The application of redemption

While the sinner is […] fearing the evil that is deserved, §3behold the feet of the officer now approaching to see present execution […], and therefore the Lord in the third place puts a commission into the hand of Conscience, really to attach and arrest the soul of a sinner, to fasten all those curses upon the soul, and to force it to feel the venom of those punishments, which were formerly threatened and feared. That as it was said to Belshazzar when he was quaffing in his cups, and bowls of the Sanctuary, and the hand writing came out against him: the appearance of it affrighted him with the expectation of some direful evil; but the present execution of it ushered in ruin upon him and his Kingdom. Dan. 5. 28. 30. So the Prophet, to thee be it spoken, thou art weighed in the balance and found too light, thy Kingdom is departed from thee. So Conscience as Gods officer comes to see […] execution done, and therefore comes authorised as a serjeant to arrest, as a witness to accuse, as a judg to condemn; tells the soul thou art weighed in the scales of the Sanctuary, and […] too light, thy doom is past, thy destiny is determined thy sentence set down, and thy salvation is departed from thee, that which thou didst fear is now befallen thee, and thou must feel it to thy woe, Psal. 140. 11. wickedness hunts the wicked man, but it overtakes them also If Conscience condemns God is greater than our Conscience and he condemns much more. His iniquities lay hold upon him that he is not able to look up. Psal. ⟨p. 367⟩40. 14. thou hast feared the punishment of sin before man, and hast not […] to commit sin before God, and thus thou hast sealed up thy condemnation casting away the goodness of the Lord. If thou doest evil, sin lies at the door. Gen. 4.

While the sinner is 〈…〉 fearing the evil that is deserved, §3