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

1. One Motive, is the great sin of rejecting of Christ, and not coming unto him: men have reason to be afraid to continue in unbelief, because there is so much sin and iniquity in it: many a wakened sinners that do confess and bewail other sins, and speak of them with bitterness of spirit: do not lye under the ⟨p. 265⟩sense of this sin: here they are ready to excuse themselves or justify themselves: they don't take the blame of their rejecting of Christ to themselves: they plead for that, and vindicate themselves as if it was not their fault, as if they had not sufficient reason to believe: but herein you are greatly mistaken: you look upon your unbelief to be your infirmity and calamity but not your sin: this is a mere delusion: the professed rejecting of Christ was that which filled up the measure of the Jews sins: and the heart rejecting of Christ is sin, John 16.9. the comforts shall convince of sin, because they believe not in me: and tho this heart rejecting of Christ be not a flagitious, yet it is a crying sin: you cannot anger God more by any thing than by continuing in the neglect of Christ: this is the great controversy that God hath with sinners, not that they have been guilty of these or those particular transgressions, but that they abide in the rejection of the Gospel: you may see the greatness of this sin, by the many rules that are broken by this sin, and by the fountain of it.

1. One Motive, is the great sin of rejecting of Christ, and not coming unto him: men have reason to be afraid to continue in unbelief, because there is so much sin and iniquity in it: many a wakened sinners that do confess and bewail other sins, and speak of them with bitterness of spirit: do not lye under the ⟨p. 265⟩sense of this sin: here they are ready to excuse themselves or justifie themselves: they don't take the blame of their rejecting of Christ to themselves: they plead for that, and vindicate themselves as if it was not their fault, as if they had not sufficient reason to believe: but herein you are greatly mistaken: you look upon your unbelief to be your infirmity and calamity but not your sin: this is a meer delusion: the professed rejecting of Christ was that which filled up the measure of the Jews sins: and the heart rejecting of Christ is sin,