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

Use 2. To press us to avoid Sin. Mortify the Lust, and prevent the Action; let it not reign in the Heart, nor be discovered in the Life and Conversation. Christ died, that the Body of Sin might be destroyed, Rom. 6.6. And he died, to redeem us from our vain Conversation, 1 Pet. 1.18. Consider, when Sin remains in its Power, and while you serve Sin, what Dishonour you do to God, and what Disadvantage it is to your selves.

Vse 2. To press us to avoid Sin. Mortify the Lust, and prevent the Action; let it not reign in the Heart, nor be discovered in the Life and Conversation. Christ died, that the Body of Sin might be destroyed, Rom. 6.6. And he died, to redeem us from our vain Conversation, 1 Pet. 1.18. Consider, when Sin remains in its Power, and while you serve Sin, what Dishonour you do to God, and what Disadvantage it is to your selves.

1. The Dishonour you do to God, to all the Persons in the Godhead. To the Father, by making void the whole Plot of Redemption. This was the eternal Project and Design, as it were, of God the Father, the wise Counsel his Wisdom found out to remedy the Fall of Man. Jesus Christ was ordained before all Worlds, to redeem us from our vain Conversation; 1 Pet. 1.20. Who verily was fore-ordained before the Foundation of the World. The Lord projected this way of Restitution from all Eternity, that this Course should be taken to destroy Sin: Now will you go about to make all this void? Then you wrong God the Son, and that many ways: You disparage the worth of his Price, as if it was not sufficient to purchase Grace, and so seek to put your Redeemer to shame: Nay, you disparage the Purity of his Person, for you were redeemed with the Blood of Christ, as a Lamb without spot and blemish. Nay, you disparage the Greatness and Extremity of his Sufferings: It cost him dear to purchase Grace and Deliverance from Sin, and you slight it, and make nothing of it. Then you rob him of the Greatness of his Purchase, he bought us with this great Price, that we might not be our own, and live to our Lusts. Such as are bought with Money, are theirs who bought them: