choice Bed of Spaces. futimiffion to the righteoufnefs of Chrift, keeps Curift and the hypocrite afunder ; Chrift will never love nor like to pat the fine,clean, white linnen of his own righteoufnefs upon the old garment,the old rags of an hypocrites duties ; neither will Chrift ever delight to put his new wine into fuch old bottles. An hypocrites confidence in his own righteoufnefs, turns his righteoufnefs into filthinefs. But now a fincere Chriflian, he renounces his own righteoufnefs, he renounces all confidence in the flefli, he looks upon his own righteouf- nefs as dung, yea as dogs meat (as force interpret the word crktUteaNec, in that, Phil. 3. 8.) he will fay no more to his du- ties, to the works of his hands, ye are my Gods, Hof. t 4. 3. When they look upon the holinefs of Gods nature, the righ- teoufnefs of his government, the feverity of his Law, the terror of his wrath, they fee an abfolute and indifpenfable necefficy of a more glorious righteoufnefs than their own to appear before God in. A fincere Chriflian fen the high& price and value upon the righteoufnefs of Chrift, Pfal. 71.16. / will mal<e mention of thy righteoufnefs , even of thine on17. Mark, the Empb4fis doubled, of thine, and thine only, a fincere Chriftian is convinced of the nature, worth and excellency of the righteoufnefs of Chrift, and therefore he cryes out, I will make mention of thy righteoufnefs, of thine only. The colt- - ly cloak (of Alcifihenes) which Dionilius fold to the Cartha- ginians for an hundred Talents, was indeed a mean and beg- garly rag in a fincere Chriftian's eye, to that embroidered mantle of righteoufnefs that Chrift puts upon his. A fincere Chriftian rejoyces. in the righteoufnefs of Chrift above all, Ifa. 6 r . to. / arils greatly re ;oyce in the Lord, my foul (hall be joyful in my god; for he hath cloathed me with the garments of Titivation, he hath covered me with the rote of righteoufnefs, as a bridegroom dec,4eth hirnfel( with ornaments, and as a bride adorn- eth her felf with her jewels. P.- is matter of joy, and a fign of great favour From the great Turk, when a rich garment is caft upon any that Comes into his Fele= : 0 then ! what mat- ter of joy mutt it be to a fincere Chrifiian, to have the rich and royal garment of Chrift's righteoufnefs caft upon him ? A fincere Chriaian sells on the righteoufnefs of Chrift, as 4q 2 on 299 Rev. 29.7, 8. lviar.9 16,17. . Prov. 22.27. r'hs. 3, 3, EVA IRCOviC -dicunsmr quail itt) ride Bezarr;vide 4 L4icle. ii nolls 16.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=