Now when I believe in Christ as a Saviour; what is he a Saviour from? a Saviour from my sin, a Saviour from the wrath of God, and this the Soul must necessarily be sensible of, how else can it put forth such an act of Faith; and I know no faithful preacher in the world that ever pressed humiliation further then this; that when men believe in Christ, they must know, and be sensible of what they do; you must know Christ is a Mediator, and if he be a Mediator, what is he a Mediator for? why, to make up a Breach between God, and you. And then you must know what that breach is; that is, the breach that your sin hath made. And then you must know what sin that is; Namely, that your sin hath provoked the Justice of God, and put you under the Curse of the Law. So that you see the necessity of opening the law, though it be not a thing which interesteth ⟨p. 110⟩us in Christ, yet it follows of it self as a necessary Consequence without which you cannot understand Christ as a reconciler. This is therefore the first use If God will never be reconciled to any Soul but only in Christ; then that Soul that comes to be Saved must come to see it self in a most woeful Condition; for such a Creature as hath need of such a Mediator must needs be in a most Wretched, Damnable, Miserable, Cursed condition in it self, for else it could never require such a Mediator. And certainly there is no such way to honour Christ as this. When men speak of Christ, and of free Grace, except rhey instruct people in this; Namely the breach that is made between God, and them through sin; how can any of their Auditory understand what Christ is. Christ is a Mediator; what to do? to save from fin, What? from what sin? from sin. What is that? sin must be made known if Christ be the reconciler between God, and us; because Reconciliation implies a breach, and a breach that is made by sin, and if you know not what breach is that is made, how can you honour Christ as Mediator? So that you must know what that breach is: that breach is the enmity that is in your hearts by Nature; you must know what that enmity is, and be sensible of it, or else you can never give glory to God in Christ. And though many have so much in their mouths of Christ, and of free Grace; yet it is apparent in their Course that they do not give glory to Christ;
Now when I beleeve in Christ as a Savior; what is he a Savior from? a Savior from my sin, a Savior from the wrath of God, and this the Soul must necesarily be senssible of, how else can it put forth such an act of Faith; and I know no faithful preacher in the world that ever pressed humiliation further then this; that when men beleeve in Christ, they must know, and be sensible of what they do; you must know Christ is a Mediator, and if he be a Mediator, what is he a Mediator for? why, to make up a Breach between God, and you. And then you must know what that breach is; that is, the breach that your sin hath made. And then you must know what sin that is; Namely, that your sin hath provoked the Justice of God, and put you under the Curse of the Law. So that you see the necessity of opening the law, though it be not a thing which interesteth ⟨p. 110⟩us in Christ, yet it follows of it self as a necessary Consequence without which you cannot understand Christ as a reconciler. This is therefore the first use If God wil never be reconciled to any Soul but only in Christ; then that Soul that comes to be Saved must come to see it self in a most woful Condition; for such a Creature as hath need of such a Mediator must needs be in a most Wretched, Damnable, Misserable, Cursed condition in it self, for else it could never requier such a Mediator. And certainly there is no such way to honor Christ as this. When men speake of Christ, and of free Grace, except rhey instruct people in this; Namely the breach that is made between God, and them through sin; how can any of their Avditory understand what Christ is. Christ is a Mediator; what to do? to save from fin, What? from what sin? from sin. What is that? sin must be made known if Christ be the reconciler between God, and us; because Reconciliation implies a breach, and a breach that is made by sin, and if you know not what breach is that is made, how can you honor Christ as Mediator? So that you must know what that breach is: that breach is the enmity that is in your hearts by Nature; you must know what that enmity is, and be sensible of it, or else you can never give glory to God in Christ. And though many have so much in their mouthes of Christ, and of free Grace; yet it is apparent in their Course that they do not give glory to Christ;
