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Corollary 4.
* 1.1In the last place I rather choose to perswade you to see your necessity of this Priest, and his most excellent sacrifice; and ac∣cordingly to make use of it. The best of you have polluted natures, poisoned in the womb with sin; those natures have need of this sacrifice. They must have the benefit of this blood to pardon and cleanse them, or be eternally damned. Hear me ye that never spent a tear for the sin of nature; if the blood of Christ be not springled upon your natures, it had been better for you, that you had been the generation of beasts, the off-spring of Dragons or Toads. They have a contemptible, but not a vitiated, sin∣ful nature as you have.
Your Actual sins have need of this Priest, and his sacrifice to procure remission for them. If he take them not away by the blood of his cross, they can never be taken away. They will lie down with you in the dust. They will rise with you, and follow you to the Judgement seat; crying we are thy works, and we will follow thee. All thy repentance and tears, shouldst thou weep as many tears as there be drops in the Ocean, can never take away sin. Thy duties, even the best of them, need this sacrifice. It is in the verture thereof that they are accepted of God. And were it not God had respect to Christs offering, he would not regard, or look towards thee, or any of thy duties. Thou couldst no more come near God, than thou couldst approach a de∣vouring fire, or dwell with everlasting burnings.
Well then, say I need such a Priest every way. Love him in all his offices. See the goodness of God in providing such a sa∣crifice for thee. Meat, drink and air not more necessary, to maintain thy natural life, than the death of Christ is to give, and maintain thy spiritual life.
O then, let thy soul grow big whilst meditating of the use∣fulness and excellency of Christ, which is thus displaied and un∣folded in every branch of the Gospel. And with a deep sence up∣on thy heart, let thy lips say, blessed be God, for Iesus Christ.