The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

No doubt Christs Righteousness is abundantly available to all the ends for which it was intended by the Father and Him; but it shall never answer all the ends that a foolish wicked heart will fondly imagine to it self.

In short, it serves to excuse thy non performance of, and stands instead of thy perfect sinless obedience to the Law of works; but it serves not instead of thy performance of what is required of thee, as the condition of the Gospel Covenant. That is, It shall never supply the room of Faith, Repentance, Regeneration, Holiness, the loving of Christ above all, and God in him; so as to render these unnecessary, or salvation possible without them. There is not one iota, or tittle in the Bible, that so much as intimates, an unregenerate person, an unbeliever, an impenitent, or unholy person, shall be saved by Christs righteousness; but enough to the contrary, every one knows, that hath the least acquaintance with the Scriptures.

Vain Man what? is Christ divided, and divided against himself; Christ without, against Christ within? His suffering on the Cross, and foregoing obedience, against his Spirit and Government in the Soul? Did Christ die, to take away the necessity of our being Christians? And must his death serve, not to destroy sin out of the world, but Christianity? who hath taught thee so wickedly to misunderstand the design of Christs dying? And ⟨p. 223⟩when the Scripture so plainly tells thee,¹ That God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. ²And, That he became the Author of eternal salvation to them that obey him, yea, and that he will come in flaming fire to take vengeance on them that know, and obey him not. What should induce thee to think thou mayst be saved by him, whether thou believest, and obeyest or no?