Wherefore, pity them,
pray for them, encourage them; they need all this.
THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL.
That Jesus Christ, by what he has done, has paid full price to God
for sinners and obtained eternal redemption for them, is evident, if
you consider how the preaching thereof has been from that time to
this a mighty conqueror over all kinds of sinners. What nation, what
people, what kind of sinners have not been subdued by the preaching
of a crucified Christ? He upon the white horse with his bow and his
crown has conquered, doth conquer, and goeth forth yet conquering
and to conquer.
The doctrine of forgiveness of sin conquered his very murderers.
They could not withstand the grace; those bloody ones that would
kill him whatever it cost them, could stand no longer, but received
his doctrine, fell into his bosom, and obtained the salvation which
is in Christ Jesus. "They shall look upon him whom they have
pierced, and mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son, and
they shall be in bitterness for him as one is in bitterness for his
first-born." Now was the scripture eminently fulfilled, when the
kindness of a crucified Christ broke to pieces the hearts of them
that had before been his betrayers and murderers. Now was there a
great mourning in Jerusalem; now was there wailing and lamentation,
mixed with joy and rejoicing.
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