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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	covenant_n	law_n	sin_n	4,869	5	5.4906	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26799	The peace-maker, or, Two farewel-sermons preached at St. Dunstans in the West, London, August the 17th, 1662, by William Bates.	Bates, William, 1625-1699.	1662 (1662)	Wing B1117; ESTC R35319	19,500	36

blood of Christ speaks better things for us than all our sins speak against us it speaks peace to our souls and that in heaven purchased by his death Christ died as a Testator and bequeathed to the Church a Legacy of peace he lives as the Executor of that Covenant and now in heaven conveys to us that blessing of peace which he bequeath'd in his death And as our peace was founded in his Blood so it is conserv'd by his Intercession he appears in the Court of Heaven as our Embassador to make up all those differences which fall out between God and us for you know Amity and Friendship is kept between Foreign States by their Residents and Agents that are kept in their several Courts so we have an Agent in the Court of Heaven the Lord Jesus Christ that was raised from the dead And as a Believer falls into sin which is a breach of peace between God and us so that peace is made up by the Exercise of Repentance on our part and by sprinkling of Christ's blood upon us on Gods part The renewed exercise of Repentance and application of Christ's blood preserves that peace that is between God and Believers And to sum up the force of the Argument when we had fallen from God and it did not consist with the Majesty of God to make peace with us without satisfaction then was he pleased to pay our Ransom out of his own Treasury and redeem us by the blood of his Son so that all his Attributes might shine forth in their lustre and glory in our Salvation and that upon sure terms we might be able to challenge an interest in his favour and love It follows Through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant It s call'd an Everlasting Covenant in two respects 1 In opposition to the Old Covenant which was made with Adam in Innocency but th●● Covenant which secures to us the reward of th●● 〈◊〉 did not secure to us the Condition that was perfect obedience And in reference to this Old Covenant sometimes the Gospel is called a New Covenant sometimes a Better Covenant because it supplies all weakness in the first Covenant not as if the Law of God was weak or faulty in respect of it self for the Law is holy just and good but weak in respect of us for it is impossible that that Covenant by the breach of which sin and death came into us should reconcile us to God and appease his anger and therefore God contrived another Covenant for us a Covenant in the Gospel that was made with us in Christ and this is called an Everlasting Covenant because it remains for ever the tenor of it shall not be chang'd for the first Covenant is only abrogated made null while frustrated as to the intent it was first given 2 It s call'd an everlasting Covenant as it brings to those that are parties in it an everlasting glory So the Lord Jesus his blood is called an everlasting Redemption for it ransoms the souls of men from that eternal death to which they were liable and gives them a title to everlasting life for this Covenant which now God hath made with us it not only secures the Reward but the Conditions to which the reward is made for God saith I will plant my fear in your hearts that you shall not depart from me I have now gone over the Title and that in order to the Prayer which follows Make you perfect to do his will working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight the general sum of it is this That God of peace who is reconciled to us in his Son as he is the Father of mercies to us so he is the fountain of holiness to us and in this respect we can only expect from him the treasures of grace as he is the God of peace for God as he is our Judge dispences to sinners nothing but revenge there is nothing to be expected but the curse of his Law the execution of that Sentence of death from him For although the world despise holiness as a base contemptible thing they had rather be ungracious than inglorious in the eys of men and upon this account they are affraid to be holy least they should be the publick scorn contempt of the place wherein they live although holiness is of so low a price in the world yet in Heaven next to God Christ and the Spirit Holiness is the most rich Jewel That God can bestow upon us and therefore we must first look upon him as the God of peace before we can beg any grace from him And this is the reason why the Apostle represents God by these Titles that he might encourage the Hebr●● to believe God would grant this request Wh● Christ died for us it was not his design only to qui 〈…〉 our consciences but to quicken our souls not on●● to free us from damnation but from the dominati●● of sin And therefore you shall find these two 〈◊〉 joyned together Tit. 2. 14. Who gave himself 〈◊〉 us that he might redeem us from all iniquity an● purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of 〈◊〉 works The death of Christ as there was a value 〈◊〉 it to purchase Gods favour so there was a vertu● it to restore to us God's Image And the account 〈◊〉 his dying for us it is that we must expect the 〈◊〉 degree of grace and holiness from God And this 〈◊〉 the reason why the Apostle prefaces this Now 〈◊〉 God of peace c. I know you expect I should say something as 〈◊〉 my non-conformity I shall only say thus much It 〈◊〉 neither fancy faction nor humor that makes me 〈◊〉 to comply but meerly for fear of offending God And if after the best means used for my Illumination as prayer to God discourse study I am not able 〈◊〉 be satisfi'd concerning the lawfulness of what is 〈◊〉 if it be my unhappiness to be in an erro● surely Men will have no reason to be angry with 〈◊〉 in this world and I hope God will pardon me in 〈◊〉 next FINIS