Ch;p, 3. Sett. 8. !.Lrottmg unto jjcfu~. Book IV. 401 damned? Oh why fhould not the wr~tb of God be cxeemed on me, yea even np~n mej' anfwer, the death of Chri[t acquits thee of all. Blejfed u~e;hat bath" pitrt in Rev.•e.6. the firjfre[r.rreflion, onJitch the (ccond death h~th no power. Chnft s dea~h bath took away the pains 'of the fecond death, yea patns and power too, for t! lha\1 never opprefs fuch as belong to Chrift. If Hell and Devils could fpeak a wor_d of truth, they would fay , Comfort your [elves ye behevmg fou!J , we have no power over you, for the Lord /<[UI bath conqt"red Ul, and we ha~eq11ite loft the catt[e. Paul wa: very confident of this, and therefore he throws downwe Gauntlet, and challengeth a dtfpute with all commers, Who Jil•fllay an! thing to the charge of Gods Elefl ? it u God tkat ju- Rom; s; 33; jhficth . who whe that condemneth ?tt u Chrift that dyd: let fin, and the law, and julhce, 34• and de;th, (nd hell, yea and all the Devils in Hell unite their forces,thisone argument of Chritt's Math (it u Chrift that dyed) will be enough to confure,and confound them all. Come then and comfort your felves all believers in this death of Chrift; what? do you believe? and are you confident that you do believe? why then do yoti fit drooping ? what manner of commt<mcattons are thefe that you have, M ye walk_, and 11re ft~d? Luke '4· 17, Away, away dumpi0mefs 0 defpair, difquietnefs. of fpirit? Chri!l: is_ dead, that you might live, and be ble!fed, m thts refpe<'l: every tlung fpeaks comfort, tf you c.ould but fee it; God and men, heaven and earth, Angels and devtls; the very JUfttce of God it felf, is now your friend, and bids you go away comforted, for it is fatisfied to the full . He~ven it felf waits on you, and keeps the dores open that your fouls may enter;' We have b•ldnefs (faith the Apoftle) to enter into the holieft by the blood of Jef_uo, Heb.to.•o; byanew andli"!ir:g}l'ay, which he bath confecwedfor m throughtheveil, thatutofay, hu ji<Jh. Chn(l s death bath fet .open all the golden gates and dores of glory ; and therefore go away chearily, and get you to heaven, and when you come there, be difcouraged, or difcomforted if you can. 0 my foul, I fee tnou art pouring on fin, on thy crimfon fins , and fcarlet fins, but I would have thee dwell on that crimfon fearlet blood of Chrift; Oh it is the blood of fprinfi!.ing, it [peak! better things than theblood of Abel, it cryes for mercy, and pardon, and refrelhing, and falvation; thy fins cry, Lord do me jufticcagainft (uch a foul; but the blood of Chrif\ hat!l another cry, I am 11ba[ed, and humbled, and I have anfwered all. Methinks this lhould make thy heart leap for joy; Oh the honey, the fweet that we may fuck out Of this blood of Chritt ! come lay to thy mouth, and drink an hearty draught, it is thi• fpiritul wine that makes merry the heart of man ; and it i• the voice of Chrift to all his gucl\s, E~t0 friends, <lant. ;. r. drink_, yea drink, abtmdantly, 0 beloved. SECT. VIII. Of calling on [cfm in that refpefl, S. J Et us call on [ef~~<, or on God the Father in and through Jefus. "' r. We ~ull pr~y that all thefe tr~nfa<'l:i?ns of Chrift in his futferings and death may heou:s; 1f w~due<'l: our prayers tmmedtatelyco Jefus Chrill, let us tell him what angu:!h and patns he bath fuffered for our fakes; and let us complain again[! our felves, . Oh what Jhall we do, who by our fins have fo tormented o11r deareft Lord ? what contrition can begreat enough, what tears fujficiemly exprelfive, what hatred and detefta– tton equal, and commenfurate to thofe f ad and heavy fujferings of our Jef"'? And then let us pray, that he would pity us, and forgive us thofe hns wherewith we crucified 'tu~, that he wo_uld bellow on us the venue of his fuffering>and death, that his wounds mtght heal us, hts death might quicken us, and his blood might cleanfe us from all our fptmual filth of fin; and la!lly, that he would a!fure us that his death is ours; that he would perfwade us , That neither death, nor life, nor .Angels, nor principalities, nor RoCJ.8. 38,J9; pOlt~ers, nor thmgsprefent, nor thmgs to come, no~· height, nor depth, nor any other "eature Jhouldbeable to fepa~atc UI from thelove of God, which u inChrift 'fcfUI our Lord. 2. We matt pratfetheLord forallthefe fufferingsof Chrifl:. Hath he indeedfuf" fe_red all thefe puni01mems for m? Oh then what 01all we render unto the Lord for all ht~ be~efitsupon ?s? W~lat fi1all we do for him, who hathdoneandfuffered all thefe b thmgs. bm efp~ctally, tf we beheve our part m the de.tth of Chritt· in all the vei:tues. enefits, Vldones, purchafes , and priviledges of his precious de;th, oh then what manifold
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