greater then the Love of the Husband to the Wife Conjugâ—l Love is at least ought to be great Love The Love of Abraham to Sarah was great of Isaac to Rebecca was great of Jacob to Rackel was great of Elkanah to Hannah was great of Augustus to his Livia was great who dyed in the Embraceme is of her with these words Livia nostri Conjugii memoresto vive vale which may thus be Englished Livia remember we were one live and farewell Man and Wife are one flesh and if both be living one Spirit so that this Love must needs be great but Christs is greater Husbands Eph. 5.25 love your Wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it Where is there a Husband that gives himself for his Wife that gives himself to death for his Wife Or if he should what would it signifie She could never say with the Text who loved me and washed me from my Sins in his Blood This must not be said of any blood but Christs is not this then a peculiar Love Spiritual Christs Love is greater then the Spiritual Love of Christians Jonathans love to David was great and Davids love to Jonathan was great but Christs is greater what 's a spark to the Furnace a drop to the Ocean Such is the Love of Man to the Love of Christ God manifest in the flesh 'T is true David speaks very honourably of Jonathans Love 2 Sam. 1.26 Thy Love to me have been wonderfull passing the Love of Women But Christs Love is greater Christs Love is greatest Jo. 14.13 Greater Love hath no Man then this that a Man lay down his life for his Friend Christ laid down his life for Enemies as Enemies when and while Enemies Is not this now a peculiar Love What use may be made of this Lastly that Christ hath a peculiar Love for his peculiar People Hath Christ a peculiar Love for his peculiar People USE This then may be useful by way of Caution by way of Comfort by way of Councel Is Christs Love a peculiar Love By way of Caution take heed then of turning Love into Lust and loving kindness into lasciviousness To do evil that good may come and to be sinful because God is merciful and to be lustful because Christ is Love-ful is the Sophistry of the Prince of Darkness Dost argue from Grace to Sin from Love to Lust from Mercy to Iniquity from Immunity unto Impiety this is the Dialect of Hell and the Sophistry of the Prince of Darkness Rom. 3.8 Oh how do the Apostle thunder against such we are slanderously reported and some affirm that we say Let us do evil that good may come whose damnation is just Art loved be joyous Soul thou art more then a Conquerour through him that loveth By way of Comfort Oh you that have the Love of Christ shed abroad in your hearts by the Spirit of Christ this Text as a Cordial under your fainting Fits Who loved us Art tempted or troubled pained or panged distressed or disserted yet loved Me Duce vinces Rom. 8.37 who loved us Nay in all these things we are more then Conquerors but how through him that loved us Not only Conquerors but more then Conquerors It is a compound word and signifies more then simply to overcome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we greatly overcome we over and above overcome we overcome above measure or exceeding gloriously we do more then overcome we do Over-overcome as the Greek seem to read it It may well be read thus But in all these things we Over-overcome through him that loved us In all these things but what things were these These things ye may run and read Rom. 8.35 What shall separate us from the Love of God shall Tribulation or Distress or Persecution or Famine or Nakedness or Peril or Sword Here are seven bitter Dishes and shall these No In all these things we do Over-overcome Is not any one of these Dishes enough for any pallate in the World yet not one of these not any of these yea not all these shall separate from the Love of God But in all these things we do Over-overcome but how through him that loved us Now that thy Cup may be filled with Joy and Peace like the water pots of Galilee up to the very Brim suffer me to tell thee that Christs Love is the most sutable and soveraign Cordial Christs Love is the most sutable Cordial Those Cordials are most efficacious that are most natural and most suiting the Spirits Gal. 2.20 Christs Love is the Christians Life I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Christs Love falls in with the Life of a Christian and therefore most sutable Christs Love is the most soveraign Cordial As Gods Love when he gave Christ is put for all Causes Jo. 3.16 So God loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son So Christs Love when Christians get comfort is put for all Cordials Is not that a lofty as well as a lovely Expression of the great Doctor of the Gentiles Rom. 8.38 39. For I am perswaded that neither Death nor Life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers Nor things present nor things to come Nor Height nor Depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Soul Christs Love contain in it the sum of the Gospel Christ being the sum of the Gospel and Love the sum of Christ God so loved the World that he gave Christ and Christ so loved the World that he gave himself contain in it the Pith and Marrow of all the Gospel This little word Love written in the golden letters of free-Grace in the blood of Jesus Christ is an Epitomy of the Gospel The Life of Christ was a perfect Mirror of his Love every action of it was full of Love and if we put all the Actions of his life together we may conclude that he was not born so much to Live as to Love Was there a word that dropped from his Lips but was sull of Love And as for his works they all speak Love so loud that the deafest ear may hear it Should we begin at the Temple where Christ disputed with the Doctors and â—low him to the Mount where 〈◊〉 was crucified by the Soulâ—ers we should see all the way â—ewed with Love-Reses Now 〈◊〉 loved then this Christ is â—hy Christ and this Love â—hy Love and is not this â—â—tter of Joy Go away then â—â—d be filled with Joy and â—ace through Believing Oh but there are Achans withâ—â— Object 1 Sauls within the Sons of â—erviab within Oh there are â—any Blots in my Scutcheon â—any Weeds in my Garden â—uch Rubbish in my House â—any Holes in my Coat much â—eâ—ven in my Heart Oh no â—eart like unto Mine Soul Solut. Christs Loâ—â— is greater â—en thy Lust and his Mercy â—en thine Iniquity If the Sun â—e
as he did to them Mat. 6.30 O thou of little Faith Well art unbelieving yet loved 2 Tim. 2.13 If we believe not yet he abideth faithful he cannot deny himself Art hated yet loved Oh say the Soul 2 Cro. 18.7 I am hated hated by the World hated by Neighbours hated by Relations Oh say the Soul I am hated hated by these and one saith concerning Me as the false King said concerning the true Prophet There is yet one Man by whom we may enquire of the Lord the same is Mecajah but I hate him Well art hated yet loved It is thus with Thee so it is with Me Art hated by Man yet loved by God-Man Ye shall be hated of all Nations Mark 13.13 for my names sake but he that endureth to the end the same shall be saved Art hardned yet loved Oh say the Soul my Heart is hard very hard exceedingly hard unexpressively hard Oh say the Soul as mine Eye is like a Pumice so my Heart is like an Adamant Oh my Heart is hard as a Stone hard as an Adamant-stone concerning which they say that nothing but Goats blood will soften it Oh my Heart is hard hard as a stone hard as a Mil-stone hard as a piece of the nether milstone Well art hardned yet loved I will take away thy stony Heart out of your Flesh and will give you a Heart of Flesh I that can do it will do it Art distressed yet loved Oh say the Soul as my weaknesses are many so my wants are many My Corruption is strong but my Grace is weak my unbelief strong but my Faith weak my pride strong but my Humility weak my Passion strong but my Patience weak Oh say the Soul though I do not want Grace yet I am wanting in Grace though I am not without Grace Glory to