A47465:530
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons…
The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons lately preached, in which the errors of the present day about reconciliation and justification are detected / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by S. Bridge, 1698
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
VII. Some Proclamations proclaim Peace; so, my Brethren, the Gospel Proclaims our Peace with ⟨p. 124⟩God:1 Peace, Peace to them that are afar off, and to them that are nigh; It proclaims Liberty to the Captives, &c.2 Hence our Lord saith to his Disciples; That which ye have spoken in the Ear, 3shall be proclaimed on the House Top — And came and preached Peace, 4(or proclaimed Peace) to you which were afar off, and to them that are nigh. And hence the Gospel also comes so to be called; for what is Gospel, but glad Tidings, good News, Peace on Earth, good Will to Men! It is called, the Joyful Sound,5 Blessed is the People that know the Joyful Sound, &c. Not they that only hear it, but that know it, it is that which when known and received, pacifies a Wounded Conscience.
VII. Some Proclamations proclaim Peace; so, my Brethren, the Gospel Proclaims our Peace with ⟨p. 124⟩God:1 Peace, Peace to them that are afar off, and to them that are nigh; It proclaims Liberty to the Captives, &c.2 Hence our Lord saith to his Disciples; That which ye have spoken in the Ear, 3shall be proclaimed on the House Top — And came and preached Peace, 4(or proclaimed Peace) to you which were afar off, and to them that are nigh. And hence the Gospel also comes so to be called; for what is Gospel, but glad Tydings, good News, Peace on Earth, good Will to Men! It is called, the Joyful Sound,