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

Oh that soul is in a good forwardness to be saved, that every time it thinks of the mercy of God, it finds it self to melt before the Lord, and mourn bitterly for sin, when as it applies the mercy of God to it self, I, that is a good evidence; but now when you think or speak of Gods mercy, you find your hearts the more hardened in sin, Oh this is dreadful! for how can such a soul be saved, that sins against the mercy and love of Jesus Christ? for who shall hear and plead for thy soul before God, when as thou art guilty of the blood of Jesus Christ? and what is it that shall be thine atonement before the Father? It must be blood; Without shedding of blood there is no remission of sin: And what blood must be for the remission of thy sin, when as thou tramplest the blood of the Covenant under thy feet? and when thou sinnest against mercy? what is it that must recover thee, but the mercy of God, when thou comest to God in the anguish of thy soul? Now if thy case be thus, that Jesus Christ shall plead against thee, and say, Oh Father, Father, avenge thy self upon this wretch, that hath not only sinned against thy work of Creation, but against the work of Redemption, that I went into the world to work; Father, let this soul perish eternally, that hath rejected me, and received every base wretched lust before me; now, shall that soul be saved that shall have the blood of the Covenant cry against it, and mercy it self cry to the Lord against it, Lord, avenge my cause, for I have been most abominably and cursedly abused by this wretch? when not only the Law of Gods Justice, ⟨p. 336⟩and Satan accuses thee, but Christ, and his blood, and the Gospel it self, how shall such a soul be saved? now then, if you would have your souls saved, take heed of sinning against Jesus Christ, against the Gospel, and against the blood of God, and against the mercy of God.

Oh that soul is in a good forwardness to bee saved, that every time it thinks of the mercy of God, it findes it self to melt before the Lord, and mourn bitterly for sin, when as it applies the mercy of God to it self, I, that is a good evidence; but now when you think or speak of Gods mercy, you finde your hearts the more hardened in sin, Oh this is dreadful! for how can such a soul be saved, that sins against the mercy and love of Jesus Christ? for who shall hear and plead for thy soul before God, when as thou art guilty of the blood of Jesus Christ? and what is it that shall bee thine attonement before the Father? It must bee blood; Without shedding of blood there is no remission of sin: And what blood must bee for the remission of thy sin, when as thou tramplest the blood of the Covenant under thy feet? and when thou sinnest against mercy? what is it that must recover thee, but the mercy of God, when thou comest to God in the anguish of thy soul? Now if thy case bee thus, that Jesus Christ shall plead against thee, and say, Oh Father, Father, avenge thy self upon this wretch, that hath not onely sinned against thy work of Creation, but against the work of Redemption, that I went into the world to work; Father, let this soul perish eternally, that hath rejected mee, and received every base wretched lust before mee; now, shall that soul bee saved that shall have the blood of the Covenant cry against it, and mercy it self cry to the Lord against it, Lord, avenge my cause, for I have been most abominably and cursedly abused by this wretch? when not onely the Law of Gods Justice,