Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

3 Another Work of the Spirit is to convince the Soul of its own unrighteousness, that so it may the more willingly seek out after the righteousness of Christ, to be clothed therewith; for so long as a man is conceited of any righteousness of his own, he will never be beholding unto Jesus Christ for life and for salvation: for as our Saviour saith,¹ The whole need not a Physician, they need neither Physic, nor Physician, and therefore care for neither. In like manner, such as are strongly possessed with a good conceit of their own estate and condition, of their own righteousness, see no need they have of Christ and his Righteousness, and so regard him not. Examine thy self therefore, whether thou hast ever been truly and thoroughly convinced of thine own unrighteousness, whether thou hast discerned the Sins of thy holy services, whether thou hast cried out with the Church,² All my righteousness is as filthy rags? &c.

3 Another Work of the Spirit is to convince the Soul of its own unrighteousness, that so it may the more willingly seek out after the righteousness of Christ, to be cloathed therewith; for so long as a man is conceited of any righteousness of his own, he will never be beholding unto Jesus Christ for life and for salvation: for as our Saviour saith,¹ The whole need not a Physician, they need neither Physick, nor Physician, and therefore care for neither. In like manner, such as are strongly possessed with a good conceit of their own estate and condition, of their own righteousness, see no need they have of Christ and his Righteousness, and so regard him not. Examine thy self therefore, whether thou hast ever been truly and thorowly convinced of thine own unrighteousness, whether thou hast discerned the Sins of thy holy services, whether thou hast cried out with the Church,² All my righteousness is as filthy raggs? &c.

1. 1Mat. 9. 12
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