the God of Grace for the Grace of God yet I have but a little Grace Oh Sir I am wanting in Grace wanting in every Grace Oh Sir may not I say concerning any Grace yea I do say concerning every Grace as the great Doctor of the Gentiles saith concerning the Churches Faith Night and Day 1 Thess 3.10 praying exceedingly that we might see your Face and might perfect that which is lacking in your Faith Well art distressed yet loved art wanting in Grace in every Grace yet loved My God shall supply all your need Phil. 4.19 according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus Art disserted yet loved Lastly Oh say the Soul 't is Night with Me I am in the dark yea walking in darkness and have no light Oh there 's a cloud interposing between my Soul and my Saviour The Face of God is eclipsed and he seems to cover my Soul with a cloud in his anger Oh say the Soul as it is said Nic. 3 6. the Sun shall go down over the Prophets so the Sun of righteousness is gone done upon my Soul Oh Sir the Lord hath forsaken me Isa 49.14 and my God hath forgotten me Oh I am not only out of the hand of God but also out of the heart of God! Oh I am not forsaken only but forgotten also Well Soul art disserted Isa 54.7 yet loved For a smal Moment have I forsaken Thee but with great Mercies will I gather Thee Beloved Dissertion is the lowest Dreg of a Believers Cup All the Hell that he shall have he hath here he shall have Heaven but nothing but Heaven hereafter Thus Soul ballance Christs Love against all thy SORROWS under all thy SOLITUDES But as I did begin so I must end and where I did begin there I shall end If Christ hath a peculiar People and a peculiar Love for this peculiar People suffer then the words of Exhortation and hold fast this Truth this Text Who loved us Let the World go and Sin go let Self go and Satan go But let not this Text go this Truth go Who loved us Who loved us and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood And washed us from our Sins iâ— his own Blood THat Christ Loving his Meditation out of Love washeth his and that from their Sins in his own Blood Beloved If the Master of the Assembly please to influence a methodical Discourse to Edification suffer then an innocent Inquiry after these six things 1. What this washing is that is by Christs own Blood 2. What this Sins is that is washed from in Christs own Blood 3. Whether Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood 4. How Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood 5. Why Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood 6. What use may be made of this that Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood What this washing is that is Method by Christs own Blood To this Negatively and then Positively What this washing is not 1 Negatively to this generaly and then partilarly To wash is to purge 1 Generally and make clean Thus the Fishermen were gone out of their Ships washing their Nets Luke 5.2 That is making clean their Nets for Nets by washing are made clean but thus you are not to understand it here There 's a Natural washing 2 Particularly There 's a washing of the hands and feet a washing of the Body and Cloathes for the Body Thus Matth. 15.20 To eat with unwashed hands defileth not a Man But thus you are not to understand it here in the Text And washed us There 's a Moral washing Thus Psa 26.6 I will wash my hands in Innocency so will I compass thine Altar Jehovah But thus you are not to understand it here And washed us There 's a Ceremonial washing Thus Heb. 9.10 Which stood only in Meats and Drinks and divers washings until the time of Reformation But thus you are not to understand it here And washed us There 's a superstitious washing Thus Matth 15.2 Why do thy Disciples transgress the Traditions of the Elders for they wash their Hands when they eat Bread But thus you are not to understand it here And washed us There 's a Miraculous washing Thus John 9.11 Go and wash and I went and washed and I received sight But thus you are not to understand it here And washed us There 's a Spiritual washing 2 Positively There 's a washing from the Guilt of Sin and from the Filth of Sin There 's a Deliverance from a Conscience of Sin and from a Conversation of Sin There 's a washing Sin from off the Soul and so justifying it and a washing the Soul from off Sin and so sanctifying it To these distinctly To wash is to justifie To wash is to redeem and restore Thus Revel 5 9. Thou art worthy to take the Book and open the Seals thereof why for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy Blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation To wash is to Sanctifie As to wash is to redeem and restore so to
out-vies all other Loves and that in a manifold Respect Suffer me to give you who have tasted that the Lord is gracious a Tast of the Incomparableness of Christs Love In respect of the freeness of it Wine and Milk yea Grace and Glory may be had Psa 84 11. with out Money and without price He giveth Grace and Glory Beloved You have and that to the Life the Portraiture of a person in his Naturals Ezeck 16 6 When I passed by thee and saw thee polluted in thine own Blood or according to the Margent troden under Foot in thine own Blood is not this a sad state for a man to be troden under Foot for a man to be tumbling and wallowing in his own Blood But what then Did Christ leave the Man as he found him No I said unto thee when thou wast in thy Blood live Yea I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood live There was no Merit here nor Motive here there was nothing but free-grace here meer Mercy here Now was the time of the Creatures greatest defilement Ezeck 16.8 and deformity and yet this was the time of Christs Love Now when I passed by thee and looked upon thee behold thy time was the time of Love and I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness Yea I swear unto thee and entred into a Covenant with thee saith Jehovah God and thou becammest Mine Is not this a peculiar Love In respect of the firstness of it Christ is first in Love Christ loves before he is loved 1 Jo. 4.19 We love him why because he first loved us Christs Love is primary Ours secundary His the cause Ours but the effect Had not Christ fired our hearts with Love we had never bestowed a spark of spiritual Affection upon him Had not Christ first loved us we lived and dyed without loving him Christ loveth before loved is not this then peculiar Love In respect of the Sameness of it Christ and those that are Christs have the same Love Jo. 17.26 I have declared unto them thy name and I will declare it that the love where with thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them Is not this now peculiar Love In respect of the Sureness of it As it is the same Love so it is a sure Love Isa 55.3 Incline your ears and come unto me hear and your Souls shall live but what then and I will make an even lasting Covenant with you even the sure mercies of David Thou mayst loose thy Wifeloose thy Child loose thy Estate yea loose thy Life but thou canst not loose this Love Is it not then a peculiar Love In respect of the Goodness of it Psal 30.5 This Love is Life In thy Favour is Life Yea Sirs this Love is better then Life better then Lifes Psa 63.3 so the Hebrew Because thy loving kindness is better then Lifes Mechajim my lips shall praise Thee Christs Love is better then Life then Lives that is 't is better then Life it self and all sorts of Life whatsoever 'T is better then Life and all the concerns of Life 't is better then many better then all Lives bundled together bound up together Is natural Life nothing Is not life the best Monosyllabe in the World but this is a spiritual Life yea this is an eternal Life And is not this then a peculiar Love In respect of the Greatness of it All Love may be reduced to three Heads Carnal Moral Spiritual And yet Christs Love out-bids any of these out-vies all these But to these distinctly Carnal Now