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

Another hinderance, or discouragement is sin: either the greatness of our sin, or the multitude of our sins, or the long continuance in our sins is that which hinders ⟨p. 115⟩us from coming. O! saith the soul, I have been so vile a sinner, and I have continued so long, and I have multiplied sin one after another, and is it possible for such a one as I am to be Reconciled? It is true hadst thou to deal only with God as he is in himself, thou mightest despair: But know O! sinner that it is God Reconciling of himself in Christ; therefore though thou beest a great sinner, & a sinner of a long continuance; yet there being a Reconciliation with God in his Son; seeing that Christ hath undertaken such a work as to make up a peace between God and sinners, and to mediate for them; thou mayest be encouraged to come in, and to lay hold upon this grace of God in Christ.

Another hinderance, or discouragement is sin: either the greatness of our sin, or the multitude of our sins, or the long continuance in our sins is that which hinders ⟨p. 115⟩us from comming. O! saith the soul, I have been so vile a sinner, and I have continued so long, and I have multiplied sin one after another, and is it possible for such a one as I am to be Reconciled? It is true had'st thou to deal only with God as he is in himself, thou mightest despaire: But know O! sinner that it is God Reconciling of himself in Christ; therefore though thou beest a great sinner, & a sinner of a long continuance; yet there being a Reconciliation with God in his Son; seeing that Christ hath undertaken such a work as to make up a peace between God and sinners, and to mediate for them; thou may'st be encouraged to come in, and to lay hold upon this grace of God in Christ.

If thou sayest thou art unworthy; and that there is no worthiness in thee for God to regard thee for. Al this is still answered with this. It is God that is reconciling the world to himself in Christ. Indeed were it so that there were nothing but God and thee to deal together; and if thou wert to deal only with God, himself thou mightest be afraid but thou hast to deal with God not in himself win his Son, for so he hath Set forth himself the to world, he is reconciled to the world in his son, and herefore that may encourage thee notwithstanding all thy unworthiness.