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

Use 1. The first Use of it is, To beseech you to let this sink deep into your Minds as the Truth of God, for these Reasons. 1. Because it's a most useful Truth, and if it were believed, it would make Folks very watchful over themselves, and to tremble for fear, lest they be found amongst the multitude that Believe not, and put them t• secure and sicker their Interest in God, and not to rest on a Fashion and Form of Religion, without observing what Fruit followeth on the Gospel; among the many Evils that undo not a few, we think this is not the least, that this Truth is never thoroughly fixed in them; they think there are many Heathens and Turks without the Church, and many gross Swearers, Drunkards, and others such within it, that will Perish, but none others, or at least, that they are but very few, who among a professing People Perish; neither can they be induced to think it's such a hard matter, to get one, or a very few that are Believers in a Country side, so that if Isaiah were now alive to cry, Who believes our report? each of them would be ready to answer, I believe. 2. Because for as certain and useful a Truth as this is, yet generally it's not believed, Folks cannot think that so few Believe, and that Believing is so difficult and rare a thing: I would ask you this Question, Was it ever a difficulty to any of you to Believe? If not, what is it that makes Believing so rare? what should move the Prophet thus to complain, Who hath believed our report? I shall shortly give you some Evidences that many of you do not really believe this Truth. The first is, That so few of you tremble at the Word of God; the Historical Faith that the Devils have, makes them tremble, but ye have not that much; this is given as a Property of a suitable Hearer of the Gospel, to whom the Lord will look, Isa. 66.1, 2. that he is one who trembles at the Word; but the most part of you that hear this Gospel, are like these Pillars on which this House stands, who are never so much as once moved at the Word; ye either take not Faith to be an absolutely necessary thing, and that ye cannot but Perish without it, or ye think that the Faith ye were Born with, will do your turn;

Use 1. The first Use of it is, To beseech you to let this sink deep into your Minds as the Truth of God, for these Reasons. 1. Because it's a most useful Truth, and if it were believed, it would make Folks very watchful over themselves, and to tremble for fear, lest they be found amongst the multitude that Believe not, and put them t secure and sicker their Interest in God, and not to rest on a Fashion and Form of Religion, without observing what Fruit followeth on the Gospel; among the many Evils that undo not a few, we think this is not the least, that this Truth is never thorowly fixed in them; they think there are many Heathens and Turks without the Church, and many gross Swearers, Drunkards, and others such within it, that will Perish, but none others, or at least, that they are but very few, who among a professing People Perish; neither can they be induced to think it's such a hard matter, to get one, or a very few that are Believers in a Countrey side, so that if Isaiah were now alive to cry, Who believes our report? each of them would be ready to answer, I believe. 2. Because for as certain and useful a Truth as this is, yet generally it's not believed, Folks cannot think that so few Believe, and that Believing is so difficult and rare a thing: I would ask you this Question, Was it ever a difficulty to any of you to Believe? If not, what is it that makes Believing so rare? what should move the Prophet thus to complain, Who hath believed our report? I shall shortly give you some Evidences that many of you do not really believe this Truth. The first is, That so few of you tremble at the Word of God; the Historical Faith that the Devils have, makes them tremble, but ye have not that much; this is given as a Property of a suitable Hearer of the Gospel, to whom the Lord will look,