An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation by that reverend and eminent…

Therefore if thou hast a good opinion of thy self, that the world hath no hold of thee, nor thy passions and lusts, and the Devil least of all, whatever the Law of God saith: know that there was nothing could redeem us from this, but the blood of the Son of God; and if thou dost not believe this (however thou art thus naturally born) the truth is, thou tramplest under foot the blood of Christ, as not worth the spilling: If men be thus exact in their courses, so equal in their dealings, if the Devil have no power over you, to what end did he through death destroy the Devil that had the power of death? If sin have no dominion over you, wherefore did he shed his blood, that the power of sin should be destroyed? And therefore all the while a man is out of Christ, and the warm blood of Christ is not applied thee, thy soul is a bleeding to death.

Therefore if thou hast a good opinion of thy selfe, that the world hath no hold of thee, nor thy passions and lusts, and the Devill least of all, whatever the Law of God saith: know that there was nothing could redeem us from this, but the blood of the Sonne of God; and if thou dost not believe this (however thou art thus naturally born) the truth is, thou tramplest under foot the blood of Christ, as not worth the spilling: If men be thus exact in their courses, so equal in their dealings, if the Devil have no power over you, to what end did he through death destroy the Devill that had the power of death? If sinne have no dominion over you, wherefore did he shed his blood, that the power of sinne should be destroyed? And therefore all the while a man is out of Christ, and the warme blood of Christ is not applyed thee, thy soule is a bleeding to death.

That look as it is with some men when in a consumption, & have little hope of recovery, then they will kill some lamb, and while it is warm, will take the warm body of the lamb and fasten it to them that they may be repaired: Truly thus doth the Lord with us, he knows we are far consumed, in a state of worldliness, and a state of sin, and Satan: how shall the Lord rescue us, and repair us? No way but this, here is an innocent Lamb, he wraps him about us, warms us with his blood, and so he recovers us again from our consuming condition, consuming with sinful lusts, and passions, and Satanical delusions. Look as Physicians, they will soon guess what the disease is by the receipt: If the Lord prescribe such a receipt as this, the blood of the innocent Lamb of God, then know it for a certain truth, we were in a desperate condition,