200 Perfeci Love gives Boldnefs S E R M. and immortality to clear light ; it afiures us VIII. indeed of judgment to come, but teaches bus to meet it with boldnefs; not only in general there is a glorious foundation laid for our hope, God is propitious to finners, and his favour may be obtain'd upon the graci- ous and praficable conditions of fincere re- pentance and the amendment of our ways; but we know how to apply this comfort to our own minds, and thereby fortify them againft the terror which is otherwife natural to them. What can be more rational than the dotrine of chriflianity, particularly, of my text up- on this head? Surely it is not the worfe, but fo much the more excellent for approving itfelf to our reafon. What man, attending deliberately to the principles of natural re- ligion, could place his hope towards God on any other bottom than the perfection of love to the fupreme being himfelf, to good - nefs, and to mankind? Or can we have a furer claim to acceptance with God than a confcioufnefs of our conformity to his glo- rious moral charad}er, and our being in the world, as he is. Secondly, let us therefore, give all dili- gence to make our calling and elec`1ion furel to
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