A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

And when our souls Receive him, by that Faith which the Holy Ghost exciteth in us, the participation is as true as that of our bodies receiving the Bread and Wine which represent him. O do but ask a drooping soul, that mourns under the fears of Gods displeasure, how he would value a voice from Heaven, to tell him that all his sins are pardoned, and that he is dear to God, and judge by his answer, what is contained and offered in a Sacrament! Ask him how he would take it, if Christ should speak those words himself to him, which he hath given his Minister Commission in his name to speak! [Take, eat, this is my Body, which is broken for you] It is the same Christ, the same pardon, and salvation, that is offered us by the Messengers of Christ, and which he personally offered himself to his Disciples. When you must all appear at the Barr of God, O what would you not give for a sealed pardon, which in a Sacrament is given freely now, to the believing soul! Judge now by this, whether it be a Joyous Ordinance! When the poorest Christian this day receiveth, that which the greatest Prince that is ungodly, would then give all the world for it he had it. For want of that pardon, Christian, which thou must now receive, many thousands will tremble at the bar• of God, and be overwhelmed with his wrath for ever! Ask a soul that groaneth under the languishings of his grace, and the ⟨p. 293⟩burden of any strong corruption, how he would value the mortifying and quickening grace of the Holy Ghost, that would break his bonds, and give him light and life and strength; and by his answer judge of the value of a Sacrament. We have here the greatest mercies in the world, brought down to us in sensible Representations, that they might be very near us, and the means might be suited to the frailty and infirmity of our present state.

And when our souls Receive him, by that Faith which the Holy Ghost exciteth in us, the participation is as true as that of our bodies receiving the Bread and Wine which represent him. O do but ask a drooping soul, that mourns under the fears of Gods displeasure, how he would value a voice from Heaven, to tell him that all his sins are pardoned, and that he is dear to God, and judge by his answer, what is contained and offered in a Sacrament! Ask him how he would take it, if Christ should speak those words himself to him, which he hath given his Minister Commission in his name to speak! [Take, eat, this is my Body, which is broken for you] It is the same Christ, the same pardon, and salvation, that is offered us by the Messengers of Christ, and which he personally offered himself to his Disciples. When you must all appear at the Barr of God, O what would you not give for a sealed pardon, which in a Sacrament is given freely now, to the believing soul! Judge now by this, whether it be a Joyous Ordinance! When the poorest Christian this day receiveth, that which the greatest Prince that is ungodly, would then give all the world for it he had it. For want of that pardon, Christian, which thou must now receive, many thousands will tremble at the bar of God, and be overwhelmed with his wrath for ever! Ask a soul that groaneth under the languishings of his grace, and the