this Carnal Love may fall under three heads the World Self and Sin The World Souls Christs Love to Thee if thou beest Christs is greater then thy Love to the World have been The love of the World is a great Sin and looks like a Sin inconsistent with the truth of Grace 1 Jo 2.15 If any Man any one so the Greek Man or Woman love the World the Love of the Father is not in him or her Tim. 6.10 The love of Money is called the root of all evil But now Christs love to Thee is greater then thy love have been to the world so say my Text Who loved us and washed us Here 's washing as well as loving yea washing the Effect and Consequent of loving Is not this then a peculiar Love Self Christs love to Thee if thou beest Christs is greater then thy love have been to thy Self Self-Love is a great Sin for a Man is to deny himself not to love himself Mat. 16.24 If any Man will come after Me let him deny himself But now Christs Love to Thee is greater then thy Love hath been to thy Self witness my Text Who loved us and washed us Here is loving and washing out of Love 't is now a peculiar Love Sin Christs love to Thee if thou beest Christs is greater then thy love have been to Sin Thy love and my love to sin have been great greatly great Lovers of pleasure 2 Tim. 3.4 more then Lovers of God Thou hast served diverse lusts and pleasures thy Soul have been a Vessel of Sin and a Vassal unto Satan but now Christs love to Thee is greater then thy love have been to Sin witness the Text Who loved us and washed us but from what From our Sins in his own Blood Is not this then a peculiar Love Moral As Christs Love is greater then carnal so then Moral Christs Love is greater then the Love of the Master to the Servant For 1. The Centurions Love was great to his Servant 't is expresly said that he had a Servant who was dear unto him but he was sick and ready to dye Now hearing of Jesus Luke 7.2 3. he sent unto him the Elders of the Jews beseeching him that he would come and heal his Servant The Masters Love was great desiring his Servant might be healed but Christs was greater Luke 7.10 for he healed the Servant They found the Servant whole Christs Love is greater then the Love of the Father to the Child Jacob Love to Benjamin was great the Fathers life was bound up in the Lads life Davids love to Absalom was great 2 Sam. 18.33 if not too great That I had ayed for thee oh Absalom my Son my Son But Christs is greater When my Father and my Mother forsake me then Jehovah will gather me Psa 27.10 When my Father cast me out of his Arms and my Mother cast me off her knees then Jehovah will gather me into the Arms of beginningless and endless Mercy Christs Love is greater then the Love of the Mother to the Child The Mothers Love is a great Love if not the greatest Love Isa 49.15 Can a Woman forget her sucking child from having compassion on the child of her womb Is there such a Women among Women Yea they may forget yet will I not forget Thee Christs Love is
not fuller of Light nor the â—ceâ—n fuller of Water then thy â—eart and my heart of the Remains of Sin yet Chriâ—â— Love ballanced against this wâ—â— weigh it down Ex. 34.6.7 Thâ—ugh God â—â—sits Iniquity to the third aâ—â— fourth Geâ—eration yet he keâ—â— Mercy for thousands for the sands of Generations Oh but if things be so Object 2 wâ— am I thus Oh why am I thâ—â— responding and thus doubtinâ— and thus drooping Endeavour thy Souls Resuâ— rection by a serious Consideâ—tion Solut. Consider Christ out of Lovâ— gave himself for Thee Wâ—â— loved us Gal. 2.20 what then and gaâ—â— himself for us Consider Christ out of Love gave himself to Thee I givâ— unto them eternal life Noâ— Christ in giving eternal life giveth himself 1 Jâ— 5.20 for He is thâ— true God and eternal life Oâ— how may you sing like Larks â—â—at have been mourning like â—â—ves and groaning like Turâ—â— that can in truth say and â—â—l this Truth who loved us Hath Christ a peculiar People By way of Counsel and a peculiar love for this â—culiar People suffer then the â—ords of Exhortation Now â—is use hath a double Aspect â—â—d looks to those that are not â—ved and then to those that are â—ved Art not loved Tremble then â—ou mayst be an Object of diâ—â—ne hatred Is Christs love To the Vnloved a â—eculiar Love such a Love as â—ath been preached and infiniâ—ly more and art not thou â—oncerned in it Hast not thou 〈◊〉 Tast of it Oh how canst thou â—at or drink Oh how canst â—hou rest day or night I knew â—he time when I feared every Drop would poyson me and every Crum choak me when I feared the Earth would opâ—â— and swallow me up in the Dâ—â— and that my Bea would becoâ—â— my Grave at Night and tâ—â— because I had not a Tast of tâ—â— peculiar Love Oh Soul hâ— may that Scripture which â—â—gins sweetly Rom. 9.13 but ends sharp â—ring in thine ears Jacob 〈◊〉 I loved but Esau have I but It seems all are not loved wâ—â— the same love but as some aâ— Objects of infinite Love 〈◊〉 others are Objects of infiniâ— Hatred Oh how amazing aâ— amuzing would this be if Chrâ—â—â— should say concerning Thee 〈◊〉 Ahab did concerning the Prephet There is one Miâ—â—jabâ— but I hate him There is such Man but I hate him and sudâ— a Woman but I hate her 〈◊〉 There is such a Child but I hatâ— him and such a Servant buâ— I hate her No more are loved then are washed at least shall be washed which is implied if not expressed in this Text and Truth Who loved us and washed us from our Sins in the Blood of Himself Art loved by Christ 2 To the loved Be much more then in Love with Christ Oh Soul love Christ more Love Christ most There can be no excess in Love to Christ there may be a sinful excess of Love to a Husband of Love to a Wife of love to a Child but there cannot be a sinful excess in love to a Christ May not Christ say to Thee as he did to Peter Jo. 21.15 Peter lovest skou me more then these Lovest thou me more then thou lovest these Or lovest thou me more then these love me Art loved by Christ Be much more then in Love with those that are Christs Dost love the Father and not the Child Dost love the Head and not the Body Dost love the Mediator and not the Member Dost love Christ and not those that are Christs 1 Jo. 4.11 The Apostle who seemeth to me to be as it were a compound of Love and whose Love seemed to be his Master-Grace hath made this use to my hands Beloved if God so loved us we ought also to love one another Art loved by Christ Dread then a sinning against this Love Oh who should sin against that Christ whose Looks are Loves whose Love is Life Yea better then Life As this Love cannot be sinned away so it should not be sinned against A subject of Love is most sutable both to the Hand and Pen of Christ he wishes rather to write in Honey then in Gall and to draw golden lines of Love then to draw bloody lines of wrath now shall this Love be sinned against what Use therefore the Apostle makes of the Day of Christ I may make of the Love of Christ what manner of Persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness Art loved by Christ Ballance then the Love of Christ against all thy Sighs and Sobs Sorrows and Sufferings Beloved those that are loved with a distinguishing and peculiar Love are not exempted from Sighing and Sobbings from Sorrowing and suffering yet ballance Christs Love under all These For instance Art afflicted yet loved Oh say the Soul I can look no way look no day but I may say Gad a Troop commeth a Troop of affliction commeth I am the Man that have seen affliction Lam. 3.1 by the Rod of his wrath Well art afflicted yet loved In all their affliction he was afflicted Isa 69.9 and the Angel of his presence saved them In all their affliction he was afflicted That is he was affected with their affliction and they had his Affection under their Affliction Art tempted yet loved Oh say the Soul I am tempted tempted to Curse God Job 2.9 and die Oh my Temptations are wanton and wicked brutish and blasphemous horrid and sordid Well art tempted yet loved