The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…

By this you have perfect righteousness, as perfectly righteous, as Christ the righteous, 1 John 2.1, 2. and 3.7. All your own righteousness though it be the fruit of the Spirit of grace, is a blotted, stained righteousness, very imperfect and little; but by this, the faith of David, Peter, Paul was not more precious then thine is, because thou hast the same righteousness as they had. 2 Pet. 1, 2. What sincere soul but esteems of perfect holiness more then of heaven it self? oh consider thou hast it (in this sense I now speak of) in the Lord Jesus.

By this you have perfect righteousnesse, as perfectly righteous, as Christ the righteous, 1 Iohn 2.1, 2. and 3.7. All your owne righteousnesse though it bee the fruit of the Spirit of grace, is a blotted, stained righteousnesse, very imperfect and little; but by this, the faith of David, Peter, Paul was not more precious then thine is, because thou hast the same righteousnesse as they had. 2 Pet. 1, 2. What sincere soule but esteems of perfect holinesse more then of heaven it selfe? oh consider thou hast it (in this sense I now speak of) in the Lord Jesus.

By this you have continual righteousness; §4what dost thou complain of daily? is it not because thou feelest new sins, or the same sins confessed, and lamented, and in part subdued? nay some to thy feeling wholly subdued; but they return upon thee again, and the springs in the bottom fill thy soul again, that thou art weary of thy self and life: oh but remember, this is not a cistern, but a fountain opened,