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

1. The soul is assured of the truth of the Gospel by the spirit of God: before the Soul was full of ⟨p. 218⟩doubts and questions, but when he closes with Christ he is assured of the truth of the Gospel: the reason that men do not entertain the truth of the Gospel is because they are not assured of the truth of it, when they believe the truth of it, then it works effectually up on them, 1 Thess. 2.13. ye received it not as the word of man, but (as it is in truth) the Word of God, which effectually worketh in you that believe: When the soul first closeth with Christ, it is satisfied in the truth of the gospel:

In the consideration of this we may take notice of three things: 1. That at this time the soul knows the truth of the gospel: he had the notion of it before, but now he sees it to be so indeed: it is a real thing unto him; there is a light let into that soul discovering the truth of the gospel: the soul has not indeed at that time an actual and distinct consideration of all the fundamental truths of the gospel, so as to yield a particular assent to every one of them: but all those foundation truths are radically made known at that time: that is, there is that light put into the soul then, that will make him yield an assent to all those truths, when he comes to have the actual consideration of them, 1 Joh. 2.26. ye have an unction from the holy One, and know all things: and at this time the soul has the actual consideration of some foundation gospel truths; such as the infinite free mercy of God, the virtue of the blood of Christ, or the like; and sees such things as neither his own reason nor Satan could make him to apprehend: and although the soul has not the actual consideration of all foundation, gospel truths, yet he sees so much at that time as satisfies him in the truth of the gospel: for the knowledge ⟨p. 219⟩