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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 4 › Chapter 2 › Section 5: Of Believing in Jesus in that Respect.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. The exceeding unworthiness of the soul; and to this purpose are those complaints, What? Christ incarnate for me? for such a dead Dog as I am? What King would dethrone himself, and become a Toad to save Toads? and am not I at a greater distance from God, than a Toad is from me? hath not sin made my soul more ugly in Gods Eye, than any loathsome Toad can be in my Eye? O I am less than the least of all Gods Mercies, I am fitter for Hell and Devils, than for Union and Communion with God and Christ, I dare not, I cannot Believe.
1. The exceeding unworthiness of the soul; and to this purpose are those complaints, What? Christ incarnate for me? for such a dead Dog as I am? What King would dethrone himself, and become a Toad to save Toades? and am not I at a greater distance from God, than a Toad is from me? hath not sin made my soul more ugly in Gods Eye, than any loathsome Toad can be in my Eye? O I am less than the least of all Gods Mercies, I am fitter for Hell and Devils, than for Ʋnion and Communion with God and Christ, I dare not, I cannot Believe.
2. The infinite exactness of divine justice which must be satisfied; a soul deeply and seriously considering of this, it startles thereat, and cries, O what will become of my soul? one of the least sins that I stand Guilty of, deserves Death, and eternal Wrath, The wages of sin is death: and I cannot satisfy; though I have trespassed to many millions of talents, I have not one mite of mine own to pay; O then how should I believe? What thoughts can I entertain of Gods Mercy and Love to me-ward? ⟨image 83⟩God's Law condemns me, my own Conscience accuseth me, and Justice will have its due.
2. The infinite exactness of divine justice which must be satisfied; a soul deeply and seriously considering of this, it startles thereat, and cries, O what will become of my soul? one of the least sins that I stand Guilty of, deserves Death, and eternal Wrath, The wages of sin is death: and I cannot satisfie; though I have trespassed to many millions of talents, I have not one mite of mine own to pay; O then how should I believe? What thoughts can I entertain of Gods Mercy and Love to me-ward?