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A07776	Three homilies upon these three sentences folowing Psal. 55.22. Cast thy burthen vpon the Lord. Iohn 14.27. My peace I giue vnto you. Luk.10.42. One thing is necessarie. Composed by Philip Mornay, lord of Plessis-Marly.; Trois homélies. English.	Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Ratcliffe, Anthony, fl. 1626.	1626 (1626)	STC 18156; ESTC S100071	41,038	192

eternall Nay let vs yet goe further even he who tells vs plainely that he came not to set peace in the world but warre who forewarneth his Apostles that for his sake housholds shall be devided Kingdomes troubled his Disciples persecuted from place to place That even then they should esteeme themselues happie when they shall be persecuted for his name He hath not promised vs a deceitfull and fraudulent peace which flatters many times the bodie to the hurt of the soule and makes vs forsake our inheritance for a pease and for very huskes and therefore he addes further I giue vnto you my peace not the worlds peace but contrariwise make your account to haue the world for your enemy What else doe wee see in all the liues of the Apostles for the space of so many ages in the death of so many Martyrs Not the peace of this world how long shall we be children and how long vnder the tutorship of the Law onely to taste and desire milke and hony Not peace with men seeing for this cause it behooved that God should become man and that heaven should come downe vpon earth Could not some Salomon haue given vs that peace But my peace peace with God peace in our selues with our selues which the onely Prince of peace the father of eternitie can giue vnto vs. Even he as the Prophet tells vs Mich. 5.3.5 whose goings forth haue beene from everlasting of whom it is written this man shall be the peace being able both to accomplish it and to giue it and is that very peace himselfe The governor of Israell of whose comming Haggai the Prophet sayth Hag. 2.6 I will set peace in this place to wit in my Temple in my Church sayth the Lord of Hostes A peace notwithstanding far different from that which carnall people which flesh and bloud comprehends Seeing that the government of this Prince of peace is vpon his shoulder A proofe that he should haue much to suffer himselfe even this governour whole kingdome is wholly disdained throwne downe and crushed and yet therein properly cosisteth the peace which he bringeth vs that in his wounding we might and healing for what temporall peace can wee expect from him and by him whose life in this world was a continuall warrefare He will say vnto vs Shall the servant thinke to be better intreated then the Sonne then the heire then the Father of the Familie Well then sayth he I giue you my peace mine such a peace as no other but I could make I. peace with God whom no other but Man God could vndertake Your iniquities had made a separation betweene you Isai 59.2 and your God and hath made him to hide his face from you nor would he vouchsafe to looke vpon you neither could he but in his anger and to your ruine and eternall damnation And therefore behold now how that by my mediation you haue peace with him and that in my bloud which I am ready to shed for you is made the propitiation for your sinnes a mystery heretofore hidden from other ages but now a myracle which will fill all the world with astonishment confound all humane wisdome in their discourses whence it is that the Prophet long agoe being ravished in himselfe cryeth out and sayth Esa 52.7 Oh how beautifull are the feete of him vpon the mountaines who bringeth glad tydings who proclaime peace and salvation vnto Israell And you haue this priviledge to be of them not onely to partake of this salvation but also to be the heraulds dispensers therof to proclaime the benefit of my death the forgiuenesse of sins vnto the world to manifest vnto Sion this good tydings Thy God reigneth Isa 52.7 and yet not with an iron rod for who then could beare it But with meekenesse and with mercie Zech. 9.9 Whereof you inioy the priviledges of his kingdome that is righteousnesse peace and ioy in the holy Ghost Rō 14.17 And therefore wee reade so often in the Writings of the Apostles Grace be with you and peace from Iesus Christ Peace through grace for without the grace of God there is no peace And therefore so often it is sayd Mercy and peace are mett together Gal. 6.16 one proceeding from the other Iude the 2. verse and both of them in Christ alone Thence it is that the Lord himselfe tells vs. Esay 48.22 57.21 that there is no peace for the wicked because there can bee no peace where there is no grace What soever peace they seeme to haue in outward appearance yet alwaies sayth the Prophet they are like a troubled Sea And there can be no grace but onely in Christ In Christ in whose name God sends to proclaime peace every where Act. 10.36 In Christ Ephe. 2.14 Rom. 1.5 who himselfe is our peace In whom being iustified by faith wee haue peace with God peace with all men Truly