3. What do we receive from the God of peace when we receive this gift which is called the peace of God? (1) We receive mercy. This is the first element that enters into the constitution of “the peace of God” in man. It is mercy meeting man as a sinner, providing and revealing the ground of forgiveness, presenting it to the apprehension, and urging it on the acceptance of faith; it is man believing the testimony, confiding in the object set forth; using it in the way and for the purposes prescribed;