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.

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O that we could now prize and make as present before us, what this peace wil be to us at the day of Judgment, when the glorious appearing of the great God shal be; then you think it will be worth somwhat, labor now to make it to your hearts of as much worth as it wil be then, endevour to realize it now as it will be then. Certainly that is the reason there is no more stirrings of the hearts of me•• after their making up of peace with God, because they do not apprehend really what that peace wil be worth another day. You have a precious Scripture in the 2 Pet. 3.14. Wherefore Beloved seeing we look for such things, be diligent that you be found of him in Peace. Do you not beleeve that there wil be a manife∣sting of the glorious God one day in another manner than ever he was manifested here in the world? Do you not look for such things? If you do, certainly you will be glad to be at peace with God, Seeing you look for such things (saith the Apostle) be diligent that you may be found of him in Peace; let this take up your thoughts as the greatest business that your hearts can be set upon, that you may be found of him in peace. Woe be to you if you be then found enemies to God; what wil become of you, if you be not found of him in peace? it had been better for you, that you had never been born. But how found of him in peace? mark what follows,

without spot and blameless; this is the way to be at peace with God. But you will say, O Lord, if this be requi∣red as a way to be found of him in peace, that we should be without spot, and blameless, then we are undone, for who can be found of God without spot, and blameless? Yet you see, this is the word of God, and this is the truth of God, and truth must stand, it is a certain truth, that whosoever shal be found of God in peace when that glo∣rious appearance of his shal be, he must be without spot, & blameless. If God find any one spot upon you, he wil proceed against you as an enemy. But you will say, How is that? First in Christ, there the soul stands be∣fore the Lord without spot, cleer in the point of Justi∣fication: and likewise Evangelically it may be found so in Gods esteem, for God cals the uprightness of a mans heart perfection in other Scriptures. Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect, and let us perfect holiness in the fear of God. God looks so upon it, because God par∣doneth al in Christ, & accepteth of beleevers in Christ; & so they are pesented before him spotless, and blameless, and he gives them a heart too, to endeavor to wash a∣way their spot, and blame, and so to walk blameless be∣fore the Lord, and before men. This is the way of co∣ming to make your peace with God. And O! that the reading this Book might be a means that some soul might be reconciled unto God, that was an enemy to him before: O! that this scripture might be fulfilled in the bosomes of some souls. And thus, though but very briefly I have passed over the opening of this point of Reconciliation: with the excellencies, and the blessed fruits of it.