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

you act in this thing like a deadly enemy to your own soul; if a man that ⟨p. 270⟩were poisoned should refuse an antidote, if he that was condemned should refuse a pardon, would they not be therein enemies to themselves: so are you in refusing Christ, Prov. 8.36. all they that hate me love death. 6. You hereby hinder your selves from doing any thing that is good; from doing any thing in obedience to God: by neglecting of Christ, you keep your selves in a way of disobedience, the rejecting of Christ is the reason why you live an unspiritual life: your neglecting to come to Christ makes you neglect every other spiritual duty, you may perform indeed many external duties, and attain unto inward affections, but you will never do any duty in a spiritual and acceptable manner, until you come to Christ: faith in Christ is the first act of obedience that any sinner does perform: that man that don't believe don't love God, mourn for sin aright, nor seek the glory of God, it is faith that purifies the heart, Acts 15.9. it is by faith that a man first gives up himself to be Gods servant, so that by neglecting to believe you bring your selves under a necessity of neglecting every other spiritual duty: this is the reason that whatever you do in religion is done in hypocrisy.

you act in this thing like a deadly enemy to your own soul; if a man that ⟨p. 270⟩were poysoned should refuse an antidote, if he that was condemned should refuse a pardon, would they not be therein enemies to themselves: so are you in refusing Christ, Prov. 8.36. all they that hate me love death. 6. You hereby hinder your selves from doing any thing that is good; from doing any thing in obedience to God: by neglecting of Christ, you keep your selves in a way of disobedience, the rejecting of Christ is the reason why you live an unspiritual life: your neglecting to come to Christ makes you neglect every other spiritual duty, you may perform indeed many external duties, and attain unto inward affections, but you will never do any duty in a spiritual and acceptable manner, until you come to Christ: faith in Christ is the first act of obedience that any sinner does perform: that man that don't believe don't love God, mourn for sin aright, nor seek the glory of God, it is faith that purifies the heart,