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A57544	The disabled debtor discharged: or, Mary Magdalen pardoned Set forth in an exposition on that parable Luke 7. 40.-51. There was a certain creditor, which had two debtors, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, minister of the gospel.; Mirrour of mercy, and that on Gods part and mans. Part I	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1821A; ESTC R222102	218,172	327

in the way which might indanger both his Horse and Himselfe desperately answered Oculos comprimo omnia ubique plana sunt I shut mine Eyes and all things are to me alike plain They are secure through the darknesse and senselesnes of their consciences But a good Conscience wash d in the blood of Christ is quiet because it so feeleth sin as that it believeth all is forgiven and that the whole debt wherof it is very sensible is discharged through Christs blood Secondly A benummed Conscience though it be quiet yet it comforteth not There may be indeed a naturall livelinesse and a joy taken in things pleasing to nature but spirituall Comfort in the Conscience there is none at all Now the true pacified conscience hath great joy and refreshing in it it cheareth up the Soule of a man as one that is cheared at a Feast in which respect it is said to bee a continuall Feast Thirdly A dead or benummed Conscience feareth not sin nor Gods wrath for sin But a Good Conscience is very fearefull of giving God the least offence As it was said of Hezekiah that he feared God greatly So is it with the Godly And thus you see however there be some agreement and likenesse betweene the true peace of a good Conscience and the false peace of a bad one in regard both are quiet and free from trouble yet in other respects there is a wide difference betwixt them and therfore be not deceived with appearance You know the Sea doth not alwayes rage and roare No Conscience makes so rough weather as at no time to admit a calme And when a Sinner shall tell you all is well and quiet at home If you give him the hearing let that be all Many a dying man you may heare to say that he feels no pain And yet you like him never the better for it After the draught of Milk that Sisera took he was not sensible of Iaels hammer Vse 2 next this sets forth unto us the excellent estate of a Beleever to whom true Peace belongs as their inheritance Pax ●areditas Chris●i avorum Aug de temp Scr. 200. they being the Sonnes of Peace Luk. 10.6 There is much peace saith David to them that love thy Law Psal 119.164 To the Sinner there was none there is much Peace to these having Peace with God we have Peace with his Angels Ps 34.7 Heb. 1.14 Peace with men Luk. 2.14 Isay 11.6 7. Peace with Gods ordinances Isay 11.4 57.19 Peace with our selves Colos 3.15 Peace with the creatures Hos 2.18 Peace with our Crosses Rom. 8.28 Thus we have much Peace Ob. But do we not see it evidently that none have lesse Peace then these who are more inwardly afflicted outwardly molested 2 Cor. 11 23-30 Resp The Church of God is Militant here in this world and so no perfect Peace may be here expected In the world saith Christ you shall have Affliction but in me peace Though we have much Peace as I said yet not full and perfect Peace for there can be no Peace with the Powers and Principalities of the world Ephes 6.12 Nor with the Lusts of the world 1 Pet. 2. Nor with the men of this world Pax nostra bellum contra Satanam Iohn 15.8 But this warre is our Peace as Tertullian speakes 2. God doth not ever speake peace to his own but that comes to passe through their owne folly Psal 85.8 David knew this by his owne deare bought experience But if they be carefull to abstaine from sin they cannot be without inward Peace in all their outward troubles Act. 5.41 They are like a Rocke in the Sea than which nothing is more quiet because it is not stirred and yet nothing more unquiet because it is ever assaulted 3. This Peace is but begun in this world and as yet imperfect as all other Graces be The mind and will is subdued unto Gods mind and will but in part And the flesh is subdued but in part to the Spirit whence ariseth a combate within them but a good Conscience they have which is therefore peaceable because it outstandeth corruption and in some measure subdues it Vse 3 In the last place let us all be stirred up to seeke after this blessing of Peace by those wayes and means which you have bin acquainted withall in this Parable from