Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world

Such was the Breach that my sin had made between God and my soul as it is required so great a mystery of Godliness to make it up, as the very Angels themselves are not able to comprehend. And indeed it is the greatest work that ever God did do, or that •ver God will do to all Eternity. Consider what it cost to make up the Breach that sin had made between God and thy soul.

Such was the Breach that my sin had made between God and my soul as it is required so great a mistery of Godliness to make it up, as the very Angels themselves are not able to comprehend. And indeed it is the greatest work that ever God did do, or that •ver God wil do to al Eternity. Consider what it cost to make up the Breach that sin had made between God and thy soul.

And again; If you believe that you are reconciled to God in Christ; you do not only see and are Convinced of the greatness of that Breach, but you must be sensible of it too; for can I go out of my self, and exercise such a glorious act of Faith upon Christ as Mediator, and yet not be sensible of what Christ hath done? Certainly the work of faith can never be raised in the heart, But it is raised so as the sinner knows what he doth when he doth believe, and is sensible of what he doth. And if this be so; take but these two things. That when a man believes in Christ as Mediator, that he knows what he doth; when he believes, and is sensible of what he doth; take but these two things for granted, and I will warrant that foul will be humbled; it follows of it self, and of its own nature; it need not be required as a Condition, ⟨p. 109⟩it is as necessary to the work of faith as light in the Sun when it shines, or as heat of the fire, and indeed it is implied. As for example. When I am to go to such a place, or about such a business; it is true, going is not the condition required; it is not required that I should travel so many steps by way of Condition, but that such an act should be performed; that I should be at such a place at such a day to do such a business; now though this be not expressed in a condition, that I must go so many miles, and the going of the miles is as necessary as the other; and though that be not required yet it is implied in the act that is required; and it is to be looked upon as necessary, as that which is required as a Condition. So, it is true, humiliation is not the Condition of the second Covenant, it is not the thing that interesteth us in Jesus Christ, but it is that which the nature of faith doth necessarily imply; for faith is an understanding Grace; and indeed it is the most glorious work of the soul that ever was: for a soul to believe in God through Christ; to believe that God is Reconciled to him in Christ it is the most glorious work under heaven