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

and others that love their souls as well as you do yours, have ventured them in the hands of Jesus Christ, and do you not think that it will be hard to you to see others stand at the right-hand of Christ another day, and your selves rejected. 2. You must never expect inward peace and quietness, unless you come unto Christ: you complain now in the bitterness of your souls, what a sorrowful life you lead, you find little comfort in any thing, you are so terrified with a guilty conscience, that it eats out the comfort of your life: a dreadful sound is in his ears, Job 15.21. you are under such apprehensions of the anger of God, that you know not how to bear it: when you hear or read the threatenings of Judgment, you are terrified that that will be your portion, when you see instances of judgment, you are afraid that God will do so with you, leave you to such and such sins, bring such and such calamities upon you, your heart is meditating terror, affrighted with the thoughts of damnation; Sermons terrify you, providences terrify you, your heart is always loaded; the way to have inward peace and quietness, is to come to Jesus Christ, Rom. 5.1: being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: but until you come to Christ you must never expect to be better: you may have a pleasing dream, it may be for a while, and your wound may be skinned over, but you must not expect to have any true peace so long as you stand at a distance from Christ: what peace can men expect while their sins are not pardoned, what peace can men enjoy as long as God is angry? you must expect no other but to spend your days in vanity and ⟨p. 287⟩your years in trouble, if you give not entertainment unto Christ: through fear of death they were all their life-time subject unto bondage, Heb. 2.15. the venom of sin will be burning in your bowels, until you look unto the brazen serpent: and what madness is it for men needlessly to live a tormented life: are you not weary of this condition: have you a mind to live in sorrow longer, don't you care to be delivered from your fears, thou wilt never have peace without coming unto Christ:

and others that love their souls as well as you do yours, have ventured them in the hands of Jesus Christ, and do you not think that it will be hard to you to see others stand at the right-hand of Christ another day, and your selves rejected. 2. You must never expect inward peace and quietness, unless you come unto Christ: you complain now in the bitterness of your souls, what a sorrowful life you lead, you find little comfort in any thing, you are so terrified with a guilty conscience, that it eats out the comfort of your life: a dreadful sound is in his ears,