Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

Now we must suppose that the convinced Sinner sets himself as in God's sight, and having seriously considered what the Law threatens, dreading that Curse and Wrath to come; hearing his Conscience pleading guilty to the Accusations of the Law against him, he seems to hear the Judge asking of him what he hath to say for himself, why the sentence of death should not pass upon him; here it is that he names Christ, and remembers in Prayer unto God, what the Blessed Jesus did and suffered unto the utmost for him, he became sin for him; he could not be a Sinner, but he was dealt withal as if he had been one, because he was in the Sinners stead: Now the convinced Sinner urges God's Promise and Covenant with Christ, that He should see of the travel of his Soul, &c. Thus the Name of Christ is the Souls strong Tower, ¹he runneth unto it and is safe, and in Christ (who is also the Lord Jehovah) he hath righteousness and strength. Again,

Now we must suppose that the convinced Sinner sets himself as in God's sight, and having seriously considered what the Law threatens, dreading that Curse and Wrath to come; hearing his Conscience pleading guilty to the Accusations of the Law against him, he seems to hear the Judge asking of him what he hath to say for himself, why the sentence of death should not pass upon him; here it is that he names Christ, and remembers in Prayer unto God, what the Blessed Jesus did and suffered unto the utmost for him, he became sin for him; he could not be a Sinner, but he was dealt withall as if he had been one, because he was in the Sinners stead: Now the convinc'd Sinner urges God's Promise and Covenant with Christ, that He should see of the travel of his Soul, &c. Thus the Name of Christ is the Souls strong Tower, ¹he runneth unto it and is safe, and in Christ (who is also the Lord Jehovah) he hath righteousness and strength. Again,

1. 1Isa 53.11. Prov. 18.10. Isa. 44.24.