hinder vs from receiuing the recompence of reward, which the Lord of his free mercy and grace hath promised vnto vs. And thus Dauid acknowledgeth that it was no wisedome, power or prouidence of his owne, but the Lord onely that did make him dwell in safetie. And that he who dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, shall abide safe from all danger vnder the shadow of the Almightie. Secondly, we haue this securitie by the free donation and legacie of Iesus Christ, who at his comming in the flesh, brought this peace with him, and caused it to be proclaymed by his holy Angels: Glorie to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace, good will towards men. And leauing the Earth, bequeathed vnto the faithfull, and left this peace behind him. Peace I leaue with you, my peace I giue vnto you, not as the world giueth giue I vnto you (that is, a worldly and outward peace, for in the World ye shall haue tribulation; but a spirituall peace with God, and peace of Consci∣ence, by which yee shall haue inward tranquillitie of mind, and securi∣tie from all danger, in the middest of earthly troubles, and therefore) let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. The fruit of which peace is the securitie of all the faithfull, following their regeneration and change of their nature from sauage crueltie, vnto a Doue-like sim∣plicitie and Lambe-like meeknesse one towards another, according to that prophesie of Esay, foretelling the state of Christs Kingdome. The Wolfe shall dwell with the Lambe, and the Leopard shall lye downe with the Kid, and the Calfe, and the yong Lion, and the Fatling together; and a little Child shall leade them, &c. And the suckling Child shall play on the hole of the Aspe, and the weaned Child shall put his hand on the Cockatrice Den. They shall not destroy in all mine holy Mountayne; for the Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the Waters that couer the Sea. Thirdly, we enioy this securitie by vertue of the Coue∣nant of grace, which God hath made with vs in Iesus Christ. Where∣in the Lord hath freely promised that he will be our God and King, and we his peculiar People and Subiects of his Kingdome; whom he will therefore receiue vnder his protection, and preserue safe and se∣cure from all danger; and that he will be our Shepheard, and we his Flocke and the Sheepe of his pasture, whom he will keepe safe in his Sheepe-fold from the Wolfe, Lion, Beare, and all other rauenous Beasts, which shall attempt to hurt vs, according to that of the Pro∣phet: I will saue my Flocke, and they shall no more be a prey. And I will set one Shepheard ouer them, and he shall feede them, euen my seruant Dauid (that is, Iesus Christ the Sonne of Dauid) hee shall feede them, and he shall be their Shepheard. And I the Lord will be their God, and my seruant Dauid a Prince among them; I the Lord haue spoken it. And I will make with them a couenant of peace; and I will cause the euill beasts to cease out of the Land; and they shall dwell safely in the Wilder∣nesse, and sleepe in the Woods, &c.