3. It cannot be proved from the Word of God, that a man can come to Christ for Salvation, without relying particularly upon his righteousness: it will not be evinced from Scripture, that a man can close ⟨p. 98⟩with Christ as a saviour in general; and not distinctly felt upon him as having satisfied the justice of God for us: because the heart will not be satisfied in the safety of coming to Christ, except he see a way how the Law is answered: and therefore God has taken care from the beginning of the World to make known the sufferings of Jesus Christ, and there was a continual representation of them in the ancient Church: he that understands not the strictness of the Law cannot see the need of Christ, and he that understands not the sufferings of Christ cannot see the safety that is in Christ, for such who are under the sentence of so strict a Laws there is one great difficulty in the way of receiving this position, viz. that the Disciples of Christ, who were good men, and did believe in Christ: and professed that he had the words of eternal life, yet did not understand the sufferings of Christ, Mark 9 31, 32. He said to them, the Son of man is delivered into the hands of Men, and they shall kill him, and after that he is killed he shall rise again the third day, but they understood not that saying: so Mat. 16 21, 22. and when he suffered it made them question whether he was the Messiah, Luk. 24.21. But it is possible they might believe the Doctrine of Christs sufferings: and yet not understand either that manner of it, that it should be done by the Priests and people of Israel: or not understand the time of it, being carried away with the vulgar error of the Jews, that the Messiah would set up a glorious worldly Kingdom: but it is very hard to conceive, that they should be wholly ignorant of the signification of the Sacrifices, and of the meaning of many Prophecies of the Old Testament respecting this thing. 1 Pet. 1.11.
3. It cannot be proved from the Word of God, that a man can come to Christ for Salvation, without relying particularly upon his righteousness: it will not be evinced from Scripture, that a man can close ⟨p. 98⟩with Christ as a saviour in general; and not distinctly selt upon him as having satisfied the justice of God for us: because the heart will not be satisfied in the safety of coming to Christ, except he see a way how the Law is answered: and therefore God has taken care from the beginning of the World to make known the sufferings of Jesus Christ, and there was a continual representation of them in the ancient Church: he that understands not the strictness of the Law cannot see the need of Christ, and he that understands not the sufferings of Christ cannot see the safety that is in Christ, for such who are under the sentence of so strict a Laws there is one great difficulty in the way of receiving this position, viz. that the Disciples of Christ, who were good men, and did believe in Christ: and professed that he had the words of eternal life, yet did not understand the sufferings of Christ, Mark 9 31, 32. He said to them, the Son of man is detivered into the hands of Men, and they shall kill him, and after that he is killed he shall rise again the third day, but they understood not that saying: so Mat. 16 21, 22. and when he suffered it made them question whether he was the Messiah, Luk. 24.21. But it is possible they might believe the Doctrine of Christs sufferings: and yet not understand either that manner of it, that it should be done by the Priests and people of Israel: or not understand the time of it, being carried away with the vulgar error of the Jews, that the Messiah would set up a glorious worldly Kingdom: but it is very hard to conceive, that they should be wholly ignorant of the signification of the Sacrifices, and of the meaning of many Prophecies of the Old Testament respecting this thing. 1 Pet. 1.11.
