No sight, short of this'

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"He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree."
1 Peter 2:24

We beg of the Lord, sometimes, to give us . . .
a broken heart,
a contrite spirit,
a tender conscience,
and a humble mind. 

But it is only a view by faith of what the gracious 
Redeemer endured upon the cross, when He bore 
our sins in his own body with all their weight and 
pressure, and with all the anger of God due to them, 
that can really melt a hard, and break a stony heart. 

No sight, short of this, can make sin felt to be hateful; 
bring tears of godly sorrow out of the eyes, sobs of true 
repentance out of the breast, and the deepest, humblest 
confessions before God as to what dreadful sinners and 
base backsliders we have been before the eyes of His 
infinite Purity, Majesty, and Holiness. 

Oh, what hope is there for our guilty souls; what 
refuge from the wrath of God so justly our due; 
what shelter from the curse of a fiery law, except 
it be in the cross of Jesus? 

O for a view of Him revealed to the eyes of our 
enlightened understanding, as bearing our sins 
in His own body on the tree!