418 '--- · ___!~m~y- ~e/o-,_ed_s_, ___ _ · SnR.XIX.' the riches of a ChrilHan, his high efiate, that Chrill: is his. And Chrill: being ours, God the Father and the Holy Spirit, and all things elfe in.the world, ~cor.r . t o. the rich pmmifesareours;forin Chrifithey are all made, and for him they fhall be performed, for indeed he is the chiefe pmmife of all him– fdfe, and allare yea and Amen inhim. Can we waat Righteoufndfe, while wee have Chrifis Righteoufndle~isnot his garment large enough for himfelfe and us too ~ is not his obedience enough for us ~ ihall we need to patch it ~tp with . ourownerighteoufneJfe~he is ours,therefore his obedience is ours. V .fo 2 . And this fhall beaground likewifeofcontenCtntent4tion. tat ion in our condition and fhtte whatfoever, ,I Chrifr himfelfe is ours. In the dividing of all - things fame men have wealth,honours, friends, and greatndfe, but not Chrifi, nor the love of God in Chrifr, and therefore they have nothing in mercy ; but a Chrifiian he hath Chrifi him– fdfe, Chrifl: is his by faith and by the Spirits wirneffe;therefore what if he wam thofe appen– dencies,the leffer things,he hath the maine,what ifhe wam a riveret,a fireame, he hath the fpring, the ocean 3 him inwhorn all things are, and fh:~ll he not be content '? Pur cafe a man be very co– verous,yet God might fatisfie him.What {hould anxious thoughts difquiet us ~ when we have fuch bils , fuch obligations from him who is fahhfulne1fe it f elfe, when a Chrifiian cannot fay,honour,favour.,or great pcrfons are ~is; yh~
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