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

4. You refuse wonderful love: to reject the kindness and love of God is an abuse of it: you ought with thankfulness to entertain Gods love: but by rejecting of Christ, you reject the greatest love that ever was revealed: was it not an act of wonderful love for God to send his Son to dye for us: what need had he to be at any such cost, if we had been all damned, what would he have lost by it? we may see in this, how deeply the heart of God was concerned in our salvation: he did that for us which would have been too much for us to have asked: we may well wonder that God would be willing to do such a thing for our salvation: it was a great thing for God to be willing that sinners should be saved: but for him to lay out himself so in order to it was much more, Joh. 3.16. so God loved the world: and again, it was a great act of love for God to make such a law of grace: that he that believeth shall be saved; that he should make so small a thing the condition of salvation, and say to us as the Prophet did to him, wash and be clean: if God had laid the forest burdens upon us, and put us upon never so many difficulties as the condition of salvation, we should have had reason to bless his name: but he only lays this condition on us, to accept his offer▪ it was great love that God should make this offer to you, when he passes by thousands in the world: and never speak a word to them about the way of life, yet opens this way to you, revealing of it, and calling upon you to be saved: he call your lot in a time when and where these offers should be made: and the way of life is held forth with all plainness: and when he has snatched others away younger than you, he is yet waiting upon you, keeps knocking at your door; and upon ⟨p. 269⟩this account you are utterly inexcusable in refusing to come to Christ; shall God be at a great deal of cost and care in order to your salvation, and will you not accept of his Son? shall Christ make a journey from heaven to save you, and shall he lose his labour? God in compassion has provided bread for you, and will you not eat it, a garment for you, and will not put it on; has he sent a Physician, and will you not accept his help? are Gods bowels earning over your dying souls, and will you reject his care? indeed when you refuse Christ you despise the tender love of God: and that heart is very hard that can slight such tender love: