Thechiefo{Joftmthot![and,. 349 toCbriA:, to Heaven, and to heavenly things: SuJ..XV. how doe I relifh anddkem~them':'ifI .have 1oft my efteeme and valuing, Vvhere have I loft it, confteier ·in wbat finne, ~n what pleafure, in what company I loft it ; apd ~onverfe no more .- with fuch as dull .our affechons to heavenly things. - ' _ And, Let ta m~•eufi likewift ofour i-nfirmities 4· J t; '- . .r; fl \ Hi h 07 h 'I'o ej'lttme AHa lnne: ttJ twu p~rpD1e, to et 1119 g prt'-e on t e chrift high" exceUenGIIS if Chrij!, we carry about us alwayts t2jn~ o•r infl~infirmities:utd corru~>~tions what ufe lhall wee mttJes to thu r ' _ . 4'1fd lookmgupo makeof them ~ nottotruft to ourowne nghteontht111J. oufneffe, which is M aJejledcloAth : But fly to Ifa.G,..G. cbrifts Righteoufoefe, which is theRighteoufoeje ofGod.MAn,all being as dNng 1111dJroj/e in regard of that : Often thinke with thy felfe what am I, apoore Linfull creature, but I haveaRighteoufneffc inChrilhhatanfwers ali:J am weake inmy fdfe,but Chrifl is ftrong,and I am llrong in him. I am foolifh in my felfe, but I 311\1 wife in him, what I want in my felfe, I have in him ; he is mif;le, and his RighteGlufnelfe is mine, which is the Rightetm{neffe~ of 6tulomttn, being doathed with this I fiand (:-tfe againft Conftience, Hetl, rPrath~nd whatfoe"er. Though I have dailyex- ,perience ofmy fins, yet there is moreRighteonf. n~/foin Chrifl who is mine, and who isthe chieft of tell thoufond, then there is fi Ane in me. When 0 thus we thall know Chrift, then we /hall know him to .purpofe. THE I o
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