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carnal, and in thoſe ſights to ſee the full vileneſs, yet littleneſs of ſin, and to ſee all pardoned; in thoſe ſights to pray, hear, &c. ſeeing thy polluted ſelf, and all thy weak performances accepted continually; in thoſe ſights to trample upon till thy ſelf-glories, righteouſneſs, and privileges, as abominable, and be found continually in the righteouſneſs of Chriſt; only, rejoicing in the ruins of thy own righteouſneſs, the ſpoiling of all thy own excellencies, that Chriſt alone, as Mediator, may be exalted in his throne, mourning over all thy duties, how glorious foever, that thou halt not performed in the ſight and ſenſe of Chriſt’s love: without the blood of Chriſt on the conſcience, all is dead ſervice, Heb. xi. 14.
That opinion of free will, so cried up, will be eaſily confuted, as it in in the ſcripture, in the heart, who hath made any ſpiritual dealing with Jeſus Chriſt, as to the application of his merits, and ſubjection to his righteouſneſs. Chriſt is every-way too magnificent a perſon for a poor nature to; cloſe withal, or to apprehend. Chriſt is ſo infinitely holy, nature can never believe him to be ſuch, when it lies under full ſight of ſin. Chriſt is too high and glorious for nature
