Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

Thirdly, But further, in the third place; If Jesus Christ be so great a wonder, certainly then the misery of mankind is very great, it follows from hence; if there be such need of so wonderful a Redeemer, Oh the dreadful breach that sin hath made between God and man, that required such a wonderful work of God to make it up! this is that that God would have you have a right understanding of, and have serious thoughts about it; God would not have sinful wretched man to think the breach between God and him is a light matter, a little thing: No, when the Lord hath sent his Son into the world, and hath declared him to be thus wonderful: when the Lord shows what a wonderful glorious work of his there is in his Son for the saving of mankind, he thereby doth declare unto you, and would have you know it, that the breach that your sin hath made between God and your own souls, it is a wonderful ⟨p. 155⟩breach; certainly were the Misery of man no other but such as the power of Angels, as the power of any mere creature could help out of, Jesus Christ had never come into the world, there had never been such a wonderful work of God to redeem man; But now when you hear that the way of God to redeem man is so wonderful, you have cause to lay your hands upon your hearts, and say, Oh the depth of misery that my soul is fallen into! Oh the desperate disease of my soul, that must have such a wonderful cure! Oh that ever the great and infinite God should work so wonderfully for the salvation of such a poor wretched creature as sinful man is! My Brethren, we do not sanctify the Name of God in the great thing that God would be sanctified in, except we have right apprehensions of the dreadful breach our sin hath made between the Lord and our own souls, that so we might have right apprehensions of this wonderful work that God hath done for the salvation of man-kind; this is the reason why God so many times doth bring sinful creatures into so great straights, into the very gulf of despair oftentimes before he reveals the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ unto them: It is, I say, because the Lord would have his name sanctified in this wonderful work of redemption by Jesus Christ, that the sinner might be prepared to stand and admire at the wonderful glory of God in Jesus Christ;

Thirdly, But further, in the third place; If Jesus Christ bee so great a wonder, certainly then the misery of mankind is very great, it follows from hence; if there bee such need of so wonderful a Redeemer, Oh the dreadful breach that sin hath made between God and man, that required such a wonderful work of God to make it up! this is that that God would have you have a right understanding of, and have serious thoughts about it; God would not have sinful wretched man to think the breach between God and him is a light matter, a little thing: No, when the Lord hath sent his Son into the world, and hath declared him to bee thus wonderful: when the Lord shews what a wonderful glorious work of his there is in his Son for the saving of mankind, hee thereby doth declare unto you, and would have you know it, that the breach that your sin hath made between God and your own souls, it is a wonderful