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

2. He that hath Interest in Christs Death hath a propriety in all the benefits of his Mediatorship, Justification, Sanctification, Glorification▪ Rom. 8. The Apostle hangs all these admirable benefit ultimately upon Christs Death, Who shall condemn? it's Christ that died; So that Christ is that dead Lion wherein as Sampson we may find so much honey not only for our selves but for the refreshment of all others; This Argument cannot be denied at the Throne of grace, It's stronger then sin and devils; O Lord I am one for whom Christ died, Can Justice, can the Law, can the devil condemn? Here was an atonement, and Christs doing it once was enough; The Apostle saith Heb. 10.14. By one offering of himself he perfected for ever all them that are sanctified; The Apostle puts much in this one offering, and that he did it once, showing thereby that if Christ had been crucified a thousand times over, yet he could not have more perfected the salvation of the godly then he did by that once offering; Say then when thou prayest for pardon, for sanctification, for the favour of God; O Lord I ask not for such great things as thou hast done already, I do not beg a Christ to die for me, I do not ask a Christ to be crucified for me, yet this thou hast done, and therefore where the greater is granted the less will not be refused.

2. He that hath Interest in Christs Death hath a propriety in all the benefits of his Mediatorship, Justification, Sanctification, Glorification▪ Rom. 8. The Apostle hangs all these admirable benefit ultimately upon Christs Death, Who shall condemn? it's Christ that died; So that Christ is that dead Lion wherein as Sampson we may finde so much honey not only for our selves but for the refreshment of all others; This Argument cannot be denied at the Throne of grace, It's stronger then sin and devils; O Lord I am one for whom Christ died, Can Justice, can the Law, can the devil condemn? Here was an atonement, and Christs doing it once was enough; The Apostle saith Heb. 10.14. By one offering of himself he perfected for ever all them that are sanctified; The Apostle puts much in this one offering, and that he did it once, shewing thereby that if Christ had been crucified a thousand times over, yet he could not have more perfected the salvation of the godly then he did by that once offering; Say then when thou praiest for pardon, for sanctification, for the favour of God; O Lord I ask not for such great things as thou hast done already, I do not beg a Christ to die for me, I do not ask a Christ to be crucified for me, yet this thou hast done, and therefore where the greater is granted the lesse will not be refused.