Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…

When thou hearest that in his agony his Soul was heavy unto death, know it was for thy Sins; and thou shouldest much more conceive heaviness of Heart for the same: Again that this sorrow of his is joy and rejoicing to thee ⟨p. 182⟩if thou wilt believe in him: When thou readest that in the Garden he prayed lying grovelling on his Face, sweating Water and Blood, begin to think seriously, what an unspeakable measure of Gods wrath was upon thy blessed Saviour, that did prostrate his Body upon the Earth, and cause the Blood to follow; and think that thy Sins must needs be most heinous that brought such bloody and grievous pains upon him. Also think it is a shame for thee to carry thy Head to Heaven with haughty looks, to wallow in thy pleasures, and to draw the innocent Blood of thy poor brethren by oppression and deceit, for whom, Christ Sweat Water and Blood; and take an occasion from Christs agony to lay aside the pride of thy Heart, yea, even to bleed for thy own offences, &c. When thou readest that Christ was taken and bound, think that thy very Sins brought him into the power of his Enemies, and were the very bonds wherewith he was tied: Think, that thou shouldst have been bound in the very same manner unless he had been a surety and pledge for thee: Think also that thou in the same manner art bound and tied with the Chains of thy own Sins, &c. Lastly think and believe that the bonds of Christ serve to purchase thy liberty from Hell, death and damnation When thou hearest that he was brought before Annas and Caiaphas, think, it was meet that thy surety and pledge who was to suffer the Condemnation due to thee should by the High Priest as by the Mouth of God, be condemned: And wonder at this that the very Coessential, and Eternal Son of God, even the Sovereign judg of the World; stands to be judged, and that by wicked Men, persuading ⟨p. 183⟩thy self that this so great confusion comes of thy Sins: Whereupon being further amazed at thy fearful state, humble thy self in dust and ashes, and pray God to soften thy stony Heart, that thou mayest turn to him, and by true Faith lay hold on Christ, &c. When thou readest that Barabbas, the murderer was preferred before Christ &c. Thy very Sins pulled on him that shameful reproach: and in that for thy cause he was esteemed worse than Barabbas, &c.

When thou hearest that in his agony his Soul was heavy unto death, know it was for thy Sins; and thou shouldest much more conceive heaviness of Heart for the same: Again that this sorrow of his is joy and rejoycing to thee