The fountain opened, or, The great gospel privilege of having Christ exhibited to sinful…The fountain opened, or, The great gospel priviledge of having Christ exhibited to sinfull…

3. This may answer their doubt who are afrai• to come to Christ, by reason of the greatness of their sin & misery. When deep convictions of these do make them, instead of making the greater haste to Christ, to discourage themselves there▪ by from daring at all to come to him, their sins are too great to be forgiven them, their hearts are so hard, that there is no softening of them, their debts are run up to ten thousand Talents, they have gone beyond the ordinary sort of Sinners; and sure there is no help in Christ for such as they are: Look now, he is a fountain, yea he is an immense and an incomprehensible fountain, whatsoever you want or can desire is to be supplied out of it to the utmost extent of your cravings, yea, indeed he came for that very end, that where sin hath abounded, Grace might much more abound, Rom. 5. 20. And is therefore furnished accordingly. Hence,

3. This may answer their doubt who are afrai• to come to Christ, by reason of the greatness of their sin & misery. When deep convictions of these do make them, instead of making the greater haste to Christ, to discourage themselves there▪ by from daring at all to come to him, their sins are too great to be forgiven them, their hearts are so hard, that there is no softnign of them, their debts are run up to ten thousand Talents, they have gone beyond the ordinary sort of Sinners; and sure there is no help in Christ for such as they are: Look now, he is a fo•ntain, yea he is an immense and an incomprehensible fountain, whatsoever you want or can desire is to be supplied out of it to the utmost extent of your cravings, yea, indeed he came for that very end, that where sin hath abounded, Grace might much more abound, Rom. 5. 20. And is therefore furnished accordingly. Hence,

USE II. Let it be to exhort and direct miserable Sinners; and such are all the Children of men in their natural estate, & till they are gotten into Christ, and interested in his Redemption. Be you then pointed hereby to come to Christ for all your supplies; make him your object, and address your selves to him. Many arguments might here be used to press this advice; but I shall only offer two or three which are fetched from the Doctrine in hand.