of their blood, however now the waters of the sanctuary are puddled. Again, does righteousness and peace look down from heaven, kindly embracing each other in your behalf, believer: and shall not you be student of Righteousness, in opposition to all unrighteous and unholy ways; and of peace, in opposition to contention and discord ; as much as possible follow peace with all men and holiness, without "which no man shall see the Lord. Does God speak peace to you, and will ye be at war with him, and love to live in war with any of his ? shall that be the disposition of any with whom God is at peace? 0 'tell it not ia Gath ! Surely there are none here that have tasted of this sweet peace of God but they would desire to live at peace with all men, and particularly all the saints: they would desire to see all the honest ministers of Scotland meeting together more kindly than they do, and embrace each other. Some indeed are at this time reproached as enemies to peace in the church; but the matter is, Peace must not be studied separately from Righteousness, nor mercy separately from Truth; but all as meeting and embracing one another: for mercy and peace without truth and righteousness, is a cruel conspiracy against God and man. Now certain things have past concerning the truths of God, and the righteousness of Christ, in our day, which some think will stand infamous till doomsday; and this truth and righteousness being a great ministerial truth, some chused rather to be reproached by the world as enemies to peace, than be challenged by God and their own conscience as betrayers of the truth. However, O believer, study you, through grace, to get a match made up betwixt Mercy and Truth, Righteousness and Peace in you, seeing there can be no merciful peace to the prejudice of righteous Truth: and study to get all these Attributes of God exemplified in your heart and life: and the seal and impress thereof upon your souls; you being united to Christ, in whom all these glorious excellencies of God do meet together with harmonious embracements.—Out of Christ’s fulness do you receive, and grace for grace : as the child receives members from the Father, and the paper letter for letter
