Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

3. The Third Book which will be opened, will be the Book of the Law: which requiring perfect and perpetual obedience, will condemn all both righteous and wicked, because all have sinned, and by the Law are cursed, Gal. 3. 10. Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, which are written in the Book of the Law, to do them; but then an appeal will be made.

4. The fourth Book which will be opened, is the book of the Gospel: and there the righteous will find the merits of Christ, though they have had none of their own; they will find exceeding great and precious promises of pardon, and salvation, and eternal happiness, which have been made to all them that did repent, and believe in Christ, and restifie the same by their sincere love to God, making choice of him for their chief good and happiness, and laying up their treasure in Heaven, and by their sincere obedience to his commands, and walking in heavens way; and then conscience will give in evidence, and Gods remembrance will confirm it, and the Spirit will witness it, and Christ himself will acknowledge ⟨p. 29⟩it; that all his true disciples have had the qualifications, which have shown their interest in the promises; yea, the weakest of believers, whatever doubts and fears they have now, will then certainly know, and confidently plead these qualifications which they have had; they will be able to say, that they had true faith, though it were but weak; that they did truly lay hold on Christ, though it were with a trembling hand; that they had the faith of reliance and recumbance, though they had not the faith of assurance and strong confidence; that they did heartily repent and grieve for sin, though they had not that measure of godly sorrow, which they desired; that sin did not reign in them, though sometime it did rage and domineer: that they had chosen God for their chief good, above the whole world, and the bias of their wills was towards him; and that they had a sincere love to him, though they fell short in the fervency, which they desired to have; that they did walk and keep on in heavens way; & if sometimes they wandered, that they found their way again; if some times they stumbled, that they got up again; and this book of the Gospel, will give all true believers such acquittances as that they shall not come into condemnation,