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The answer is, It's true, at First there should be a tender of peace; and I make no question, but you have had it so here: But now it's true, before the full Doctrine of Reconciliation with God is to be opened unto you, there is something to be opened unto you, about your miserable state by Nature; for it is impossible to open the Doctrine of Peace and Reconciliation, without the opening of that: And that may well be Justified. That though the First thing should be to say, Peace; yet before this can be opened at large unto People, they must come to know what their Natural state is. There is ⟨p. 154⟩some that would at First and at Last say, Peace; and would have nothing else Preached, and cries out against Preaching of any thing of the Law of God; which is merely through their Ignorance, in not rightly understanding the Nature of the thing. For though at First, we are to open this Peace, yet when we come to open it, this hath that in the very Bowels of it, that will show the most woeful Condition of man by Nature, that possibly can be. As for Instance, Peace between God and us: Why, what are we Enemies? Is there an Enmity between God and us? Yes, that comes here: We cannot open the meaning of this Peace, but if we come once to open it, we must of necessity fall upon the Doctrine of Mans state by Nature; and show what a Breach sin hath made between God and the Soul: And what infinite need there is of such a Redeemer, that we could no other way be redeemed, but that we must have such a Saviour, that must be both God and Man. Now when we come to open the Nature of this, it must needs show you what your miserable Condition is by Nature.

The answer is, It's true, at First there should be a tender of peace; and I make no question, but you have had it so here: But now it's true, before the full Doctrine of Reconciliation with God is to be opened unto you, there is something to be opened unto you, about your miserable state by Nature; for it is impossible to open the Doctrine of Peace and Reconciliation, without the opening of that: And that may well be Justified. That though the First thing should be to say, Peace; yet before this can be opened at large unto People, they must come to know what their Natural state is. There is ⟨p. 154⟩some that would at First and at Last say, Peace; and would have nothing else Preached, and crys out against Preaching of any thing of the Law of God; which is meerly through their Ignorance, in not rightly understanding the Nature of the thing. For though at First, we are to open this Peace, yet when we come to open it, this hath that in the very Bowels of it, that will shew the most woful Condition of man by Nature, that possibly can be. As for Instance, Peace between God and us: Why, what are we Enemies? Is there an Enmity between God and us? Yes, that comes here: We cannot open the meaning of this Peace, but if we come once to open it, we must of necessity fall upon the Doctrine of Mans state by Nature; and shew what a Breach sin hath made between God and the Soul: And what infinite need there is of such a Redeemer, that we could no other way be redeemed, but that we must have such a Saviour, that must be both God and Man. Now when we come to open the Nature of this, it must needs shew you what your miserable Condition is by Nature.