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

Argument 4.

Mourning for sin is a fruit of reconciliation; it follows upon the revealing of the mercy of God in Christ; all the sorrow and shame that went before were merely legal; but evangelical repentance follows Faith: men never come to have any genuine mourning for sin before they are converted: all that went before was in hypocrisy: but a spirit of repentance flows from faith, and is peculiar to such as are reconciled, Ezek. 6. ult. thou shalt loath thy self, when I am pacified towards thee for all that thou bast done, saith the Lord God.

Mourning for sin is a fruit of reconciliation; it folows upon the revealing of the mercy of God in Christ; all the sorrow and shame that went before were meerly legal; but evangelical repentance follows Faith: men never come to have any genuine mourning for sin before they are converted: all that went before was in hypocrisie: but a spirit of repentance flows from faith, and is peculiar to such as are reconciled, Ezek. 6. ult. thou shalt loath thy self, when I am pacified towards thee for all that thou bast done, saith the Lord God.

2. Humiliation is not a willingness to be damned, some have thought that to be necessary; and that this was humiliation: some have thought they have attained to this: and 'tis possible that under some strong pang, persons may find somewhat of this nature, but certainly they did not know their own hearts in it: neither does God require any such thing of men in order to their coming to Christ: indeed it is contrary to nature for men to be willing to be damned: wicked men do act as if they love damnation,