Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

Second Use, Is it such blessed news &c. then this reproves our unthankfulness for Christ, and the news of Christ in the Gospel. Oh brethren, how is it that the praise of our redeemer is no more in our hearts, and no more heard in our mouths? how is it that we can be so unmindful of, and thankful for this Saviour? hath God sent us• Saviour, and shall not we be thankful for him? It is a great sin to be unthankful for his creatures; but how much more to be unthankful for his Christ? he hath given you Christ, and what can he give you more? how is it that you are so seldom in blessing the Lord for this mercy? bless the Lord, O my soul, (saith David) and forget not all his benefits: that is, none of his benefits. If God had given you all this worlds goods, and had not given you Christ, what would it have done for you? what had it been, but a smooth and pleasant way to hell? what if the ⟨p. 132⟩Lord had given you honour, and made your brethren's sheaf to bow before yours, and had not given you Christ; what good would it have done you? if a man were condemned at London, to be hanged drawn and quartered, and were to be brought down into the Country to be executed, and all his way should be strewed with rushes, and he attended with Musicians, what would all this have done him? O what should we have done, if Christ had had not stepped in and s•ved us! none could have redeemed man but Christ. Heaven and Hell, and the Earth and the Sea would have said it is not in me: all the things in the world could never have satisfied for our sins. Wilt thou look to thy brethren? wilt thou look to the angels; they could not do it. The Spirits of just men made perfect could not save themselves: none could do it but Christ: and can you be unmindful of this? the Heavens and the Earth will be astonished at this, if you are not thankful for it.

Second Use, Is it such blessed news &c. then this reproves our unthankfulness for Christ, and the news of Christ in the Gospel. Oh brethren, how is it that the praise of our redeemer is no more in our hearts, and no more heard in our mouths? how is it that we can be so unmindful of, and •thankful for this Saviour? hath God sent us• Saviour, and shall not we be thankful for him? It is a great sin to be unthankful for his creatures; but how much more to be unthankful for his Christ? he hath given you Christ, and what can he give you more? how is it that you are so seldome in blessing the Lord for this mercy? bless the Lord, O my soul, (saith David) and forget not all his benefits: that is, none of his benefits. If God had given you all this worlds goods, and had not given you Christ, what would it have done for you? what had it been, but a smooth and pleasant way to hell? what if the