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

They fear they were ever thoroughly converted: they cannot make it out to their own satisfaction, that they have an interest in Christ, they take notice of many things that make it doubtful unto them: and if it should be so that they should not be converted, then they cannot believe aright until first they have a work of preparation; they must come to be convinced that they are in a natural condition, that they never did any spiritual duty, that they are under the reigning power of sin before they can come to Christ in a right manner, this Faith will be but a counterfeit Faith: if they be hypocrites now, they shall be so, until they have a work of legal humiliation wrought in them; therefore they dare not cast themselves on Christ, they think their next work is to resolve the case whither they be converted or no.

They fear they were ever thorowly converted: they cannot make it out to their own satisfaction, that they have an interest in Christ, they take notice of many things that make it doubtful unto them: and if it should be so that they should not be converted, then they cannot believe aright until first they have a work of preparation; they must come to be convinced that they are in a natural condition, that they never did any spiritual duty, that they are under the regning power of sin before they can come to Christ in a right manner, this Faith will be but a counterseit Faith: if they be hypocrites now, they shall be so, until they have a work of legal humiliation wrought in them; therefore they dare not cast themselves on Christ, they think their next work is to resolve the case whither they be cnoverted or no.