tell thee, that Man who is now jeered by some, because he is
preached to be without them, will very suddenly come the second time
to the great overthrow of those who have spoken and shall still
speak against him.

And indeed they that will follow Christ aright must follow him
without, to the cross without, for justification on. Calvary
without--that is, they must seek for justification by his obedience
without--to the grave without, and to his ascension and intercession
in heaven without; and this must be done through the operation of
his own Holy Spirit that he has promised shall show these things
unto them, being given within them for that purpose. Now the Spirit
of Christ, that leads also; but whither? It leads to Christ without.

What a poor argument is this to say, that "because the Spirit of
Christ doth convince of sin, therefore whatsoever doth convince of
sin must needs be the Spirit of Christ:" as much as to say, because
the saints are called the light of the world, therefore the saints
are the Saviour of the world, seeing Christ also doth call himself
the light of the world; or because the moon hath or is light,
therefore the moon is the sun.






X. CONVICTION OF SIN.