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saint_n	angel_n	golden_a	incense_n	1,470	5	12.0788	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06642	A sermon, preached at Edinburgh in the Parliament-House, November 17th, 1700, before his Grace, James, Duke of Queensberry, his Majesties High Commissioner; and many of the nobility, barrons, burrows, members of the High Court of Parliament, / by David Williamson minister of the Gospel, at West-Kirk.	Williamson, David, d. 1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing W2797B; ESTC R186602	30,727	24

Christ as though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christs stead be ye reconeiled to God 6tly They make a good Testament at Death who are found with him in peace at his Appearing It is a precious peace prize it highly i We may not want it nor can we stand under the Lords fade be tender of it and afraid to loose the sense of it 2ly I come to speak of things that belong to your peace that ye are to study the heart affecting knowledge off And 1st What belongs to your Souls peace as Christians 2dly What belongs to the Churches and Lands peace I begin with that What belongs to the Peace of Believers as Christians For if ye be good Christians ye will be the better Rulers I confess the Soveraign Lord can make the Earth help the Woman Rev. 12.16 Men of Earthly and Sensual Minds and Designes but these will not be fast Freinds when the Wind blows in an oth erairt they alter Jehu made his Zeal a stirrop to mount the Throne I give you account of these things That ye would study Haeart-affecting practical knowledge of in order to your Peace I offer you Ten Heads here You must know God 1. That he is Heb. 11.6 He that comes to God must believe that he is This is the Fountain of all true Knowledge and the Spring of all true Peace and Comfort 2ly That we must know what He is what is His Name what the the Word declares Him to be Moses says Exod. 33.18 I beseech thee shew me thy Glory And the Lord proclaims His Name Exod. 34.6 7. The LORD the LORD GOD merciful and gracious long suffering and aboundant in goodness and Truth Keeping Mercy for thousands forgiving Iniquity Transgression and Sin and that will by no means clear the guilty O what advantage redounds from this it relates to our Peace and the right ordering of our Spirits And making the Stream of our Affections run in the right Channel To know Him in His Infinite Excellent and Glorious Perfections They that know His Name faithful and true will put their Trust in Him Psal 9.10 If we knew Him in His Holiness Power Justice and Love then should we readily Fear Love and Obey Him If we knew Him in His Goodness and Mercy it would draw out our desires and delight after him If we knew Him in His Soveraignity then should we acquiesce in all his disposings of our lote If we knew Him in His Omnisciency that would keep our Hearts in aw All these relate to our Peace 2d Head We must study to know Christ if we regaird our Peace And first in the Statelyness of His Person Heb. 1.3 who is the brightness of the Fathers Glory the express Image of his Person This is a sweet consideration that we have such a Noble Redeemer 2. It relates to our Peace to know him in his Natures God Man a meek Mediator to deal between God and Man To know Him in His Human Nature Flesh of our Flesh and Bone of our Bone our God who has right to redeem and has payed our Debt in our Nature he has dignified our Nature in assuming our Nature to a personal Union with his God-head he will never lay it down again Heb. 7.24 This Man continueth ever Then we must know him in his Divine Nature Isah 7.14 Immanuel the Mighty God Isah 9.6 I have laid your help sayeth the Lord upon one that is Mighty Psal 89.19 he trode the Wine Press of his Fathers wrath alone and speaks in Righteousnes mighty to save Isah 63.2.3 His God-head sustaind the human nature that he sunk not under sufferings and gives an infinite meriting value to his sufferings by vertue of his Godhead he rose from the deed Rom 1.4 3. We must know him in his name which is as an oyntment poured forth Cano 13 The Lord Jesus Christ every letter sweeter than another Lord of Lords King of Kings Rev. 17.14 This is a Quieting consideration when we have many Lords who would impose on our Consciences we have one Lord and Law-giver James 4.12 No Law can bind the Conscience but what is consonant to his Law Jesus O but that has a sweet sound to a sensible lost Sinner he gets his name from his earrand thou shalt call his name Jesus said the Anegl for he shall save his People from their Sins thus he is the Prince of Peace Isaih 9.6 Christ idest anointed it first imports he was Gods choise for a Saviour Isah 42.1 Behold my servant whom I uphold mine Elect in whom my Soul delighteth God never spoke such a word of another then it imports he was well furnished for all his Offices anointed with the Oyl of joy above his Fellows Psal 45.7 Full of Grace and Truth John 1.14 Having the fulness of the God-head dwelling in him bodily Coloss 2.9 Holy Angels have a fulness of sufficiency enough of Grace to serve themselves but non to spare but Christ hath a fulness of redundancy a running over fulness for as many as have been at the Wells of Salvation Isah 12.3 These Five Thousand Years and more the Well is as full now as ever his fulness being infinite it can not be deminished 4ly We must know him in his Offices 1st As the Anointed Well qualified Prophet who has compassion on the ignorant Heb. 5.2 And instructs with a strong hand Isah 8 11. We have weak hands he is meek and lowly in heart Math. 11.29 We need not scar to learn of him he has all the Treasures of wisdom and knowledge Colos 2.3 He has the tongue of the Learned to speak a word in season to a weary Soul Isah 50.4 he leads the blind by a way they know not Makes darkness light befor them Isah 42.16 he has a prerogative that non els can pretend to he teaches his People to profit gives an Ingine and capacity to take up the Lesson Isah 48.17 he is the Master of Assemblies that fastens the nail in a sure place Eccie 12.11 Then secondly We must know him in his Priestly Office 1. as to his satisfaction who has payed a competent price for our Ransom 1. Timoth. 2.6 he has obtained a discharge In sign and token whereof it is said Rom. 4.24 he dyed for our sins to pay our debt and rose for our Righteousness to prove the payment was accepted and accompts cleared else he had not got out of Prison thus Gods Righteousness is declared that he is just to justifie them that believe in Jesus Rom. 3.26 having gotten payment of the Cautioner he will note rave it overagain at the Beleivers hands O What a cordial is this to these weighted with the sense of guilt Then as to his Intercession we have a freind in Heaven before us who is called the Angel have ing a Golden Censure with much incense that he should offer it with the Prayers of all Saints upon the Golden-Alter which is befor the Throne Revel 8.3 He Compears befor God