A92857:163
The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of salvation to poor…
The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of salvation to poor sinners. Wherein is set out, the gracious behaviour of Christ, standing at the door and knocking for entrance. The dutiful behaviour of sinners in hearing Christs voice and opening to him. And the comfortable event upon them both. / By Obadiah Sedgwick. B.D. and late minister of the Gospel in Covent-Garden.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Adoniram Byfield, 1657
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The truth is, all that the troubled soul urgeth (if it be strictly observed) is the questioning of Christs willingness to save it; All those objections of greatness of sinnings, of want of deeper humblings, and want of holiness, of long resistances, of the variety of sinnings, of utter unworthiness, &c. Arise from this suspicion, Christ is not willing to save sinners: these are reasons (we think) that Christ will not save us.
The truth is, all that the troubled soul urgeth (if it be strictly observed) is the questioning of Christs willingnesse to save it; All those objections of greatnesse of sinnings, of want of deeper humblings, and want of holinesse, of long resistances, of the variety of sinnings, of utter unworthinesse, &c. Arise from this suspition, Christ is not willing to save sinners: these are reasons (we think) that Christ will not save us.
Now why doest thou stick at this? For,
If he be willing to save any, it is to save sinners, and he never saved any but a sinner, who, because a sinner, was therefore unworthy: Must not Christ save because we deserve not to be saved? ⟨p. 34⟩must not he be merciful because we be sinful? Ah Lord, who then should be saved?