ínConttít ínß 'l .$n'. ebentptton: 28 him nothing. Whoever prefumes to appear before Chap. i God's Judgment-Seat in hisown Righteoufnefs shall be tr§m, covered with confuflon. 2 . By the Righteoufnefs ofChrift. This alone ab- folves from theGuilt of fin, Eaves fromHell, and can endure the trial ofGod's Tribunal. This the Apoftle prized as his unvaluable treafure, in comparifon of which all other thingsare but drofs anddung : that I may Phil. 3.9. befoundin him not having mine ownRighteoufnefs, which is oftheLaw,bu- that which is through the Faith of Chrift, the Righteoufnefs which is ofGod by Faith. That which he ordained,and rewarded in the Perfon ofour Redeem- er, he cannot but accept. Now this Righteoufnefs is meritorioufly imputed only toBelievers : For depend- ing folely upon the Will ofGod as to its being and of feEts, it cannot poffibly be reckoned to any for their be- nefit and advantage, but in that way which he bathap- pointed. The. Lord, Chrift, whomade Satisfaûion, tells us, that the benefit of it is communicatedonly through our Believing. Godfo loved theWorld, that he gave his 3. z6:. only begottenSon, that whofoever believes onhim,fhould not-1° As all fins are mortal in refpeéof their guilt, but death is not aftually inflited for them, upon the account of the Graceof the New Covenant : fo all fins are venial in refpedofthe Satisfaction made by Chrift, . but they arenot actually pardoned, till the performing ofthe condition towhich pardon is annexe. Faith tranf fèrs the guilt from the Sinner to theSacrifice. And this is not an at reftrained to the underftanding, but prin- cipally refpeéts the will, by which we accept or refufe Salvation. The nature of it is belt expreft by the Scrip- Jolt. I. zs; ture-phrafe,the receivingChrifi,which refpeéts the terms. upon which God offers him in the Gofpel to he our. .Prince and Saviour. The Rate of favour begins upon Aa' s 31, our confent to the New Covenant. And how reafòn- aale.
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