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Rh Christ, is the most desperate disease. Poor ragged nature with all its highest improvements, cannot spin a garment fine enough (without spot) to cover the soul’s nakedness. Nothing can fit the soul for that use; but Christ’s perfect righteousness.

Whatsoever is of nature’s spinning, must be all unravelled, before the righteousness of Christ can be put on; whatsoever is of nature’s putting on, Satan will come and plunder it every rag away, and leave the soul naked and open to the wrath of God. All that nature can do, will never make up the least dram of grace that can mortify sin, or look Christ in the face one day.

Thou art a professor, goest on hearing praying and receiving, yet miserable mayes thou be. Look about thee; didst thou eve yet see Christ to this day, in distinction from all other excellencies and righteousness in the world, and all these falling before the majesty of his love and grace, Isa: ii. 17.

If thou hast seen Christ truly, thou has seen pure grace, pure righteousness in him every way infinite, far exceeding all sin an misery? It thou hast seen Christ, tho canst trample upon all righteousness of me and angels, so as to bring thee into acceptation with God. If thou hast seen thou wouldst not do a duty without for ten thousand worlds, 1 Cor. ii. 2.