Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…

As when he said, he was to go up to Jerusalem, they said, Master, the Jews sought of late to ⟨p. 73⟩stone thee, and wilt thou go up thither? And yet how hateful this was to Christ, is clear from the whole strain of the Gospel, and from his checking of Peter, at that rate of holy severity, saving •o him, Get thee behind me Satan; And the two Sons of Zebedee, Mat. 20. 22. Telling them, That they knew not what they asked; And, Acts 1. 7. He declareth to them that it was not for them to know the times and seasons which the Father had put in his own power. A 4th. Instance is that which was the very common Tenet, and Opinion of Believers in the Primitive times, among the Jews▪ viz That the Ceremonial Law of Moses was not fully abrogated by the coming of Christ, and is clear from Acts 21. and Rom. 14. and, 1 Cor. 8. 9. and 10. Chapters, and that there was much un-clearness, in the matter of Christian Liberty; they being some way rooted in their Opinion, anent the distinction of Meats and Days, thinking that it was not taken away; And though the Apostles determined it, yet they could not easily be brought off from it.

As when he said, he was to go up to Ierusalem, they said, Master, the Iews sought of late to ⟨p. 73⟩stone thee, and wilt thou go up thithe? And yet how hatefull this was to Christ, is clear from the whole strain of the Gospel, and from his checking of Peter, at that rate of holy severity, saving •o him, Get thee behind me Satan; And the two Sons of Zebedee, Mat. 20. 22. Telling them, That they knew not what they asked; And,