This doth he who hath communion with Christ:— he watcheth
diligently over his own heart, that nothing creep into its affections, to
give it any peace or establishment before God, but Christ only. Whenever
that question is to be answered, “Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and appear before the high
God?” he doth not gather up, “This or that I will do;” or, “Here and there
I will watch, and amend my ways;” but instantly he cries, “In the Lord
Jesus have I Isa. xlv.
24; Phil. iii.
9; Hab. ii.
1–4.righteousness; all my desire is, to be found in
him, not having on my own righteousness.”