The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

As we use to say, a man lives by his hands, not that his hands nourish him, but his hands labour, and his labour procures money, and his money provides meat, and by his meat he lives: but because his hands are the means to get it, his hands are the means to obtain it, therefore we say he lives by his hands: Just so it is here, a man is justified by faith in Christ, not that faith will acquit any man under Heaven, but because Christs merits are through faith received and applied to us, and so through Christ we are justified: so then we hear the meaning of the point: Phil. 3.9. mark the Apostles two phrases, That I may be ⟨p. 119⟩found in him not having mine own righteousness which is of the Law, but that which is of the righteousness of faith in Christ, which is of God by faith: there is but these two righteousnesses in the world. First, a mans own righteousness which he hath wrought, and God hath given him, and the duties which he performs and this is the righteousness of the Law; now Paul doth profess that he is not justified by this, but only by the righteousness of God, that righteousness which is in Christ, that righteousness which is imputed to him from Christ, he labours to be found in that righteousness, for by that he shall be justified.

As we use to say, a man lives by his hands, not that his hands nourish him, but his hands labour, and his labour procures money, and his money provides meat, and by his meat he lives: but because his hands are the means to get it, his hands are the means to obtaine it, therefore we say hee lives by his hands: Iust so it is here, a man is justified by faith in Christ, not that faith will acquit any man under Heaven, but because Christs merits are through faith received and applied to us, and so through Christ we are justified: so then wee heare the meaning of the point: Phil. 3.9. marke the Apostles two phrases, That I may bee ⟨p. 119⟩found in him not having mine owne righteousnes which is of the Law, but that which is of the righteousnesse of faith in Christ, which is of God by faith: there is but these two righteousnesses in the world. First, a mans owne righteousnesse which hee hath wrought, and God hath given him, and the duties which he performes and this is the righteousnesse of the Law; now Paul doth professe that he is not justified by this, but onely by the righteousnesse of God, that righteousnesse which is in Christ, that righteousnesse which is imputed to him from Christ, he labours to bee found in that righteousnesse, for by that he shall be justified.