Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere

2. As there was no Remission without shedding of blood, Hebr. 9.22. Therefore after the blood is shed, and the Priest offered himself, there comes a second thing, else we are never the better: and that is Christ offered to us: This makes up our comfort. Many talk of the extent of Christs Death and Passion, saying, he dyed sufficiently for us, which is an improper speech: For what comfort were this, that Christ was offered for us, if there were no more? A bare sufficiency in Christ se•ves not the turn: This were a cold comfort: As if a man that were in debt, and afraid of every Serjeant, and every Sheriff, should be told: Sir, there is money enough in the King Exchequer to discharge all your debts. This is very true, but what is that to him? What comfort hath he by it, unless the King make him an offer to come, and take freely for his discharge? And a cold comfort were it to us to know Christ to be sufficient for us, unless he invite us to take freely of the waters of life, Ho, every one of you that thirsteth, come you to the waters, &c. Isa. 55.1. Thus unless Christ be offered to us, as well as for us, we are never the near.

2. As there was no Remission without shedding of blood, Hebr. 9.22. Therefore after the bloud is shed, and the Priest offered himself, there comes a second thing, else we are never the better: and that is Christ offered to us: This makes up our comfort. Many talk of the extent of Christs Death and Passion, saying, he dyed sufficiently for us, which is an improper speech: For what comfort were this, that Christ was offered for us, if there were no more? A bare sufficiency in Christ se•ves not the turn: This were a cold comfort: As if a man that were in debt, and afraid of every Serjeant, and every Sheriff, should be told: Sir, there is money enough in the King Exchequer to discharge all your debts. This is very true, but what is that to him? What comfort hath he by it, unless the King make him an offer to come, and take freely for his discharge? And a cold comfort were it to us to know Christ to be sufficient for us, unless he invite us to take freely of the waters of life, Ho, every one of you that thirsteth, come you to the waters, &c.