Christ loveth under Temptation as well as out of Temptation Heb. 2.18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them that are tempted Art reproached yet loved Oh say the Soul I am under reproach and made the Song of the Drunkard Oh I am under great Reproaches Psa 35.11 and they lay to my charge things that I know not Well art reproached yet loved Mat. 5.11 Blessed are ye when Men shall revile you and speak all manner of evil against you falsty for my sake Art persecuted yet loved Oh say the Soul I am persecuted 1 Sam. 24.11 Saul is in the pursuit of Me and he hunts after my Soul to take it Well art persecuted yet loved Persecuted 2 Cor. 4.9 but not forsaken cast down but not destroyed Art dispossessed yet loved Oh say the Soul I am poor my barrel is empty My Cruse empty I have nothing without doors nothing within doors I live in a Cottage live upon a Common and have short Commons Oh I am crying concerning Bread as Rachel cryed concerning Children Children Gen. 30.1 or I dye So Bread or I die Well art dispossessed 2 Cor 6.10 yet loved As having nothine and yet possessing all things Art unbelieving yet loved Oh say the Soul though I am not an Unbeliever yet I am unbelieving Oh say the Soul my Faith is weak and at low ebb Oh my Fear seems to take the wall of my Faith and Christ may say to me
to God for Man so theâ— is a sanctification wrought by God in Man If the Blood oâ— Bulls and of Goats and thâ— ashes of an Heffer sprincklinâ— the unclean sanctified to thâ— purifying of the flesh Heb. 9.13 14. Hoâ— much more shall the blood 〈◊〉 Christ who through the eternâ— Spirit offered himself without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God Here 's purging and purifying here 's sanctifying and spiriting unto Service but how through blood That is through an Application of Christs blood and this application is through Faith For the Apostle wordeth it Rom. 3.25 Whom speaking of Christ God hath set forth or so ordained to be a propitiation or mercy-seat but how through Faith in the Blood So that all arrive at a Satisfaction with respect to Justification and Sanctification concerning this Blood Christ was satisfied in shedding his Blood God was satisfied in Christs shedding his Blood And Man is satisfied because interessed in this Blood that was shed being delivered not from a Conscience of Sin only but from a Conversation of Sin also And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Why Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood Christ washeth from Sin in a two fold Respect in respect of the Necessity of it anâ— in respect of the commodity by it Reasons In respect of the Necessity of it It is expedient that one should dye for the People and that the whole Nation perish not There 's a Necessity of Christs Blood and that for these two Reasons among others Because Man had sinned Man is defiled and therefore Man must be washed Every man in a state of Nature is a Bartimeus the Son of the unclean as the word signifieth Oh Soul here 's thy pedigree though an Emperor was thy Father yet Adam was thy Grand-Father To this purpose the Apostle speaks Wherefore Rom 5.12 as by one Man sin entred into the World and Death by Sin and so death passed upon all Men for that all have sinned Or in whom all have sinned so the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Every Man and Woman living in the Region of depraved Nature is a Nero a Sinner as the word signifie Man is defiled and that from Head A Capitead Calcew to Foot that as the Philosopher saith concerning the Soul it is in every part where there is Life there is the Soul Tota in toto â—ota in qualibet parte for the Soul is the Life so what ever is in us and commeth from us and is acted by us receive a defilement from us Sin is like a Leprosie over the whole man like a Gangrene spreading over the whole Soul There is therefore a necessity of Christs Blood in order to Pardon and in order to Purity Because God would be satisfied God is infinite in his Attributes as well as in his Essence Justice is one of Gods Attributes and God will not loose one of his Attributes If Man sin God will avenge this sin upon the Person or upon the Passover As Man had sinned so God would be satisfied yea satisfied the same way he was offended 1 Cor. 15.21 By Man came Death by man came also the Resurrection of the dead In respect of the Commodity by it The Blood of Christ is advantagious in a manisold respect At this Door of Christs Blood enters Redemption Is not Redemption a great thing to be rescued out of the hands of the roaring Lyon is not this a great Mercy This is through Christs Blood Eph. 1.7 In whom we have Redemption but how through his Blood At this Door of Christs Blood enters Remission Is not Remission a great thing Pardon of Sin is not only a singular but also a plural Mercy Heb. 9.22 this Remission is through Christs blood Without shedding of blood no Remission At this Door of Christs Blood enters Access to God Is not Access to God a great thing Access to a mortal Monarch is eyed as a great thing but what is Access to an immortal God then Sin had set God and Man at an infinite distance Christs Blood bring these together The Apostle speaking of Christs preaching Peace to them which were asar off and to them which were nigh subjoins joins this Eph. 2.17 18. For through him we both have an Access by one Spirit unto the Father At this Door of Christs Blood enters Acceptance with God There 's an Acceptation through Christ and his Blood as to Person and as to Performance There is through Christs Blood an Acceptation as to Person Man was indebted and the Blood of Christ went to pay the Reckoning Eph. 1.6 Ye are bought with a price Christs Blood went for pay To the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved There is through Christs Blood an Acceptation as to Performance As God hath respect to the Person of an Abel so to the Oblation of an Abel but respect to both through Christ Christ is a merciful and faithful high Priest Heb. 2.17 in things partaining to God to make riconciliation for the Sin of the People At this Door of Christs Blood enters Salvation Is not Salvation a great thing Is not this worth the hearing worth the having Is not Damnation a bitter Pil a bitter Potion This Salvation is through Christs 〈◊〉 from Wrath and from 〈◊〉 〈…〉 If the wrath of a King be as the Messenger of death 〈◊〉 what 's the wrath of a God then the wrath of the God of Gods then Christ by his blood saveth from wrath Rom. 4.25 Who was delivered for our offences and raised again for our Justification From Sin As the Blood of Christ saveth from the Guilt of Sin so from the Filth of Sin He shall save the People from their Sins Mat. 1.21 As Christ is a Saviour for Sin so from Sin What Vse may be made of this Lastly that Christ washâ—th from Sin in his own Blood Here are three uses USE Caution Comfort Counsel Now this Use hath a double Aspect By way of Caution and looks unto the washed and unwashed Now if so there must be a distinct discussion in a way of Caution Art loved To the washed and washed be cautioned then against sinning for Christs Blood must go for washing Beloved what all the water in the Sea cannot do the Blood of Christ can do If thou beest washed from Sin 't is by Christs Blood What Man in his wits will be lavish of his blood Oh what Soul in love with Christ being loved of Christ will be lavish of Christs Blood Soul if there be sinning by Thee and Mee his Blood must go for washing Hath not Christ bled enough already when he hath bled to death to an accursed death but must he bleed again That as he was pierced again must he bleed again Jo. 20.27 Come Thomas reach hither thy hand and thrust it into
