CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

1. Ignorance or misbelief in this Point; There are very few that have been Orthodox here; There are most in the world that have an erroneous persuasion in this matter, under the guilt of sin they do not fly only to Christ as a Mediator; They say, Lo here is Christ and Lo there is Christ; They have something else they put a confidence in, and therefore what the Lord saith in another case, is also true here, He will reject their confidence, Jer. 2.37. Never were the people of Israel more prone to lean on Egypt and Assyria for outward help rather then on the Lord only, then we are in a spiritual manner ready to rest upon some spiritual prop besides the Lord Christ, so that ignorant people they know nothing of this, and knowing people are hardly persuaded of the truth of it.

1. Ignorance or misbeleef in this Point; There are very few that have been Orthodox here; There are most in the world that have an erroneous perswasion in this matter, under the guilt of sinne they do not fly only to Christ as a Mediatour; They say, Lo here is Christ and Lo there is Christ; They have something else they put a confidence in, and therefore what the Lord saith in another case, is also true here, He will reject their confidence, Jer. 2.37. Never were the people of Israel more prone to lean on Egipt and Assyria for outward help rather then on the Lord only, then we are in a spiritual manner ready to rest upon some spirituall prop besides the Lord Christ, so that ignorant people they know nothing of this, and knowing people are hardly perswaded of the truth of it.

A second stone to be rolled out of the way, is that senselessness and unsavouriness on mens hearts, though it should be granted that they know and rightly believe in this matter, for indeed none can prize or be affected with this Subject, but such a spiritual heart that is sensible of his spiritual disease and the spiritual Remedy; They must be Children of the Adoption, They ⟨p. 223⟩