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

the fearful and unbelieving shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone. 5. Because the Sentence of God in the Gospel is that which men shall be judged by: God declares in the Gospel, that he that believeth not shall be damned: and if unbelievers be tried by this rule they will certainly perish; if God should try them by some other rule that they might fancy or imagine they might make a shift to escape: but by this rule they are gone men: and this is the rule they must be tried by: God will have no respect in that day unto mens riches, or learning, or esteem among men, or their civil or moral conversation; but their case must be determined by the Gospel, Rom. 2.16. God will judg the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel. 6. Those that do not believe in Christ have not those other qualifications that do accompany salvation: there be many other qualifications besides Faith that God has promised Salvation unto, and some men that are under a conviction that they have not Faith, are pretenders to some of those qualifications: but they do but flatter themselves: when they come to be examined by God, they will be found destitute of all those holy qualifications: they make a show of humility, patience, love to God, regard to his glory: but those shows are but delusions, all the religion of ⟨p. 277⟩those men that have not Faith is hypocrisy: there may be Morality without Faith, and strong religious affections; but there is no sanctification where there is no Faith: there may be the shadow of it, but not the thing it self, Act. 26.18. Sanctified by Faith that is in me.

the fearful and unbelieving shall have their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone. 5. Because the Sentence of God in the Gospel is that which men shall be judged by: God declares in the Gospel, that he that believeth not shall be damned: and if unbelievers be tried by this rule they will certainly perish; if God should try them by some other rule that they might fancy or imagine they might make a shift to escape: but by this rule they are gone men: and this is the rule they must be tried by: God will have no respect in that day unto mens riches, or learning, or esteem among men, or their civil or moral conversation; but their case must be determined by the Gospel,