my side I was once pierced and wilt thou pierce me by thy unbelief a second time So shall we bleed Christ again Oh take heed of sinning for Christs Blood must go for washing That as it is said Take â—eed to thy self Diut 4.9 and keep thy Soul diligently So take heed of sinning for Christs Blood go for washing Oh Soul if thou hast any love for thy Saviour love for thy Soveraign love for thy Soul when thou findest any Corruption bubling within then let this Text ring iâ— thine ears Who loved us aâ—d wâ—shed us from our Sins in his own Blood Oh Soul when thou findest a Temptation presented A Snare on Mizpah Hos 5.1 and a Net spread upon Tabor then say with Joseph Gen. 39.9 How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God Did Christ do and shall I sin Did Christ dye and shall I fin Is Christ washing and shall I be sinning Oh who should sin and cause Christ to pay so dear for it Who loved us and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Art not washed be cautioned then against denying the efficacy of Christs Blood To the unwashed As the Papists lead from the Blood of Christ to the blood of Hales and Becket So there is a Generation of a late Edition Cousin-Germans to the Papists who lead from the blood of Christ to the blood in themselves They say Haldo's Key c. p. 63. that the blood of Christ is the Life of Christ that is the power of the light in them They say that Salvation Purification and Reconniliation they are not by that Blood of Christ shed on the Cross but by that blood of the Spiritual Body of flesh blood and bones which they say Christ descended in and which they say is in every one of them as really as in that Man who was the Son of Mary By this it seems that Salvation is by no other blood but what is in themselves But let God be true and every Man in this matter a Lyar. The Blood of Christ must needs be efficacious for 't is called the Blood of God Feed the Church of God Act. 10.28 which he lead purchased with his own Blood 'T is not then a blood in themselves but was a blood in Himself and this was the Blood which was let out and trickled down upon the Cross One little Drop says Luther of Christs blood is of more worth then Heaven and Earth What is the blood of a Grape the blood of a Son yea of an only Son to the blood of the only begotten Son of God yea to the blood of that Christ 1 Tim. 3.16 who is God manifest in the flesh The Soul may feel yea the Soul must feel himself to stand in excessive need even of the least drop of Christs blood for the washing away of his Sins And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Art loved be joyous then thou art universally washed from thy Sins By way of Comfert in Christs Blood Christ saith to every believing Saint and sanctified Believer as he did to Peter He that is washed needeth not one to wash his feet but is clean every whit and ye are clean Jo. 13 10. but not all Is clean every whit is wholy or universally clean 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to the Greek Now Soul art loved and out of love washed and that universally go not then away with thy Countenance sad Oh but as Rebecca said I may say If things be so Object 1 Gen. 25.12 why am I thus If I be universally washed what mean those corrupt Inmates and cursed make-bates within what mean that pride and passion within what mean that wantonness worldliness within what mean that Unbelief and Misbelief within Oh Sir if I be universally washed what mean these vain and vile Thoughts within what mean those hard and high Thoughts within what mean those brutish and blasphemous Thoughts within If things be so Solut. why am I thus A Soul washed by Christ may be considered two wayes in his Justification and in his Sanctification In his Justification Now Justification is formally inherently and materially in Christ Thus a loved Soul stands compleatly and perfectly washed in Christs own blood Thus a loved Soul is compared unto the Sun which is without spots Thou art all fair Cant. 4.7 my Love and there is no spot in thee Thus a loved Soul is presented by Christ without spot or wrinkle or any such thing For this is the Doctrine which the Apostle preacheth Eph. 5.25 and I blesse God that I do believe what he preach In his Sanctification Thus a loved Soul is black Cant. 1.5 I am black but comely oh Daughters of Jerusalem Comely as to Justification black as to Sanctification Look not upon me because I am black Cant. 1.6 because the Sun hath looked upon me A loved Soul is compared to the Sun which is without spots as to his Justification but unto the Moon which is full of Spots as to his Sanctification Oh but I cannot believe Object 2 that I am washed from all Sin Though I may be washed from the Sin of my youth yet not from the Sin of my old age Oh though I may be washed from open Sins yet not from secret Sins Oh though I am not so profane as I was and so polluted as I was yet this I find that when I would do good evil is present with Oh this lay near my heart Rom. 7.19.21 The good I would do I do not but the evil that I would not do that do I Canst not believe an universal washing Solut. 1 know that the Author of Faith is the Actor of Faith Heb. 12.2 Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith Here Faith being a principal grace is Synecdochically put for all Grace Christ must not only work Faith but set Faith a work or thou wilt not believe an universal washing When thou wouldest do good is evil present with thee So it is with Me. May not I say with a holy Reverence as Christ did to the Scribes and Pharisees Joh. 8.7 He that is without Sin among you let him first cast a stone at her So that Person that do not find evil present with him when he would do good let him first cast a stone at Me and at Thee Thou art universally washed if loved though thou dost not believe it If washed from one Sin washed from all Sins that is thou art washed from all Sin in point of Justification and thou art washing from all Sin in point of Sanctification Christs blood extend to the washing away of all Sin 1 Jo. 1.7 If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have Fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all Sins Oh but Object 3 though there be silence now there may be Suffring ere
us form our Sins in his own Blood Doth Christ wash from Sin To the washed in his own Blood sense then thy Heart with the Nature of Sin Sin defileth the Soul and Christs Blood must go to wash it Sin makes man a perfect Black and 't is Christs Blood must make him perfectly White Tit. 1.15 Vnto the pure all things are pure but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their Mind and Cinscience is defiled Doth Christs Blood wash from Sin Take then a view here of mans insufficiency to wash himself Jer. 13.23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the Leopard his spots Man any man must live in his ulcers lye in his ulcers dye in his ulcers and be damned for his ulcers if Christ in his own Blood wash him not from his ulcers Doth Christs Blood wash from Sin pray then for the Blood of sprinkling upon all thy Sacrifices and Service It was the saying of One Oh trust not in Man that shall dye Earl of Strafford nor in the Son of Man that shall be made as Grass There 's no Confidence in Princes the only thing that stands by a man is the Blood of Christ and the Testimony of a good Conscience And I have read of another Mr. Herbert whose saying was when he heard any of his good works mentioned Ah! it is a good work if it be washed in the Blood of Christ 1 Pet. 1.2 Of this blood the Apopostle speaks And sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ Doth Christs Blood wash from Sin wonder then the Riches of free-Grace Washing is but an effect and Consequent of Loving Here 's loving and then washing yea washing from Sin from all Sin and that in Blood yea in Christs own Blood Who loved Me and gave himself for Me. That is Gal. 2.20 who loved Me and out of love gave himself to Death for Me. Doth Christ wash from Sin in his own Blood Improve then this Text and Truth as an Antidote to expel Poyson May not this Text serve and be improved as a Counter-poyson And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood May not this Text and Truth be improved as an Electuary for the Soul And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood For instance Art tempted yet washed Oh say the Soul I am tempted dayly tempted greatly tempted tempted to curse God and die Job 2.9 Art tempted yet washed here 's an Antidote for this poyson And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Art troubled yet washed Oh say the Soul I see all things come alike to all There 's no new thing under the Sun Oh I am troubled troubled on every side and my Troubles come like waves 2 Cor. 4.8 Art troubled yet washed And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Art reproached yet washed Oh say the Soul I suffer much in my name and am accounted an Achan 1 Cro. 2.7 the Troubler of Israel Art reproached yet washed And washed us Art hardned yet washed Oh say the Soul my heart is like an Adamant harder then a Flint Ezech. 