Page:Choice drop of honey from the rock Christ, or, A short word of advice to all saints and sinners (1).pdf/8

( 8 ) and ſelf-excellency: God purſueth theſe, be ſetting ſatan upon thee, as Laban did Jacob for his images: theſe muſt be torn from thee, be as unwilling as thou wilt; theſe hinder Chriſt from coming in and till Chriſt come in, guilt will not go out; and where guilt is, there hardneſs of heart: And therefore much guilt argues little, if anything, of Chriſt.

When guilt is raiſed up, take heed of getting it allayed any way but by Chriſt’s blood, that will tend to hartening; make Chriſt thy peace, Eph. ii. 14. not thy duties, thy tears, See. Chriſt thy rightouſneſs, not thy graces, &c. Thou mayeſt deſtroy Chriſt by duties as well as by ſins. Look at Chriſt, and do as much as thou wilt. Stand with all, thy weight upon Chriſt’s righteouſneſs; take heed of having one foot on thy own righteouſneſs and another on Chriſt’s. Till Chriſt come and ſit on high up an a throne of grace in the conſcience, there is ſlothing but guilt, terrors, ſecret ſuſpicious; the ſoul hanging between hope and fear, which is an ungoſpel-like ſtate.

He that fears to ſee ſin's utmoſt vileneſs, the utmoſt hell of his own heart, he ſuſpects the merits of Chriſt. Be thou never ſuch a great ſinner, try Chriſt, to make him the Advo-