The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…

It is the Lord Jesus Christ only that can cure you of this deadly Sickness, that can remove your Sin, and thereby deliver you from this Death of Deaths; Get a sense of the dangerous sickness of Sin, and you will prize and use and love the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Physician of value in this case. If any of you were guilty of Murder, or Theft, or High Treason, or any other heinous breach of the Law of the Land, for which you were apprehended, arraigned, accused, and condemned to be Hanged or Burned, or to a more tormenting Death than either; and if you should hear of a Prince at Court that had begged the Pardon of such Crimes, for such Malefactors, and had obtained, and he should send to you to signify his willingness to do the like for you; surely you would thankfully accept of such a proffer, and would love this Prince as ⟨p. 121⟩your life, who should thus preserve you from Death: You are all Guilty of high Treason and Rebellion against the King of Heaven, in your breach of his Law, and you are condemned by this Law, not to be hanged for it, or beheaded, but to be burned for it, to be burned in the Fire of Hell, which is unquenchable; The Lord Jesus Christ is the Prince of Glory, a Friend in the Court of Heaven, who hath procured a Pardon for many such malefactors, and sendeth to you to signify his willingness to procure your Pardon, if you will make use of him; Surely, if you have a sense of your Crime and Danger, you will apply your selves unto Christ to save you, and you will not withhold your Love from such a one as should show you such unparalleled Favour.

It is the Lord Jesus Christ onely that can cure you of this deadly Sickness, that can remove your Sin, and thereby deliver you from this Death of Deaths; Get a sense of the dangerous sickness of Sin, and you will prize and use and love the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the onely Physician of value in this case. If any of you were guilty of Murder, or Theft, or High Treason, or any other heinous breach of the Law of the Land, for which you were apprehended, arraigned, accused, and condemned to be Hanged or Burned, or to a more tormenting Death than either; and if you should hear of a Prince at Court that had begg'd the Pardon of such Crimes, for such Malefactors, and had obtained, and he should send to you to signifie his willingness to do the like for you; surely you would thankfully accept of such a proffer, and would love this Prince as ⟨p. 121⟩