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Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world
Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is showed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1657
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GOSPEL-RECONCILIATION, OR Christs Trumpet of Peace TO THE WORLD. › Chapter 9 › Help 2: Help 2.
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Again, Labour to set God Continually before you; ⟨p. 52⟩the greatness of God, the Majesty of God, the power of God, the goodness of God, labour to set these before you, thereby to draw your hearts to seek after your making your peace with God. There is an excellent Scripture in Isa. 27.5. That hath some difficulty for the understanding of it, but it is very sweet if rightly understood. Let him take hold of my strength that he may make peace with me, and he shall make Peace with me: it is a strange kind of Phrase, and I find a great deal of difference amongst Interpreters about this text. I find Mr. Calvin, that usually hits as right as most, carrying of it by way of interrogation, and so he saith you may read it thus. Will he take hold of my strength that he may make peace with me? as if he should have said, what will he do? will he stay so long till he come to be made sensible of my power upon him, and of my strength to bring him down? and then it may be he will make peace with me. Thus many do, they stay till God comes to make them sensible of his power, and of his strength, and then they will make their peace with God. But I can hardly think this to be the scope, only it is a very good meditation to set God before you in his power, & in his strength, & in his glory, and to meditate with your selves thus: O, if the Lord should come now, and make me apprehensive, and sensible of that power, and strength of his, indeed this will stir up my heart to seek to make my peace with him. What is the reason that there comes so many shrieks, and cryings from souls when they are sensible of Gods power, and strength? O! they well know what a mighty God they have to do withal: the truth is the reason why men do not make it their work now to seek Reconciliation and peace with God; it is because they are not apprehensive of the power, and majesty, and glory that is in God, how God is above them, and can bring them under, and make them vile, and base when he pleaseth. Therefore it is a good interpretation of the words, Will he take hold, or apprehend my strength,