An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

Lastly, Where this peace from God is, there is a greater incentive and quickening to all holiness and godliness. There the soul is carried out with more fervency and activity, scruples and dejected thoughts, they are like the taking off the Chariot-wheels; there cannot be such improved godliness, such zealous and laborious expressions of love and thankfulness to God, as when this peace of God ruleth in our heart. The fire doth not more easily dissolve the frost and ice, then this peace of God in our souls doth chase away all slothfulness and negligence; if this grace and peace of God were shed abroad in thy heart, thou wouldst like a Giant run thy race of Christianity, whereas now thou art but a Dwarf; feeble hands and weak knees will not go through much work, especially if difficult and laborious. Now the way of Christianity is compared to a race, to fighting and combating: there are thousands of discouragements and oppositions in the way; it behoveth thee therefore to have this peace within, that so the work of grace begun in thee, may go on more prosperously.

Lastly, Where this peace from God is, there is a greater incentive and quickning to all holinesse and godlinesse. There the soul is carried out with more fervency and activity, scruples and dejected thoughts, they are like the taking off the Chariot-wheels; there cannot be such improved godliness, such zealous and laborious expressions of love and thankfulness to God, as when this peace of God ruleth in our heart. The fire doth not more easily dissolve the frost and ice, then this peace of God in our souls doth chase away all slothfulness and negligence; if this grace and peace of God were shed abroad in thy heart, thou wouldst like a Gyant runne thy race of Christianity, whereas now thou art but a Dwarf; feeble hands and weak knees will not go through much work, especially if difficult and laborious. Now the way of Christianity is compared to a race, to fighting and combating: there are thousands of discouragements and oppositions in the way; it behoveth thee therefore to have this peace within, that so the work of grace begun in thee, may go on more prosperously.

But you will say, This indeed is a mercy, like that Pearl in the Parable, we may well fell all to have it: But how may we be directed to obtain it?