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

And besides this, though he that leads an holy-life, walks in Gods command in a course, yet he may have some special fits of sinning: as he that is wise may in a fit carry him self very foolishly, so he that is godly, may in a fit carry himself very sinfully: a meek man may have a fit of passion as Moses had, and the Father of the Faithful may have a fit of unbelief: there are sometimes when godly men have strong pangs of corruption, and sin does prevail not only over grace, but over conscience, and respect unto their credit, and every thing that stands as an impediment in the way of it: corruption may overflow all its banks, and for a turn a good man may carry himself very badly: and some of the people of God have more of such distempered fits than others have; and they do prevail to a greater height in some than in others: but these are but fits, the ordinary way of a Saint is a way of obedience.

And besides this, though he that leads an holy-life, walks in Gods command in a course, yet he may have some special fits of sinning: as he that is wise may in a fit carry him self very foolishly, so he that is godly, may in a fit carry himself very sinfully: a meek man may have a fit of passion as Moses had, and the Father of the Faithful may have a fit of unbelief: there are sometimes when godly men have strong pangs of corruption, and sin does prevail not onely over grace, but over conscience, and respect unto their credit, and every thing that stands as an impediment in the way of it: corruption may overflow all its banks, and for a turn a good man may carry himself very badly: and some of the people of God have more of such distempered fits than others have; and they do prevail to a greater height in some than in others: but these are but fits, the ordinary way of a Saint is a way of obedience.

3. Where there is an holy life, this course of walking in Gods commands, is out of a gracious respect unto God: there be thousands of actions that are materially good, that are not formally so: if they be done merely from self-love, they are not good: it is necessary that they be done out of a gracious respect unto God. I rather chose so to express it: then to say they must be done for the glory of God, because there are some internal actings of grace, wherein the soul has no end: thus when God draws the heart to love him, the man has no end, thus when the Spirit of God makes a mans heart break for