Look then for these signs of the throne of grace, all you that would
come to it, and rest not until by some of them you know that you are
even come to it: they are all to be seen, have you but eyes; and the
sight of them is very delectable, and has a natural tendency to
revive and quicken the soul.
PRAYER IN THE NAME OF CHUIST.
He that thinks to find grace at God's hand, and yet enters not into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus, will find himself mistaken, and
will find a dead instead of a living way. For if not any thing below
or besides blood can yield remission on God's part, how should
remission be received by us without our acting faith therein? We are
justified by his blood, through faith in his blood.
Wherefore look, when thou approachest the throne of grace, that thou
give diligence to seek for the "Lamb as it had been slain," that is
in the midst of the throne of grace; and then thou wilt have not
only a sign that thou presentest thy supplication to God where and
as thou shouldst, but there also wilt thou meet with matter to
break, to soften, to bend, to bow, and to make thy heart as thou
wouldst have it. This sight shall dissolve and melt down the spirit
of that man that is upon his knees before the throne of grace for
mercy; especially when he shall see, that not his prayers, nor his
tears, nor his wants, but the blood of the Lamb, has prevailed with
a God of grace to give mercy and grace to an undeserving sinner.
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