The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

IV. We are to believe and improve this truth, viz. that the Father exceedingly delights to honour Christ, and hereby God wonderfully honours Christ by pardoning, and receiving into favour such Rebellious sinners as we are for his sake, by forgiving, any thing for his sake. A sinner cannot please God better, then by coming with confidence for pardon for his sake. If we come for pardon or mercies, and our Confidence ariseth from our low thoughts of the number or sinfulness of our sins, or of Gods hatred of sin, or our ability to satisfy Justice or deserve Mercy; our Confidence is desperate impudence and arrogance, but if purely from the high esteem we have of the incomprehensibleness of Christs satisfaction, and of Christs Interest in Gods Love, and of the Fathers delight to honour Christ; such Confidence is precious and acceptable with God, and whosoever hath it, may go with as much freedom and assurance of favour, as if he had never sinned, with as much as Adam in his Innocency, or the Angels in Glory. Alas we do not believe or not improve these truths, for if we did, we might have any thing, for Christ hath Interest enough in God to bear us out, and procure any Mercy.

IV. We are to believe and improve this truth, viz. that the Father exceedingly delights to honour Christ, and hereby God wonderfully honours Christ by pardoning, and receiving into favour such Rebellious sinners as we are for his sake, by forgiving, any thing for his sake. A sinner cannot please God better, then by coming with confidence for pardon for his sake. If we come for pardon or mercies, and our Confidence ariseth from our low thoughts of the number or sinfulnesse of our sins, or of Gods hatred of sin, or our ability to satisfie Justice or deserve Mercy; our Confidence is desperate impudence and arrogance, but if purely from the high esteem we have of the incomprehensiblenesse of Christs satisfaction, and of Christs Interest in Gods Love, and of the Fathers delight to honour Christ; such Confince is pretious and acceptable with God, and whosoever hath it, may go with as much freedom and assurance of favour, as if he had never sinned, with as much as Adam in his Innocency, or the Angels in Glory. Alas we do not believe or not improve these truths, for if we did, we might have any thing, for Christ hath Interest enough in God to bear us out, and procure any Mercy.