300 ibbas in vita Bern. lib, 1. ,cap. 13, A Box of precious Ointment : Or, on a flare foundation, Ifa. 45. 24. Surely fhail one fay, in the Lord have I righteoufnefs and lirength. It was a very fvveet and ()olden expreilion of one, when he thought himfelf to be at the point of death ; I confefs, faid he, I am'not worthy, 1 have no merits of mine own to obtain heaven by ; list my Lord had a dou- ble right 'hereunto, an hereditary right as a fon, and a meritoriow right as a fig crifice ; he was contented with the one right himfef, the other right he loath given unto me, by the venue of which Oft I do rightly lay claim unto it, and am not confounded. A fincere Chri- flian looks upon the righteoufnefs of Chrift as that which renders him molt fplendid and glorious in the eyes of God, Phi/.3, 9. And be found in him not havingmine own righteomf- nefs, which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of Chrifi the righteoufnefs which is of God by faith. The Church, faith Marlorat, which puts on Chrift and his righteournefs,,is mere il- lpffirioats than the Air is by the Sun. A fincere Chriftian looks upon the righteoufnefs of Chrift as his only fecurity againft wrath to come ; wrath to come is the greateft wrath, Wrath to come is the pureft wrath, wrath to come is infinite wrath, wrath to come is everlafting wrath Now the fincere Chri- flian he knows no way under heaven to fecure himfelf from wrath to come, but by putting on the. robe of Chrifrs righ- teoufnefs. The Flory tells us (if we may believe it) that Pi- late being called to Rome to give an account unto the Empe- peror for fome mifgovernment and male-adminiftration, he put on the feamlefs coat of Chrift, and all the time he had that coat upon his back, Cafar's fury was abated. There is nothing that can abate the wrath and fury of a fin-revenging God, but the feamlefs coat of Chrift's righteoufnefs. Well, for a ciofe remember this, There is never an hypocrite in the Norld that is more pleated, fatisfied, delighted and content- ed with the righteoufnefs of Chrift, than with his own, & C. Though an hypocrite may be much in duties, yet he never lives above his duties ; he works for life, and he refts in his work, and this proves his mortal wound. But, Sixthly, An Hypocrite never embraces a whole Chrift he can never take up his full and everlalling reit, fatisfa6tion and content in the perfon of Chrift, in the merits of Chrift, in 1304.
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