Aggravation of sin and sinning against knowledge. Mercy. Delivered in several sermons upon divers…Aggravation of sinne and sinning against knowledge. Mercie. Delivered in severall sermons upon divers…

Use 3.

Vse 3.

But what, doth sin so exceed in sinfulness, and is the venom of it boiled up to such a height of mischief, that there should be no name in heaven and earth able to grapple with it, and destroy it? Is there no antidote, no balm in Gilead more sovereign, than it is deadly? Surely yes, God ⟨p. 21⟩would never have suffered so potent and malicious an enemy to have set foot in his dominions, but that he knew how to conquer it, and that not by punishing of it only in hell, but by destroying it: only it is too potent for all the creatures to encounter with. This victory is alone reserved for Christ, it can die by no other hand, that he may have the glory of it; which therefore is the top of his glory, as mediator, and his highest title, the memory of which he bears written in his name JESUS, for he shall save his people from their sins, Mat. 1. 21. And therefore the Apostle Paul, his chiefest Herald, proclaims this victory with a world of solemnity and triumph, 1 Cor. 15. 36. Oh death, where is thy sting? oh grave, where is thy victory? the sting of death is sin, the strength of sin is the Law: but thanks be to God that gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ: which yet again adds to the Demonstration of the sinfulness of it: for the strength of sin was such, that like Goliath it would have defied the whole host of heaven and earth. It was not possible the blood of Bulls and goats should take away sin, Heb. 10. 4. nor would the riches of the world, or the blood of men have been a sufficient ransom: Will the Lord be pleased with rivers of oil? shall I give my first borne for my transgression? No, says he, there is no proportion, for thy first borne is but the fruit of thy body, and sin is the sin of thy soul,