Pajjion Sermon. fins (thou flyelt) are ever before thee ,andGods indign2tion goe• Clill overrhee,and A thoumourning all the day long,&with that pattern ofdi!lrefle,cryc!l out in the bitterodfeofthy foule, I h•veJinned,wbatjbaUI doe tothe(O tho~prefe,verofmeniWbar !houldfl thoudoe?rurn and believe. Now thou arr flung in thy conkience wirh rhis firy Serpenr,lookup with the eiesoffaith tothi~ brazen Serpmr,Chrilt Jefus, .and be healed.Behold his head is humbly bowed down m agractous refpefr ro thee;h" arms are flrerched o'ut lovingly ro embrace thee; yea, his precious fide is open to receive thee & his tongue interprets allthefe to thee for thine endlcffe comfort; It is fnifhed. Thc're is nomore accufation,jud~emenr ,death,hell for thee: all thefe are nomore to thee than if they were not. WbojboUcondemnlit I< Ch1ijlwhich is dead. I know how ready everymanis to teJch forth hishand to rhis dole ot grace, and how angry to be bearen from his dooreofme cr-we-&realle;lfi>y<perli dell to hope well,becaufe we love our feh•es ell: whic ofall us in this great congregation, akes exceptions to B himfelf,& thi,•ks,1 know there is no want in my Saviour;there is wanr in me.He hatb fini!hed but 1 helteve not,lrepem not.Every prefumpmous & hard heart fo catches atChriri, as f he had fini!ht for all, asifhehadbroken downechegatesofhell, &. loofed the bandsofdeath,andhadmade forgivenes as common aslife:P1oJPmta1 jlultorum perdit eos,faith wifeSolomDn;f!.•Jefl<lieth tbtfoolifh,and tbt proJPeriiJ offoolt dejlroJelh tbem;yea,tbe confidenceofprofpericy.Thou fayell, God is)11€rcifull,thy Saviour bounteous, hi! pa!lionabfolute: all rhefe,and yet thou mayefl be condemned. Mercifull,not unjull;bountifull,not lavifh;abfolutely fuf!icient for all, not elfettuall to all.Whatfoever God IS, whar arc thou ?Here is thedoubt: Thoufayell weii;Chrljl ;. thego•d S /Jepheard. Wherein? He gives hi< life: but for whom? for hi< jheep. What is thisro thee?while thou art fecure,prophane,impenicent,thou arr aWolfe or aGoar: MJJhetphetr mJ v•ice:what is his voic<,bur hisprecepts?Where isthineobedience to C hiscommandemencs? If thou wilt not heare his Law, never hearken to his9ofpell. Here is nomore mercy for thee, than iftherewere noSaviour. He batbfinifhed, for thofe in whomhehad1 begun:ifrhou have no beginningsofgrace as yer,hope not for ever fini!hing offalv3rion:Come to me •11 !' thllore heii'VJ laden,faith Chrifl:rhou fhalc gernorhing,ifthou comewhen hecals thee not.Thou art noccalled,and canfl not be refrefhed, unlell'e thou be laden, not with Gn (this alone keeps thee away from God) but with confcience offin:A61o~n andcontritt htart,OGod,thou 'IPIII not de.fPife.ls thy heart wounded with thy fin? doth griefe and hatred llr\ve within thee,whether fhall be more? Are the d<(ires ofchyfoulewicbGod?Doefl thpu longfor holinell'e,complain of thyimperfections, flruggle againft rhy corruptions? Thou arc theman,feare not, It itJinifhed. That Lawwhich thouwouldefi have kept, and couldell nor, thy Saviour could,anddid keep for rhee:rbat falvarion which thou couldefl never work- D out alone (alas, poore impotentcreatures, what can we doe towards heaven without him, which cannotmoveon earth but in him?)he alone for thee hath finilbed. Look up therefOre boldly eo the throneofGod, and upon the truth ofchy repentance and faith,know that thereis noquarrell againll thee in heaven,norhingbut peace and joy. All is finifhed.He wonldbefpircedon,thache might wafb thee;be would be covered with fcornfull robes, that thy fins might be covered; hewould be whipped,that thy, foule might nor be fcourged eternally; he would chitfl, that thy foule might be fatisficd; he would beare all his Fatherswrach,thatthodmighcefl beare none; he would yeeld w death,chat thou migbrelt never rofleofit; hewould be in fenfe for atime as forfaken ofhis Father,that thou mightefl be rfceived for ever. Now bid thy foule return eo herrefl, and enjoyn it Davids cafke: Praifetht I..ordo tJJ} fo•le; and, Wbtt fha/11 remler to tbt Lordfor all bit benejill? I rPil/ tall.; I be c11p cffaiVdlion,aml call11pon the naflle<ftl" Lord. And,as ravi!ht from rhy fe!fe with the fweet E apprehenlion of his mercy, call all the other creamres to the fellowfhip ofthis joy with that divine I!Jaj: B.ejoJteOJ<e htavens, for the Lordbath done it: jbo11tyee lower parts ofthe earth, h111flforth i11topralfuyeemo•ntains: for tbe Lordhath redwnetiJ~· coh,and71>ill6eglorijiedlnlfrael. And even now beginrhltheavenlySong, which !hall neverendwith thofc glorified Saints; Praife,andhonor,andglorJ,•nd pcwer,be to Him th41Jitltlh upon theThrone,IJIZdt•tbe Lambefortvermore. · Thus
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