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

When thou readest that he was openly and judicially condemned to the cursed death of the Cross, consider what is the wrath and fury of God against Sin, and how great is his mercy to Sinners; and in this Spectacle look on thy self and with groans of Heart say, O good God, what settest thou before mine Eyes, I even I have sinned, I am guilty and worthy of damnation! Whence comes this change that thy blessed Son is in my room but of thy unspeakable mercy! Wretch that I am? How have I forgotten my self and thee my God: O Son of God how low hast thou abased thy self for me! Therefore give me grace O God that beholding my own Estate in the person of my Saviour, thus condemned, I may detest my Sins that were the cause thereof and by a lively Faith embrace that absolution which thou offerest me in him who was condemned in my stead and room. O Lord Jesus, Saviour of the World give me that Holy Spirit, that I may judg my self and be as vile in my own Eyes as thou wast vile before the Jews: Unite me unto thee by the same Spirit, that in thee I may be as worthy to be accepted before God, as I am worthy in my self to be detested for my Sins, &c. When thou readest that he was script of his ⟨p. 184⟩clothing, think, it was that he being naked might bear thy shame on the Cross, &c. When thou readest of the complaint of Christ that he was forsaken of his Father, consider how he suffered the pangs and torments of Hell as thy Pledge and Surety, &c, When thou readest of his Death consider that thy Sins were the cause of it, &c.

When thou readest that he was openly and judicially condemned to the cursed death of the Cross, consider what is the wrath and fury of God against Sin, and how great is his mercy to Sinners; and in this Spectacle look on thy self and with groans of Heart say, O good God, what settest thou before mine Eyes, I even I have sinned, I am guilty and worthy of damnation! Whence comes this change that thy blessed Son is in my room but of thy unspeakable mercy! Wretch that I am? How have I forgotten my self and thee my God: O Son of God how low hast thou abased thy self for me! Therefore give me grace O God that beholding my own Estate in the person of my Saviour, thus condemned, I may detest my Sins that were the cause thereof and by a lively Faith embrace that absolution which thou offerest me in him who was condemned in my stead and room. O Lord Jesus, Saviour of the World give me that Holy Spirit, that I may judg my self and be as vile in my own Eyes as thou wast vile before the Jews: Unite me unto thee by the same Spirit, that in thee I may be as worthy to be accepted before God, as I am worthy in my self to be detested for my Sins, &c. When thou readest that he was script of his