that peace which we seeke and which wee finde in him But here it is time now to examine what is the efficacie thereof Certainely it is such that in this peace alone we finde whatsoever is in all others and yet in all others put together we finde nothing of that which is found in this peace perfect in it selfe and makes a supply to all others Now three kindes of peace are vsually recōmended vnto vs. And first peace with all men as the Apostle saith Rom. 12.18 if it be possible as much as lyeth in you haue peace with all men But hath a man it when he will or did even the Apostle himselfe obtaine it And seeing such manner of speeches are doubtfull is it not rather to be desired then hoped True Christians especially being the obiects of the hatred and fury of the world secondly peace amongst our selues As when our Saviour sayth vnto his Disciples Mark 9.51 haue salt in your selues and be at peace one with another But amongst such varietie of humaine passions and so many civill broyles what salt what wisedome will suffice to season it if the bond of the spirit and true Christianitie come not betweene for even amongst the Apostles themselues at the evening of the Passion and in the presence of their maister yea even of such a maister who saw the very depth of their soules what disputes had they And now last of all peace amongst our selues To which purpose the Apostle exhorteth vs. 1 Thess 5.13 Be at peace among your selues 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say possesse your soules in patience But againe how can this be where the outward man striveth against the inward the flesh lusteth against the spirit the spirit of flesh against the spirit of God the law of our members against the law of our minde tameth it leadeth it captiue is sold vnder sinne But in that peace which we haue with God by Christ alone wee recover all this even peace with all men will they nill they Because he who hath peace with the Creator

workers of iniquitie who make a trade thereof who make you pillowes thereof to sleepe vpon Should we sinne Rom 6.1.15 sayth the Apostle that grace might abound God forbid Know ye not that vnto whom soever yee yeeld your selues servants to obey his servants yee are vnto whom yee obey be it of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto righteousnesse Yee then that are servants of sinne who suffer it to raigne quietly in you what can you expect but death even eternall death But wouldest thou haue part in this promise to be eased of this burthen of sin Then confesse thy sinne freely vnto the Lord with sighes and teares So long as I held my peace sayth David my bones waxed olde thy hand was heavie vpō me my strēgth was changed into the drought of Sommer Psal 32.3.4.5 See him here as it were overwhelmed vnder his burthen I acknowledge my sinne vnto thee I sayd I will confesse my transgressions vnto the Lord and thou forgavest the punishment of my sinne See how he is eased both of his sinne and punishment Say vnto him then with the Prophet Daniell I haue sinned Dan. 9. I haue done wickedly vnto thee belongeth righteousnesse but vnto mee confusion of face but Lord doe thou forgiue And doubt not but Christ will say vnto thy soule if thy soule speake truely Thy sinnes are forgiven thee goe in peace thy peace is made with GOD be at peace in thy Conscience for he also it is in whom this promise is yea and Amen In him who calleth vs Math. the 11.28 saying Come vnto mee all yee that travayle and are heavie laden if with afflictions I will refresh you Heb. 2.18 For as I haue suffered and was tempted so am I of power to succour those who are tempted If with perplexities alas are not your Callings properly my yoke My yoke is easie and my burden is light seeing I haue layd it vpon you yea if of sinne 1 Ioh. 3.8 am I not come to destroy the workes of the Devill to vnloose sinne and to saue sinners Come then and you shall finde rest vnto you soules To him therefore with the Father and the holy Spirit for the riches of his grace be given from our soules all honour and glory for ever and ever AMEN AN HOMILIE VPON THESE WORDS My peace I leaue with you my peace I giue vnto you not as the world giueth it c. Ioh. 14.27 OVR LORD IESVS approaching neere vnto his Passion making as it were his last will and testament among his Apostles he leaues and giues vnto them his peace it behooveth vs to knowe wherein this Legacie and gift consisteth seeing it extends it selfe vnto all who haue need thereof Ioh. 17. who by their Word haue beleeved in his Name and so much the more because that in the words of our Saviour there is alwayes a mystery a heavenly treasure hidden vnder the earthly sound of his words which we must search and looke into by examining of them proportioning the sence according to the worth and excellencie of his person who vttereth them For example When he speaketh of washing vs of nourishing vs and of healing vs wee must vnderstand himselfe to be our washing our nourishment our healing wee beeing taught thereby to raise