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

2. The sufferings of Jesus Christ were also upon our account, and indeed there can no other account be given of these sufferings, no other reason, but th•• can be assigned of them: his sufferings were exceeding great, as appears by his being afflicted before hand about it, by his heaviness and amazement, by his prayer, by his sweating drops of blood, and […] satisfactory reason can be given of these sufferings but only that he •ore our curse: it was not for any personal sin, for he had none, Heb, 7.26. it was no• to prevent any sin, God sometimes Brings affliction• on his people to prevent their sinning, 2 Cor. 12.7. bu• there was no danger of Christs sinning: his nature was not tainted, and the union of the divine nature with the humane was a sufficient security, it was no• merely in a way of trial, to try the patience and faith of Christ; the Scripture gives in no evidence o• that: neither was it principally to give us an example of patience; but he suffered to make an atonement for us, and reconcile us to God. The Scripture represents the sufferings of Christ under a three fold consideration, all serving to clear up this point▪

2. The sufferings of Jesus Christ were also upon our account, and indeed there can no other accoun• be given of these sufferings, no other reason, but th•• can be assigned of them: his sufferings were exceeding great, as appears by his being afflicted before hand about it, by his heaviness and amazement, by his prayer, by his sweating drops of blood, and 〈…〉 satisfactory reason can be given of these sufferings but only that he •ore our curse: it was not for any personal sin, for he had none, Heb, 7.26. it was no• to prevent any sin, God sometimes Brings affliction on his people to prevent their sinning,