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

God needs no such Worship as is not built upon a real foundation, it is not suitable to give him any Worship, that is not built upon realities, God would never accept any such honour as this from us, much less require us to give it him; if this Doctrine of Salvation by the blood of Christ were not true: to deny the Doctrine of Salvation by the blood of Christ is to make the Sacrament a mere mockery: in the Sacrament God does by sacred Ordinances witness to the salvation of Believers; and he will never profane his own Ordinances by failing in the performance of that promise: these Sacraments being ⟨p. 148⟩Ordinances appointed of God to teach us this Doctrine of salvation by Christs blood, we are thereby warranted to pray for a blessing upon them, for the furtherance of our spiritual and eternal good: but this we might not do, if the Doctrine held forth by them were not true: the Sacraments being appointed by God to testify this Doctrine to us; we have a warrant in the celebration of them and at other times to praise and bless the Lord for sending Christ Jesus to work out salvation for us: but certainly if this Doctrine were not true, there would be no reason for us so to do, neither would the Lord accept of such praises: if there were not certain salvation to be had by Christ, no man alive can give a reason of the institution of the Sacraments, nor salve the honour of God who has appointed them to teach us this Doctrine of salvation by the righteousness of Christ.

God needs no such Worship as is not built upon a real foundation, it is not suitable to give him any Worship, that is not built upon realities, God would never accept any such honour as this from us, much less require us to give it him; if this Doctrine of Salvation by the blood of Christ were not true: to deny the Doctrine of Salvation by the blood of Christ is to make the Sacrament a meer mockery: in the Sacrament God does by sacred Ordinances witness to the salvation of Believers; and he will never prophane his own Ordinances by failing in the performance of that promise: these Sacraments being ⟨p. 148⟩Ordinances appointed of God to teach us this Doctrine of salvation by Christs blood, we are thereby warranted to pray for a blessing upon them, for the furtherance of our spiritual and eternal good: but this we might not do, if the Doctrine held forth by them were not true: the Sacraments being appointed by God to testifie this Doctrine to us; we have a warrant in the celebration of them and at other times to praise and bless the Lord for sending Christ Jesus to work out salvation for us: but certainly if this Doctrine were not true, there would be no reason for us so to do, neither would the Lord accept of such praises: if there were not certain salvation to be had by Christ, no man alive can give a reason of the institution of the Sacraments, nor salve the honour of God who has appointed them to teach us this Doctrine of salvation by the righteousness of Christ.