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

3. By leaving a hope in the heart that God may yet help him: this conduces much to make the sinner yield there is a secret hope that God leaves in the heart: that God will have mercy upon him: God leaves an apprehension in men of the possibility of their salvation: if they don't yield, there is certain death, but there is some hopes that God may spare them, they have some hopes arising from the power of God, he can make dry bones to live: and from the mercy of God, whose thoughts are not as mens thoughts, nor his ways as mens ways, but high above them as the heavens are above the earth, that also begets some hope that there is a way of salvation by Christ: that others have found help; when they have been in such a case: that there are promises of taking away the heart of stone, Ezek, 11.19. this hope helps the soul much, in submitting to God.

4. By discovering his own Sovereignty: men are greatly offended at Gods proceedings and unsatisfied, about his decrees and providences; and this hinders them from submitting unto him: but God by his spirit lets in some discovery of his own sovereignty: and ⟨p. 215⟩thereby convinces him, that God does him no wrong: that God may bestow his grace where he pleases: that he has dominion over his creatures: this makes the soul confess with Job, Job 42.2. I know thou canst do every thing: the soul standing convinced of these things can do no other but yield up himself into the hands of God.

4. By discovering his own Soveraignty: men are greatly offended at Gods proceedings and unsatisfied, about his decrees and providences; and this hinders them from submitting unto him: but God by his spirit lets in some discovery of his own soveraignty: and ⟨p. 215⟩thereby convinces him, that God does him no wrong: that God may bestow his grace where he pleases: that he has dominion over his creatures: this makes the soul confess with Job,