A discourse of the true nature of the Gospel demonstrating that it is no…

I have thus (as I think) cleared the Difficulty which ariseth from our finding the Precepts of Faith and Repentance, so frequently enjoined in the New Testament, and have demonstrated that all such Instances will not serve the Purpose of evincing the Gospel to be a new Law. The next Rank of Arguments to be broken is this, that it is alleged that the Gospel denounceth Threatenings against unbelieving and impenitent Sinners, and makes general Promises, that every one who believes and repents, in obedience to its Command, shall certainly be saved. If I now then prove that these Threatenings are not of the Gospel, but that it only leaves the Sinner, who by Faith hath no Interest in Christ, to the condemning Sentence of the Law, without any Defence or Plea, or the least Excuse for himself: And if I also prove, that the Gospel makes no such universal Promises of Eternal Life to all Men, on condition they believe, I shall then clear the Way through my Reverend Brother's first thick Set of Arguments, formed from twenty Texts of Scripture enumerated by him.

I have thus (as I think) clear'd the Difficulty which ariseth from our finding the Precepts of Faith and Repentance, so frequently enjoin'd in the New Testament, and have demonstrated that all such Instances will not serve the Purpose of evincing the Gospel to be a new Law. The next Rank of Arguments to be broken is this, that it is alledg'd that the Gospel denounceth Threatnings against unbelieving and impenitent Sinners, and makes general Promises, that every one who believes and repents, in obedience to its Command, shall certainly be sav'd. If I now then prove that these Threatnings are not of the Gospel, but that it only leaves the Sinner, who by Faith hath no Interest in Christ, to the condemning Sentence of the Law, without any Defence or Plea, or the least Excuse for himself: And if I also prove, that the Gospel makes no such universal Promises of Eternal Life to all Men, on condition they believe, I shall then clear the Way through my Reverend Brother's first thick Set of Arguments, form'd from twenty Texts of Scripture enumerated by him.

One plain Text of Scripture evinceth, that the Gospel judgeth and condemneth no Man, but leaves the unbelieving Sinner to a fair Trial at Law, and to make the best of it that he can. 'Tis what Christ, who came to save Sinners, and perfectly knew his own Design and Work, tells us,