There stands our safety

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Robert Traill (Sermons from 1 Peter 1:1-4), Works 4:58-59:

There are two things that we should still desire in all our thoughts of God: the one is, to be safe from his displeasure; and the other is, to be amiable and pleasing in his sight. A natural man cares for no more from God than what will save him from being ruined by him; but a spiritual man desires not only to be saved from destruction by the Almighty, but he also desires to be in terms of peace with God; that God may look graciously on him, and that he may stand with acceptance in his sight. Now nothing else can procure this, nor obtain it, but this sprinkling of the blood of Christ. We are accepted, saith the apostle, in that beloved, Eph. 1:7. But how came ye to be accepted in the beloved? What did it cost that beloved to make you accepted? In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Rich grace, and dear blood, there stands our safety. It was rich grace that sent the person to die, and it was rich grace that accepted the blood for our sake, and for our advantage; and the virtue of this blood is reckoned to us for the forgiveness of our sins.
 
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