An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…

The Nature of Religion ⟨p. 617⟩is now changed from being the Homage and Worship of God; the certain means of pleasing him, and transforming us in▪ to his likeness; which is the natural end of Religion, into a Cock-boat and Sculler to waft us over to Christ: Here we see the true reason why these men do so despise Morality in comparison of those Gospel-duties, of hearing Sermons, Prayer, Confessions, Humiliation, &c. because as they handle the matter: The practise of Moral Virtues, cannot have us over to Christ, cannot apply the righteousness and fullness of Christ to us, nor ravish our fancies with glorious Images and Idea's of his person: And since all the Duties of Religion are such pithless things, which have no Grace, no Good, no Salvation in them, but as they have us over to Christ, poor Morality must needs be a worthless thing.

The Nature of Religion ⟨p. 617⟩is now changed from being the Homage and Worship of God; the certain means of pleasing him, and transforming us in▪ to his likeness; which is the natural end of Religion, into a Cock-boat and Skuller to waft us over to Christ: Here we see the true reason why these men do so despise Morality in comparison of those Gospel-duties, of hearing Sermons, Prayer, Confessions, Humiliation, &c. because as they handle the matter: The practise of Moral Virtues, cannot have us over to Christ, cannot apply the righteousness and fulness of Christ to us, nor ravish our fancies with glorious Images and Idea's of his person: And since all the Duties of Religion are such pithless things, which have no Grace, no Good, no Salvation in them, but as they have us over to Christ, poor Morality must needs be a worthless thing.

That we are highly to prize Christ,¹ can be no question with Christians; when he comes in his Glory, he shall be admired of all them that believe,