The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…

3. You that are strangers to the covenant of grace, herein lies your misery, you have no Advocate to plead for you, nor Mediator to stand between God and you; you have an angry God frowning upon you, and a galled conscience ready to accuse ⟨p. 138⟩you, and every thing else in the World against you, but no friend either in heaven or in earth to plead or speak for you; Christ is a mediator to those only that are under a covenant of grace; now what canst thou say for thy self oh man, why thou shouldst not be condemned, and damned in hell for ever, for thy drunkenness, adultery, Sabbath-breaking, profaneness, swearing, lying, and thy ungodly practises? thou canst have nothing to plead for thy self, but must needs be cast out into hell fire irrecoverably; but now a godly man that is under the covenant of grace, he can say, Lord here is Christ my mediator, that pleads with thee for the pardon of all my sins, and for the obtaining of heaven, and happiness, and glory for me, through his obedience and merits; but thou that art under the covenant of works, thou canst not say, I have Christ to plead for me, and to be an Advocate with the Father, to beg for pardon of sin, and life and salvation for thee, thou canst not say so, for without the covenant of grace, there is no Mediator, Christ is the Mediator only of the new covenant; therefore what sad condition art thou in, seeing as verily as thou standest here now, so thou must one day stand before ¹Gods tribunal to answer and be judged for ⟨p. 139⟩every thing thou hast done in thy body, whether it be good or evil, and then thou wilt have no body to plead for thee, but must inevitably be cast into everlasting burnings.

3. You that are strangers to the covenant of grace, herein lies your misery, you have no Advocate to plead for you, nor Mediator to stand between God and you; you have an angry God frowning upon you, and a galled conscience ready to accuse ⟨p. 138⟩you, and every thing else in the World against you, but no friend either in heaven or in earth to plead or speak for you; Christ is a mediator to those only that are under a covenant of grace; now what canst thou say for thy self oh man, why thou shouldst not be condemned, and damned in hell for ever, for thy drunkennesse, adultery, sabbathbreaking, prophanenesse, swearing, lying, and thy ungodly practises? thou canst have nothing to plead for thy selfe, but must needs be cast out into hell fire irrecoverably; but now a godly man that is under the covenant of grace, he can say, Lord here is Christ my mediatour, that pleads with thee for the pardon of all my sins, and for the obtaining of heaven, and happinesse, and glory for me, through his obedience and merits; but thou that art under the covenant of works, thou canst not say, I have Christ to plead for me, and to be an Advocate with the Father, to beg for pardon of sin, and life and salvation for thee, thou canst not say so, for without the covenant of grace, there is no Mediator, Christ is the Mediator onely of the new covenant; therefore what sad condition art thou in, seeing as verily as thou standest here now, so thou must one day stand before