A47465:871
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.
Ninthly, It is a Covenant of Peace, this is the Name that is given to it in my Text, which also shows it is of an excellent and precious nature.
Ninethly, It is a Covenant of Peace, this is the Name that is given to it in my Text, which also shews it is of an excellent and precious nature.
I. 'Tis a Covenant of Peace with God, God ⟨p. 202⟩is hereby reconciled to us, and we to him, and that for ever.
II. Hereby we come also to have peace in our own Souls, or peace of Conscience; nor indeed can we ever have true peace any other ways: For, can your repentance give you peace of Conscience? Can Tears of Blood appease Divine Wrath, or satisfy Divine Justice? Can Reformation of life give you Peace, or your inherent Sanctification, or pious and religious duties? Do you fetch your peace from thence? If you do, your peace will be turned into trouble and anguish of Spirit; or can your lively and spiritual Frame give you true and lasting peace? I affirm 'tis a false peace that is simply grounded on a lively and Spiritual Frame or disposition of Heart, for there can be no true peace of Conscience but by Jesus Christ;1 through' the Blood of the everlasting Covenant. He is our peace, &c. He will speak peace to his People. — Not as the World giveth, give I unto you. Dare a Man plead his Faith or good Duties to Justify him, and so from thence fetch his peace and comfort; alas! What unrighteousness cleaves to our righteousness, what doubtings attend our Faith, and what wanderings of heart attend us in our best Duties; nay, may we not find some Hypocrisy in us also, tho in the main we are sincere; our peace is only had in Christ.