3.9 Art hardned yet washed And washed us Art hated yet washed Oh say the Soul I am hated hated of Relations It may be said of them concerning me as was of Ammon concerning Tamar 2 Sam. 13.15 That the hatred where with they hate me is greater then the love where with they have loved Me. Art hated yet washed And washed us Art poor yet washed Oh say the Soul I am poor I am like the poor Widow Mark 12.42 that had her two Mites which made but a Farthing Art poor yet washed And washed us Art persecuted yet washed Oh say the Soul I am hunted hunted as a Partridge in the mountains 1 Sam. 26 20. Art persecuted yet washed And washed us Art unbelieving yet washed Oh say the Soul my Faith is at a low Ebb and like the Noblemans Son Jo. 4 47. at the point of death Art unbelieving yet washed And washed us Art weak yet washed Oh say the Soul I am weak the outward man weakens dayly weakens greatly Oh I may say with the Apostle the time of my departure is at hand 2 Tim. 4.6 Art weak yet washed And washed us Art disserted Lastly yet washed Oh say the Soul 't is Night now Midnight now Oh the Face of God is hid now not a smile and a shine now not a glimps and a glaunce now Oh I may say as the Psalmist doth Psal 30.7 thou didst hide thy Facc and I was troubled Art disserted yet washed And washed us May not now this Text and Truth be improved as an Antidote Christ loving his washeth his yea out of love to his washeth his and that from Sin in his own Blood Who loved us and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood THE Churches Stock OR Believers Patrimony Gal. 3.16 former part But to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made IF there be a Context I shall humbly take leave of that In the Text you have the Persons and the Predicate The Persons Abraham and his Seed His Seed what Seed His Believing Seed his Spiritual Seed his Seed by the free-Woman And that this is the Seed you may run and read in the words following the Text He saith not And to Seeds as of many but as of one and to thy Seed which is Christ Not Ishmael and Isaac but Isaac and not Ishmael Not Esau and Jacob but Jacob and not Esau not those born after the Flesh but those born after the Spirit And to thy Seed which is Christ of whom Isaac was a lively and a lovely Type To Abraham and his Seed And to thy Seed which is Christ Now in that compleat Genealogy of Christ Luke the third you have among other things this Luke 3 34. who was the Son of Abraham And to thy Seed which is Christ that is Christ and all that are Christs Christ and all that are chosen and called in and by Christ both Jews and Gentiles And that this is thee Seed of Abraham who is stiled the Father of the Faithful is evidently evident Rom. 9. from the sixth to the fourterth Verse The Predicate That which is spoken concerning these is that the promises were made unto these To Abraham and his Seed were the promises made The Persons are Believers and the Promises are their Patrimony Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made That those all those Meditation and only those who are Gospel-Believers have a Gospel-right to Gospel-promises That Abraham was a Believer who doubts And that this Seed which are called his Seed are Believers none need to doubt by what I think I have already written So that what I have made the matter of my Meditation and presented as the Doctrinal-Truth doth without straining arise out of the Text. That Gospel-believers have a Gospel-right to Gospel promises In the prosecution of this proposition suffer an innocent
from God 2 Cor. 3.2 3. Ye are our Epistle written in our hearts known and read read of all Men For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministred by us written not with Ink but with the Spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart Are there not some of you here that remember the very first promise wherein Christ and your Souls met and you cannot forget that and other promises also Then a promise is given from God when it sutes the Souls condition For instance Art tempted Oh say the Soul my Temptations are wanton and wicked horrid and sordid brutish and blasphemous Blessed is the Man Jam. 1.12 that endureth Temptation for when he is tryed he shall receive the Crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him Now this suit is the Souls condition Art afflicted Oh say the Soul I can look no way but I may say Gad a Troop commeth My afflictions come like waves no sooner is one affliction over but another commeth Isa 63.9 In all their affliction he was afflicted He was affected with their affliction and they had his Affection under their Affliction This word sutes the present Condition Art persecuted Oh say the Soul 2 Cor. 4.9 Saul hunts after my Soul to take it Persecuted but not forsaken Though persecuted of Man yet not forsaken by God This falls in with the Souls condition and so looks like a word given from God Art disserted Oh say the Soul the Sun of Righteousness is gone down upon me and there 's a Cloud interposing between my Soul and my Saviour Isa 54.7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercies will I gather thee Doth not this sute the Condition of the Soul Art reproached Oh say the Soul they lay to my charge things that I know not Mat. 5.11 Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and speak all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Is not this word sutable Art impoverished Oh say the Soul my Barrel is empty and my Cruse empty Ps 34.10 The young Lyons do lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing They shall not want any thing that is good that is for their good Is not this promise sutable and seasonale Art Unbelieving Oh say the Soul my Faith is at a low Ebb and I cannot make conclusion of Light in Darkness of Life in Death which is the true Logick of Faith 2 Tim 2.12 If we believe not yet he abideth faithful he cannot deny himself If not this a sutable word Art mourning Oh say the Soul mine Eye is like a Limbeck continually dropping I Isa 51.12 even I am he that comforteth thee Not I and another not I or another but I even I am he that comforteth thee This falls in with the present state Dost want Pardon Oh say the Soul I want a sight and a Sense of Pardon There 's no Salvation without Remission and yet I want a Sight and a Sense of that Isa 43.25 I even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions for mine own sake and will not remember thy Sins Is not this proper Hast back-sliden Oh say the Soul I have a sliding foot and a back-sliding Heart Hos 15.4 I will heal their back-sliding I will love them freely Is not this a proper promise Dost fear Oh say the Soul Lastly I fear I shall fall by the strength of this Temptation or this Corruption 2 Cor. 12.9 My Grace is sufficient for Thee for my power is made perfect in weakness A promise thus coming sutes the Souls condition and seems to me to be a promise given from God Art a Believer Triumph then thy Salvation is under Promise Soul By way of Triumph though Salvation be a great thing though it be a Soul-Salvation a Spiritual