The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

This is evident, 1. From the proceedings of God: God is a righteous God, it is impossible that he should vary one hairs breadth from the rule of righteousness: The Judge of all the world will do right, gen. 18.25. and his proceedings are such as do justify the casting off of sinful man: the constitution of the law does give in evidence of it: if the law had been unjust, it had been an unrighteous thing to make it as well as execute it: and indeed God has not only made it, but executed it: he has executed it upon the angels that sinned: he has cast them down to hell, 1 Pet. 2.2, 4. and he does execute it upon multitudes of men in all ages, multitudes perish according to this law: yea he has executed the law upon his Son Christ Jesus: Christ has bore the curse for us, gal. 3.13. and had it not been just God would not have inflicted it, had it not been just, Christ would not have subjected himself unto it. 2. From the acknowledgement and testimony of conscience, though there be abundance of cavils in ⟨p. 79⟩the heart of man against this, yet when they come to be throughly enlightened, they witness to the justice of this proceeding: many mens consciences have been silenced from objecting any thing against this: many have been so convinced after all their arguings that they have been speechless as he Mat. 12.12. they have fallen down at Gods foot and yielded themselves to be justly miserable: that whatever become of them, they had nothing to accuse God of, Psal. 51.4. all men must first or last own this, and yield themselves guilty, Rom. 3.19: 3. From the nature of Sin: sin is an injury unto God; the spirit of sin is to destroy God, Psal. 14.1. and besides this when men sin, they break that Law, which has threatenings of ruin annexed unto it, and run upon the point of the sword, and east themselves into the jaws of death, Ezek. 33, 11. 4. It was great love, for God to give his Son to dye for our Salvation, in this respect that he did it, nor having received, nor ever expecting to receive satisfaction for the mercy: our salvation is principally from the grace of God: but that has been paid for; but the sending of Christ to die for sinners is merely from the grace of God and has never been paid for, nor ever will: Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, and eternal glory have been purchased: