and us sinful wretches.

2. There should be an eyeing of Christ as the great peacemaker, through
his death and merits having satisfied justice and reconciled sinners
unto God; that so we may look on God now no more as an enemy, but as
reconciled in Jesus.

3. There should be, sometimes at least, a more formal and explicit
actual closing with Christ as ours, when we are going about such duties,
and always an implicit and virtual embracing of him as our Mediator, or
an habitual hanging upon him and leaning to him as our Mediator and
peacemaker.

4. There should be an eyeing of him as our great High Priest now living
for ever to make intercession for us, and to keep the door of heaven
open to us: upon which account the apostle presseth the Hebrews to "come
boldly to the throne of grace," Heb. iv. 14,16. See also Heb. v. 24,25.

5. There should be a gripping to him even in reference to that
particular act of worship, and a laying hold upon him, to speak so, as
our master-usher to bring us by the hand in to the Father, conscious of
our own unworthiness.

6. There should be a confident leaning to him in our approaching, and so
we should approach him without fear and diffidence; and that
notwithstanding that we find not our souls in such a good frame as we
would Wish, yea, and guilt looking us in the face.

7. Thus should we roll all the difficulties that come in our way, and
all the discouragements which we meet with, on him, that he may take
away the one and the other, and help us over the one and the other.

8. As we should take an answer to all objections from him alone, and put
him to remove all scruples and difficulties, and strengthen ourselves
against all impediments and discouragements alone, in and through him,
so there should be the bringing of all our positive encouragements from
him alone, and all our hopes of coming speed with the Father should be
grounded upon him.

9. We should expect all our welcome and acceptance with the Father only
in and through Christ, and expect nothing for any thing in ourselves,
nor for our graces, good frame, preparation, or any thing of that kind.
So we should not found our acceptance nor our peace and satisfaction on
ourselves, nor on any thing we have or do; nor should we conclude our
exclusion or want of acceptance, because we do not apprehend our frame
so good as it ought to be; so we should not found our acceptance on our
right performance of duties, for that is not Chr