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

Consider 1.

That it is no presumption to come unto Christ and rejoice in him: how sinful soever you be: though yon feel your heart very hard, though you have just now done somewhat provoking unto God, and have not yet bewailed it before God, nor been labouring with your own heart to work the sense of the evil of it upon your own heart: it is a presumptuous thing ⟨p. 334⟩to sin: men are too bold and daring when they take upon them to cross the commands of God: and it is a presumptuous thing to make light of sin, because Christ has died and salvation is procured by him: sin is never the less heinous because Christ has died: Gods mercy in pardoning of sin, should make us more sensible of the evil of it: but it can be no presumption to come to Christ, though the heart be hard and senseless: because there is enough in Christ for such as are hard hearted, there is that preciousness in the blood of Christ, that it has procured remission of sin for such, 1 Pet 1.19. and pardon is freely offered to you, Act. 10.33. whoever believeth on him, shall receive remission of sins; and it is no presumption for you to accept of what God freely offers unto you, and indeed if your eyes be opened to see the glorious excellency of Christ, and the grace of God, you will not make an excuse of an hard heart.

That it is no presumption to come unto Christ and rejoice in him: how sinful soever you be: though yon feel your heart very hard, though you have just now done somewhat provoking unto God, and have not yet bewailed it before God, nor been labouring with your own heart to work the sence of the evil of it upon your own heart: it is a presumptuous thing ⟨p. 334⟩to sin: men are too bold and daring when they take upon them to cross the commands of God: and it is a presumptuous thing to make light of sin, because Christ has died and salvation is procured by him: sin is never the less heinous because Christ has died: Gods mercy in pardoning of sin, should make us more sensible of the evil of it: but it can be no presumption to come to Christ, though the heart be hard and senseless: because there is enough in Christ for such as are hard hearted, there is that preciousness in the blood of Christ, that it has procured remission of sin for such, 1 Pet 1.19. and pardon is freely offered to you,