And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Ver. 17. And the work of righteousness shall be peace.] Peace both of country and of conscience; none other but this last can last for ever.
Quietness and assurance for ever.] Such as the world giveth not, such as the wicked meddleth not with. The cock on the dunghill knoweth not the worth of this jewel; it is the new name that none knoweth but he who hath it. Oh this blessed "quietness and assurance for ever," this "boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him," Eph 3:12 having a full certainty, Luk 1:4 yea, a confident glorying and boasting, Rom 5:3 so as to stand upon interrogatories, 1Pe 3:21 such as are those, Rom 8:35-37 and to have God to make answer. as Isa 43:25