Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Ver. 34. Think not that I came to send peace] Peace is twofold, temporis et pectoris, of country and of conscience. This latter is Christ's legacy, and the saints are sure of it. But the former they seldom find here; "In the world ye shall have trouble," saith our Saviour. Should we look for fire to quench our thirst? saith a martyr: and as soon shall God's true servants find peace and favour under Christ's regiment. This world is to the saints as the sea called Pacific, than the which there is nothing more troublesome and tumultuous; or as the Straits of Magellan, where, which way soever a man bend his course, he shall be sure to have the wind against him.