The application of redemption

1 Consider the worthiness of the Person, in regard of whom all preparation may seem too little; you are not to entertain an ordinary person, it is not a man, it is not a King, it is not an earthly Monarch, but it is the King of Kings that will come into your souls to comfort them; yea, his holy and blessed Spirit will remain with you for ever: Therefore do all that possible may be done to prepare for his coming and for the entertainment and welcoming of him, when he comes. In Psal. 24. 7. David calls […] his own soul (for so the words are to be expounded) Lift up your heads O ye gates, and be ye lifted up you everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. As who should say, Be enlarged, Love, Joy. Hope, Desire, and All that is within me, set open, give way, for the Lord is coming; But who is the Lord? It is the Lord of Hosts, the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle, vers. 8. And with that he knocks again, Lift up ⟨p. 202⟩your heads O ye gates, and be ye […] ye everlasting doors, for the King of […] shall come […], vers. 9. As if he should say, What! Shall the Lord knock? Shall the King of Glory stand? Open […] and make all preparation: Did David do thus? Why do you do […] then? Christ knocks by Promises, he knocks by Judgements, he knocks by Threats; yea, he speaks this day unto your souls, and labours this day to make way for himself: Make therefore all preparation, let nothing be wanting, that when he comes he may take […] of your souls, and be a God unto you for ever.

1 Consider the worthiness of the Person, in regard of whom all preparation may seem too little; you are not to entertain an ordinary person, it is not a man, it is not a King, it is not an earthly Monarch, but it is the King of Kings that will come into your souls to comfort them; yea, his holy and blessed Spirit will remain with you for ever: Therefore do all that possible may be done to prepare for his comming and for the entertainment and welcoming of him, when he comes. In Psal. 24. 7. David calls 〈…〉 his own soul (for so the words are to be expounded) Lift up your heads O ye gates, and be ye lifted up you everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. As who should say, Be enlarged, Love, Joy. Hope, Desire, and All that is within me, set open, give way, for the Lord is coming; But who is the Lord? It is the Lord of Hosts, the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battel, vers. 8. And with that he knocks again, Lift up