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Words whereby we may be saved. By Thomas Vincent, sometime minister of Maudlins milk-street,…
Words whereby we may be saved. By Thomas Vincent, sometime minister of Maudlins milk-street, London
London : printed for the use of the poor, and freely given to them by some worthy benefactors, who desire their salvation, 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. That you may be sensible of your lost estate, you must be convinced of your insufficiency to satisfy Gods Justice for your sins; if you could do this, you might do well enough; but this you cannot do, Gods Justice is infinite, and requireth infinite satisfaction, which you being finite are insufficient to give; what can you offer to God? thousands of Rams, rivers of Oil, Mines of Silver, Mountains of Gold, Rocks of Pearl, yea the whole Creation, if it should offer it self to be annihilated, could not make compensation to Gods Justice for one sin, nothing less than infinite must be the satisfaction; and ⟨p. 42⟩therefore this should make you further sensible of your lost estate in your selves.
3. That you may be sensible of your lost estate, you must be convinced of your insufficiency to satisfie Gods Justice for your sins; if you could do this, you might do well enough; but this you cannot do, Gods Justice is infinite, and requireth infinite satisfaction, which you being finite are insufficient to give; what can you offer to God? thousands of Rams, rivers of Oyl, Mines of Silver, Mountains of Gold, Rocks of Pearl, yea the whole Creation, if it should offer it self to be annihilated, could not make compensation to Gods Justice for one sin, nothing less than infinite must be the satisfaction; and ⟨p. 42⟩therefore this should make you further sensible of your lost estate in your selves.
4. You must get a conviction of your inability to resist and defend your selves against God, who hath threatened so severely to punish you for sin; as Gods Justice is infinite, and therefore you cannot satisfy it; so his Power is infinite, and you cannot resist it; who can stand in his sight when once he is angry? who can defend himself against an Omnipotent arm? If God whet his glittering Sword, and his hand take hold on vengeance, what Powers of Earth are strong enough to make resistance? Read how God expresseth himself concerning such as set themselves against him,