the croſs, and wept upon the croſs, and
died upon the croſs, to ſave ſinners; it
was for poor ſinners, all the hardſhips,
all the wants, all the trials and ſufferpgs
which he met with; it was for
the ſake of poor ſinners. Chriſt hath
ſuffered all this woe and miſery for
thee and wilt not thou leave thy
swearing, and thy drunkenneſs, and
any wickedneſs, for Chriſt? O! the ſad,
ſad day that is coming on thee? how
canſt thou anſwer this before God Almighty,
that Jeſus Chriſt the King of
Kings, ſhould come into the world, and
abaſe himſelf ſo much, as to be in a
mean ſtate, and yet that this ſhould
nothing affect you! Oh! who will pity
you when you are damned? when you
are howling and roaring in hell? that
would not pity yourſelves! Oh! for the
Lord's ſake, conſider that God ſhould
come and take our nature, and that he
should take our rags, that we might
wear his robes? And what! Will you
rather remain in your ſins, and die,
than come to Chriſt for life? O! sinner,
for the Lord's ſake, put off
your Beggars rags, that you may put on his
lovely robes.
I have read of Alexander the Great,
