A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

1. How little Interest in Christ they have, who are still under the Power of worldly Lusts. The Apostle giveth us this Note, Gal. 5.24. They that are Christ's, have crucified the Flesh with the Affections and Lusts. He doth not say, that they are Christ's that believe that he was crucified, or that he died for Sinners; but they are Christ's that feel that he was crucified, that by the Virtue of his Cross do crucify their own Lusts and sinful Affections. What, a Christian, and yet worldly! a Christian, and yet sensual! a Christian, and yet proud! You that are given to Pleasures, do you believe in Christ, that was a Man of Sorrows? You that are carried out after the Pomp and Vanity of the World, do you believe in Christ, whose Kingdom was not of this World? You that are proud and lofty, do you profess an Interest in the humble Christ? It is in vain for those to talk of his dying for Sinners, and boast of the Excellency of his Cross, that never felt the Virtue of it; Gal. 6.14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the World is crucified unto me, and I unto the World. Your Affections to the World are still strong; how can you glory in his Cross? What Experience have you of the Goodness of it? Have you gotten any thing by the Cross? Are you planted into the Efficacy of it? Rom. 6.5. For if we have been planted together in the Likeness of his Death, we shall be also in the Likeness of his Resurrection. Do you feel any weakening of Lusts, and decay of Sin? at least doth it put you upon Endeavours in this kind? The Roots of Sin are in all, but do you seek to mortify them? Do you deny them in the way prescribed? do you seek to prevent them with Diligence, to suppress them with Watchfulness, to resist them with Strength and Resolution? When there is not a constant Course of Mortification set up, but Lust is let alone to reign without Control, you have no Interest in Christ. Mark, it is said, they crucify the Flesh; there is a Work on your part, Man is not wholly passive.

1. How little Interest in Christ they have, who are still under the Power of worldly Lusts. The Apostle giveth us this Note, Gal. 5.24. They that are Christ's, have crucified the Flesh with the Affections and Lusts. He doth not say, that they are Christ's that believe that he was crucified, or that he died for Sinners; but they are Christ's that feel that he was crucified, that by the Virtue of his Cross do crucify their own Lusts and sinful Affections. What, a Christian, and yet worldly! a Christian, and yet sensual! a Christian, and yet proud! You that are given to Pleasures, do you believe in Christ, that was a Man of Sorrows? You that are carried out after the Pomp and Vanity of the World, do you believe in Christ, whose Kingdom was not of this World? You that are proud and lofty, do you profess an Interest in the humble Christ? It is in vain for those to talk of his dying for Sinners, and boast of the Excellency of his Cross, that never felt the Virtue of it;