See what a notable oppofition the Apo!lle makes, Rom. 5.1 5! 16, 17, 18, 19,20, 21: between the firft and fecond .Adam; proving at large that Chnfl cloth fupe.r-abound In the fruits of his grace, above the firft .Admn in the fruas of !liS fin; he calls It grace, and the abundam;e of grace, and this abundance of grace reigneth to life; fo that thde Ver. •7· Texrs /Jwuld be like fo much oyI poured into the wounds of every broken-hearted !inner. Oh is there any thing that can be defired mvre than rhi>? ' 5. There is in it remiffion of {ins; fo fJith Chrift, Thu u my blood of the New Te- Mat. ,6. 1S, jlaramt, which u jhed for many forthe remi/]ion of fins. Remrffion of fins ts attnbuted to Cluift s death as a coufe; it is not thy tears, or prayer~, or rendmgs of heart that could p.ay the leaf! farthing, Without jheddin~ of blood ( fJith the Apoftle) there uno Hcb. 9• ''• 1 ·emijfion. God will have rears and blood allo, though not for the fame purpofe ; for all thy rears. thou mu[\ Bie to Chrift only ,ilS the caufe ; it is true, thou mull: mourn, and pray, and humble thy fdf, but it's Chrifl:'s blood only that can wall1 us clean; Oh remember this! God will not pardon without fatisfacbon by the blood of Chrift. And furely this makes Chrifl's death fo defirable; Oh my fi'" a!Jlifl me, (cries many a one) Oh I am lomhfome in mine ovm eyes, mt.ch more in Gods, (urely God.u offended witb my dulnefs, f/othfulnefs, and my thuu(tond imperfe&ivns ;, I am ~If the. dtry long entangled with thu fin, and that fin, and the other fin ; butler tlus contnte fprnt look on Chrtfl s. death, and therein he [\Jay find alliin is pardoned, fee here what an Argument is put into thy mouth from thefe fufferings of Chrift, well mayeft thou fay, 0 Lord I am unwor- _ thy, but it u juft and right that Chrift obtain what he died for; 0 pardon my fins for hu Eph. 2 " J,J4. . death's fa/i.g, and forhiopreciou•bloods Jak_e. 6. There is in it reconciliation and peace with God, In Chrift Jefus ye who fame– times were 4ar off, are n;ade nigh by the blood of Chrifl, for he u our p<ace, who bath made both one, and bath bro/i.gn down the middle wall of partition between u;.-When we were Rom , io enemies, we were reconciled umoGod by the death of hu Son --that he might reconcile Eph.',. ·,6: both (viz. {ews and Gentiles) unto God in one body by the Cro(s.--.Ai<d having made <lol. •· 20. peaa through the b ood of hi< Crofs. by him to reconcile all things to himfelf. This certainly llJould admirably fupport the drooping foul; it may be thou cryeft, My fins have made a breach betwixt God and my foul; I have warred againj/ heaven, and now Godwars againft me; and oh what odds? if the Lord be angry, ye.<, but a little; wh•t will become of my poor feu! ? u a little j/ubble able to contend with the conjwning fire ? how then {hould ]contend with G•d? bur come now, and look on Chrirl's death as the means and meritorious caufe of reconciliation, and thou canll not bur fay, 0 thu death i< defirable ! When God the Father looks at a !inner in the bloody glafs of Cbrift, then faith God, Oh now fury and wrath i< not in me ; I have no more quarrel or controverfie with this foul; feeing Chrift hath fliffered, it is eno1<gh, I have as much M my juj/ice can demand, my froWifS are notv tJtrncd intoJmiles, and my rod •f iron into a Scepter of grace. Why this is it that makes Chrill's death and blood fo defirable to the foul; what llrall Jacob fo rejoyce in feeing Efm~s face altered to him? lball he fay to E(au, I have feen thy face, anhe f~ce of God? bow much rather may the humble and believing finner be filled w.ith gladnefs, when through Chrifl:'s blood l!tall be thus appeafed and reconciled with htm? · 7 · There is in it immunity and fafety from all the judgments and dangers threarned agatnfl oar fins. Sorely if there were fuch forcein the blood of the type, that by the effufio? of it the l{>·aelites lay fafe, and untouched of the revenging Angel, hdw much more m the blood of Chrifl? Satan himfelf is faid to be overcome by the blood of the Rev. 12. , '· Lar•b; ahd God's revenge due to our fins is faid to be removed by the blood of Jefus, therefore lt ts calledThe blood of Jprinkling,th..c fpeakJ better thirrgs than the bloodof .Abei, Htb. u, >4; the blood of fpnnklmg was for fafety , and Uuift's blood is for fafety ; 1t cries not for revenge, as Ab,f'sblood cryed, but for m~rcyand for deliverance from all mifery. 8. There is in it a blef!ed venue to open Heaven, and to make paffage thither for our fouls, Havm;; bo!dnefs or liberty to enter imo the holiefl by the blood of TefsM: it is the Heb.1o;t9• ~lood of <;hnft that rents the Vail, and makes a way into the Holy of Holies, that is, mto the Kmgdom of Heaven;· without this blood there is no accefs to God ; it is only by the blood of Chnft that heaven is open to our prayers, and that Heaven is open to our perfons; tillS blood is the key that unlocks Heaven, and lets in the fouls of his Redeemed ones: .And I lool;sd (faith John) and behold a doonva. open in Heaven .:tnd the firft voice I heardw.u, '"' ittvere of a tmmpet talking with me, which Jaid, come ~P hither; Rev. 4 ''; and
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