12,  *  Kiss  the  Son,  lest  he  be  angry,  and  ye  perish  from  the  way,  when
his  wrath  is  kindled  but  a  little  :  blessed  are  all  they  that  put  their
trust  in  him/  To  love  him  and  live  to  him  :  1  Cor.  xvi.  22,  *  If  any
man  love  not  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  let  him  be  anathema  maranatha.'
If  he  say,  Come,  ye  blessed,  or,  Go,  ye  cursed,  we  must  abide  by  it  to
all  eternity,  Woe  to  them  that  neglect  his  offers,  contemn  his  ways,
oppose  his  interest,  oppress  his  servants.  But  blessed  are  they  whose
Kedeemer  is  their  judge  ;  he  who  shed  his  blood  for  them,  must  pass
the  sentence  on  them  ;  and  one  that  is  flesh  of  our  flesh  and  bone  of
our  bone  is  the  final  judge  between  us  and  God.  Will  he  be  harsh  to
his  sincere  disciples  ?  But  to  say  all  in  a  word,  surely  this  considera
tion  should  do  the  work  effectually,  because  his  gospel  and  covenant  is
nothing  else  but  a  free  promise  of  pardon  upon  condition  of  repentance :
Luke  xxiv;  47,  'That  repentance  and  remission  of  sins  should  be
preached  in  his  name  among  all  nations/  And  to  this  end  the  apostles
were  to  preach  that  Christ  is  judge  :  Acts  x.  42,  43,  c  He  hath  com
manded  us  to  preach  unto  the  people,  and  to  testify  that  it  is  he  who
was  ordained  of  God  to  be  the  judge  of  quick  and  dead.  To  him  give
all  the  prophets  witness,  that  through  his  name  whosoever  believeth  in
him,  shall  receive  remission  of  sins/  Nothing  showeth  the  necessity
of  remission  of  sins  so  much  as  the  judgment,  arid  the  necessity  of  re
pentance  to  remission  so  much  as  the  judge,  who  in  his  covenant  hath
made  this  condition.  Nothing  doth  befriend  the  great  discovery  of
the  gospel,  which  is  free  pardon  of  sin  by  Christ  upon  repentance,  so
much  as  the  sound  belief  of  this  truth,  that  Christ  is  judge.
