Sermons preached

3. They are precious Promises, worthy of our Esteem. For they are not about things that we have nothing to do with; but such wherein we are deeply and intimately concerned. In God's Promises there is due Provision made for the Desires, Necessities and Wants of Mankind. Let me instance in Pardon and Life, the first inviting Benefits, Acts 26. 18. Pardon answereth the Fears, and Life those Desires of Happiness which are so natural to us.

3. They are precious Promises, worthy of our Esteem. For they are not about things that we have nothing to do with; but such wherein we are deeply and intimately concern'd. In God's Promises there is due Provision made for the Desires, Necessities and Wants of Mankind. Let me instance in Pardon and Life, the first inviting Benefits, Acts 26. 18. Pardon answereth the Fears, and Life those Desires of Happiness which are so natural to us.

(1.) The Consciousness of Sin, and the Fear of God's Wrath and Displeasure, should make Offers of Pardon acceptable to us. The great Scruple of the guilty Creature is, how Sin shall be expiated, and God appeased. Mic. 6. 6, 7. We fear Punishment from an holy and just God, and cannot get rid of Bondage till Sin be forgiven. The Justice of the ⟨p. 78⟩Supreme Governor of the World will be ever dreadful to us. The Gospel serveth for this use, to give us the knowledge of Salvation by the Remission of Sins. Luk. 1. 77.

(1.) The Consciousness of Sin, and the Fear of God's Wrath and Displeasure, should make Offers of Pardon acceptable to us. The great Scruple of the guilty Creature is, how Sin shall be expiated, and God appeased.