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

1. On Grace's part. Grace hath denied us nothing, it hath given us Christ, and all things with him; and shall we stick at our Lusts that are not worth the keeping? Certainly God loved Christ with an inexpressible Affection, it was infinitely more than we can love the World. Tho Nature be much addicted to these Lusts, and tho we be carried out with great strength of Affection to the World, yet we cannot love the World as much as God loved Christ; for his Love to Christ is infinite and unlimited, like his Essence: and God found a full Complacency and Satisfaction in Christ; yet God gave up the Son of his Love. Grace counteth nothing too dear for us, not the Blood of Christ, not the Joys of Heaven; and shall we count any thing too dear for Grace? A right Eye, or a right Hand cannot be so dear to us, as Christ was dear to God. At what cost is Grace to redeem and save us? And shall Grace be at all this cost for nothing? If God had commanded us a greater thing, ought we not to have done it? If God had commanded thee to give thy Body to be burnt, or to offer thy first-born for the Sin of thy Soul; considering his absolute Right over the Creature, he might have required thy Life, and thy Children's Lives: but he only requires thy Lusts, things not worth the keeping, things that will prove the Bane of thy Soul, and things that we are bound to part with, to preserve the Integrity and Perfection of our Natures. If God had never dealt with us in a way of Grace, we should have parted with our Lusts: And shall Grace plead in vain, when it presseth to deny Lusts? It will be the Shame and Horror of the Damned to all Eternity, that they have stood with God for a Trifle, and that they would not part with Dung for Gold, with a Stable for a Palace, especially being so deeply pre-engaged by God's Mercy in Christ.

1. On Grace's part. Grace hath denied us nothing, it hath given us Christ, and all things with him; and shall we stick at our Lusts that are not worth the keeping? Certainly God loved Christ with an inexpressible Affection, it was infinitely more than we can love the World. Tho Nature be much addicted to these Lusts, and tho we be carried out with great strength of Affection to the World, yet we cannot love the World as much as God loved Christ; for his Love to Christ is infinite and unlimited, like his Essence: and God found a full Complacency and Satisfaction in Christ; yet God gave up the Son of his Love. Grace counteth nothing too dear for us, not the Blood of Christ, not the Joys of Heaven; and shall we count any thing too dear for Grace? A right Eye, or a right Hand cannot be so dear to us, as Christ was dear to God. At what cost is Grace to redeem and save us? And shall Grace be at all this cost for nothing? If God had commanded us a greater thing, ought we not to have done it? If God had commanded thee to give thy Body to be burnt, or to offer thy first-born for the Sin of thy Soul; considering his absolute Right over the Creature, he might have required thy Life, and thy Childrens Lives: but he only requires thy Lusts, things not worth the keeping, things that will prove the Bane of thy Soul, and things that we are bound to part with, to preserve the Integrity and Perfection of our Natures. If God had never dealt with us in a way of Grace, we should have parted with our Lusts: And shall Grace plead in vain, when it presseth to deny Lusts? It will be the Shame and Horror of the Damned to all Eternity, that they have stood with God for a Trifle, and that they would not part with Dung for Gold, with a Stable for a Palace, especially being so deeply pre-ingaged by God's Mercy in Christ.