Salvation an eternal Salvation yet this Salvation is under promise and is entailed upon believing 1 Pet. 1 9. Receiving the End of your Faith the Salvation of your Souls As Faith shall have an End so there is the end of Faith and that 's Salvation receiving the end of your Faith even the Salvation of your Souls There must be believing till Faith come to an end if at the End you would receive the End of your Faith even the Salvation of your Souls When Faith shall have an End then shall the Soul have the End of Faith and that 's Salvation Receiving the end of your Faith even the Salvation of your Souls Soul take a Drop into thy Bucket pluck a Cluster from this Vine Gospel-Promises they are as it were the Veins of Christ whereby his Bloud is carried into all his body the Church Gospel-promises they are the Treasures of Comforts they are the Churches Stock they are the Believers Patrimony To Abraham and his Seed were â—he Promises made Heb. 6.17 It is the Priviledge and Dignity of true Believers to be called heirs of the Promise Oh Question but a Cloud seems to be impending Is not Sin reeling still Is not Satan raging still What course shall I now steer for the bitterness of Death is not yet past Solution Make Judgment of Gods Faithfulness not according to his Providences but according to his Promises God hath promised to keep his People and he will keep his Promise Providences may work counter but Promises are the same and are sure Whatever is uncertain the promise is sure An Estate may be lost Relations may dye and go to the Grave of Silence but the Promise is sure and the same Therefore it is of Faith Rom. 4.16 that 〈◊〉 might be by Grace why to the end the promise might be sure tâ— all the Seed To all the Seed but what Seed is this not 〈◊〉 that onely which is of the Law but to that also which is of thâ— Faith of Abraham who is thâ— Father of us all Now that thâ— Soul may be filled like thâ— water pots of Galilee up tâ— the very Brim with Joy and Peace through believing suâ—fer me to tell thee that thâ— promises are sure and the same For They are hid in the Scripture That the Gentiles should be feâ—low heirs Eph. 3.6 and of the same body and partakers of his promise but how through the Gospel They are hid in the Heart With the heart man believeth unto Righteousuess Rom. 10.12 and with the mouth â—onfession is made unto Salvation They are hid in Christ All â—â—e Promises of God 2 Cor. 1.20 in Him that is in Christ are YEA â—nd in him AMEN unto the â—lory of God by us But to end as I did begin Divine Promises they are hid â—n the Scripture but should that be made a Sacrifice then they are hid in the Heart Gospel-Promises they are hid in the Heart but should that be made a Sacrifice then they are â—id in Christ and are they not sure enough there Oh Soul â— am sure there they are sure Now Gospel-Believers have 〈◊〉 Gospel-Right to Gospel-Promises Art a Believer of â—he right Stamp these Promises then are thine and wilt thou go away with a Countâ—nance sad Oh Soul opeâ— thy mouth wide that it maâ— be filled with Grace and Peace For To Abraham and his Secâ— were the Promises made 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luke 2.14 FINIS ADVERTISEMENT Books to be Sold by Beniamin Harris at the Sign of the Stationers Arms in Swithins Alley in Corn-hill near the Royal Exchange WAr with the Devil or The Young Mans Conflict with the Powers of Darkness By B. 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regenerate and renew As to pardon so to purifie As to deliver from the Guilt so from the Filth of Sin Thus Tit. 3.5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the holy Spirit But both these justifying and Sanctifying you have connected and connexed 1 Cor. 6.11 And such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God Now thus if I mistake not you are to understand it in the Text who washed us that is who justified us from the Guilt and sanctified us from the Filth of our Sins in his own Blood And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood What this Sin is that is washed from in Christs own Blood Sin in the Nature and Motion of it is a Transgression of the Law Sin supposeth a Law in being Rom. 4.15 For where there is no Law there is no Transgression But where there is Sin there is a Law and a Transgression of that Law 1 Jo. 3.4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth the Law for sin is a Transgression of the Law Yea Sin is not only the Transgression of a Law but of a good Law Rom. 7.12 For the Law is holy and the Commandement holy and just and good Yea the Transgression not only of a good Law but of Gods Law Psa 89.30 31. If his Children forsake my Law and walk not in my Commandements If they break my Statutes and keep not my Commandements Now the Law not only forbids the doing of evil whether in thought word or deed but also commands the doing of Good so that to omit the Good commanded as well as to commit the Sin forbidden is Sin whatever therefore doth transgress the Law of God in whole or in part is Sin whether it break an Affirmative or a Negative precept that is whether it be the Omission of Good or the Commission of Evil. From this all this Christs blood washeth And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Whether Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood As it is true none in Heaven nor on Earth nor under the Earth could open the Book and unloose the seven Seals thereof it is as true none in Heaven nor on Earth nor under the Earth can justify a guilty Soul and sanctifie a filthy Soul but Christ unto this my text speaks Who loved us and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Eze. 16.9 Then washed I thee with water yea I throughly washed away thy Blood from thee thy Bloods from thee according to the Margent Then when when I passed by thee Eze. 16 6. When I passed by thee and saw thee polluted or troden under foot in thine own Blood I said unto thee Live Yea when thou wast in thy blood I said unto thee Live But what I is this This Jehovah God Thus saith Jehovah Eze. 16.3 God unto Jerusalem c. Now this Jeâ—ovah is God or Christ for the Son hath the same name with the Father Jer. 23.6 This is the name whereby he shall be called Jehovah our Righteousness 'T is Christ that washeth Eze. 36.25 26 27. I will sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your Idols will I cleanse you A new heart will I give you and a new Spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my Statutes and ye shall keep my Judgements and do them But in short If to wash be to justifie then Souls are washed in Christs own Blood Rom. 3.24 Being justified freely by his grace but how through the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus And if to wash be to sanctifie then Souls are washed in Christs own Blood Hâ—b 13.12 Christ that he might sanctifie the People with his own blood suffered without the Gate How Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood Christ washeth three wayes by his Word by his Spirit and by his Blood By his Word Christ hath appointed and approved his word as a means leading unto this end Jo. 17.17 Sanctifie them through thy Truth thy word is Truth As to wash is to justifie so to sanctifie Now though the word can do nothing without Christ no more then the Instrument can without the hand yet this Instrument together with the hand can justifie a condemned Creature and sanctifie a contâ—minated Creature By his Spirit The word that 's as the wax the Spirit that 's as the Seal upon that wax The Spirit indeed is the principal verb in the Sentence Sanctification properly is the work of the Spirit For as it is the proper work of the Fâ—ther to elect and of the Son to redeem so of the Spirit to sanctifie those Elected and Redeemed 'T is therefore called the Sanctification of the Spirit Ye are chosen unto Salvation 2 Thess 2.13 through Sanctification of the Spirit By his Blood As Christ washeth through his Word