that even then thou seest in each wound a mouth open, and in that mouth the blood, as a visiblei prayer to intercede with God the Father for thee, and to solicit him with stronger cries for salvation, than did Abel's for revenge. Let not any sins, though never so bloody, so numberless, debtor thee from this precious Fountain. If it be the glory of Christs blood to wash away sin, then is it his greatest glory to wash away the greatest sins. Thy sin indeed is the object of Gods hate, but the misery which sin brings upon thee is the object of his pity. O when a poor distressed soul, that for many years together hath securely weltered in a sink of numberless and noisome lusts, and hath even been environed with a Hell of wickedness, shall at last, having received a wound from the sword of Gods Spirit, an eye to see, and a heart to feel, and tremble at the terrors of •ods judgements, shall then I say fly out of himself, smite upon his thig•, cast away his rags, crouch and crawl unto the throne of grace, solicit Gods mercy with ⟨p. 80⟩strong cries for one drop of that blood which is never cast away, when poured into sinful and sorrowful souls, how think we will the bowels of Christ turn within him? How will he hasten to meet such an humbled soul? to embrace him in those arms which were stretched on the Cross for him, and to open unto him that inexhausted Fountain, which even delighteth to mix it •elfe with the tears of sinners? Certainly, if it were possible for any one of Christs wounds to be more precious than the rest, even that should be opened wide, and poured out into the soul of such a penitent. Yea, if it might possibly be, that the sins of all the World could be even thronged into the conscience of one man, and the whole guilt of them made proper and personal unto him, yet if such a man could be brought to sue for grace in the mediation of Christs broken body, there would thence issue balm enough to cure, blood enough to wash and to drown them all. Only let not us sin, because grace abounds; let not us make work for the blood of Christ, and go about by crimson and presumptuous sins, as it were to pose Gods mercy. The blood of Christ, if spilt and trampled under foot, will certainly cry so much louder than Abel's for vengeance, by how much it is the more precious. It may be as well upon us, as in us.
that even then thou seest in each wound a mouth open, and in that mouth the blood, as a visiblei prayer to intercede with God the Father for thee, and to solicite him with stronger cries for salvation, than did Abels for revenge. Let not any sins, though never so bloody, so numberlesse, deterre thee from this pretious Fountaine. If it be the glory of Christs blood to wash away sinne, then is it his greatest glory to wash away the greatest sins. Thy sinne indeed is the object of Gods hate, but the misery which sinne brings upon thee is the object of his pitty. O when a poore distressed soule, that for many yeares together hath securely weltered in a sinck of numberlesse and noisome lusts, and hath even beene environed with a Hell of wickednesse, shall at last, having received a wound from the sword of Gods Spirit, an eye to see, and a heart to feele, and tremble at the terrors of •ods judgements, shall then I say flie out of himselfe, smite upon his thig•, cast away his rags, crouch and crawle unto the throne of grace, solicite Gods mercy with ⟨p. 80⟩strong cries for one drop of that blood which is never cast away, when powred into sinfull and sorrowfull soules, how think we will the bowels of Christ turne within him? How will he hasten to meet such an humbled soule? to embrace him in those armes which were stretched on the Crosse for him, and to open unto him that inexhausted Fountaine, which even delighteth to mix it •elfe with the teares of sinners? Certainly, if it were possible for any one of Christs wounds to be more pretious than the rest, even that should be opened wide, and powred out into the soule of such a penitent. Yea, if it might possibly be, that the sins of all the World could be even throng'd into the conscience of one man, and the whole guilt of them made proper and personall unto him, yet if such a man could bee brought to sue for grace in the mediation of Christs broken body, there would thence issue balme enough to cure, blood enough to wash and to drowne them all. Only let not us sin, because grace abounds; let not us make work for the blood of Christ, and go about by crimson and presumptuous sins, as it were to pose Gods mercy. The blood of Christ, if spilt and trampled under foot, will certainly cry so much lowder than Abels for vengeance, by how much it is the more pretious. It may be as well upon us, as in us.
- iHeb. 12, 24.
