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Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the…
Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the great blessedness, which Christian parents desire, both for themselves, and for their children. In a discourse, now put into the hands of such parents, as would be assisted in their duty, by putting such things into the hands of their children. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
printed by Timothy Green, 1705
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Parental Wishes and Charges. › [On the Lords-Day Evening; To my YOUNG MEN.]
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.
Secondly. To be without a Glorious CHRIST, is to be under the Guilt of Sin, But then, Behold, my Young People, Behold, how Miserable! If it could be said, Psal. 32. 1. 2. Blessed is the man whose Transgression is Forgiven, and whose Sin is Covered; Blessed is the man ⟨p. 46⟩unto whom the Lord Imputeth not Iniquity; Then it must be said, Undone is the man, to whom the Lord Imputeth Iniquity. But so Undone art thou, O Young Man, if thou art a Christless one. It is a Miserable thing to be under the Guilt of sin. But he that is Christless cannot be Guiltless. It was said, 1 Cor. 15. 17. If Christ be not Raised, ye are yet in your Sins. And it may be said, If Christ be not yours, ye are yet in your Sins. While a man is without a Glorious CHRIST, he is Unjustified; for every Unbeliever is Unjustified; We are Justified by Faith. We read, Joh. 3. 18. He that Believeth not, is Condemned already. The Violated Law of God, has passed a sentence of Condemnation upon the sinner. None but a CHRIST can make satisfaction to the Violated Law; And he has done it for those that are in him. He that is without a CHRIST, is himself under obligation to satisfy the Law of God for himself; he is obliged in dreadful Bonds to become a Sacrifice unto the formidable Justice of God. Oh! Miserable ⟨p. 47⟩Plight! We read Rom. 8. 1. There is no Condemnation to those that are in CHRIST. But horribly Condemned are they that are without a CHRIST. There is no way for a sinner to come at a Pardon, but by the Atonement of the Lord JESUS CHRIST. His only Plea is, That the Blood of the Lord JESUS CHRIST has made Atonement for him. A sinner has no way to become Righteous, but by having the Righteousness of the Lord JESUS CHRIST placed unto his Account. He must plead, That the Lord JESUS CHRIST has fulfilled all Righteousness on his behalf. He that is without a CHRIST, is without that Atonement, without that Righteousness. O Young People, If you are Christless, Let these Thoughts force themselves in upon you, Any One Sin lying upon me, were enough to make me for ever Miserable. But, What shall I do? Where shall I fly? That have been Guilty of Thousands of Sins, and every one of them all Unpardoned unto this moment! Oh!