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

First, That there is no corruption in God to make him uncapable of performing any act of grace: men can't find in their hearts sometimes to do acts of mercy, because their lusts are too strong for them: it will not suffer them: their corruptions bear such sway, that they cannot be willing: sometimes mens covetousness is such, that they cannot show acts of mercy; so it was with Nabal, 1 Sam. 25. sometimes pride and passion so prevail, that they cannot forget an injury: they have a spirit of revenge, and cannot satisfy their hearts, without avenging themselves: but God is altogether free from corruption, there is no evil disposition in him to hinder him from doing good: Mat. 7.11: he has no evil properties to be an impediment unto him: men are ill conditioned, which makes them unwilling to do good: but God is of unspotted purity and holiness, Isai. 6.3. God is not subject to any wrongful passions: the Scripture does often attribute anger unto him, but that must be understood so as is agreeable unto the nature of God: whatever injuries God receives, he never is transported with passion; he can overlook millions of offences: his grace is such as can prevail over all our guilt: hence his grace is said to reign, it overcome all those objections that are in the way of the exercise of it: Rom 5.21. there is nothing of any unruly passions in God, 1 Joh. 4.8. God is not subject unto envy: he can find in his heart to advance ⟨p. 17⟩his creatures unto eternal felicity: he does not scorn or disdain that dust and ashes should have fellowship with him: God is not of such a spirit, that he can't bear that man should be happy, but he can delight to make him so, Mic. 7.18.

First, That there is no corruption in God to make him uncapable of performing any act of grace: men can't find in their hearts sometimes to do acts of mercy, because their lusts are too strong for them: it will not suffer them: their corruptions bear such sway, that they cannot be willing: sometimes mens covetousness is such, that they cannot shew acts of mercy; so it was with Nabal,