Gospel-conversation

4. A man may come to know the evil of sin by some dreadful ⟨p. 81⟩judgments that God hath executed upon sinners here in this world, and by the terrors of conscience that there are upon the wicked, as on Cain, Saul, and Judas &c. men many times here for their sins, by the wrath of God that is revealed from Heaven against sin in the execution of it, but take all those together, yea, did we see the woeful execution of the wrath of God in Hell its self, did the Lord open unto us a door into the chambers of death to discover the torments that are there, and to hear all the shrieks and cries of the damned in everlasting burnings; yet all this, the threats of the Law, the terrors of it, the agonies of Conscience, the torments of the damned in Hell, (I say) put all together, and they would not so much, nor so clearly discover Gods infinite hatred of sin, as what we find in the Gospel; the red Glass of the blood of Jesus Christ, that was shed for sin, doth discover more of Gods hatred against it, than all the torments of Hell can do, or all the threats of the Law can do; God doth in inflicting his wrath upon his Son for mans sin, thus preach unto the world? Well, I see that you cannot be brought to understand how I hate sin with a perfect hatred, but I'll have one way of argument to convince you, that it is impossible you should stand against, I will therefore send my Son to take your nature upon him, and to stand charged with your debt, and you shall see how I'll deal with him, who is your Surety, I'll not spare him, I'll pour out the vials of my wrath upon him to the last drop, I'll make him a curse for sin, though he be infinitely blessed, and equal with my self, yet I'll make him cry out in the anguish and trouble of his soul, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He shall tread the winepress of my wrath, I'll make the burden of sin heavy to Him, that shall make Him fall grovelling upon His face, and sweat great clodders of blood in a winter season, that shall run down from His body upon the cold ground, I'll do this to that end that all the world (to whom the preaching of the Gospel shall come) may see how infinitely I hate sin: This is one of Gods ends; though it's true, that the principal end of the death of Christ it was, to satisfy Divine Justice:

4. A man may come to know the evil of sin by some dreadful ⟨p. 81⟩judgments that God hath executed upon sinners here in this world, and by the terrors of conscience that there are upon the wicked, as on Cain, Saul, and Judas &c. men many times here for their sins, by the wrath of God that is reveal'd from Heaven against sin in the execution of it, but take all those together, yea, did we see the woful execution of the wrath of God in Hell its self, did the Lord open unto us a door into the chambers of death to discover the torments that are there, and to hear all the shreeks and cries of the damned in everlasting burnings; yet all this, the threats of the Law, the terrors of it, the agonies of Conscience, the torments of the damned in Hell, (I say) put all together, and they would not so much, nor so cleerly discover Gods infinit hatred of sin, as what we find in the Gospel; the red Glasse of the blood of Jesus Christ, that was shed for sin, doth discover more of Gods hatred against it, than all the torments of Hell can do, or all the threats of the Law can do; God doth in inflicting his wrath upon his Son for mans sin, thus preach unto the world? Wel, I see that you cannot be brought to understand how I hate sin with a perfect hatred, but I'le have one way of argument to convince you, that it is impossible you should stand against, I will therefore send my Son to take your nature upon him, and to stand charged with your debt, and you shall see how I'le deal with him, who is your Surety, I'le not spare him, I'le powr out the vials of my wrath upon him to the last drop, I'le make him a curse for sin, though he be infinitly blessed, and equal with my self, yet I'le make him cry out in the anguish and trouble of his soul, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? He shal tread the winepress of my wrath, I'le make the burden of sin heavy to Him, that shall make Him fall groveling upon His face, and sweat great clodders of blood in a winter season, that shall run down from His body upon the cold ground, I'le do this to that end that all the world (to whom the preaching of the Gospel shall come) may see how infinitely I hate sin: This is one of Gods ends; though it's true, that the principal end of the death of Christ it was, to satisfie Divine Justice: