Sermons preached

(1.) The consciousness of God's displeasure, and the fear of his Wrath, should make offers of Pardon acceptable to us. When Sin entered into the World, Fear entered with Sin. The grand scruple which haunteth the guilty Creature, is how ⟨p. 148⟩God shall be appeased, and the Controversy taken up between us and his Justice: Micah. 6. 6, 7. Wherewith shall he be appeased, and what shall I give for the Sin of my Soul? We fear Death and Punishment from a Holy and Just God, and this is the bottom cause of all our Troubles. Therefore till the forgiveness of Sin be procured for us, and represented to us upon commodious Terms, we know not how to get rid of this Bondage, the Justice of the Supreme Governor of the World will be ever dreadful to us. These fears may be for a while stifled in Men, but they will ever and anon return upon us. Now let us admire the Wisdom of God, who hath provided such a suitable remedy to our Disease, as reconciliation and remission of Sins by Jesus Christ. And that God showed himself so ready to pardon us, who are so obnoxious to his Wrath and vindictive Justice.

(1.) The consciousness of God's displeasure, and the fear of his Wrath, should make offers of Pardon acceptable to us. When Sin entred into the World, Fear entred with Sin. The grand scruple which haunteth the guilty Creature, is how ⟨p. 148⟩God shall be appeased, and the Controversy taken up between us and his Justice: Micah. 6. 6, 7. Wherewith shall he be appeased, and what shall I give for the Sin of my Soul? We fear Death and Punishment from a Holy and Just God, and this is the bottom cause of all our Troubles. Therefore till the forgiveness of Sin be procured for us, and represented to us upon commodious Terms, we know not how to get rid of this Bondage, the Justice of the Supream Governour of the World will be ever dreadful to us. These fears may be for a while stifled in Men, but they will ever and anon return upon us. Now let us admire the Wisdom of God, who hath provided such a suitable remedy to our Disease, as reconciliation and remission of Sins by Jesus Christ. And that God shewed himself so ready to pardon us, who are so obnoxious to his Wrath and vindictive Justice.