But now when the Lord sheds abroad a spirit of grace and peace in the conscience, and applies the goodness of Christ to the discharge of the burden of Sin, and of quickening the heart in the peace of Christ Jesus, this breeds admiration: Blessed be God the Father of mercy, and God of all consolation, that of his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a lively hope: I say this blessing is worthy of admiration, and not only of wonderment, but of acknowledging all glory and blessedness to him. When the conscience is not pacified by a sorry duty done from man, but by a sealed pardon from the spirit of God, witnessed by the breath of the holy Ghost; this is such a mercy to the soul; as indeed raiseth the heart above all admiration of such a Beast, I, to a true detestation of this Beast, and of the Dragon that hath so long bewitched, and carried them captive to the imaginations of their own hearts, and in the end to their everlasting perdition. But let it be the care of Gods people, as ever you desire to be blessed from the admiration of such a worm-eaten Religion, so grow to an admiration of the God of mercy and grace: and so we shall ⟨p. 61⟩do that upon just grounds, which our Fathers did without grounds, to this Beast, and to the head of it. Upon this ground, this head being wounded, and afterwards healed, all the world wondered after him: Here is an Image of Christ, he was wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed: and he riseth again, and he proclaims all power is given him, in Heaven and Earth; Now see how this Vicar of Christ (as they call him) usurps; as Christ was wounded, and is risen again; so it is with this Beast, he is wounded to death, and afterwards healed and restored, and now all the world admire and worship him: Have they forgotten that Christ dyed for our Sins, and was raised again for our Justification? and do they stand admiring at this Beast as he that was wounded, and healed? Therefore let it be a ground of true thankfulness to the Lord, for the great change that is wrought in Christendom, and let us give the Lord the admiration that is due to him, that we may be preserved from those delusions, wherewith others have been deceived and may go on in this way constantly which the Lord hath established, and called us unto.
But now when the Lord sheds abroad a spirit of grace and peace in the conscience, and applyes the goodnesse of Christ to the discharge of the burden of Sinne, and of quickning the heart in the peace of Christ Jesus, this breeds admiration: Blessed be God the Father of mercy, and God of all consolation, that of his aboundant mercy hath begotten us again to a lively hope: I say this blessing is worthy of admiration, and not onely of wonderment, but of acknowledging all glory and blessednes to him. When the conscience is not pacified by a sorry duty done from man, but by a sealed pardon from the spirit of God, witnessed by the breath of the holy Ghost; this is such a mercy to the soule; as indeed raiseth the heart above all admiration of such a Beast, I, to a true detestation of this Beast, and of the Dragon that hath so long bewitched, and carried them captive to the imaginations of their own hearts, and in the end to their everlasting perdition. But let it be the care of Gods people, as ever you desire to be blessed from the admiration of such a worm-eaten Religion, so grow to an admiration of the God of mercy and grace: and so we shall ⟨p. 61⟩doe that upon just grounds, which our Fathers did without grounds, to this Beast, and to the head of it. Upon this ground, this head being wounded, and afterwards healed, all the world wondred after him: Here is an Image of Christ, he was wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed: and he riseth againe, and he proclaims all power is given him, in Heaven and Earth; Now see how this Vicar of Christ (as they call him) usurps; as Christ was wounded, and is risen againe; so it is with this Beast, he is wounded to death, and afterwards healed and restored, and now all the world admire and worship him: Have they forgotten that Christ dyed for our Sinnes, and was raised again for our Justification? and doe they stand admiring at this Beast as he that was wounded, and healed? Therefore let it be a ground of true thankfulnesse to the Lord, for the great change that is wrought in Christendome, and let us give the Lord the admiration that is due to him, that we may be preserved from those delusions, wherewith others have been deceived and may goe on in this way constantly which the Lord hath established, and called us unto.