the signification of these words vnto the pitch of his meaning who speaketh and thereby to apprehend both the effects of his holy spirit in vs but chiefely in our soules being naturally spirituall If thou didst content thy selfe with a lesse gift Alexander would answere thee that if it suffice thy base minde yet it is not worthy of his magnanimitie And our Saviour Christ would answere thee who wouldest content thy selfe with temporall blessings that he came not into the world nor suffered so many things to pamper thy belly or thee to giue to thy bodie all cōtentments And therfore the question is here of a blessing and comfort truly spirituall For his spirit whom he ordaineth the true Executor of this his Testament will sufficiently witnesse vnto vs the nature of this Legacie The Comforter sayth he who is the holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name A spirituall Executor as well both of a spirituall disposition as of a spirituall donation of the donation which hee hath granted vnto vs even of all that which he hath gotten and purchased for vs by his life and the price of his life I say of his life from the very first entrance whereinto even the heavenly Hosts haue sung Luk. 2.14 Glory be to God on high and peace on earth good will towards men Even his Passion whereof in so many preceding ages the Prophets did foretell vnto vs Esa 53.5 The chastisement of our peace was vpon him Both procuring peace betweene heaven and earth the onely reconciliation of the world I leaue vnto you sayth he my peace But what peace Truely vnder this word peace many blessings are comprehended and likewise many evills excluded And the strictest way wee take it it stretcheth it selfe very farre namely vnto the good of civill societie The which cannot be better cōprehended then by the representation of the contrary For example domesticall quarrels being the ruine of families publicke warre the combustion of States an abridgement of all calamities that either the malice of men or the mischiefe of ages can bring forth Here then he leaveth vnto vs a peace which preserveth vs therein such a peace as a Father may leaue vnto his Children by his Will and Testament setting bounds touching their portions curbing in their strifes and cōtentions Or like to those of a good Prince who in good pollicie passeth them over to his Subiects after his death vnder which peace every one sitteth quietly vnder his owne vine and figge tree Well then shall this peace be worthy to be vttered by the mouth of our Saviour of him who is King of Kings the Father of Spirits of the Prince of peace even of peace it selfe of our Saviour God and man God borne amongst vs God who dyed for vs Let vs looke for no greater nor more excellent thing Let it be graunted that hee leaue vnto vs the peace which Augustus himselfe had what will it profit thee if the fire consume thy harvest If the worme gnaw thy conscience If thy conscience torment thee Let vs graunt that thy fieldes bring forth plentifully that thy trade prospers that thy familie flourisheth that thy person triumpheth What will all that benefit thee if thy taste be gone thy spirit feaverish thy soule vpon the racke eternall death in thy bosome a hell in thy Conscience even then when thou thinkest most of all to haue made a covenant with death an agreement with hell to haue confirmed thy peace with every Creature yet art thou odious even vnto thy Creator Oft times there is an externall peace which causeth civill warres a bodily well fare which kindles in vs spirituall discases temporal good things which preiudice the

hath it with the Creature with the whole order of nature with his armies celestiall terrestiall seeing all depend vpon his pay taketh the watch word from him who guideth their blowes and directs them as it pleaseth him even those which would seeme vnto thee mortall to be for thy health and for thy salvation Peace with the Elements for he bridleth the Sea moderateth the fire so as he who lodgeth vnder the shaddow of the Almightie Psal 91.1 needes not feare any thing which terrifieth by night or flyeth in the day which destroyeth at noone tyde Peace with the beasts of the field for he muzzells the mouth of the hungrie Lyon Out of the eater he giues meate and out of the strong he bringeth forth sweetnesse Iudg. 14.14 Peace with men though worse one to another then Lyons for sayth the Prophet Ps 56. God is on my side what then can man or flesh doe vnto mee Peace with death Psal the 3. so that although thousands should set thēselues in battayle array against mee I should not sleepe a whit the worse because he is on my side Peace with the graue and with hell for is it not he that bringeth to the graue and rayseth vs vp againe and what can death bring vnto mee but life Death which is but for a moment life eternall 1 Cor. 15. the 54.55 Death is swallowed vp into victory Our Lord Iesus hath not he triumphed for vs O death where is thy victory Henceforth where are thy triūphs Hell where is thy sting The power of sinne being