Christ crucified, or, The marrow of the gospel, evidently holden forth in LXXII sermons,…

Use. It serves for good use to such as may fall to doubt and dispute what warrant they have to Believe, we say, ye have as good warrant as Abraham, David, Paul, or any of the Godly that lived before you had; ye have the same Gospel-Covenant and Promises, it was always God's Word preached which was the ground of Faith; and there needs not be much disputing what is God's Purpose, for we are not called to look to that in the matter of Believing more then in the matter of our Duty; and as it were evil reasoning to dispute what may be God's Purpose in the matter of Duty when we are called to it, it's as bad reasoning to dispute His Purpose in the matter of Faith: And therefore we leave this Use with a word of Advertisement, That this Gospel as it lays Christ before you, it gives you Warrant to receive Him, and rest upon Him, and we may say as Paul did, Acts 13.38, 39. Be it known unto you therefore men and brethren, that through this Name is preached unto you forgiveness of sins, and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which they could not be justified by the Law of Moses; There is the Way held out for obtaining pardon of Sin, and Peace, the Lord hath made the Offer, and laid a fair Bridge over the Gulf of Distance betwixt God and Sinners, though ye should never get good of it, and though ye should never set a Foot on the Bridge; none needs to fear to step forward, behold our Lord Jesus hath holden out the Golden Sceptre, His Call may be Warrant enough to come; the Preaching of this Gospel stops all Disputing, and banisheth debating of the Business; it Calls all the Hearers of it, and gives them Warrant to come forward; and it's such a Warrant as they will be found Slighters of the Great Salvation offered, who had this ⟨p. 16⟩Door opened to them and did not step forward, for as the Apostle says, 2 Cor. 6. Behold now is the day of salvation, behold now is the accepted time; and Heb. 2.2. If the word spoken by Angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, &c. It's the same Gospel that from the beginning hath been preached to Sinners, and this is the reason why the Gospel is called Grace, in that