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

If you come to Christ merely upon Gospel encouragement, you cannot come in a wrong way; if you come indeed upon such encouragements as these, that you have not much angered God, that you have pacified him, that your have a great love for him, that you have not been so bad as other men, that your heart is soft and broken for sin, &c. you don't come in a right way: but if you come merely upon the encouragements that God sets before you in his Word, you do come in a right way: God offers salvation to you, and tells you that his grace is free, that Christ has dyed for our, sins, and if this prevail upon you, that though you are vile, yet there is virtue enough in Christ for the pardon of them, that God is a God of glorious grace, and his Word is true: and upon the encouragement hereof you come to Christ, God will not reject you: this is the faith that God calls for, Psal. 36 7. Psal. 91.4. 2 Tim. 1.12.

If you come to Christ meerly upon Gospel encouragement, you cannot come in a wrong way; if you come indeed upon such encouragements as these, that you have not much angred God, that you have pacified him, that your have a great love for him, that you have not been so bad as other men, that your heart is soft and broken for sin, &c. you don't come in a right way: but if you come meerly upon the encouragements that God sets before you in his Word, you do come in a right way: God offers salvation to you, and tells you that his grace is free, that Christ has dyed for our, sins, and if this prevail upon you, that though you are vile, yet there is vertue enough in Christ for the pardon of them, that God is a God of glorious grace, and his Word is true: and upon the encouragement hereof you come to Christ, God will not reject you: this is the faith that God calls for, Psal. 36 7. Psal. 91.4. 2 Tim. 1.12.