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A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the…
A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadful condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and persuading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to householders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshua's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.A word to sinners, and a word to saints The former tending to the awakening the consciences of secure sinners, unto a lively sense and apprehension of the dreadfull condition they are in, so long as they live in their natural and unregenerate estate. The latter tending to the directing and perswading of the godly and regenerate unto several singular duties. As also a word to housholders stirring them up to the good old way of serving God in and with their families, from Joshuah's resolution, Josh. 24. 15. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Set forth especially for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of St. Sepulchres Parish, London by Tho. Gouge, late pastor thereof.
London: printed for George Sawbridge, 1668
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Part › Chapter 13: Of the all-sufficiency of Christs Sacrifice.
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Besides, Christs resurrection from the dea• is an evident demonstration that his death was an all-sufficient Sacrifice and full satisfaction to Gods justice ⟨p. 104⟩for our sins. For God having seized on Christ, as our Surety, and cast him into the prison of the grave, for the debt of our sins, he could not have come forth till he had payed the uttermost farthing. But by his rising out of the prison of the grave, we are assured that Gods justice is abundantly satisfied by the death of Jesus Christ.
B•sides, Christs resurrection from the dea• is an evi••nt demonstration that his death was an all-sufficient Sacrifice and full satisfaction to Gods justice ⟨p. 104⟩for our sins. For God having seized on Christ, as our Surety, and cast him into the prison of the grave, for the debt of our sins, he could not have come forth till he had payed the uttermost farthing. But by his rising out of the prison of the grave, we are assured that Gods justice is abundantly satisfied by the death of Jesus Christ.
Labour therefore to get thine heart truly satisfied in the all-sufficiency of Christs Sacrifice, that his death was a full satisfaction to Gods justice for thy sins; for otherwise when either thy conscience or the Devil begin to aggravate thy sins, and to set before thee the number and the heinousness of them, thou wilt be at a loss, and even ready to sit down in despair: whereas if thou didst clearly apprehend what a full satisfaction the death of Christ was to Gods justice for all thy sins, thou wouldst not fear what either thy conscience or the Devil could object against thee. In Rom. 8.33. We read how the Apostle from the consideration of Christs all-sufficient Sacrifice and full satisfaction to Gods justice by his death, did triumph over sin, and Satan. For having treated thereof in the former part of the Chapter; In the latter part thereof, ver. 33, 34. he speaks as one ravished with abundance of comfort: yea, challengeth the Devil and all the World to object what they could against the pardon of his sins; Who, saith he, shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect? It is God that justifieth; Who is he that condemneth? it is Christ that dyed. As if he had said, let Conscience and carnal Reason, let Law and Sin, let Hell and Devil object what they can; let them object the number and heinousness of my sins, what is that? seeing Christ hath dyed, even Christ the Son of God, hath offered up his own life, as an all-sufficient Sacrifice, and thereby abundantly satisfied Gods justice for my sins. Beloved, the case between God and us and our Saviour Jesus Christ, is not much unlike the case of a Creditor, a Debtor, and a Surety. Though the debtor be altogether unable to satisfy his debt, or to contribute any thing