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Free-grace, maintained & improved. Or, The general offer of the Gospel, managed with considerations…
Free-grace, maintained & improved. Or, The general offer of the Gospel, managed with considerations of the great things done by special grace, in the election and redemption and vocation of those who embrace that offer. And the illustrious doctrines of divine predestination and humane impotency, rescued from the abuses, which they too frequently meet withal; and rendered (as they are) highly useful to the designs of practical piety. : In two brief discourses; published at the desire of some, who have been greatly apprehensive of growing occasions for such treatises.
Boston: printed by B. Green, 1706
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.
V. Salvation by the Blood of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, is tendered unto every one of us all; and time of us will miss of Salvation by that Blood, but such as wilfully Refuse it.
How Limited soever the Efficacy of our Lords Blood may be, in the Secret Purpose of God; This we are sure of; There is in the Blood of our Lord Redeemer, such a Sufficiency, as to Cleanse every one of us all from all our Sin, if we come unto it. This we are sure of; We are Every one of us all, Invited; and Commanded, and Obliged, to Take the Blood of our Lord-Redeemer, and plead it, for our Deliverance from our Sin. Instead of all Evil-surmising, whom the Blood of our Lord may be for, and whom not, it is the Duty of Every one presently and Thankfully to Accept of it. The Invitation unto Every one of us all is This; Thou art a Sinner; A Sinner wants a Sacrifice; The Sacrifice provided for thee, is that of a Crucified JESUS. Come, and cast the Load of thy Soul, and place the Hope of thy Soul, on that Sacrifice; and plead it with God, That thou mayest for the sake thereof be Saved from all thy Sins. It may very truly be said, Nothing shall hinder thy Salvation by the Blood of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, O Sinner, but thy wilful Refusing of it. Whenever thou dost become really Willing to be Sprinkled with the Blood of the Lamb, and thereby to have all the ⟨p. 42⟩Enmity between God and thy Soul, taken away, it shall be Done; there shall be Nothing to hinder it. We have a Commission to represent the Blood of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, under that most agreeable Figure; Zech. 13.1. A Fountain Opened. Come, O perishing Souls, come every one of you, unto that Fountain; Tis in the Gospel Opened for you: Tis proclaimed in the Gospel, that you shall be Welcome unto it. Let every one of you fall down before the Lord-Redeemer, and sincerely say, O Glorious Lord; The Benefits of thy precious Blood, I know, thou hast offered them unto me. I do therefore at thy offer, and by the Help of thy Spirit, humbly receive thy Blood. Let the Efficacy of it upon me, be not only to Save me from thy Wrath, but also to Cleanse me from all Filthiness of Flesh and Spirit, and to cure all the Maladies of my Soul, I pray thee, I pray thee! Do thus; The Consequence will be, Salvation, Salvation World without End.