Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…

For the First Use, Ye may see here a main lesson of the Gospel, and from this ye may hear glad and joyful tidings to a tossed and troubled Sinner, whose Conscience is pursuing him like an armed man, nay the Conscience is more terrible, when awakened, then any the greatest army of men: But behold here, there is a way to win to peace, under these tossings and troubles, and to a calm in the midst of that terrible tempest and storm; to an escape and deliverance from the hot pursuer and avenger of blood (as it were) a city of refuge to flee unto, even the blood of Jesus Christ that speaks better things then the blood of Abel, even that blood of sprinkling that speaks peace when it is applied by Faith.

For the First Use, Ye may see here a main lesson of the Gospel, and from this ye may hear glad and joyful tydings to a tossed and troubled Sinner, whose Conscience is pursuing him like an armed man, nay the Conscience is more terrible, when awakned, then any the greatest army of men: But behold here, there is a way to win to peace, under these tossings and troubles, and to a calme in the midst of that terrible tempest and storm; to an escape and deliverance from the hot pursuer and avenger of blood (as it were) a city of refuge to flee unto, even the blood of Iesus Christ that speaks better things then the blood of Abel, even that blood of sprinkling that speaks peace when it is applyed by Faith.

In prosecution of this Use, we shall a little clear th•se three, 1. What a sinner lying under the lashes of his Conscience, coming to this blood, may expect. 2ly. How he may attain that which he may warrantably expect. 3ly▪ when he may and ought in a more especial manner to make use of it.

As to the First, viz. What a Conscience-tossed and troubled sinner may expect, by fleeing to the blood of Christ? Gods rich and liberal allowance on him is, drawing ear to him with full assurance of faith, coming to him with confidence and boldness, as a Father in all his worship-addresses and applications: The meaning is not, That the sinner under a quarrel fleeing to this blood, hath no ground of humiliation, and repentance for sin, nor of challenges on that account; these may, and should be, where the blood of Christ is made use of, and applied by faith to the persons Conscience; They will not mar this confidence, and boldness, nor full assurance of faith that we speak of (but rather further it) as is clear from the drawing near of the Saints to God recorded in the Scripture; As for instance, in that woman spoken of