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

1. That where there is an holy life, there is a walking in all Gods commands: there may be a reformation of some particular sins where there is not an holy life, any one way of sin makes a mans life unholy: if men allow any way of disobedience the life is not holy: in an holy life there is an abstaining from every known sin, and the practice of every known duty, ⟨p. 251⟩Luk. 1 6. They were both righteous before God, walking in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless: he that leads an holy life does observe all those commands that direct his outward behaviour of himself; and he attends all those commands that direct the carriage and behaviour of the heart: those commands that require internal duty, love, fear, and those that do require the right manner of doing his duty, doing of it for Gods glory, doing of it in the Name of Christ, doing of it with diligence, with delight: the casting off of any duty makes the life unholy.

The principle of grace that is in a Saint does both enable and incline the heart to keep all Gods Commands there is no command given by God, but there is a suitable inclination in the heart of a Saint unto it: there be in the heart of a Saint some general inclinations to all Gods commands: some inclinations that respect every one of Gods precepts: that are principles of universal obedience; and they are three, love to God, fear of God and saith in God; these three influence a man to all that obedience that God requires; these incline the heart to do every thing that God requires: hence sometimes we read that love makes us keep Gods commands, 1 John 5.3. so all Religion is called the fear of God; because that influences all, Isai. 50.10. so Faith is a general principle of obedience, Heb. 11.7, 8. & besides these there are in a godly man more particular inclinations to the commands severally: which are not of such latitude, these are the off-spring of the other: thus patience inclines a man to keep some commands, temperance others, bounty others, pity others,