Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.

Use, 4. Dispaire not of Gods making peace in this Nation.

YEt once more: If there be such a way of Reconcili∣ation between God and us; if God hath wrought it so, that it is in Christ. Truly from hence we have no Cause to dispaire in Gods power, and wisdome, and goodness to make peace in this Nation; God hath done the greater work. You see that God is a God of peace and loves peace; and to the end that he might be at peace with the wretched Children of men, he hath wrought so wonderfully as to send his own Son into the world and provide such a way that he may be sure that peace may be made, and by that way he hath done it: He hath made peace between Mercy; and Justice; there is peace made between an infinite provoked God and wreatched sinful vild Creatures. I told you before that this was a mighty difficult work; yea, the most difficult that ever was, or can be in the world. If God hath therefore wrought such a work so difficult, in a way so gloriouse. Then from hence learne not to dispaire, but that God may worke even peace for us in this Nation, and an honorable peace, and a good peace too. We are not

only hereby incouraged to cry unto God for peace be∣tween him and our Souls; but we are by this incouraged to cry unto him for peace in the Nation, and that he would put an end to these woful times of destruction, and misery, and war which many of our Brethren have suffered, and bled under. And indeed those that do understand, or have ever felt the work of God in working peace between his maiesty and their Souls, they are those that have such intrest in God, as if any people, shal prevail with him for peace in the land, it must be these; they wil prove to be our peace makers in the conclusion, howsoever people at present cry out of them as if they were the means and instruments of making the gratest debate, and as if they were the enimies of peace: No my Brethren, they that have experience of this great work of God, of making peace between himself, and their Souls, they are they that he at the Throne of grace continually crying unto him that is the prince of of peace to make peace in the Land.

We desire peace. But you wil say; How can it be done that way? Why should we say how? when God himself hath made peace between Heaven, and Earth. We see things so intricate, that we know not how it should be done, and we wonder it should ever be brought about, that the Spirits of men being so set one against an∣other there should be a Reconciliation: But God hath waies in his infinite Wisdom that we are not able to com∣prehend, the spirits of any of our Adversaries are not so desperately bent against us, but there was as much enmity between us, and God, as there can be betwixt us, and any of our adversaries in the world: and we have no such exasperated enimes against us, as we were by nature against God. If therefore God could find a way when we were such enimies unto him to make peace betwixt us; and him; then hath God likewise a way to make a true setled, and constant peace between our Adversaries, and us: And we should desire; that as

God hath made our peace with him firme, and sure; so that what peace God makes in this land, it may be somwhat like unto that peace that he hath made between Heaven, and Earth. There is a firme peace made be∣tween God, and us, a peace that we may rest upon, and confide in. A peace betwen our adversaries, and us, (as things now stand) we cannot count it sure; you cannot be sure of your lives one night after it is done; as things now stand. But we must desire such a peace might be made, as there is made between God, and us; sure, and firme, and stable. Therefore pray much, and be∣leeve much as you are able; and though things be brought to such a straite as there is no likelyhood in the thoughts of men how it should be done; yet they are not brought to such a straite as things were between God, and us be∣fore he reconciled himself unto us. And there was more required to make up that Reconciliation betwixt God, and us, then there can be between us, and our adversa∣ries. And what was it that made our peace first with God? God was in Christ reconciling the world; it was the blood of his Son that saved our blood, and therefore let al those that are godly go to this God of peace, and not only cry to him by Prayer for the making of a true, and firme peace amongst us; but present unto him the blood of his Son to that end; and say; O Lord; thou that sentest thy Son into the world to make peace be∣tween our Souls and thee; look upon that blood, and let that blood prevail with thee to make peace in Eng∣land; that there may be no more of the precious blood of thy Saints spilt, and shed amongst us. Here is the way to get peace. And Certainly if the blood of Christ were able to make such a peace between us, and God as is firme, and lasting: it wil be able also to make peace in this poor Nation; and such a peace as shal be firme, and lasting too.

Thus we are incouraged in regard of external condi∣tion; in regard of the peace of our land; that seeing

God hath done the greater, he is able much more to do the lesser. That seeing God hath reconciled mercy, and Justice together, and made peace betwixt Heaven, and Earth, when the Breach was so great, as al the men in the world, and the Angels in Heaven could not find out a way to compose the difference, and make up that breach, yet he hath done it: He can certainly also com∣pose the differences, and make up the breach that is a∣mongst us.