$2 ' SER. IV. To quicken our delires af- ter CHRIS I'. Confider. That the Nature of man it full of to perfwade a civili man that he mull not hick to his owne righteoufneflfe, till G o n Himfelfe puts His hand to the worke,for it is not in any mans power to convince him of his finne,or of the deficiencie of his righteoufneffè. Therefore that ufe we fhould make of all that bath been faid,to fee the neceífity that lyes on us to goeto C x as I s T, and that there is no fal- vation without Him. Now to make this DoCtrine more effe tuall, to a- waken you the more,to rouze men out ofthat fleepe, wherein they arc by nature, wee will handle theft two points : Firft,that the aggravationsof fanne are more than the finnes themfelves. Secondly, wee will take away all excufes, that fo every mouth may be flopped, and when thefe two are done,you will have much adoe to finde any ftar- ting-hole to keepe you from comming to CH at I ST. For that is our End ; And theft arc very neceffary For though you doe confider in your Rives all the fins formerly named, if it be done negligently,with- out the Circumftances; finne is a fword without an edge, the Circumftance is that that gives it an edge, that fharpcns fin,that makes it fit to wound us : And fecondly, if the fword be never fo keene, and fharpe, and yet we be forced to keep it off,itwill not wound us : Therefore wee will, 1 fay, in the fecond place, take away the excufes, by which men fence them- felves, and decline the ftroke of truth, decline this wound of the Law : And to wee will conclude this point, and haften to the refl. I For the firft, to make all you have heard before effc tuall,
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