, and go so a great while. But that there may be no stumbling concerning this matter, I shall desire you to consider with me, some few Distinctions.

Answ. All that may be which you speak of, and yet this Doctrine may be true. General Rules have alwaies some exceptions. Though the Garment that the Saints do ordinarily wear, be white, yet here and there some do go in black, and go so a great while. But that there may be no stumbling concerning this matter, I shall desire you to consider with me, some few Distinctions.

First: Ye must know, That there is a Fundamental Peace, which the Saints and People of God have; and there is an Additional Peace. A Fundamental Peace, which does Naturally arise and slow from their Justification: Being justified by Faith, we have Peace with God; Rom. 5. And then there is an Additional Peace, which arises from the sense of their Justification. Possibly a Child of God may for a long time lose the latter, but the former he shall never lose. As a Woman that hath a great Jointure, goes abroad some Journey, and meets with Thieves, and they take away all the money that she hath about her; but yet (says she) though they have taken away my spending Money, they cannot take away my Jointure, I have not lost my Jointure. So now the Saints sometimes, may lose their spending money, they may lose the peace that arises from the sense of their Justification; but as for the Peace that ariseth and issues from their Justification ⟨p. 9⟩it self, the first Peace, that they shall never lose. Peace is the Churches Jointure, and that Peace they shall never lose.

First: Ye must know, That there is a Fundamental Peace, which the Saints and People of God have; and there is an Additional Peace. A Fundamental Peace, which does Naturally arise and slow from their Justification: Being justified by Faith, we have Peace with God;