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

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It is the outward call of the Gospel that gives men their warrant to believe: it is the written Word of God that bears us out in it: and you must not expect any other warrant but that: you must not expect ⟨p. 304⟩any new revelations to warrant your coming to Christ, 2 Pet. 1.19. we have also a more sure word of Prophecy: the inward call is nothing else but the opening of the ear to hear the outward call: the inward call is only that illumination of the mind whereby we see God calling of us in his word: the assuring us of the truth of the Gospel; the call of God in his Word is that, that gives men their encouragement to come to Christ: the Word of God is the ground of faith, Psal. 91.4. his Truth shall be thy shield and buckler: the design of the inward call is only to clear up the outward call; and satisfy the heart in that: the outward call evidences mens safety in coming, there is Gods testimony, and that is an evidence beyond exception, 1 Joh. 5.9. Gods call in his Word makes it your duty to believe, but that it would not do, if it did not give you a sufficient warrant to believe: the inward call helps us to read and understand our warrant: but it is the outward call that gives warrant to believe: the outward call is the foundation of saith, Acts 13.48. they glorified the Word of the Lord and believed: God speaks his heart in the outward call; men slight it, and say it is but an outward call: but the outward call is no delusion, God speaks uprightly in the outward call, there you may see the heart of God, how ready he is to bestow salvation upon sinners: and the outward call binds Gods faithfulness: the outward call lays such a tie upon God as makes the condition of believers very safe,