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

For further clearing of this, We shall 1. lay down some grounds for its confirmation. And then, 2ly. make some •se of it; As for the first of them, to wit, some grounds to confirm it▪ Take these few shortly, 1. If by the application of Christs blood, there be solid peace made up betwixt God and the sinner, it will necessarily follow, that the application of the blood of Christ will •urge the Conscience, and ought to be ground of peace and quietness to it, For (sayeth John, Epistle 1. Chap. 3. v. 20.) God is greater then the heart, or Conscience; and sayeth Paul, 1 Cor. 4. 4. Though we know nothing by our selves, yet are we not hereby justified, but •e that judgeth us ⟨p. 347⟩is the Lord; This is sound reasoning, God hath nothing to say, therefore the Conscience ought to be satisfied: But it is clear, that by the application of Christs blood, solid peace is made up betwixt God and a sinner, As Rom. 5. 1. Being justified by saith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ; There is no standing controversy, nor quarrel •onger then by faith, the blood of Christ is •led unto and applied; John 5. 24. He that heareth my word, and believeth on •im that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; He shall come to judgement to be absolved, but not to be condemned; for (as it is John 3. 18.) He that believeth on him shall not be condemned; And Rom. 8. 1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ; And 1 John 5. 12. He that hath the Son hath life, &c. This being the overword of the Gospel, it will follow, that the Conscience of a poor sinner, that is fled to Christ for refuge, hath good ground of peace, and that there is no ground to the Conscience ormentingly, or anxiously to challenge: And this is indeed no small matter, and yet no presumption after a sinner hath fled to Christ, to quiet himself, and to be at peace on this ground. A 2d ground of confirmation is, the experience of all the Saints recorded in the Scripture, after their falings and fallings into sin; what hath quieted them, may also quiet us; for there is but one way of making peace with God, and the taking of that way works, as to the main, alike to all: Now its this way, that hath quieted them, its the same faith in all, and alike precious […] in all, as to the kind; because it hath the like precious substantial effects in all;