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

Assenting to this Doctrine of salvation by Christ: the gloriousness of Christs person and offices, the virtue of his Sacrifice the readiness of the Lord to ⟨p. 233⟩save sinners by him, the readiness of God to accept of him through Jesus Christ: the Believer receives these things as the Word of God, 1 Thess. 2.13. while other men are dissenting: looking upon those things as cunningly devised Fables, or withholding their consent, as being uncertain reports, that they have not sufficient assurance of; the Believer acknowledges these things to be so indeed: the report of the Gospel is entertained by him: he don't look upon the things doubtful, but the things are real things to him: he don't look upon them as things that may be, or are likely to be true, but things that must be: the declarations of Gods Word concerning these things come with Authority upon his heart: he is satisfied that things are so: he is not afraid that there is deceit in the bottom, and that he is abused in these reports: he don't demur and hesitate about them, but they are firm conclusions in his breast: they are as real to him as the shining of the Sun, and the burning of the fire; so Luke says of the passages of Christs life and death; they are things which are most surely believed among us, Luk. 1.1. they look on them as certain: they are persuaded of the truth of them: others are afraid whither they be so or not: but a Saint is persuaded of them, Heb. 11.13. they are to them as if they saw them with their eyes, Joh. 8.56. Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and saw it and was glad: he saw the day of Christs incarnation and passion: it was above two thousand years off, but he saw it as if it were present: Faith makes things evident, while others are at a loss about things and cannot tell how to be satisfied, they are in the dark and perplexed with surmises, Faith makes the things plain and evident to Believers, Hebr. 11.1.

Assenting to this Doctrine of salvation by Christ: the gloriousness of Christs person and offices, the vertue of his Sacrifice the readiness of the Lord to