Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and…

And because a miscarriage in this Great Truth, is the most dangerous and damning Miscarriage: therefore should Professors be the more fearful of swerving aside there-from. The Man that rejecteth the true Knowledge of the Person of the Lord Jesus, and the Causes of his Doing and Suffering in the World, takes the next way to be guilty of that Transgression, that is not to be purged with Sacrifice for ever. That FEARFUL Transgression, for which is left NO Offering AT ALL, nor any thing to be expected by the Person transgressing, but fearful Judgment, and fiery Indignation which shall devour the Adversary.

And because a miscarriage in this Great Truth, is the most dangerous and damning Miscarriage: therefore should Professors be the more fearful of swerving aside there-from. The Man that rejecteth the true Knowledg of the Person of the Lord Jesus, and the Causes of his Doing and Suffering in the World, takes the next way to be guilty of that Transgression, that is not to be purged with Sacrifice for ever. That FEARFUL Transgression, for which is left NO Offering AT ALL, nor any thing to be expected by the Person transgressing, but fearful Judgment, and fiery Indignation which shall devour the Adversary.

Now for their sakes that have not sinned this Sin, for their sakes that are in danger thereof, but yet not overcome; for their sakes have I written this little Book, wherein is largely, and yet with few words, discovered the Doctrine of the Person, and Doings and Sufferings of Christ with the true Cause thereof; ⟨image 4⟩also a removal of those Objections that the crafty Children of darkness have framed against the same.

And I have been the more plain and simple in my writing, because the Sin against the Holy Ghost is in these days, more common than formerly, and the Way unto it more beautified with colour, and pretence of Truth. I may say of the way to this Sin, it is, as was once the Way to Jerusalem, strewed with Boughs and Branches, and by some there is eried a kind of Hosanna to them that are treading these Steps to Hell. Oh the plausible Pretences, the golden Names, the feigned Holiness, the demure Behaviours mixed with damnable Hypocrisy, that attends the Persons that have forsaken the Lord Jesus, that have despised his Person, trampled upon him, and counted the Blood of the Covenant, wherewith he was Sanctified, an Unholy thing! They have crucified him to themselves, and think that they can go to Heaven without him; yea, pretend they love him, when they hate him; pretend they have him, when they have cast him off; pretend they trust in him, when they bid defiance to his Undertakings for the World.