this Penitents practice which the better to provoke you unto J might spend time and that not unprofitably in discovering unto you the excellency of this Grace First In that it was the first Congratulation wherwith the holy Angels saluted the Church at the birth of Christ Luk. 2.14 Joh. 14.27 Psal 34.12 1 Thes 3.14 Rom. 14.19 Nor is there any thing which Christ the Head of men and Angels did more carefully bequeath to his Church than Peace It was that blessed Grace which Christ did leave as a token of his Love to his Church a little before his death nor is there any duty that Gods Servants do call on us more to seek after than Peace Secondly from the great account that hath bin and is made of it both by God and Man God takes it into his own holy Title as Hebr. 13.20 Isay 9.6 Were it not an Orient Pearle or a Diamond of unspeakable worth he would not have it in his Crown Yea the very blood of his Sonne he gave to purchase it Now how precious that blood was Saint Peter shews 1 Pet. 1.19 In which respect it is called the Peace of God Phil. 4.7 Colos 3.15 2 Thes 3.16 And as God doth thus highly prize it so do all the Godly who have in them the spirit of discerning How bitterly have they bewayled the want of it What sighes and groanes have they sent up to Heaven for obtaining it Psal 51.8 And having procured it they would not willingly take ten thousand worlds for it Yea the wicked themselves set a high price on it Gen. 4.13 when their consciences are awakened How have they wished any other paine or torture so they might have peace what would Caine have given for it think you What would Iudas What Belshazzar When horrours feares terrors have seased on them then Peace hath bin in request with them Thirdly from the unspeakable Benefits that true Peace brings along with it What is it that can make a man happy but attends on Peace It comprehends in the very name of it all Happinesse both of Estate and Disposition That Mountaine wheron Christ ascended though it abounded with Palmes Pines and Mirtles yet it carried onely the name of Olives an ancient Emblem of Peace So though many mercies belong unto a Christian yet all are comprized under this one little word which is speld with a few letters Peace whence it was that the Hebrewes wished nothing but Peace unto their friends understanding therby all prosperous successe Mat. 10.13 Luk. 10.5 Iohn 20.21 26. Luke 24.36 Phil. 4.7 Colos 3. This fils the heart with Patience Ioy

Peace are here meant That Peace which our Saviour speakes of is true and sincere Peace which S. Bernard thus tripleth First Externall which some call Pax temporis this is that Peace we have with men for the time we live in this world Rom. 12.18 and this is first in the Church when it hath rest from Heresies Schisme Tyranny and Persecution Acts 2.31 Psalme 122.6 Secondly In the Common-wealth as when we are free from civill warres within and forreigne enemies without Ier. 29.7 Thirdly In the Family or speciall places where we live of which Peace S. Peter 1 Pet. 3.12 and our Saviour Mark 9.50 Secondly Internall which is Pax pectoris the Peace of conscience proceeding from the assurance we have of Gods favour through Christ In this S. Paul placeth the Kingdome of Heaven Rom 14.17 Phil. 4.7 and calls it Peace which passeth all understanding Phil. 4.7 Thirdly Eternall Pax numinis which is that perfect rest and happinesse which the Saints shall enjoy in Heaven with God hereafter Isay 57.2 The Peace that our Saviour here speakes of to this woman is that Internall or Pectorall peace that stable and comfortable tranquility of conscience not accusing but excusing and freeing from the terrors of Hell and death opposed to feare griefe or any kind of perturbation which might breake the sweet consent and harmony of mind Doct. Our Observation is Peace of conscience is the fruit of justification by Faith Col. 1.20 Ephes 2.21 Rom. 5 1. These Texts of Scripture make strongly for the truth delivered Nor can it otherwise be For upon our apprehension of Christ by Faith followes his satisfaction for us upon satisfaction we have remission upon remission reconciliation upon reconciliation Peace will certainly follow Vse Alas for Sinners the misery of such as are not reconciled unto God there is no peace to the wicked saith my God Isay 57.21 The sentence would not be so grievous were it not so generall If at any time in any place any wicked man might have any kind of peace that good is there