now abolished by grace And therefore wee haue peace with all seing al their might and weapons turne to our peace all their curses into blessings all their gashes how terrible soever they may be are turned into balme their tempests into safe havens All these things I say and all others whatsoever worke together as sayth the Apostle vnto our good and that because of the loue of God which is purchased for vs by Iesus Christ for in steade of a judge he is now become a father and of a iust revenger a gracious protector disposing all against the haire to our victory to our peace to our glory and salvation Peace also amongst our selues with our brethren though some be hardly and not easily to be reconciled yet when we come to consider what and how many offences God hath forgiven vs and doth also daily forgiue vs even that God who is judge soveraigne Lord of all the world not sparing his owne Sonne for the ransome of our sins what offence then ought there to be so grievous vnto vs that should make vs to beare malice in our hearts against our brother or what pardon should seeme hard or difficult vnto vs be it to require be it to graunt to keepe backe or recover friendship with them But there is yet more for will they nill they thou hast peace with them though it be wanting on their part whilst thou giuest not place to wrath whilst thou renouncest revenge in doing good for evill Rom. 12.20 When thou holdest thy selfe for revenged by doing them good A glorious revenge and of a high straine farre more glorious then any other for ther by though they make not vse of it thou heapest coales of fire vpon their heads And such was that peace which David that valourous Prince had who overcame a Lyon with his strength a Goliah by his prowesse who had both given and also wonne so many battayles who fasted and put on sackcloth for his enemies who in the middest of the ruine which they plotted against him begged of God their life having them in his full power was contented with the skirt of his garment Lord sayth he if I haue not kept him who wrongfully oppressed mee let the Enemie pursue mee and take me let him treade my life vpon the ground and lay my honor in the dust Psal 7. A true figure of him who here leaues vnto vs his peace and yet more liuely in his owne example who prayed for those that crucified him and was crucified for them that offended him This Philosophy nay rather Chivalry how farre remote is it from that of the world Moreover he tells vs hereafter that hee leaveth it not vnto vs as the world doth Now peace in our selues behold the principal peace for in vaine will it be for vs to haue peace without vs if wee haue warre within vs health in the Cittie if the Plague be in our bosome if our conscience accuse vs if our sinnes warre against vs But is it possible to smoother sin in our selues Let vs if we can But who can doe it and who is it that doth not every houre kiddle it Yea rather giue fire as it were vnto it We would faine still the sting of Conscience Alas the remedie is worse then the disease What will it be but a gangrene in stead of an vlcer Let vs then imbrace that grace which God offereth vnto vs in Iesus Christ by a liuely faith Let vs awaken our Conscience to find out her sinnes to search her wounds to the bottome being assured that in confessing them it shall besayd vnto vs goe in peace and in laying them open it shall become our healing And which is more wee shall be strengthened in spirit to wrestle against flesh and bloud against all spirituall powers and wickednesses so that the flesh striving within vs against the spirit wee may notwithstanding say with the Apostle Gal. 2.20 In that I liue now in the flesh I liue yet by the faith of the Sonne of God who hath loved me and given himselfe for mee Though I fight and the Combat be sharpe yet the quarrell is just and the issue certaine I haue kept the faith sayth S. Paul therefore the Crowne of righteousnesse is layd vp for me 2 Tim. 4.8 These things haue I sayd vnto you sayth our Lord vnto his Apostles that you might haue peace in mee in the world you shall haue affliction yea he foretold them of all sorts of afflictions Whence then is this peace He addeth but be of good courage I haue overcome the world and am now about to giue it the last deadly blow for you principally as for my selfe it is alreadie overcome the victory is yours which obtaines for you perfect peace that is your reconciliation with God and the consequent thereof a freedome from all perills and feare For if whilst we were enemies there being nothing in vs nor ought that could proceede from vs which did not provoke his anger wee were reconciled to God by the death of his Sonne Rom. 5.10 being now reconciled his good favour being restored againe vnto vs shall wee not then much more be saved by his life He living in vs raigning for vs who vouchsafed to dye for vs Is not the Kingdome of God within vs to wit righteousnesse as the Apostle sayth peace and ioy Rom. 14.17 Hence it is that the Apostle amongst the fruits of