Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere

Thus having truly and plainly showed our Sinfulness, Wretchedness, and Cursedness by nature, I come unto the second part which I proposed to wit: Our Remedy, ¹or our Redemption by Christ. And God forbid that he should create man the best of his visible Creatures for destruction: What gain and profit is there in our blood? Psalm 30.9. God is full of Grace and Compassion and he considers that we are but dust. And happy are we that we are but dust. Had we been more glorious Creatures, as Angels, we had not had the benefit of a Saviour. When they rebelled, God considered their Metal: And as with an high hand they rebelled, So the Lord reserved them in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the Judgment of the great day; Jude 3. 1 Thes. 1.10. They fell without a Redeemer; It is well for us, that God considereth that we are but dust; For by Jesus Christ he delivereth us from the wrath to come. 1 Thessal. 1.10. It had been better for us never to have been born, then to be born fire-brands of Hell. But now the point is, what we are Brands plucked out of the fire, Zach. 3, 2. It is fit therefore we should know who is our Redeemer.

Thus having truly and plainly shewed our Sinfulness, Wretchedness, and Cursedness by nature, I come unto the second part which I proposed to wit: Our Remedy, ¹or our Redemption by Christ. And God forbid that he should create man the best of his visible Creatures for destruction: What gain and profit is there in our blood? Psalm 30.9. God is full of Grace and Compassion and he considers that we are but dust. And happy are we that we are but dust. Had we been more glorious Creatures, as Angels, we had not had the benefit of a Saviour. When they rebelled, God considered their Metal: And as with an high hand they rebelled, So the Lord reserved them in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the Judgment of the great day;