The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

4. There is a necessity of seeing so much, as to set him down that God may righteously cast him off: a man may see much and yet not yield it, that it is fair for God to reject him: one foundation of quarrelling is an opinion of what he is and has been doing: this ⟨p. 217⟩breeds a great deal of wrangling in the heart, Isai. 58 3 he is excusing of himself because he would be better, and has taken pains in Gods service; so that there is a necessity that he should see so much of his own wicked heart as may quite silence him: that he may see himself inexcusable: that he may not have a word to say: but may be satisfied in Gods proceeding if he should cast him off, Luk. 18.13.

4. There is a necessity of seeing so much, as to set him down that God may righteously cast him off: a man may see much and yet not yield it, that it is fair for God to reject him: one foundation of quarelling is an opinion of what he is and has been doing: this ⟨p. 217⟩breeds a great deal of wrangling in the heart, Isai. 58 3 he is excusing of himself because he would be better, and has taken pains in Gods service; so that there is a necessity that he should see so much of his own wicked heart as may quite silence him: that he may see himself inexcusable: that he may not have a word to say: but may be satisfied in Gods proceeding if he should cast him off, Luk. 18.13.

Doubt. 2 I fear whither I have had a through work of Humiliation, because I never found so much opposition to the yielding of my self into Gods hands as some others speak of: others have more dreadful risings of heart, and more horrible sturdiness of spirit, and bore more dreadful terrors before they could be brought to yield, were much longer opposing and resisting, than it was with me: somewhat this way I found, but not so much as others, and therefore I fear whither the work were true.