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

And the greatness of Gods mercy, or merciful nature consists in this, that he can find in his heart to do any thing that is an act of mercy: his merciful nature reacheth to every thing that is an object of mercy; there is nothing which it would be an act of grace or mercy to do, be it never such wonderful grace, but God can find in his heart to do it; 'tis true, he can't pardon sin in a way contrary unto Justice; for that would not be an act of grace, but of injustice: nothing that is an act of grace does exceed the grace of God: and herein lies the greatness of his mercy; the greatness of Gods power lies in this, that he can do whatever is possible; whatever is an act of power, so the greatness of his Wisdom lies in this, that it extends it self to every thing that is known: the greatness of his Justice lies in this, that he can find in his heart to do every thing that is an act of Justice: so the greatness of his grace consists in this, that there is no gracious act, but it falls within the reach of his gracious nature: and herein the grace of God doth exceed the grace of any man or angel; is it an act of grace to send a Mediator for lost Sinners, to bring worthless man to eternal glory; to pardon multitudes of sins, sins against light, love, covenant, to convert all a mans children? these and whatever ⟨p. 16⟩else of the like nature may be thought on, fall within the reach of divine mercy; yea, the reason why he does not pardon the sin against the Holy Ghost, the sins of devils and reprobates, is not for want of mercy, but because of the sovereign determinations of his own will: Rom. 9.15.

And the greatness of Gods mercy, or merciful nature consists in this, that he can find in his heart to do any thing that is an act of mercy: his merciful nature reacheth to every thing that is an object of mercy; there is nothing which it would be an act of grace or mercy to do, be it never such wonderful grace, but God can find in his heart to do it; 'tis true, he can't pardon sin in a way contrary unto Justice; for that would not be an act of grace, but of injustice: nothing that is an act of grace does exceed the grace of God: and herein lies the greatness of his mercy; the greatness of Gods power lies in this, that he can do whatever is possible; whatever is an act of power, so the greatness of his Wisdom lies in this, that it extends it self to every thing that is known: the greatness of his Justice lies in this, that he can find in his heart to do every thing that is an act of Justice: so the greatness of his grace consists in this, that there is no gracious act, but it falls within the reach of his gracious nature: and herein the grace of God doth exceed the grace of any man or angel; is it an act of grace to send a Mediator for lost Sinners, to bring worthless man to eternal glory; to pardon multitudes of sins, sins against light, love, covenant, to convert all a mans children? these and whatever