11. Consider Jesus in the first Promise made to man; It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. When all men were under guilt of sin, and in the power of Satan; and when thou, my Soul, wert in as bad a case as any other, then to hear the sound of this glad tidings, then to hear of Jesus, a Saviour, and Redeemer, sure this was welcome News. Come, draw the case nearer to thy self; thou wast in Adams Loins, suppose thou hadst been in Adams stead;2 suppose thou hadst heard the Voice of the Lord walking in the Guarding, suppose thou hadst heard him call, Adam, where art thou? Peter, Andrew, Thomas, where art thou? What? hast thou eaten of the Tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? Why then Appear and come to judgment, the Law is irrevocable,3 in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die; there is nothing to be looked for but death temporal, and death spiritual, and death eternal; O what a fearful condition is this! no sooner to come into the world, but presently to be turned over ⟨p. 91⟩into Hell? for one day to be Monarch of the World, and of all Creatures in the world, and the very next day to be a slave of Satan, and to be bound hand and foot in a darksome dungeon? for a few hours to live in Eden, to enjoy every tree in the Garden, Pleasant to the sight, and good for food, and then to enter into the confines of eternity, and ever, ever, ever to be tormented with the Devil and his Angels?4 It is no wonder if Adam hid himself from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the Garden: O my soul, in that case thou wouldst have cried to the Rocks,5 and to the Mountains, fall on me, and hide me from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne. If God be angry, who may abide it? When the great day of his wrath is come, who shall be able to stand? And yet despair not, cheer up O my soul? for in the very midst of wrath God is pleased to remember Mercy; even now when all the world should have been damned, a Jesus is proclaimed and promised; and he it is that must die according to the Commination; for he is our surety, and he it is that by Death must overcome Death and the Devil; it shall bruise thy Head, said God to Satan, q. d. Come Satan, thou hast taken Captive ten thousands of souls?
11. Consider Jesus in the first Promise made to man; It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. When all men were under guilt of sin, and in the power of Satan; and when thou, my Soul, wert in as bad a case as any other, then to hear the sound of this glad tidings, then to hear of Jesus, a Saviour, and Redeemer, sure this was welcome News. Come, draw the case nearer to thy self; thou wast in Adams Loins, suppose thou hadst been in Adams stead;2 suppose thou hadst heard the Voice of the Lord walking in the Garding, suppose thou hadst heard him call, Adam, where art thou? Peter, Andrew, Thomas, where art thou? What? hast thou eaten of the Tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? Why then Appear and come to judgment, the Law is irrevocable,3 in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die; there is nothing to be looked for but death temporal, and death spiritual, and death eternal; O what a fearful condition is this! no sooner to come into the world, but presently to be turned over ⟨p. 91⟩into Hell? for one day to be Monarch of the World, and of all Creatures in the world, and the very next day to be a slave of Satan, and to be bound hand and foot in a darksome dungeon? for a few hours to live in Eden, to enjoy every tree in the Garden, Pleasant to the sight, and good for food, and then to enter into the confines of eternity, and ever, ever, ever to be tormented with the Devil and his Angels?4 It is no wonder if Adam hid himself from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the Garden: O my soul, in that case thou would'st have cried to the Rocks,5 and to the Mountains, fall on me, and hide me from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne. If God be angry, who may abide it? When the great day of his wrath is come, who shall be able to stand? And yet despair not, cheer up O my soul? for in the very midst of wrath God is pleased to remember Mercy; even now when all the world should have been damned, a Jesus is proclaimed and promised; and he it is that must die according to the Commination; for he is our surety, and he it is that by Death must overcome Death and the Devil; it shall bruise thy Head, said God to Satan, q. d. Come Satan, thou hast taken Captive ten thousands of souls?
- 1Gen. 3.15.
- 2Gen. 3.8, 9, •
- 3Gen. 2.17
- 4Gen. 3.8.
- 5Rev. 6.16.17
