And in an other place you may hear the same Prophet speaking to God himself, saying, Great Peace have they that love thy Law. 1So you see Law and Peace still coupled together. And through the whole Scripture I find no Warring Law, but that which the Apostle Paul speaks of, saying,2 I see another law in my members, warring against the Law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members. And how good this warring law is, you may perceive by the Text. Now for Religion, which is only the service of God, the holy Scriptures will plentifully inform you, what relation and affinity that hath with Peace. For there you shall find God styled, the God of Peace. And again,3 The God of Love and Peace. Our blessed Saviour is called, The Prince of Peace. In the Epistle to the Galatians, it is said,4 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such ⟨p. 4⟩there is no law. And the same Apostle in his Epistle to the Ephesians, farther saith, I therefore the Prisoner of the Lord, 5beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called: with all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace. And in the same Epistle, Christs Gospel is called The Gospel of Peace. God calls his Covenant,6 The Covenant of Peace. 7Our blessed Saviour in his Sermon upon the Mount, pronounces no small blessing on the Peacemaker. Blessed (saith he) are the Peacemakers, 8for they shall be called the children of God. And the Psalmist tells us, that The Lord will bless his people with Peace. 9The wisest of men tell us, To the Counsellors of Peace is joy. 10How often are we commanded in the Holy Scriptures,11 To have Peace one with another. To live in Peace. To be at Peace among our selves. To pray for Peace. To love Peace. To seek Peace and ensue it.
And in an other place you may heare the same Prophet speaking to God himselfe, saying, Great Peace have they that love thy Law. 1So you see Law and Peace still coupled together. And through the whole Scripture I find no Warring Law, but that which the Apostle Paul speakes of, saying,2 I see annother law in my members, warring against the Law of my minde, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sinne, which is in my members. And how good this warring law is, you may perceive by the Text. Now for Religion, which is onely the service of God, the holy Scriptures will plentifully informe you, what relation and affinity that hath with Peace. For there you shall find God stiled, the God of Peace. And againe,3 The God of Love and Peace. Our blessed Saviour is called, The Prince of Peace. In the Epistle to the Gallatians, it is said,4 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentlenesse, goodnesse, faith, meekenesse, temperance: against such ⟨p. 4⟩there is no law. And the same Apostle in his Epistle to the Ephesians, farther saith, I therefore the Prisoner of the Lord, 5beseech you, that ye walke worthy of the vocation wherewith yee are called: with all lowlinesse and meekenesse, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavouring to keepe the unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace. And in the same Epistle, Christs Gospell is called The Gospell of Peace. God calls his Covenant,6 The Covenant of Peace. 7Our blessed Saviour in his Sermon upon the Mount, pronounces no small blessing on the Peacemaker. Blessed (saith he) are the Peacemakers, 8for they shall be called the children of God. And the Psalmist tells us, that The Lord will blesse his people with Peace. 9The wisest of men tell us, To the Counsellors of Peace is joy.
- 1Psa. 119.165
- 2Rom. 7.23
- 3Phil. 4.9 2 Cor. 13.. 1 Isa 9.6.
- 4Gal. 5.22.23
- 5Ephe. 4.1, 2, 3
- 6Ephes 6 15.
- 7Isa 54 10
- 8Matth 5.9
- 9Psal. 29.11
- 10Prov. 12.20
- 11Mark. 9 50 2 Cor. 13 11. 1 Thes. 5 13 Psal 122.6 Zach 8.19 […]. 34.14. & 1 Pe. 3.1Mark. 9 50 2 Cor. 13 11.
