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

For a fifth use,¹ it may teach us to apply effectually the blood of Christ: as we for our parts in our Ministry, so you in your meditations, and repetitions; there is the ground of your peace. No conscience that hath been troubled with sense of sin, but there lies his grief, the wrath of God that is upon his unbelieving soul. He is condemned; the wrath of God abideth on him. If you ransack it to the bottom, there is it that crusheth the spirit: all other will be cast off in case we be clear in this principle, about the satisfaction of Gods justice provoked against us by our many and great transgressions: what shall satisfy the soul now? There is nothing in the world so fit to beget faith, as the preaching of the cross of Christ: If I be lift up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me, John 12. 32. If Christ be drawn up on the Cross, held forth for his drawing of people that are troubled about the wrath of God, and the removing thereof, and about satisfaction to God about all our iniquities, this will draw souls unto him: For how will you uphold any man to bear his burden of the apprehension of Gods wrath with any tolerable ease? No way but by holding forth Christ the innocent Lamb of God, crucified upon the cross, and his blood spilt as a price of satisfaction to Gods justice, as a price of redemption ⟨p. 182⟩from all evil, and purchase of all good: then saith the soul, me-thinks there is some hope, even for me; For who shall hinder the power of the blood of Christ? and who shall hinder the free passage of Gods grace? if the Lord Jesus hath undertaken it, and hold it forth especially to men that are sick, and oppressed, and cast down, and ready to perish for want of succour: In such a case, while this is held forth, there is the blood of Christ held forth, which was shed to purchase the spirit of grace; as it is written in Gal. 3. 13, 14. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a cu•se for us, that we might receive the promise of the spirit. The same blood of Christ, that hath redeemed us from the curse, and hath purchased the communion of the spirit, he is wont in the preaching of the cross of Christ, to open Heaven to the soul, to open the doors of the heart to believe on this blood, thus hld forth, and so by this means you shall find a support, some satisfaction to all turmoils, and agonies of conscience.