As it is with the man that carrieth his broken arm in a sling to the
bonesetter, still, as he thinks of his broken arm, and as he feels
the pain and anguish, he hastens his pace to the man. And if Satan
meets thee, and asketh, "Whither goest thou?" tell him thou art
maimed, and art going to the Lord Jesus. If he objects thine own
unworthiness, tell him, that even as the sick seeketh the physician;
as he that hath broken bones seeks him that can set them; so thou
art going to Jesus Christ for healing for thy sin-sick soul.
But it ofttimes happeneth to him that flies for his life, he
despairs of escaping, and therefore delivers himself up into the
hand of the pursuer. But up, up, sinner; be of good cheer; Christ
came to save the unworthy one. Be not faithless, but believing. Come
away, man. The Lord Jesus calls thee, saying, ".And him that cometh
to me, I will in nowise cast out."
4. Thy fear that Christ will not receive thee, may arise from a
sense of THE EXCEEDING MERCY OF BEING SAVED. Besides, the Holy Ghost
hath a way to greaten heavenly things to the understanding of the
coming sinner; yea, and at the same time to greaten, too, the sin
and unworthiness of that sinner. Now, the soul staggering by
wonders, saying, "What! to be made like angels, like Christ; to live
in eternal bliss, joy, and felicity! This is for angels, and for
them that can walk like angels.
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