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conscience_n	soul_n	spirit_n	witness_v	1,100	5	9.6899	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23642	The spouse of Christ coming out of affliction, leaning upon her beloved, or, A sermon preached by Mr. John Allin, the late Reverend Pastor to the Church of Christ at Dedham, at the administration of the Lords Supper, August 6, 1671 and may be useful to any Church of Christ, or true believer in a state of affliction.	Allin, John, 1596-1671.	1672 (1672)	Wing A1037; ESTC W22355	25,137	31

for us where is there such love to be found in the World Oh what ardent love should then be to the Lord Jesus therefore let us shew our love to him and let our love be enflamed to him let us be willing to dye for him that hath dyed for us let us love him with all our hearts and souls and all our might that hath so greatly loved us THE Lord Jesus his LEGACIE of PEACE To Arm his Disciples against Trouble and Fear OR A SERMON PREACHED BY Mr. JOHN ALLIN The late Reverend Pastor of the Church of Christ in Dedham August 13. 1671. Being the last that he Preached before his Death which was August 26. 1671. Glory to God in the highest on Earth peace towards men good will Luk. 2.14 Cambridge Printed in the Year 1672. John 14.27 Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you not as the World giveth give I unto you let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid AFter so many Consolations and Promises of the Comforter as the Lo●d Jesus had armed his Disciples with against his departure in these words he takes his leave or farewel of them leaving this his Legacy with them namely The blessing of peace telling them what peace saying My peace I give unto y●u not as the World giveth and the fruit of Christ peace was to stay their hearts against all trouble and fear as ver r. Let not your Hearts be troubled but my peace I leave with you as my blessing as the Apostle speaks ●phes 6.23 Peace be to the Brethren and love with Faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 5.14 Peace be with all that are in Christ Jesus Amen and it is a frequent Farewel in the Scripture as also in Salutations the scope of our Saviour in these words or valediction is the same he began withal ver 1. to stay their hearts against all fear and trouble it was no doubt a great trouble and tryal to the hearts of the Disciples of Jesus Christ to loose such a Master and Teacher as he was and that by so painful and shameful a death as the death of the Crosse and so it was notwithstanding all that he had spoken to them therefore he leaves peace with them My peace I give unto you To open the words My peace I leave with you as if our Saviour had said I am now about to part with you I must leave you but I will leave this Legacy My peace and that not an ordinary peace but my peace and that I give unto you you shall have peace is usually taken for or ●mplies protection from all evil and the enjoyment of all good but that they may know what peace this is he tells them it 's my peace Christ is the Prince of peace the Attonement the God of peace all peace comes from him he it is that gives all manner of peace First He gives peace with God you will say what manner of peace is that the Apostle tells us Phil 4.7 The peace of God that passeth all understanding unspeakable and unutterable such a peace that even those that have it cannot conceive the excellency of it much less can they express it God is an Enemy against sin and sinners and they are at enmity with God and for a sinner that hath offended and provoked God and that therefore hath no hope in God now for such a sinner to be at peace with God who can conceive what it is you may see the excellency of it if you consider the persons that are now at peace for a poor wretched miserable condemned sinner to be at peace with God and that this should flow from the love of God in pardoning all his sins and to account him righteous in his sight that he that was an enemy to the Great and Holy God even in his minde by evil works and had God himself the Holy Just God an enemy to him that will avenge himself on his enemies by Eternal punishment yet now to be at peace with God and that God will own him as a Friend forgiving all his sins accepting him as just righteous to ete●nal life take him into his high favour as a Son and Heir of Heaven and all this through the Blood of his own Son yea by the blood of his Cross is this peace made so justifying his Law and Justice a great price must be payed to purchase it and the tearms is free grace in a covenant of grace to all that believe it is free grace in God to accept of a satisfaction in Christ he might have exacted it of the sinner himself and the tearms of this free grace are only to believe and accept of it the new Covenant is established upon better promises then the old wherein God hath promised to take away a hard and stony heart and to give a heart of flesh now for a sinner to be at peace with God through the merit and righteousness of Christ and upon the tearms of the covenant of grace and what follows God now takes them into the state of Sons ye shall be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord God Almighty and they are made Heirs of the Glory of Christ for a sinner thus to be at peace with God I say who can tell what it is to be Heirs of God and co heirs with Jesus Christ this is Christs peace which he gives to his Disciples Secondly This peace is the inward peace of a good Conscience the sence of that peace which a Soul hath with God through Jesus Christ being prinkled from an evil Conscience we have boldness and access with assurance of Faith unto the holiest of all and confidence towards God 1 Joh. 3. God sending his Spirit the Comforter to witness that we are at peace with God yea he sends his Spirit to seal up this peace with God and this breeds joy unspeakable and full of glory it fills the Soul with all joy in Believing Rom. 15 13. Now the God of hope all you with all joy and peace in believing that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost so that we may boldly go to the Throne of grace yea even to the holiest of all with confidence to wards God and have liberty before him this is a singular part of this peace to be perswaded that we are at peace with God and that we are the Children of God and that we are partakers of all the priviledges of the Sons of God Thirdly Christs peace is a peace with men and so usually taken in Scripture and especially with the Saints Ephes 2.14 For he is our peace who hath made bath one and hath broken own the m●dd●e wall of partition between us that we m●y be all o●e●a Iesus Christ both J●ws and Gentiles Fourthly This peace comprehends peace with the Creature even with the Beasts of the field Job 5 23 For thou shait be in lea●ue with the

