Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world

CHAP. 26. We may loose the assurance of our Peace with God by our sinful walking.

CHAP. 26. We may loose the asserance of our Peace with God by our sinful walking.

Secondly we may come to loose our peace, the assurance of our peace with God, through sinfulness; through our loose, and carnal walking with God; by this means we may come to fear, that such walking cannot stand with the condition of a Believer; and then indeed a believer is put to a nonplus and it will be a great while before he can be satisfied. In the other, when it is but a daily infirmity, and when it is such as he strives against, he is easily satisfied; but when it comes to that, that it is very like walking after the flesh; as indeed many fall so foully, as you can scarcely perceive any difference between one that works after the flesh, and him; his exceedingly clouds the light of Gods favour, and exceedingly hinders the Comfort of his peace with God And O, how justly may the Lord abraid thee, and say what, did I set that infinite wisdom of mine a work to find out such a way of Reconciliation with thee? and is it worth no more then so, but that thou castest of the comfort of it, that thou mightest give liberty to thy looseness, and negligence, and to have the flesh have satisfaction? And so Christ himself may abraid thee: what, shall I come from the bosom of my father, and take upon me the form of a servant, and be made a curse, that I might make peace between my father and thee, and is it worth no more but this; that thou castest away the Comfort of thy assurance for such a sinful distemper of heart, to give thy liberty to live after the flesh? Yea the Holy spirit may come, and a braid thee, and say. What, shall I come, and reveal the deep counsels of God towards thee, and show thee what those things were that God ⟨p. 134⟩from all eternity hath done for thee? shall I open the mysteries of Christ unto thee, and draw thy heart unto him; and shall I speak peace unto thee, and yet when all is done, thou shouldest regard this so little as for the satisfaction of some base distemper of heart, loose that which I have thus brought to thee; loose the comfort of all that I have done for thee? both Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, may abraid thy negligence, and the looseness of thy heart, and life. Yea, and thine own Conscience may tell thee, and say, did not I often hint unto thee, that if thou didst give liberty to thy self to walk thus, and thus loosely, thou shalt loose thy comfort, and thou shouldst' come to apprehend God to be a terror to thee?