Christ is the prince, his throne is in heaven, and as he sat
there he espied the souls of sinners trampled under the foot of the
law and death for sin. Now what doth he, but comes down from his
throne, stoops down to the earth, and there, since he could not have
the trodden-down souls without price, he lays down his life and
blood for them.
ADAM'S TRANSGRESSION.
In a word, Adam led mankind out of their paradise; that is one woe:
and put out their eyes, that is another; and left them to the
leading of the devil. O sad! Canst thou hear this, and not have thy
ears to tingle and burn on thy head? Canst thou read this and not
feel it, and not feel thy conscience begin to throb? If so, surely
it is because thou art either possessed with the devil, or beside
thyself.
O, this was the treasure that Adam left to his posterity, it was a
broken covenant, insomuch that death reigned over all his children,
and doth still to this day, as they come from him---both natural and
eternal death. Rom. 5.
DEPRAVITY OF NATURE.
Let a man be as devout as is possible for the law and the holiness
of the law. Yet if the principles from which he acts be but the
habit of soul, the purity, as he feigns, of his own
nature--principles of natural reason, or the dictates of human
nature; all this is nothing else but the old gentleman in his
holiday clothes: the old heart, the old spirit, the spirit of the
man, not the spirit of Christ, is here.
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