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 it cost him dear or ever it came on our backs; velvets, silks, kings' parliament-robes clothes of gold are nothing in comparison of this web, woven out of Christ's own bowels and heart-blood; we are unworthy of him, all that we can do or say here is with a borrowed tongue. When we say, Even so I take him, it is with borrowed hand; faith is not ours, it is the gift of God, to put on the fine linen. All this says we are unworthy of Christ: if ye were worthy, slain Christ would not be your husband. Christ is a Saviour and Redeemer from head to foot, all made up of free grace, giving his blood, merits and righteousness to his Kirk for stark-nought. Men shape a sort of a Christ of their own making not Christ but an idol, a Christ that will not ken a man, except they get a meeting of holiness and righteousness in them, that is a Christ of your own making; but the true Christ, that God gave unto the world, will either marry with a beggar or none: It is his honour to match with captives and prisoners, Isa lxi. I. the sick that need the physician, Matth ix Luke xix. 10. Sinners that are lost, Luke xiv. 21. the poor, the maimed, halt and blind the beggars and dyvours of the world, Matth. xi 28. the weary laden. Isa lv. 8. the thirsty, and these that have no money. Rev. ii. 17 the wretched. blind, poor, and miserable, and naked, Mic. iv 7. the silly halting cripple Kirk. The fine Linen, white and clean, the righteousness of saints. These are the properties of the linen, which is Christ's righteousness and perfect obedience and sufferings not gross and round spun, not a spot in it. Christ gave all that God desired. The law cries, With