Robert Traill (Stedfast Adherence to the Profession of our Faith), Works 3:225-226:
Approaching to God is a very awful and dangerous thing. Many are undone thereby, as truly, as readily, as the poor curious priers into the ark were. There is nothing more common in people’s practice, especially amongst us, than forms of approaching to God; little fear upon men’s hearts in the work, and little profit by it. There is need of great encouragement unto a serious and sensible person to support his heart in drawing near to God. The prophet brings in men in distress, saying, Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Micah 6:6. Where the majesty of God is seen, and our own vileness seen also, it must be a great thing that can encourage such a creature as a sinner is, to approach to such a God as our God is. All the encouragements for approaching to God are in Christ Jesus, and from him; every thing that is in him is encouraging, and every thing that is revealed of him is encouraging, and there is no encouragement elsewhere to be had.
Approaching to God is a very awful and dangerous thing. Many are undone thereby, as truly, as readily, as the poor curious priers into the ark were. There is nothing more common in people’s practice, especially amongst us, than forms of approaching to God; little fear upon men’s hearts in the work, and little profit by it. There is need of great encouragement unto a serious and sensible person to support his heart in drawing near to God. The prophet brings in men in distress, saying, Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Micah 6:6. Where the majesty of God is seen, and our own vileness seen also, it must be a great thing that can encourage such a creature as a sinner is, to approach to such a God as our God is. All the encouragements for approaching to God are in Christ Jesus, and from him; every thing that is in him is encouraging, and every thing that is revealed of him is encouraging, and there is no encouragement elsewhere to be had.
