A Sermon upon the Passion of Our Blessed Saviour [Preached at the Guildhall Chapel on Good Friday, 1677]

When, in consequence of the original apostacy from God, which did banish us from Paradise, and by continued rebellions against him, inevitable to our corrupt and impotent nature, mankind had forfeited the amity of God, (the chief of all goods, the fountain of all happiness,) and had incurred his displeasure, (the greatest of all evils, the foundation of all misery:) When poor man, having deserted his natural Lord and Protectour, other Lords had got dominion over him, so that he was captivated..