and through his Spirit so through his Blood But how may Christ be said Question to wash from Sin in his own Blood There is a virtual Solut. and an actual washing in Christs blood That is there is a Satisâ—action given to God for Man and a sanctification wrought in Man Virtual There is a satisfaction given to God Beloved There is the Active and Passive Obedience of Christ concerning his Active himself speaks I have finished the work Jo. 17.4 which thou gavest me to do Concerning his Passive himself also speaks It is finished Jo. 19.30 Here was the Cross and Crucifixtion of Christ as the Complement of All. These two his Active and Passive Obedience were jointly and equally concerned in giving Satisfaction to infinite Justice Now concerning these two his Action and Passion if I mistake not God saith Mat. 3.17 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Or according to the Greek in whom I acquiesce God did acquiesce in him as Son as Mediator of the promise as one that did and dyed and so satisfied Christ himself did not only arrive at a Satisfaction by his Action and Passion but if I may speak it without Levity and with a holy Reverence arrived God at a Satisfaction by his Doing and Dying and that for All for whom he gave himself and unto whom he hath given and shall give himself Both which I think are legible in that oâ— the Prophet Isa 53.11 He shall see of thâ— Travel of his Soul and be â—atisfied by his knowledge shall mâ— righteous Servant justifie many for he shall bear their Iniquities Actual There is a Sanctification wrought in Man A there is a Satisfaction give
long Though there he silence here there 's suffering else where Oh though there be peace now there may beware ere long Though there be prosperity now there may be adversity ere long Oh though it be Summer now it may be Winter ere long Though the Woman be in the Wilderness Solution yet she shall come out Cant. 8.5 leaning upon her Beloved Soul art loved though thou beest or shouldest be in Tribulation yea in great Tribulation yet thou mayest come out of that great Tribulation These are they that came out of great Tribulation Rev. 7.14 having washed their Robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Now wilt thou that art loved and universally washed from thy Sins in Christs own blood go away with thy countenance sad Oh Soul pluck a Cluster from this Vine and take a Drop from this honey-comb Who loved us and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Doth Christ wash from Sin in his own Blood By way of Counsel Suffer then the words of Exhortation Now here I would speak to the unwashed and the washed Art not washed Go then to Christ for washing To the unwashed No more shall have a Crown then have a Christ shall have Glory then have Grace and shall have Happiness then have Holiness If therefore thou wouldest be justified before God and sanctified before Man go to Christ If I wash thee not Jo. 13 8. and 't is Christ that speaks it thou hast no part with Me. Whether would ye go whether should ye go whether will ye go whether can ye go but unto Christ who loveth and washeth from Sin in his own Blood Art unwashed go then to Christ for washing But is it Christs will Question 1 as well us Christs work that I should go to him to be washed As it is Christs work to wash Answer so it is Christs will that thou shouldest be washed 1 Thess 4.7 This is the will of God even your sanctification Now God and Christ will and nill the same things But may those that are unwashed Quest 2 go to Christ to be washed As unto whom Answer should an unwashed Soul go but unto Christ So none but unclean Souls Souls sensible of their Vlcers and Vncleanness will go to Christ to be washed Mat 9.12 The whole need no Physitian that is see no need of a Physician but those that are sick But did ever a Soul Quest 3 so unclean as I go to Christ to be washed Oh! I am a Gehaziâ— he was no fuller of Leprosie 〈◊〉 then I am of Sin and yet he went out of his Masters presence a Leper as white as Snow A Sinner thou art Answer and no more thou art now though a Sinner be a Subject of misery yet an object of Mercy Luk. 19. The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost Quest 4 If I must go to Christ to be washed in his Blood then what manner of Blood is Christs Blood Beloved My Line Answer will not sound this Bottom for it is a bottomless Bottom but I will let it down for Christ can make a Feast of a Fragment Take a Tast though but a Tast Christs Blood is a Heart-softning blood The heart of Man is stony yea like an Adamant stone concerning which stone they say that nothing but Goats-blood will soften it Oh Soul though thy heart be like an Adamant-stone yea like the nether Milstone yet the blood of Christ can soften it I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh Eze. 11.19 and will give them a heart of flesh Christs Blood is a justifying blood Justification is a great thing and a gracious thing indeed to be acquitted from 〈◊〉 and Death and accounted righteous unto Life and Glory â—o not this great greatly great This is through Christs blood That being justified by his blood Rom. 5.9 we should be saved from wrath through him Christs Blood is a Sin-mortifying blood Beloved ye must look upon your Sin as that which was the death of your Lord and ye must look upon the death of your Lord as that which is the death of your Sin Our old Man is crucified with him Rom. 6.6 that the body of Sin may be destroyed Christs Blood is purchasing blood There was little paid for the Saviour they sold him for thirty pieces of Silver but there was much paid for the Sinner Ye are not redeemed with corruptable things 1 Pet. 1.18 19. there 's the Negative part but what are these Silver and Gold But if Silver and Gold cannot what can the blood of Christ can but with the precious blood of Christ Ye are not redeemed with corruptable things as Silver and Gold but with the precious blood of Christ The blood of Christ is the price of Redemption Christs Blood is pardoning blood Oh what wearisome days and nights have many Souls but what 's the reason they want a pardon Do not these say at night oh that it were morning And in the morning oh that it were night Oh how can you rest day or night that are without a pardon Christs blood is pardoning blood Col. 1.14 In whom we have Redemption through his blood the forgiveness of Sins Christ Blood is pleading blood Abels blood did plead against the Offender but Christs blood plead for the Believer Abels blood did cry for vengeance Heb. 12.24 but Christs blood cry for Mercy 'T is called the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then that of Abel Christs Blood is a pacifying blood Christs blood is the blood of Atonement No sooner was Haman executed but Ahasuerus was appeased No sooner was Christ crucified but God was pacified And you Col. 1.21 22. that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your minds by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled but how in the body of the flesh through death Christs Blood is a procuring blood Our Sins did shut Heavens gate but the blood of Christ is the Key that open the gate of Paradise for us 'T is Christ that hath the Key of David opening and no man shutting shutting and no man opening Loved ones have boldness to enter into the holiest Heb. 10.19 but how by the blood of Jesus Christs Blood is pure blood Beloved we have our Blots in our Scutcheons our Weeds in our Gardent our Rubbish in our Houses our Leaven in our Hearts our Holes in our Coats but Christ had none in His. Impure blood run in our veins but only pure blood run in His. He Heb. 4.15 was in all points tempted like as we are yet without Sin Christs Blood Lastly is purifying blood As the blood of Christ is a blood of value and of Merit so 't is a blood of Vertue and Spirit This blood is a Laver to wash in it washeth a Crimson Sinner Milk-white Now this is if I mistake not a part of the washing in the Text And washed