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

Now that the righteousness of Christ is that righteousness which the Law requireth of us, is clearly h•ld out in the Word of God▪ Rom. 8.4. where the Apostle sets down the end of Gods sending his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin condemning […] in •he fl•sh▪ which is, that the Righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us: the meaning of it must need• be, that we might be made righteous by the imputation of Christs righteousness: this righteousness is said to be fulfilled in us, in as much as we have fulfilled it in our surety, so Rom. 10.4. Christ is the en• of the Law for righteousness to every one that believeth the end of giving Moses his Law, was to drive us to Christ, in whom alone we have the righteousness of the Law: this is also clearly held out in all such Scriptures where Christ is said to be our righteousness, and that we be made righteous by his Obedience: for righteousness consists in answering the demands of the Law; it is only that righteousness that the Law demands of us, that can denominate us legally righteous: if Christs Righteousness were not that which the Law requires of us, we could not be accepted as righteous upon that account: and the Scripture speaks particularly of Christs sufferings, that they were those which the Law required of us, Gal. 3.8. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law being made a curse for us; that curse that he redeemed us from, is that he endured; and that was the curse of the Law; and indeed herein lies the excellency of Christs righteousness, whereby it is a foundation of so much comfort and support unto Saints ⟨p. 27⟩that it is that righteousness that the law requires of us: this is that consideration from which conscience does take satisfaction.

Now that the righteousness of Christ is that righteousness which the Law requireth of us, is clearly hld out in the Word of God