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

I speak nothing to the difference between mortal and venial sins; was it a venial sin, think ye, that slaughtered the Son of God? they have been breaking him since the world began; and is it possible that if he lye a bleeding for sin, is it possible that this or that sin should be venial and ought to be passed over? be not deceived, look what slaughter it hath brought of the chiefest of the world, even the God of the world, it slaughtered him; and there are none of all his people that shall be saved by him, but must be slaughtered in his lusts and passions, they must be crucified with Christ, if they have any part in him; he was slain from the beginning, and so from first to last, they must be crucified from the power of sin, or else they cannot be saved. And therefore let no man bless himself, and think he shall do well enough though he continue in sin; for the truth is, there is no sin but cost Christs breaking and crushing, and either thou must lay hold on his death, and be conformable unto him, or else thou shalt never have part in him; it is tough work to slaughter sin; let this slaughter of Christ cut off all out-runnings of sin, whether in thoughts, words, and deeds; let it be as a slaughtering knife to all our lusts, considering there is no taking leave in this and that; for the truth is, it cost the very blood of Christ.

I speak nothing to the difference between mortall and veniall sins; was it a veniall sin, think ye, that slaughtered the Son of God? they have been breaking him since the world began; and is it possible that if he lye a bleeding for sin, is it possible that this or that sinne should be veniall and ought to be passed over? be not deceived, look what slaughter it hath brought of the chiefest of the world, even the God of the world, it slaughtered him; and there are none of all his people that shall be saved by him, but must be slaughtered in his lusts and passions, they must be crucified with Christ, if they have any part in him; he was slaine from the beginning, and so from first to last, they must be crucified from the power of sinne, or else they cannot be saved. And therefore let no man blesse himself, and think he shall do well enough though he continue in sin; for the truth is, there is no sin but cost Christs breaking and crushing, and either thou must lay hold on his death, and be conformable unto him, or else thou shalt never have part in him; it is tough work to slaughter sin; let this slaughter of Christ cut off all out-runnings of sinne, whether in thoughts, words, and deeds; let it be as a slaughtering knife to all our lusts, considering there is no taking leave in this and that; for the truth is, it cost the very blood of Christ.