It is the Redeemers Merit and Righteousness, that must attone for our Guilt; be our Apology and Defence against all Accusation and Charges: This must found our Claim and Title to Heaven, looking, as St. Jude expresseth it, For the Mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ to eternal Life, (Jude xxi.) expecting it as the Purchase of his meritorious Death, and not as the Acquisition of any Works or Services of our own; which have no further Influence upon our obtaining it, than as they are Declarative of our Right and Title to it, by virtue of God’s gracious Promises in the Gospel, for the Sake of his beloved Son, who has fullfil’d all Righteousness for us: They must be very ignorant of God, and of themselves, who can think of standing before him in the Judgment on any other Bottom.

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