3.  His being appointed of the Father to be Mediator of the covenant, and particularly, to lay down his life a ransom for sin; and Christ’s undertaking all his offices, and performing all the duties thereof, conform to the covenant of redemption, is a strong encouragement to poor sinners to come to him, because he cannot deny himself, and he will be true to his trust.

4.  The Father’s offering of him to us in the gospel, and Christ’s inviting us who are weary and heavy laden; yea, calling and commanding such to come to him in his own and in his Father’s name, under the pain of his and his Father’s wrath and everlasting displeasure; exhorting further, and requesting upon terms of love, pressing earnestly by many motives, sending out his ambassadors to beseech in his stead poor sinners to be reconciled, and to turn in to him for life and salvation; yea, upbraiding such as will not come to him.  All these are a sufficient warrant for a poor necessitous sinner to lay hold on his offer.

And, further, to encourage poor souls to come unto him, all things are so well ordered in the gospel, as that nothing occurreth that can in the least prove a stumbling-block or a just ground of excuse for their forbearing to believe and to accept of his offers.  All objections possible are obviated to such as are but willing; the way is cast up, and all stones of stumbling cast out of it; so that such as will not come can pretend no excuse.  They cannot object the greatness of their sins:  for the greater their sins be they have the greater need of one who is sent to take away sin, and whose blood purgeth from all sin, 1 John i. 7.  What great sinner did he ever refuse that came to him, and was willing to be saved by him?  Is there any clause in all the gospel excluding great sinners?  Nor need they object their great unworthiness; for he doth all freely for the glory of his free grace.  None ever got any good of him for their worth; for no man ever had any worth.  Nor need they object their long refusing and resisting many calls; for he will make such as are willing welcome at the eleventh hour; him that cometh he will in no case put away, John vi. 37.  Nor can they object their changeableness, that they will not stand to the bargain, but break and return with the dog to the vomit; for Christ hath engaged to bring all through that come unto him; he will raise them up at the last day, John vi. 40; he will present them to himself holy and without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, Eph. v.  The covenant is fully provided with promises to stop the mouth of that objection.  Nor can they object the difficulty or impossibility of believing; for that is Christ’s work also, he “is the author and finisher of faith,” Heb. xii. 1.  Can they not with confidence cast themselves upon him; yet if they can hunger and thirst for him, and look to him, he will accept of that; “look to me,” says he, “and be saved,” Isa. xlv. 22.  If they cannot look to him, nor hunger and thirst for him, yet if they be willing, all is well.  Are they willing that Christ save them in his way, and therefore willingly give themselves over to him, and are willing and content that Christ, by his Spirit, work more hunger in them, and a more lively faith, and work both to will and to do according to his own good pleasure, it is well.