the Lord I will destroy them this peace with God takes away not only all fears and dangers of condemnation as Rom. 8.1 but also the sting of sin and death 1 Cor. 15.55 Oh Death where is thy sting Oh Grave where is thy Victory Reas 2. Because this peace is in the hand of Christ who payed a great price for it and he will maintain it that although we sin yet he is our Advocate and preserves our peace with God this peace is the peace of Christ he hath purchased it with his Blood he freely giveth it therefore surely he will maintain it he will not take it away as the World gives peace one day and taketh it away another this peace is an everlasting peace Reas 3. Because this peace does not only set the Soul free from fear of wrath but it makes every thing easie and it takes away the poyson and venome of sin and also the ●ting of death and hell is taken away sin is a poyson in every cup poysons every thing but this peace takes all away and doth assure a Believer that whatever he meets withal●n this World shall be to his advantage it makes prosperity to be safe and sweet to them and makes all afflictions to work for their good Reas 4. Because all troubles and dangers shall not hurt this peace but shall work together to the furtherance of their everlasting peace for this peace is so far above all evils and fears that can befal such as have it that in comparis●n t●ereof they are all light and momentany not worthy to be compared with that glory to be revealed their great hopes swallow up all their fears ●ob 19.25 For I know that my Rede●mer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the Earth Quest 1. But here some may ask a Question If Christ gives such peace how then comes it to pass that many a gracious Soul meet with sv much trouble and that not only trouble in the World but trouble in spirit that the Soul hath lost his peace and sense of the favour of God Ans This Legacie was given more especially to the Ap●stles that were called to so great a work and were to out face all the Tyrants in the World and endure so great afflictions and per●ecutions so that we may conceive it was alwayes constant and full with them but ordinary Christians have not so full and constant peace in themselves their peace may be interrupted for a time through sin or through temptations yet their peace doth hold though they may loose the sense of it for a time but they may be sure of this that peace will return again to them God hath not forgot to be gracious Ans 2. Their peace with God is everlasting and never fails this peace is the peace of God and in the conclusion will never fail but the wicked mans peace will fail and never come again but the righteous and merciful man shall enter into peace they shall rest in their beds as Isai 57.27 Ans 3. Their dissertions and temptations are alwayes turned to their good and their peace return●d with advantage of greater peace and joy their end is alwayes peace though they should and may go out of the World in the want of the sense of it yet God doth often return to the Soul at death Vse 1. Instruction Hence take notice of the wonderful care and love of the Lord Jesus to his Di●ciples to establish their hearts against all the troubles afflictions and fears that might befal them in this world and therefore he saith let not your heart be troubled this was the farewel speech of Jesus Christ my peace I leave with you he delights in the prosperity of his people as we may see Heb. 5.17 18. Wherein God willing more abundantly to shew to the Heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an Oath that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye you might have a strong consolation who are fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us also the Lord said unto the Prophet Isai 40.1 Comfort ye comfort ye my people saith my God speak you comfortably to ●erusalem and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished and that her Iniquity is pardoned I speak this to this end because there are some good Souls that thinks assurance of Gods love and strong consolations and joy in the Holy Ghost is too high a favour for them being such sinners as they are to attain to but let all such consider that God give as a God he gives as becometh such a great God as he is he gives according to his greatness and not according to your sinfulness and unworthiness this peace is the gift of Jesus Christ and he hath purchased it therefore if the Soul be never so unworthy yet Jesus Christ is most willing to bestow this precious everlasting peace upon you to magnifie the exceeding riches of his grace refuse not the consolations of the Almighty dishonour not grieve not the Lord Jesus Christ by your unbelief when Christ freely gives his peace it is your duty thankfully to embrace it with all acceptation Vse 2. Conviction We may hence be convinced of the great folly of all such poor Souls as do rest in such a poor peace as the World gives and look not after that true most excellent and everlasting peace which the Lord Jesus Christ does freely offer and give Alas how many Souls are there that rest themselves in that peace which the world can give carnal peace carnal mirth it is a poor peace you can have from the world you may have the worlds peace and yet have a sad heart and conscience that will tell you for all this you must come to Judgement the very best peace the world can give will leave the Soul in unserable fear and distress in fear of the wrath of God which will come upon the Sons of disobedience in the midst of laughter the heart will be sad all you that thus content your selves do not your Consciences often tell you of your great and many sins and woful state to Eternity when Paul preached of righteousness temporance and judgement to come Felix trembled Act. 24.25 that is a poor peace that the world giveth that is only an outward peace but gives no inward peace and comfort to the Soul when Betshazzar was in his greatest jollity when he was drinking in his Cups his mirth and joy was soon gone and the Hand-writing upon the wall caused his knees to smite one against another as Dan. 5.5 6. in that peace that the world gives Conscience sometimes will fly in the face and tells them of those things sins that they are guilty of and that God is angry with sinners every day and that there is a Hell prepared for sinners Oh the fearful expectation of wrath and fiery indignation that oft seizeth upon the heart of such