were some comfort But the Proposition is an universall Negative There is no Peace in no place at no time to no wicked man to be had No Peace none with God none with Angels none with Men none with the Creatures They are like unto Ishmaell whose hand was against every man and every mans hand against him they may well feare with Cain every one that findeth mee will slay mee All creatures being Gods executioners and ready prest to do his will Pro. 19.13 2 King 7.4 Fugit ab agro ad civitatem a publico ad domum a domo in cubiculum ecce hostem sun̄ invenit quo cōsugerat seipsum quò ●ugiturus est Aug. in Ps 45. In no place Peace what Salomon speakes of an ill wife may aptly be applyed to an ill conscience It is a continuall dropping wheresoever a man goes his conscience accompanies him and that yells against him in dom● in f●●o in mensa in lecto In all places where he comes So that as those Lepers spake one unto another If we enter into the citie the famine is in the citie and we shall die there if we sit still we shall di● h●re c. Sinners may so say unto themselves If we goe to Gods House there is no Peace His word threatens us If wee stay at home there is no Peace our Consciences condemne us what shall we doe At no Time Peace They are like the surging and raging waves of the Sea still casting up mire and dirt Or like Euripus which ever boyleth and is in continuall agitation Iob 15.20 21. and 27.20 21. There Conscience is like an aking tooth he that hath it eates in paine drinkes in paine sleeps in paine So is it with a sinner he is pained with Conscience continually nor can any wicked man have Peace Be he never so great or mighty let his coat be made of what cloth it will Rom. 2. God is no respecter of Persons Hee bids defiance to all such as sinne against him of malitious wickednesse Doe you aske your watchmen then as Iehoram asked Iehu Is it peace Iehu is it peace We must answer what peace when as the witch-crafts and Adulteries of thy mother Iesabell are yet so many Art thou a wicked one a lewd Liver a Drunkard an Adulterer c. Come behind what hast thou to do with Peace Ob. But who sees not that Sinners have Peace Read Iob 21.9 And there we shall find that there is a Peace in the Tents of wicked ones they live at ease have what their hearts can wish their consciences are quiet and they die like lambs Resp This Peace in them is not Pax conscientiae but stupor conscientiae you may call it rather stupidity than Peace The habit of sin hath taken away the sense of sinne so that they are become past feeling their consciences being seared with a hot yron 1 Tim. 4.2 Seared may the Conscience be but not safe quiet but not good Iob compares this Peace unto a dreame and affirmes that it is but for a moment Job 38.17 Eccles 7.6 Spinae dum ardent sonant atò exurantur ut nullus caloris sit effectus Amb de hortat ad virginitatem Dan. 5.5 6. Salomon resembles it to the crackling of thornes under the Pot. Now saith S. Ambrose thornes when they burne they make a noyse and quickly are consumed so that there is no effect of their heat So sinners make a noyse of Peace but it is soone gone and they have little comfort by it It is in their Face not in the Heart as Salomon shews Prov. 14.13 In laughter many times the Heart is sad in the midst of their mirth their thoughts are troubled as were Belshazzers the joynts of their loynes are loosed and their knees smite one against another This that former resemblance of Thornes under the Pot intimates The flame lifts up it selfe in an exulting braving way yet it is kept downe and suppressed by the Pot over it So this Peace of Sinners is under many troubles That seething Pot spoken of Ier. 1.13 checks and subdues it Still there is a Thorne at the breast of this Nightingale and as the Prophet speakes In pace amaritudo mea amarissima Isay 38.17 In peace I had great bitternesse thus may they say Sure I am they have just cause for their peace is like the Sea called Mare mortuum which they say is smooth on the top but deadly at the bottome Quest But how doth this Seeming or false Peace of sinners differ from that Peace which ariseth from Assurance of GODS Favour through Faith in Christ Resp By what hath bin already said this may bee in part discerned but to answer you more fully First the Conscience of a sinner is quiet for that it hath no sight nor sence of sinne He is like that presumptuous Carrier who travelling in the night and being told of many dangerous pits