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

3. There is no necessity that at the time of the souls closing with Christ he should be reading or hearing the call of the Gospel: it is by those calls, but many times they do not prevail while a man is hearing of them but afterwards: sometimes it is in the very time of hearing, Acts 14.1, 2. Acts 2.41. but it may be as well afterwards: it may be in time of prayer, and often is, or in meditation: God does it for them that wait upon him in his Ordinances, but not always in the time of Ordinances: thus it is with other works of the Spirit, awakening of sinners, comforting of Saints and Sinners, Mat. 21.29 be said I will not, but afterwards he repented and went.

3. There is no necessity that at the time of the souls closing with Christ he should be reading or hearing the call of the Gospel: it is by those calls, but many times they do not prevail while a man is hearing of them but afterwards: sometimes it is in the very time of hearing, Acts 14.1, 2. Acts 2.41. but it may be as well afterwards: it may be in time of prayer, and often is, or in meditation: God does it for them that wait upon him in his Ordinances, but not always in the time of Ordinances: thus it is with other works of the Spirit, awakening of finners, comforting of Saints and Sinners, Mat. 21.29 be said I will not, but afterwards he repented and went.

3. There is no necessity that this closure with Christ should be wrought by the letter of the Scriptures: frequently it is by some particular word; but it is many times otherwise: sometimes the thing is urged by a Minister, according to the Scripture, and God makes some sentence that he speaks effectual,