“[2dly.] Peace. By it we have communion
with God, wherein peace alone is to be enjoyed. ‘The wicked are like the
troubled sea, that cannot rest;’ and, ‘There is no peace’ to them, ‘saith
my God,’ Isa.
lvii. 20, 21. There is no peace, rest, or quietness, in a
distance, separation, or alienation from God. He is the rest of our souls.
In the light of his countenance is life and peace. Now, ‘if we walk in
the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,’
1 John i. 7; ‘and truly our
fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ,’ verse 3. He that walks in the light
of new obedience, he hath communion with God, and in his presence is
fulness of joy for ever; without it, there is nothing but darkness, and
wandering, and confusion.